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6,500,000 men; in 1907, 11,200,000; and in TELEGRAMS, TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
commerce, in 1889, 1,600,000 men; in 1907, 5,500,000 men, Even in agriculture she did not remain stationary, raising the number of men employed from 8,200,000
THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
A DESPERATE BATTLE AT
TAMPICO
to 0,200,000 men. She went through a THE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO. process of industrialisation quite common in new countries, but almost unheared of in an old established community She used 76,000 steam thrashing-machines in She smelted 1882 and 488,000 in 1907)
4,000,000 tons of iron ore in 1887, and 17,800,000 in 1812. In 1885, 6,600,000 people lived in cities of over 20,000 iubabitants and 22,400,000 in 1910. The cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants had in find housing-room for nearly 10,000,000 men, their population growing HIG. EXCELLENCY | from 4,400,000 in 1885 to 13,800,000 in 1910, THE GOVERNOR
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German joint stock companies owned a capital of £240,000,000 in 1880-87 and £720,000,000 in 1911-12 The deposits in banking institutions of all sorte rose from about £30,000,000 to £150,000,000. Gor many sadly lacked the abundance of liquid assets which a country like France enjoys. If Germany did not want to sacrifice home development to colonial venture, she had, so to speak, to stint her colonies. She started chartered com panies to relieve her of the responsibility of developing the now countries. They had a ludicrously small capital and failed accordingly. Nor was the State in a position to finance colonial exploitation
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JUAREZ, May 11th. The most desperate battle of the whole Revolution is proceeding at Tampico Some of the oil-wells are aflame, and tire town is afre
THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE BRITISH BUDGET.
TAX ON SMALL INCOMES. ALSO ON INCOMEJ DERIVED FROM FOREIGN
BECURITIES.
LONDON, May 12th. In the Budget debate in the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George admitted H.M.S. Ler is hurrying toward that the increase of the income tax on Tampico.
BRITISHERS HORRIBLY
MUTILATED
unearned. ibcomes would involve hard-
[DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOED" SERVICE
CHINA SERVICE.
THE PEKING GOVERNMENT.
PEKING, May 12th.
A sub-committer of fifteen members of the Constitution Committee has been instructed with drafting rules of organi zation for an Administrative Committee Shi Yue, President of the Legal Com mittee is to be Chairman. The Adminis
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, May 12th.
IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. H. B. J. GOMPERTZ.
WRONG NÄME...
In the case of Tani Kwan Ying the Official Receiver applied for the rescission of the receiving order. Ho did so, ho explained, on the ground that the petitioning creditor had given a wrong name, neither had the petitioning credi- for any power of attorney to sign in the name he did. He asked for the rescission on those grounds, though there were
There was no opposition to the applica
and the petitioning creditor, although he had bad notice, was not represented.
ship to those with small incomes. Theretativo Committee is to consist of from several other grounds he could mention.
fore the proposed rate on incomes of £300 per annum would be 1/-, and between £300 and £500-18. 4d. The concession, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, would cost £370,000 per annum.
WASHINGTON, May 19th. The British Embassy has received a report from the Vice-Consul at Guadale jars that Messrs. Williams and Hondley,
Among the Budget resolutions adopted both British subjects, were killed by
income-tax super-tax on incomes riotous miners during a march for stolen by the House of Commons is one imposing silver bzsa. The Britishers gave up their an wenpone, hoping to placate the labourers, arising from securities or possessions in Other whether the income be received in the but they were immediately stabbed to may place outside the United Kingdom, death and horribly mutilated. foreigners were thrown into gaul, but United Kingdom or not.
AMERICAN BAILORS FUNERAL were released later,
PROCESSION
The bodies were
NEW YORK, May 11th. The bodies of 17 American bluejackets, killed at Vora Cruz, wers landed from the battleship Montana, placed on gun-carringes, and were taken in procession to the City Hall, where the Mayor of New York placed wreathe on
THE ULSTER GUN-RUNNING
EXPLOITS.
The application was granted.
AN ABSENT DEBTOR.
Application was made for the hearing of the petition in the ease of Li On. The- Official Receiver explained that the not appearing that morning as he was engaged in the Police Court. Mr. Carp solicitor for the petitioning creditor was
meel added that he was, opposing the petition on the ground that no considera-
40 to 60 members of long experience in the administrative service, or of conspi cuous merit as authors, or such as have rendered meritorious services to the Republic. Ten councillors are to be members of the new committee also, who shall have the right of submitting pro- The President has sent Liang Shi Yi posals, but shall be excluded from voting
and Chou Tse Shi to Tientsin, charged with a request to Liang Tung Yen to take over the Portfolio as Minister of tion was shown for the debtor, whose solicitor had been unable to find him. He Communications. Liang Tung Yen,
had previously informed him (the Official socording to the Peking Ji Pao, has Receiver) that he was going into the accepted and will arrive at Peking on the country, and he would therefore ask for 20th of May, after completing & tour of the petition to be dismissed.
