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distress outside the Colony. This is not the first time that the Colony ing been moved to assist in the relief of distress caused in South Chine, but the record for the Colony in the way of charitable subscriptions is the $280,000-all but
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, 1914.
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THE LATE ML. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
LONDON, July 6th. The body of the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was quietly conveyed to Birmingham, but all along the route from Paddington numbers of people came out to watch the train pass.
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MONGOLIAN ROBBERS.
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CHAMPAGNE Chinese Charitable Society and the Chinese line was practically lined with watchers.
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tion, which amounted to nearly $49,000, for the relief of sufferers by famine in the Province of Hwangsi, and Mr. CLEMENTI WAS secondled for relief work there. The trade interests of this Colony in the West River districts are of such very considerable importance that these devastating floods must adversely affect the business of merchants here for some time to come, and it need not be pointed out that in assisting to relieve the dire distrose of the population they are at the same time. assisting the recovery of trade from the severe blow it has received. But while the firat Deed of the starving communities along the course of the river is food, we may venture to emphasise the duty that rests upon the Chinese Authorities to take all possible precautions against. the outbreak of devastating epidemics when the waters have subsided. Honan, the Province adjoining Kwangtung, has also suffered seriously, in parts, from $58.00 foods during the past month, and we 60.00 notice in one of the reports the statement that a special donation to the Police Com- $63.00
missioner of Changsha, of Tis, 1,000 was used to purchase carbolic, chlorinated lime, lime, and other disinfectants. A special corps of 400 coolies under 100 sitpervisora was trained in the use of disinfectants by Dr. HUME and Dr. Yew of the Yale Mition, and the people themselves oleaned their houses thoroughly and quickly and welcomed the disinfectors. Commissioner. CHANG's proclamations on the liability of disease following the flood are described thoroughly modern in tone. It is to be. hoped that this excellent example will be apeedily followed in the West River towns; otherwise the people will have reason to fear worse dangers even ihan the floods.
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The Daily Press.
Hosesore, July 7, 1914.
ALTHOUGH it is not yet possible apparantly --and very likely never will be possible to measure the extent of damage done by the disastrous foods in the regions of the West River in figures giving an adequate ides of the financial Ice's suffered by the riverine population, the accounts we have published make plain the fact that an appalling amount of distress must have been canseil in this populous region. We learn it is estimated that at least a million persons have been rendered destitute. No one can read the reports of the havoc caused by these devastating floods and remain unsympathetic towards the sufferers, and wo are sure that the action taken by H.E. The GOVERNOR in convening a special meating of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, and asking it not only to pass a message of sympathy but to vote a sum of $50,000 out of the general revenue of the Colony in aid of the relief of the sufferers, will be approved by the community. The voted unanimously. His money EXCELLENCY mentioned that this was in- be the nucleus of a public tended to
was
subscription to be raised in the Colony and that he purposes appointing a representative Committee to undertake this work. We are Sure that, with the splendid example already set by the Chinese community, who have to date subscribed no less a sum than $65,000, the total contribution from this Colony will reach a figure far in excess of any subscrip tion previously raised for the relief of
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The French and English wails of the 2nd and 6th June were delivered in London on the 4th July,
It is announced that the meeting of the Portuguese Benevolent Society has been postponed from Thursday next to Thursday, 23rd instant, at 6 p.m.
On the application of Inspector Terrett, Mr. J. R. Wood discharged the Filipino who has been detained in custody in connection with the alleged embezzlement of a sum of money in the Philippine Islands
At the Magistracy yesterday Sergt. Pincott charged a Chinese fireman on board the Blue Funnel steamer Tadeus with being in unlawful possession of 2 taels of prepared opium. "A fine of $150 was imposed.
Captain H. K. Hughes, 1st Battalion
.: King's Own Yorkshire Light tho Infantry, Singapore, has just boon appointed to the adjutaney of his battalion, Captain Hughes was appointed to the Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1901, and he has served with them as captain since June, 1909.
At the Magistracy yesterday three men were charged with conspiracy, It appeared that the men were employed by the police as informers, and threatened the keeper of an opium divan that if he did not hand each of them $15 they would betray him to the authorities. The keeper then complained to the police. Inspector Terrett asked for the discharge of the men, which was granted. The men were, how- ever, re-arrested outside the Court.
TRONOH MINES, LTD. Messrs. Vernon & Smyth inform us that they are in receipt of the following cable information from their London agents:- Output for June, 150 tons; value £13,000; working cost and expenditure on capite account, £14,500 tone of Tin share market, quiet,
THREE TYPHOONS.
