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ment House inst night by invitation of H.. the Governor to meet Mr. and Mtgl. Clementi, who are leaving the Colony of the 27th us. for British Gumna, willr Mr. Clementi takes up the post-
AT THE Colonial Secretary. The grounds wer very prettily illteminated with red lan terns, and the attendance was thoroughl presentative of the cosmopolitan charac ter of the community. A Band, from on of the native regiments was present and a very pleasant evening was spent.
Criminsi Bessions on counts of robbery
upon penalty of the whole Party being treated as a seditious organisation, shows either that the PassIDENT is a man who is really feared in the camp of the Opposition or it indicates that men of moderato views are mere numerous in the ranks of that
The case against Choi Sing, who was Party than had hitherto been generally supposed. We are given to understand, charged before Mr. Justice Kemp at the indeed, that the moderate section of the bytes or more persona, kidnapping, and Party is by no means inconsiderable, and returning from banishment, concluded on that their netion in complying with the Monday, Prisoner pleaded guilty to wishes of the Government need not be the third count, but not guilty to the described as bowing to the inevitablo, but | first two, The jury, after hearing the may be taken as a frank appreciation of the necessity for pursuing a policy the immediate aim of which is the restoration of peace.
It proves that at least the Peking section of the party has not been
ARMY COMMANDERS
AT CANTON.
EKING, August 19th. A Presidential Mandate authorises Lung, the Tutuh of Kwang. Generat
to arrest the Commanders tung, to of both the Divisions which are (or were) quarrelling.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCÝ,}
CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY..
LONDOy, August 19th. The Chinese Ministers at the various European capitals, excepting the Chinese Minister in London, who was prevented
`TYPHOON DAMAGE.
The well-known yacht Targ, belonging [FHROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.)
to offcers of H.MS. Tumar, was wreeke₫ in the typhoon at Stonecutters. She was AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS, moured near the riffe butts on Saturday
CARIAN DEMOBILISATION HAMPERED.
LONDON, August 19th. According to a telegram from Sofia, the situation in Bulgaria is becoming extremely dificult. While demobilising as rapidly as possible in accordance with the Treaty, the movements of the dis banding soldiers are being considerably hampered by the Roumaniaus, who still hold numerous railways, telegraphs, and stations, and, who are practically living on the country, purchasing supplies at fixed derisory priers...
At the same time, the Turks, are advancing in all directions, and
are occupying places far beyond even the There are grave risks River Maritza.
evening, but her anehors did not hold when the storms increased in severity, and, being driven ashore, she was sinushed to pieces.
The reports of the district police are now to hand and the police, themselves
uncom-
have apparently had a rather
At Shatin fortable experienes. matched, glorified by the name of Polica Station," was first blown down and then washed away, the policemen having to take up their, abode in the prison cells! The effects of the typhoon were very. similar at San Tin. the station being wrecked Tho Railway Station at Shatokok was considerably damaged, and the furniture flouted away and was never seen again," as the official report mournfully records.
evidence, found him guilty on both, and his Lordship sentenced him to live years' hard labour and 15 strokes of the "cat" on the first, and five years hard labour on the second, the sentences to ran concurrently. On the third count participating in the movement which, apart prisoner was sentenced to one year's im froni attending by pressure of business, every day of collisions between the Turkeyphoon refuge, broke away from their from the tradal losses involved, amounting to millions of dollars, has brought untold | tively. misery upon hundreds of thousands of their unfortunate fellow countrymen and
prisonment, the sentence to run conSCCU-
A significant departure in Far Eastern finance, romarks a contributor to the
are holding an informal conference at and Balgarians. Genern with a view to discussing foreign topies affecting China and enabling Ministers to work more in unison in the
It is a noteworthy fact that the Mace- donian and Thracian Volunteer Corps,
soms 20,0001
| countrywomen, and added greatly to the } NC, Daily Newa, is the recent successful future. The recognition of the Republic 000 strong, are unable to return
negotiation in England of loans for and the Loan question were discussed, but Japanese companies. Hitherto, business
are
...
THE ESCAFE OF THAW.
· SUPPOSED" COLLUSION WITH GATEKEEPER.
sum of suffering and distress in the poorer districts of China, not to mention the toll
as and of human life which the rebellion has loans abroad for Japan have been in the it is emphasised that the meeting is quite exacted. Their compliance with the shape of debentures. for undertakings spontaneous, and in no way due to Presidential order suggests, too, that how.which were more or less under Govern instructions from Peking.