This was allowed. inspection of the railways in Shantung.
EUROPEAN SERVICE.
LONDON, May 12th In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced that the Government had decided not to take criminal proceedings against the persons concerned in the recent gun ranning exploits in Ulster.
it was undesirable to make a statement Other proceedings were being taken, but DANISH ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.
at present. pro
IN ENGLAND. THE DANISH KING AND QUEEN
a big scale, for all demands upon it rose enormously. Germany spent £20,000,000 on defence in 1961-62 and £75,000,000 in 1912 The population of Germany has grown rapidly from 45,000,000 in 1880 to 85,000,000 in 1910, Germany has attracted foreigners too in increasing numbers. There were resident in Germany 797,000 foreigners in 1900 and 1,250,000 in 1910. Germany is not yet anthem.
She has 310.4,
President Wilson received the over-populated country. persons to the square mile (abont as much as England and Wales cession at the Navy Yard, and expressed had in 1861) against a density of his mixed feelings of grief that these lads 618 in the England of to-day. Germany had gone to their deaths, and pride and grievous mistakes envy that they had been permitted to do
SHAVING STICKS. has mado some
LONDON, May 12th.
FRENCH POLITICAL SPECULATIONS.
A LEGAL 188UE.
With regard to Lee Chan, the Official Receiver applied for adjudication and the appointment of a trustee. This was an adjourned application under Section 78 (2)
040 of The Official Receiver said the partners was absent, and that ot last Court there was
LONDON, May 11th. The present visit of the Danish the
Majestice to the Court of St. James has application
for rezeissinn, which caused the French Press to engage in was adjourned. The petitioners then decided that they did not want to go on The King and Queen of Denmark and political speculations, as if the rapproche with that application and asked for this fho market, in her colonial policy and she has their duty so nobly. He emphasised that their Royal hosts, King George sud Queen ment of Dennurk to the Triple Entente appointment of a trustee, etc., and he They give a free and lasting lataer, learnt the lesson. Bho has settled the Americans had gone to Mexico not for Mary, attended a gale opera performance/could be deducted therefrom. In view of asked his Lordship to make that order.
The cheapest and best in
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about 24,000 white people in her colonies.
There were 7,523 ten years ago. We aggression, but to serve mankind, includ- have built cities which are healthy anding the Mexicans.
habitable, we have laid out farms AMERICA'S RETIRED SOLDIERS and planted villages, reproducing
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of life at home. We have started plantations which are profitable to their owners. Apart from the 1,100, farms in South Africa, there are about 1,000 plantations owned by Europeans, run by about 1,300 white owners and overscors occupying a labour force of about 90,000 natives. We have done a certain amount
MEDIATORS LEAVE FOR AMERICA.
NEW YORK, May 11th.
in native administration--though here, The mediators have arrived at Tera more than anywhere else, we are beginners Cruz and proceeded straightway to New
by spreading peace and sanitation, by
teaching the natives in schools and in York, on board a German liner, refusing agriculture. But apart from South-West all American proffers of courtesy, Africa, where we solved the native problem by smashing tribal-life and by creating a scarcity of labour, we are only just now beginning to understand it." The German ideal of colonisation is no longer a policy of settlement but of commercial exploitation, and it is
HONGEONG, MAT 13TH, 1914. THOUGH Germany does not rank as ons of the great colonial powers of the worl 1 her colonial possessions, are by no means insignificant, for they cover nearly evident that sound development is now
··
as
taking place
miles; about tho British parts of as the
1,100,000 squate much India, and five times as big
ope
THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. OF CANADA. GRACIOUS COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENT.
LONDON, May 11th.
The appointment of Prince Alexander of Teck as Governor-General of Canada in succession to H.HH. the Duke of Conaught has evoked ungracious com
German Fatherland. It is a colonial H.M.8. Thistle returned to Hongkong ments from some quarters in Canada. dominin mainly spread over Africa; only yesterday morning. 69,000 square miles, niost of them in New
Chinese.