The telegrams quoted below received from the Manila Observatory at 7.40 p.m. yesterday:
Cyclone or typhoon, E. of Moin Capti, moving N.N.W.
Cyclone or typhoon E. of Northern Luzon, less than 300 miles distant, moving WNW
Cyclone or typhoon E. of the Southern Ladrones or Mariani Islands, moving W.N.W or N.W.
The ex-Premier, Mr. Deakin, describes him as the greatest modern Imperialist,
ANARCHISTS - KILLED BY THEIR OWN BOMB.
PLOT AGAINST MR. ROCKEFELLER.
New Yonk, July Oth Four anarchists were killed while making a bomb in a tenement house, and seven-innocent persons were injured,
THE MONGOLIAN TRIBES.
FERING, July 8th. The Peking Jih lao reports as follows from Heilungkiang-It is said that the Taetsen and Hulun tribes of Mongolia intend to return to the rule of the Central Government, having been persuaded to
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SUCCESS OF GERMAN CARS.
BERLIN, July 8th
The automobile Grand Prix of France has been compoted for, and the first thres rars were all German Mercedes.
NAVAL COMRADES.
THE ALBANIAN CRISIS.
BERLIN, July 5th. The Albanian troops were defented at Koritza, and the situation of the Prince has become wors
te
A SHANTUNG HAWKER'S
ADVENTURE.
ATTACKED AND ROBBED BY INDIANE Before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magis- tracy yesterday, a Sepoy in the 28th Punjabis was charged with being con- eerned in a robbery with violence, com- mitted on a Shantung silk hawker on the peak overlooking the barracks at Rennie's Mills on the 30th June..
Mr. G. R. Sayer (Assistant-Superin- tendent of Police) prosecuted,
dialect Complainant, who spoke a BERLIN, July 5th.
seldom heard in the local Courts, appear The German and the British Fleetod to be an exceptionally intelligent man have exchanged telegrams. H.E. Admiral for his class. He stated that on the last Warrender closes his telegram with the day of June bo walked from Kowloon words: "Comrades in the past, and City en route to Hang Hau. At about 11 a in ho reached the barracks, and stood. always.
about 30 paces away and looked around! Several Indians, including the defendant, then beckoned to him to come down, and indicated by signs that they wished to buy some of his goods, composed of three qualities of silk. He sold two pieces of silk, one for $10, and the other for $4 A FRENCH DRESSMAKER'S, LOSS. and then prepared to return to Eongkong. Beven or eight of the men asked him if he At the Magistracy yesterday, o Chinese
was returning to Hongkong, and he said houseboy, employed at the Zetland House"Yes," and they then pointed out a way Hotel, was charged with the larceny of for him to go back. He observed one of the named Eugenie Esnault, employed ating by a gesture of his hand for him to Madame Flint's establishment.
go another way, and he also made a sign THE WEST RIVER FLOODA. Complainant said that on Tuesday night which seemed to suggest that the men
last before retiring to rest in her round would rob him. PEKING, July 6th." President Yuan Shih-kai bas allotted of money and other things in a purse, Tls. 50,000 for the relief of distress ander her pillow. On the following mora- caused through the floods in Kwangtung.ing the "boy," whom she recognised as
PRESIDENT AND THE ARMY
PERING, July 6th: The Body of Generals intend offering to the President, as Generalissima, n high honorary title.
The police believe that the bomb formed do so by the emissarica delegated for that $70, the property of a French dressmaker, men who had bought a piece of silk sign-
part of a plot against Mr. Rockefeller.
The anarchists belonged to the Associa tion of the Industrial Workers of the World, the trial of some of whose mem- hers in connection with anti-Rockefeller demonstrations begins to day.
GERMANY AND AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING.
LONDON, July 6th. The Daily Mail gives prominence to the details of what is described as a German plan to capture the shipping trade of Australasia by means of subsidies. For instance, it is expected that the New Zealand service will divert from London a hundred thousand tons of German
freight which has hitherto been tranship ped in England.
BRITISH SPECIAL RESERVISTS.
LIMITED NUMBER TO RETURN. TO THE COLOURS.
LONDON, July 6th. The Morning Post learns that the Army Council has decided to allow a limited number of Special Reservists in section A" or "B" to return to the colours to complete "the
period of original enlistment. liable for drafting abroad. At present only unmarried men are to be accepted.
purpose by the Government.
THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY,
PRKING, July 6th Upon a proposition of General Vin Chang and Admiral Sa Yen Ping the celebration of the President's birthday will take place on September 18th, when a grand parade of the garrison of Peking will be held.