Recently, the Oji Paper ever the members of this Party may different control. from the Government or goneral questions Eniko Sugar Companies
Mill Company, Kanegafuchi Cotton and of policy and administration, a considerable reported to have negotiated loans with number of them realise that the prosent banks in England, through the Mitsui
LONDON, August 19th. Government, no matter what its faults may and Yokohama Specie Banks. The Harry Than's mother has received a be, must be recognised as the Government interest paid is about 7 to 7 per cent..
successor is which is what the companies would have letter from her son implying that he is of the country until its constitutionally appointed. Now that the had to pay if the founs had been going to take the rest cure at the Thaw Govermout know that they can reckon negotiated within Japan itself. The family's country seat in Pennsylvania. sound; the Thaw, evidently regards himself us safe upon the Kuomintang, or, at least, upon the section which counts, as being composed guarantees are good and the lending outside the New York State, as the of a body of men who have the good of banks are obtaining good interest; he difficulty of extraditing a mere lunatic their country at heart, men who are patriots be satisfied with the bargain.
the parties concerned have every reason to
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tween the Government and the Opposition. One prejudice which has made itself. unpleasantly felt since the outbreak of the rebellion has disappeared by the compliance of the Knomingtang with the Government's order as stated, and the readiness with which this was done suggests that other differences might be overcome with a view to securing a working arrangement which, while giving liberty of thought, would prove of immense value in settling present troubles and would tend to that consolida tion of China which must be desired by all true patriots and by all real friends of Chia. It is not necessary to indicate tho
aract form which the modus vivendi should take. It is enough to suggest that the spirit of reasonableness, just ornifested on the part of the Government and of the Kuonningtang, should be fostered. It may he too much to expect that cordial relations can be established at once between the two,
borrowing
concerns
are
A YUNNAN RAILWAY PROJECT::
THE TERMS OF A GERMAN LOAN.
Wern that up the end of July, a German firm offered the Provincial Government of Yunnan
a loan of £3,000,000 to build the Posch-Ting rail- way. The issue price was fixed at 95 and interest required at 5 per cent. per annum. The agreement contained 22 clauses and among the stipulations were the following:
(1.)That the principal should be used, without deductions of any kind, to build the Yunnan-fu Posch railway,
(2.) The actual route of the railway to be decided by the lenders of the money,,
but in the event of objection by the people to the location proposed, then the route shall be changed.
(3.) That the Government of Yunnan
to their homes and are disbanding in They are not likely to be Bulgaria.. pacific factors.
KAISER AND THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.
A TRIBUTE TO THE AUSTRIAN · EMPEROR.
Two lighters and a stone junk, helong. ing to the contractor for the Yaumati
anchorage in Chungchau Bny. They became waterlogged, and sank in the bay at Lamma Island. The damage is estimated at about $8,000.
The road to Aberdeen is absolutely impassable to vehicular traffic, a large tree lying right across the roadway near the No. 11 bridge. The retaining wall of another bridge is washed away.
A large junk sank near Cape D'Aguilar, carrying five coolies below. with her.
A Chinese owned steamer named the LONDON, August 19th.
Toshun (ex England) went ashore at Kowloon Point, She was built in 18771 The Kaiser, toasting the Emperor and had recently been employed in convey- Francis Joseph, at a banquet in honouring limestone from Indo China for the of the Austrian Monarch's birthday, at Green Island Cement Co. Hamburg, said We have to thank in Japanese
named the no small measure the Emperor Francis adzura muin has been wrecked at the It is believed that no lives Paracels. Joseph for the preservation of peace in
were lost, and that the officers and crew Europe during the Balkan war. As the
were rescued and conveyed to Singapore faithful ally of Austria-Hungary, this by another steairdr
is enhanced by the Glynn-Sulzer gives us particular cause for rejoicing, imbroglio, both claiming the right to and we look hopefully to the fature investigate the affair and arrange for his because the might and activity of our old and tried alliance, uniting Germany and Austria-Hungary, will be preserved for the peace of the world.
recapture.
There is growing evidence of collusion in Thaw's escape. It appears that the gatekeeper, whom Thaw overpowered, allowed ten minutes w elapse before informing the Asylum authorities, who found the telephone wires cut when they wanted to raise the alarm.
OUTRAGE IN CROATIA.
LONDON, August 19th.. A Baron Skerlecz, the new Royal Commissioner to Cratis, was leaving the Cathedral at Agram, the capital of Croatia, Austria-Hungary, after the Emperor's Birthday Service, he was shot in the arm by a student. The assailant was arrested. It is stated that he came
in the event of their requiring mining from America to make an attempt on the
machinery, arms, ammunition, munitions life of Baron Skerlecz, who was recently or material for war arsenal machinery, railway machinery, industrial plant or
appointed to carry on the Provisional
NEW HAMBURG-AMERIKA
SERVICE.