While the undoubted success of the Duke of Connaught's adnuinistration is acknow- ledged it is argued that anything like a perpetuation of Royal rulers, and Court etiquette is unsuitable for a
During the 24 hours ending 10 am. democratic country. yesterday, 1,66 inches of
rain were
Guinea, are outside the Dark Continent. Thore were nine fatal cases of small Apart from that territory and a few smallpox in the Colony last week, all being islands, it consists mainly of the four dependencies of Togo (33,000 square miles), the Cameroons, Gorman East Africa and German South Africa, each of recorded at the Observatory. Practically
FAMOUS SINGER'S DEATH. them covering between 300,000 to 400,000 the whole of the rain fell from 11.30 on
__________ BATAVIA, May 11th. square miles. The total colonial trade,
The death has occurred at Batavia of apart from Kiantschau, came to nearly Monday night. £12,000,000 last year, whereas but seven
There were 215 cases of plague notifed Madame Nordica, the famous singer. years ago the. figure was £5,000,000. A
in the Colony last week, 173 proving fatal. Death was due to pneumonia, probably great deal of this increase is due to Among the victims were three Indians, resulting from Madame Nordica's experi- coloniai imports, which are always rising one Filippino and one Malay All the ences in the recent accident to an when colonial loana are contracted and
Test were Chinese The total number of Australian steamer in Torres StraÍU. when railways are constructed. But the
TRAM-CARS IN COLLISION IN exports too, the true signs of colonial cases of plague since the beginning of the
LONDON prosperity, have wonderfully developed Year 16 1228 with 1112 deaths.
There were
THE FRENCH ELECTION.
TRIUMPH FOR TRIENNIUM SERVICE.
at Covent Garden yesterday. The house was converted into a foral bower, and was ablaze with colour and jewels.
THE KING OF SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, May 12th. The King has sufficiently recovered to and will open resume government, Parliament at an early date, after which his Majesty will proceed to Karlsbad for the cure.
SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES,
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS TO BE ASKED TO PROVIDE A MEMORIAL
LONDON, May 12th
Mr. Grist on behalf of one of the this it must be said that the British Press treats the visit as wholly unpolitical and partners in the firm, named Fung Yai rather regards it in the light of a family Pui, asked that his name should be struck out of all the proceedings so that he visit of closely related Dynasties. The should not be adjudged a bankrupt. He Danish Royal couple, ker des attending also expressed the opinion that any Cours festivities, will make the proces petition by the debtors must be made by sion through the town to the city as is all the debtors in order that the receiving eustomary. They will go to Spain after order might he made,
A
ward, vis Paris.
The Official Receiver said that such authority was given in the Home Act.
Mr. Grist remarked that he raised the point at the last Court.
His Lordship said the point was an important one.
HUERTA'S FALL EXPECTED.
REIGN OF TERROR PEARED.
LONDON, May 11th.
Mr. Grist referred to Section 78 (1) The Mexican situation bas grown worse and the early fall of Huerta is counted and explained that that undoubtedly upon. Several foreign diplomate at laid it down that where such an applica The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Washington have attempted to persuade tion was made all the partners should be joined There was a section in the Home Mr. Lewis Harcourt, replying to the My Bryan to take energetic action, as Ast which said that one partner could Vicar of Hendon, intimates that he the outbreak of terrible anarchy is feared petition the Court in the name of the The American firm. They had no such section in this contemplates suggesting that the Govern after Huerta's fall, iment of the Straits Settlements should Secretary of State, however, maintains Colony, therefore, every petition by a debtor must be made by the whole of the partners provide a suitable memorial to Sir Stam- his optimism, ford Raffles, at Hendon Church, where his coffin was recently unearthed.
THE HIPPODROME AND CIRCUS
Tho hippodrome and circus at Cause- way Bay attracted a large audience on Monday evening for the opening per formance, and the programima was as entertaining as it was varied. Such exhibitions are bound to be strikingly similar to each other, but the glamour of a circus invariably attracta plenty of support. The one at Causeway Bay is made up of all those items which people Jook for there are performing lions, funny men, prettily attired ladies who perform all sorts of tricks on horseback, and the usual amount of legerdemain which puzzles everyone. Of the latter the sharp-shooting by the Three Carsons is objects are picked off from all sorts of perhaps & feature. Tiny and elusive positions, and a William Tell item is
SHIPPING RATES IN WART,
BERLIN, May 11tb. At the East Asistic Conference of United Shipowners it was decided that the war rates to Japan and Shanghai be increased by 2s. 6d. from 1st September,
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S
BEREAVEMENT
BEBLIN, May 11th. Frau Bethmann-Hollweg wife of the Imperial German Chancellor, is dead,
MURDER OF EUROPEAN CONSUL
BERLIN, May 11th. The Russian and Norwegian Consul, Mr. Batt, was robbed and murdered in good test of nerves and shooting skill, a railway train near Bizerta in Tunis.
ILL-STARRED BICILY,
The Naval Display" by Murrel and lus assistant Jerry is most enter taining and amusing parody on what good sailors should be capable of doing.
BERLIN, May 11th Huge shells are thrown about and caught
The losses caused by the damage to the on various parts of the body, while large brass balls are treated in a very off-hand landscape in Sicily are great.