ACCOMMODATION FOR THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
PERING, July 6th. The President has ordered that the Chin Cheng Tien or Throne Hall in the Forbidden City is to be taken down to
at the hotel she placed a certain amount indicated by the less went the way
the defendant, came in at about 7 o'clock, and informed her that her bath was ready Witness went to her bath, and returned to her room about ten minutes later. She did not see the defendant in her room then. A little later witness saw him taking down the mosquito curtains from the bed. The defendant went out with the curtains, and soon afterwards witness discovered that her parse had gone. She called for a Mr. Sanderson, a neighbour, who spoke French, and told him that some person had stolen her purs. Mr. Sanderson advised an examination of the room, sug gesting that perhaps the purse had fallen down somewhere. A sea-captain who was staying at the hotel searched the defen- dant, but found nothing on him. Even- tually the purse was found behind a screen which stood in front of her trunk, but 870 had been taken from it. As far as she know, nobody except the defendant bad come into her room in the morning. She made it a practice of always examining her
rising in the morning. She saw the money on the Tuesday night, and it was there still on the following morning at 6 o'clock. Witness thought the defendant got into her room while she was in the bath, and hid behind the screen. The boy" had never come into her room after announ-
On eing that "the bath was ready" previous occasion. dewyn any Cross-examined by Mr. Otto Kong Sing,
several men, and upon
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reaching the top of the peak sat down by a large stons to rest. It took him some- thing like half an hour to reach this spot. Suddenly witness saw three Indians, one of whom was the defendant. They did nos come up to him together. One man came up fret, and asked "How muchee?" Then the defendant came up from behind. and seized him by the throat, while a third, man twisted his left arm behind his right, and rendered him powerless. The defen dant then came round to gag and bind him, and then looked at his face for a time. Witness hit with an umbrella the man who first approached him.
His Worship-What did the first man dn Oh, he did nothing. He waited until the other men had tied me up, and then he took all my things, and went away. That is all. (Laughter.)
Continuing his story, the complainant said that his assailants tore the cloth covering his silk, and placed one piece round, his mouth. They took off his girdle, after extracting all the money, and tied up his legs with it. The money amounted to about $20. The defendant
“properly" on the ground, and placed his straw hat on his head.
They will not be make room for the erection of a three. purse both before going to bed and when and the third man laid witness out,
THE STRIKE AT WOOLWICH.
storey building for the accommodation of the Council of Ministers. The Chinese Press, especially the Manchu papers, refer to this order in a sarcastic manner.
THE LI FA YUEN.
PERING, July 6th The Committee for the Constitution
LONDON, July 8th. At a mass meeting of the Woolwich strikers, Mr. Thompson, President of the Labour Protection League, controlling 3,000 men, announced that all the labour have decided that the yearly sessions of who defended, witness affirmed that no- organisations had ordered the come out solidly so that not a man could enter the Arsenal in the morning.
Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., said that the next twenty-four hours would see revolution in Woolwich,
men to
ELECTIONS IN MEXICO.
MEXICO CITY, July 6th.
The elections for President, Vice-
the Li Fa Yuen shall last four months, with the proviso that this term may be lengthened should the President deem it
necessary.
SELF-RECOMMENDED PUNISHMENT.
PEKING, July 8th.
Ho Tsung Lion has requested the retire- President, Deputies and Senators was ment of a large number of Colonels, held to-day. In the portions of the Re-Majors and Lieutenants of the First Division. He also recommends their public controlled by President Huerta,
punishment, as well as his own. indifference was
manifested, generally was an almost complete and there abstention from voting in the Capital.
Huerta appeared to be the favourite for the Presidency, and Blanquet for the Vice-Presidency.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, July 6th. The death is announced of Rear Admiral Edward Percy Asbe, M.V.O., as the result of a motor accident.ge
[The deceased was a Kaval Cadet în 1866; Lieut. in 1877; Commander 1891; Captain' 1899. He served in the Egyptian War, 1882 (Egyptian nedal, Khedive's bronse star); And the South African War, 1908 (medal).)
A NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR CHINA
WANTED.
EUROPEAN SERVICE.
A SCHOOL OF ANARCHISTS.
INQUIRY. INTO BOSNIAN TRAGEDY.
BERLIN, July 5th.
At Buda-Pesth, where the investigations are being conducted, evidence has been produced in the matter of the Berbo Croatian conspiracy of students, which had been organized at Belgrade.