LONDON, August 19th. "The Times correspondent at Berlin states that a new Hamburg-Amerika service between Eraden, the Near East, and. Asia will begin on the 4th November The first steamer belonging to the Campeny using this new port will sail the 26th inst, for the Persian Gulf, carrying material for the Bagdad Rail
way,
"' FAIRPLAY” ON THE BALKANITES.
but it is not beyond the bounds of possibility any foreign material or supplies whatso-regime in consequence of the rofusal of other's throats, are coming out in their
erer, ahall give the first refusal of such the Croatian Diot to vote supplies.
for an understanding to be arranged, paving the way for more practical methods WOLFS-On the 18th inst., at Victoria in carrying the Constitution into effect. View, Kowloon, the wife of Both the Government, and the Opposition should seek points of agreement rather than points of difference, and in that way the good which is common to both may find
WOLFF, of a son.
DEATH.
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FIELD-On August 9th. at Kiukiang, NORMAN FIELD, of the Asiatic Petro-
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HONGKONG OYrice: 101, De Vaux ROAD *7. London Office: 131, First ŠTAFET, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, Acousг 20TH, 1913.
Now that the second revolutica in China has proved a complete fiasco and the PRESIDENT of the Republic has shown his ability to cope with a situation as gravé as any he is ever likely to be again called upon to meat in bis lifetime, the futura political status of the country becomes a subject of interesting speculation. Will YUAR SHIK KAI continue to regard China as a republic and attempt to govern the country on repub can lives, or will be be tempted to hand back to the lute Exrecor the power Le
quoted by them, for such plant, be equal contract to the lenders, and if the price
to or lower than other bids, quality being equal, they shall be awarded the contract during the term the loan contract endures.
(4.)That the lenders of the capital.
THE PANAMA CANAL
INVITATION TO WORLD'S NAVIES. BY
PRESIDENT WILSON,
WASHINGTON, August 10th. President Wilson intends inviting all
A
steamer
THE TYPHOON, AT MAÇÃO.
neighbourhood of Macao must have been The damage to shipping, craft in the
much greater than the reports so far have indicated, judging by the quantities of wreckage since observed in the vicinity of the port.
The typhoon occurred at a time when the tides were exceptionally high, and the Praya Grande at Macao and the raya in the inner harbour were about two feet under water. The waves which came over the Praya Grande during the height of the typhone ure described as from 20 to 30 feet high. Each wave carried huge granite blocks from the Praya wall many feet, and the houses along the Praya Grande, including Government House and the Post Office,
were badly flooded.
Our Maceo cerrespondent reports that though many Chinese houses collapsed there appears to have been no loss of life. The Avenida da Republica is in ruins. It will cost the Government a very large. suu to repair the damage done to publie
property.
SODE PLAIN SPEAKING,
Thione interesting nationalities, the G.O.M. once designated the so called States at present engaged in cutting each true colcars at last, but the marvel is Enormous damage was done to the thas sane statesmen should ever have foliage in San Francisco Gardens and expected anything else from them, and elsewhere in the Colony. vet the papers wrote and argued as if the word of any one of the lot was worth the rottenest piece of pie crust to be found in the cheapest confectioner's shop in the least civilised town in Europe. We all know how the elite of the Servini army slaughtered their king and queen in their bedroom, and threw the latter
condemned by their countrymen, a fact
an outlet and be expressed in legislative shall have the right to work such ruin the Navies of the World to join the Ame-inked out of the window, without being
enacuaent and administrative efforts making for the well-being of the
people
TILO:
Great damage has been done to the electric light installation, and it is hoped that the Company will consider the advisability of placing their principal lines underground so as to avoid such a total collapse of the service in future.
The typhoon guns were fired at 2 15 pm.
areas along the line of the railway route,
within a distance to be determined rican Fleet in the Hampton Poads in which speaks volumes for the on Sunday, and at 6 pm. the signal was aut the sintenance of order and good later, provided that such areas are not 1915 and proceed together from SanMany peonte foresaw that the collaps given from the Monte Fort that the
government.
The English mail of the 19th July was delivered in London on the 18th August.
Mr. Orlando H. Baker, U.S. Consul at Sandakan, died rather suddenly last work Nagasaki harbour. on board the army transport Thomas, in
An interim dividend of one dollar per share for the first half of the present year is declared by the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company.
Mr. White, the Director of Education
in the Philippine Islands, was lying dangerously ill at the General Hospital at Hanila when the last mail left
worked now by native owners or workers. (5.)-The railway shall belong to the leiders of the capital until the final instalment in repayment of the Jonn is paid.
Should such a contract go through," or informant says, "it will destroy all active competition in the proving undoubtedly the richest mining provinca
in China."
JAPAN PLACING ORDERS FOR WARSHIPS ABROAD.
IN ORDER TO LEARN THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS,
Francisco through the Panama Canal.