Mount manner; and Jerry introduces a continual funny element into the feats of strength Etna is in violent eruption.
From £1,500,000 in 1906, they rose to
LONDON, May 11th. The private yacht Mekong, owned by -nearly £7,000,000 in 1912. Apart from the
Two tram-cars collided at Blackfriars Prince Ferdinand, brother of Queen development of diamond mining in
Amelie of Portugal, who is at present big Bridge and were smashed. Fourteen South West Africa, which is responsible for about £1,500,000, all this is due to game shooting in Indo-China, is lying av persous were conveyed to hospital, and and skill. There is some clever juggling systematic work, not to accidental and anchor in the harbour. The Mekong is a others were injured. artifical colonial booms. The colonies vessel of 1000 tons displacement, and is send about £2,500,000 to Germany and the most attractive yacht visiting these She carries a thirty four knot take as much from her in return. The waters. total trade is infinitesimal in comparison motor launch, and is fitted with bre of with Germany's national trade of the most modern types of guns, wireless £535,000,000 in imports and nearly telegraphy and other up to date insta]- Capt. Morton, brother of Mr. £450,000,000 of exports, But Germany is lations. only just beginning to surmount the C. Morton of the Pacific Mail Com difficulties she has had to face in her pany, has been in charge of the vessel for colonial policy. A Munich Professor in the past two years Prince Ferdinand a lecture in London recently, pointed out will meet the yacht at Shanghai on Juns that Germany hegan to colonise before 6, and from thence proceed to Yokohama. she could be regarded as an industrial A trip will then be made to Kamchatka, "Whilst we were developing through Alaska to Vancouver, and on to country. colonies we had to develop Germany as Panama, leaving there to reach New York well. Before the acquisition of velonies, in time for the America Challenge Cup Germany employed in industries, in 1882, yacht race.
PARIS, May 11th. The features of the French second ballots yesterday wore the success of the Bociclists and the groups on the Right The supporters of Triennion Service secured an incontestable majority.
HOME CRICKET
LONDON, May 12th Kent beat the M.C.C. by an innings and 10 runs,
Yorks beat Northants by an innings
and 150 runs.
RENOWNED MUSICIAN DEAD
BERLIN, May 11th Herr Schuch, Director-General of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera at Dresden,
conductor of renown, is dead.
FOOTBALL IN GERMANY
by Otto and Lollo and Happy Ashby. The latter does his work while standing on a globe, which makes his performance most ingenious affair. Miss Alberta. gives a clever equestrienne turn and in addition there are several performances by very knowing horses. The clowns, of course, are busy throughout the pro gramme, and would be patrons may con- dently look forward to several hours real enjoyment, with plenty to make them laugh heartily. The Vision of Saloms which was given by ten ladies on the opening night, was a novelty for a circus programme, but the audience must have appreciated this more serious side of the won at Berlin by the home team. evening's entertainment. To produce a dance of this description in the colourless setting of a large matshed is an under taking, but the performers did remark ably well.
There will be a matinee performance this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
BERLIN, May 11th The football match Berlin Paris was
HOSTILITIES IN ALBANIA
BERLIN, May 11th.
The Prince of Albania has ordered all hostilities to cease.
The Oficial Receiver said that that was ot a correct view of the Section. If the Court took the view which Mr. Grist had just laken, it would mean that in very any firm cases, if a partner wanted a
all the partners, who, in many, petition, he would have to get authority, casca, did not reside in Hongkong
His Lordship said that the question thus
Es to whether empowered to make such an order as the law stood.
fron
Was
Mr. Grist remarked that he challenged the power. If anyone came forward it would upset the whole of the proceedings. For all practical purposes that was not ever likely to happen, because all the property they had been able to find the taken Official Receiver had already
possession of
His Lordship said he was obliged to Mr. Grist for making the point, but he thought that if he made the order he would be following the practice which nad obtained there, rightly us wrongly.
Mr. Grist suggested that a really effective Ordinance might be drafted if his Lordship dealt with that matter by refusing to make any order. His Lord- ship might recommend that the present Ordinance should be repealed.
The Official Receiver said it depended wholly upon the provisions regarding imprisonment for debt in this Colony: If that point was raised, it would raise the whole point as to imprisonment for debt. in Hongkong which he was not saying might not to be raised:
The application of the Oficial Receiver was subsequently allowed.
APPLICATION FOR DISCHANGE.
An application for discharge was made in the case of Tsang Ng, but the Official Receiver changed his application and asked for an adjournment sind die
Mr. Agassiz, who appeared on behalf of the petitioners to oppose debtor a original application, had zo objection to the adjournment and this was allowed