It has been found that the membership comprises officers, merchants, solicitors and members of the Servian Diet. The costs have been defrayed by the merchants to the Government for keeping in a state of perpetual unrest such places in Referring to the Order of the President Austria-Hungary where the Servians live, respecting the preservation of antiquities. Further assassinations had been planned. A Chinese contemporary published in Peking suggests that a museum at Peking The official Pester Lloyd addresses a would have a better effect than laws and regulations threatening punishment to srious warning to the Servian Govern those who export these antiquities. "We should collect them ourselves if we want them; that is the only way of preventing U.S. MINISTER ASKED TO RESIGN. others collecting them. The author of the article regrets that the Government on account of the financial stringency was not able to buy the collection made by the late Viceroy Tuan Fang which
ment and Press
BERLIN, July 5th.
President Wilson has ordered the US.
Mr. Sayer-Was the sun shining at the time Yes, it was shining very fiercely, and the Indians opened my umbrella and placed it beside me to protect me from the sun. (Laughter.)
Witness said that he struggled to get. free from his bonds, and eventually got loose. He saw the Indians go down the one entered her room except the defen hill which he had ascended, in the dant.
direction of the barracks. He was afraid Mr. Kong Sing-You are quite certain Mr. Sanderson did not Yes, I am. He to follow them, as they might assault him said "Good morning" to me from his again, so he went straight back to Kow- verandah just after 6 o'clock loon City, where he arrived at about '8 He says Good-morning to you every o'clock. He walked all the way with one morning, does he not Yes, and every
shoe only, the other having been broken night he says Good-night."
in the struggle and lost. He informed the Inspector at the Kowloon City Police Station of the affair, and the next day he took the Inspector to the scene. On the Thursday ho went with the Assistant Superintendent of Police to the barracks at Rennie's Mills, where a great many soldiers paraded for identification."
Now, before this alleged theft, were you in your own room all night? Yes.
Witness, in answer to further questions, said she could not remember what time she went to bed that night. If she went to the cinematograph, theatre that night, could not remember if Mr. Sanderson then it must have been rather late She came home with her that night, but if she went to the theatre it was certain that ho came with her. She could not remember. if she went on that night, Mr. Sanderson. and witness were rather friendly, because he spoke French, while witness could not speak English. She denied that Mr. Sanderson was in her room on the morn- ing of the theft.
Mr. Otto Kong Sing asked for the dis charge of the defendant.
His Worship said he believed the lady had lost the money, and he was very discharged. sorry for her. The defendant would be
AN INSANE CHINESE AT
WANCHAL
·POLICE INJURED.
Asked about how many were there, the witness made a sweeping movement with his arms, positively beamed at the recollec- tion of the event, and said he could not say, but there were many lines of them.. He walked alongs cach line, and. scrutinised every man.
an. He identified the
defendant, but failed to pick out the other
two men who assaulted him. He picked out the men who bought from him. When he came to the defendant he recognised
and him immediately, bent down, cried. Before he went up to the nien on parade he saw about 10 or 11 men on, the whart. Of these one was in Court now Witness unhesitatingly pointed ta a native officer sitting in Court..
Mr. Sayer-That is quite true, your Worship. This man has a wonderful memory for faces. aid the men
Witness, proceeding, Eaid the
A Chinese, who is said to have newly arrived in the Colony from Canton, suddenly, went mad on Saturday after noon. His extraordinary behaviour drow the attention of a large crowd of people, the wharf were placed among a contingent and to escape them he dashed into a numbering about 50, and he picked them coffin shop in Queen's Road East, and out. The whole of the contingent were went up into a cockloft. The police were dressed alike. informed. and Inspector McHardy,
The hearing was remanded. Sorgt Pitt, and P.C. Swan soon ap- peared and laid seige to the premises,
The madman hurled stones and any missiles that happened to be at hand at. the officers, and PC. Swan, who hat pluckily entered the cockloft, received an ugly blow over the head from a carpen ter'a bol, which neccesitated his removal
BRUTAL MURDER AT TAIKOO DOOK.....
A Chinese privately employed by the Taikoo Dock to watch for thieves at the
to the Hospital. Inspector McHardy dock was murdered on Saturday by a was also struck with a beavy piece of man who is not yet under arrest. It is thought that his ussailant was a thief the madman through a hole in the cockloft
has been offered to the Government for Minister to Athens to hand in his resigna- timber. A hose pipe was turned upon whom the detective caught in the act of
$120,000 but says that whatever outlay tion on account of his attacks of the policy is necessary in establishing the proposed
team is more than warranted... of the Great Powers regarding Albania.
and he was eventually grabbed by the stealing. When the detective sought to leg and bound, after which he was capture him, he turned round and
stabbed him in the breast with a knife. removed to the Asylum