It is understood that both Great Britain and Germany, while declining to participate in the San Francisco exhibi- tion, will join any such International demonstration.
of the Turk would only be the beginning of the trouble, but I don't find that our typhoon had passed the Colony. Our prophets, daunted by their past failure correspondent gives the lowest reading of are particularly cocksure as to what the
the barometer as 29.33 between one and end is to be, and that is what the moral centre of the universo the Stock | two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The Exchange-would like to know.
wind blew from N.E., then E., and I trust that the Press will place as effective a ring of silence round these rally S. belligerents as they did round Tripoli during the Italo-Turkish War. No one takes any but an interest of nausea in what is going on in Eastern Europe. These Balkan people are foul in mind and filthy in body; they dishonoured the The first attempt to circle Great Cross under which they blasphemously
been Britain by waterplane has abandoned. Mr. Pickles re-started from Yarmouth in place of Mr. Hawker in a
WATERPLANE RACE ABANDONED.
LONDON, August 10th,
In addition to the battleship-cruiser rough sea. The machine, however, soon building Yard in England, the Japanese became waterlogged and was beached. Kongo, ordered from the Vickers' Ship- Navy has recently ordered from England two destroyers, while orders for two sub- marines have been placed with yards in Franc
HERR BEBEL § FUNERAL
Zunica, August 19th. The remains of Herr Bebel have been cremated. The funeral was attended by
In this connection the Jiji says that the Japanese naval authorities are reported to have decided to place crders with foreign shipbuilding yards at certain Socialist stated periods, in order to keep abreast of the latest improvements in this parti cular department.
deputations from various European countries, esrrying 930 banners. Ten thousand persons followed.
GEOGRAPHY AS UNDERSTOOD. IN
CANADA.
By the mail yesterday we received the following communication from the Secre stary of the Cartier Centenary
claimed to fight, and I still have mouth the taste of the dirt which we as o nation ute when we reopened diplomatic relations with that gang of murderers which we dignified with the title of the Government of Servis. Bulgaria is no longer bathed in the golden Gladstonian halo; the peoples of these States are only civilised into brutality, they are a run- ning sore in Europe, and if, as the result of their thierish quarrellings, they are absorbed into the greater Powers I, for one, will heave a sigh of relief, while marvelling at their hick-Fairplay.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND TAXES.
entrusted to him to form a republic, retire, now that evente have shown that it Is impossible to govern China at the present time on republican lines, as Mr. DRUMMOND, of Shanghai, for instance, The engagement is announced otTro- predicted would be the case some weeks fessor Wilfred J. Hinton, of Hongkong back? Though the PRESIDENT has exer. University, to Miss Helen L. Murray, dised the powers of an autocrat siace daughter of the Rev. D. S. Murray, of the rebellion broke out, we doubt very sang Chow, North China.
auch whether he will go to the extent of
The Japanese battleship Konge, built putting an end altogether to all pretence
of Finance claimed stamp. taxes on the in England, will leave Plymouth on the the procession. Addresses were delivered, of government on republican lines. He Wing boarding-house, No. 17, 28th instant for Yokosuka, where she is including one by Mr. Keir Hardie, cannot afford to take such a step. We Connaught Road West, reported to the due on November 7th
ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET. may be sure that the forms of republican police that during her absence some Naval Station the work of dredging is
LONDON, August 19th. government will continue, but he will at the person entered her cubicle by climbing in progress in order to accommodate the over the partition and stole from new battleship and four other large same time, by general consent of the people leather trunk 36,400 in money and $1,831 construction in official and private yards warships which are now in course of
Northants beat Derbyshire at North become invested with more suple powers, worth of jewellery.
at home
ampton by 151 runs.
A woman residing temporarily at the
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At Yokosuka
In the Peking Senate on Monday, the Vice-Speaker reported that the Ministry
oficials of the House returned the deinand for payment in June; the Minis try now gain applied for the taxce, saying that all other official departments had paid, and that the Senate should do
Montreal, July 17th, 1913. The Editor,
Daily Press,”
Hongkong,
Straits Settlements. DEAR SIR,-I would be very much obliged to you if you would be good enough to furnish me with the names of the principa! sncial elnhs in Christchurch and Wellington, N.2. Yours faithfully.
Evidently Flongkong and the Straits Settlements are assumed to be somewhere in New Zealand. We desire to state, for, the information of our Canadian readers, that though typhoons may continue to rage, Hongkong and the Straits Settle. ments will never be moved from their moorings in Asia.
DR. SUN'S NEW NAME.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen has taken the nume
so also. It was determined that the quesWang Kuo-haien, meaning "wise man of tion should be discussed after careful the country." Huang Hsing styles him study of the laws-Reuter,
self Imamura-Osturiatischer Floyd,