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FIRE IN HONGKONG
Just before eleven o'clock on Monday night an outbreak of fire occurred at u four-storey building, occupied as an eating house, No. 229,- Queen's Road West The fire apparently started in the staircase between the first and second it starts from the Yangtze port of Shasi floors, and very soon the whole building was in flames. The second and third iu Hupeb, and goes straight across Hunsu
floors of No. 220, which adjoins, became and Kwalchow, passing through Changle, involved, but the ground floor of this one of the chief commercial and Industrial house, a wine and spirit shop, escaped centres of the former Province, and The Fire Brigade worked dcterminedly Kwaiyang, the capital of the latter. Angainst heavy odds, and succeeded in branch from Changteb will connect it with confining the fire to the two houses, r Changsha, the capital of Hunan, and so task which at one time socmed unlikely link it up with the Yust-Han Railway to be fulfilled owing to the exceptional Hunan, where German efforts have been ferocity of the flames. It was very concentrated more than anywhere else, and fortunate that the fire did not break out where German influence threatened to later in the night, for a great many predominate, will thus be traversed by two people sleep on the premises, and they main lines and our branch, all constructed would have been caught in a death-trap owing to the destruction of the staircase
THE HONGKONG BANK CASE.
REMEDIOS BROUGHT BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Another stage was reached yesterday 10 the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank case, when the clerk Remedios was brought before the Chief Justice, Mr. H. H. J
importz. The charge as read out was as follow.****
THE WAR.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.J
THE LAND OPERATIONS.
Antonio Filomeno Remedios, together: with one Reginaldo Olivero Gutierrez and other persons not in custody, being BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ovilly disposed persons and wickedly devising and intending to defraud and rejudice the Hongkong and Shanghai flanking Corporation of Victoria, in tho Colony of Hongkong, on the 19th day of April, 1914, and on divers other days and and the 27th June, 1914, at Victoria afore- times thereafter and between that day
amongst themselves conspire, combine,
under British auspices. The position in and the rapidity with, which the fire aid, and elsewhere, unlawfully did
Kweichow will be even more interesting, for that Province is practically virgin soll, absolutely untouched by any existing rail.
way and devoid of almost all facilities for communication. At present the poorest of China's Provinces, it is generally agreed by geologists that its mineral wealth is ex- captional, but hitherto it has not been possible (even apart from the restrictions on mining imposed by the Chinese Gor. ernment) to do anything to develop these resources, as, in the absence of railways and rivers, the cost of transport of any oro extracted would be prohibitive. The fail- ure of British industry to establish itself in Western China has been the subject of many laments, notably, recently, from Mr. A. ST. MOORE BENNETT, of Yunnanfu, who pointed out in one of his letters to the
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developed. As it happened, the majority of the occupants were Lake, and with the aid of the Police and Fire Brigade were safely got out," Damage to the extent of about $6,000 was done before the flames subsided. The loss is practically covered by insurance in the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha for 33,000 and in the Western Assurance Company for $2,500,
FIRE AT MACAO.
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confederate and agros, together falsely and fraudulently to cheat and defraud
SAFELY LANDED.
THE VEIL OF SECRECY.
LONDON, August 17th.
10.15 p.m.
The Official Press Bureau announces that the Expeditionary Force, as detailed for foreign service, has been safely landed on French soil. The embarkation, transportation and disembarkation of men and stores alike were carried through with the greatest precision and without a
the said Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-
Ja single casualty, ing Corporation of divers large sums of money
was
Remedios was the only prisoner placed in the dock, Gutierrez having turned King's evidence. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and raised no objection to the following jury which
N. Drummond empanelled: -- Messrs. (foreman), G. M. Powell, E. Abraham, T. W. Mackay, G. Lee, J. H. Taggart and f. Fasse.
A big fire occurred at Macao on Monday
Mr. G. C. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. in the stocking weaving factory at Rua Lewis (from the office of Messra. Deacon, do Campo,
Looker, Deacon & Harston), prosecuted.. Our Macao'. correspondent writes
and Mr. F. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. that, more than an hour elapsed aftor: the signal was given by the Monto A. B. Crew (from the office of Messra,
Hastings & Hastings), defended. Fort before the fire-xtinguishing appears that the Inspector da Fazenda, regarding the Fire Brigade as useless, had stopped their pay, and so nobody responded to the signal. Private pumps are not allowed to give help, the Govern ment is disincliffed to pay for the services of a fire brigade, and so there is little chance of a property being saved when once it catches fire. Moreover, the Monte Fort gave a wrong signal. HE the the Chuan-Han and Yuet-Han Railways, Governor was a spectator of the fire, and be predominant, and there was ample it will be an essential link in the ustwork perhaps something may now be done to corroboration of the story which he would which, by making easy communication with give the Colony better protection against tell: When the men had decided on the
Timer that no contract had been obtained apparatus arrived upon the scene. It Mr. Alabaster explained that he.
in Yunoan by a British firm for ten years and in Kwelshow things were even worse, but now Great Britain will appear as the pioneer of the development of that back. ward Province and, we hope, will reap the pioneer's reward. So much for the conces sion from the British point of view to China, too, it will be of the utmost advantage
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all parts, is aiding so materially in diminish- ing the independence of the Provinces and fortifying the position of the Central Government. It will also provide an alternative route to Tunaan, so that it HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Das Vœux ROAD C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC. will no longer be necessary for all the traffic
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, AVGUST 19TH, 1914.
SPEAKING in the House of Commons three or four weeks ago, Sir EdwARD GREY explained the efforts that are being made to secure for Great Britain a free hand in the matter of industrial and railway con cassions in China, and to extricate bar from the complications that have been produced by the Agreements between financial groups of various rationalities. The idea of "pooling" all concessions in China vanished into thin air when, just a year ago, the Quintuple Group was dissolved and its various internal Agreements annulled by mutual consent, except that portion of the Five Powers Agreement relating to State loana for administrative purposes. Allud- ing to this modification of international policy in China, the Foreign Secretary added, "We now have pending considerable railway concessions, and I believe that this arrangement of groups enables different combiues, including ourselves, to go ahead more freely in those parts of China where
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of that Province to pass through French territory, and not improbably this new line wil! divert from Tengking to the Yangtaze s considerable portion of the Yunnan trade. It will, in short, be a very effective enunter- move to the various French projects for railway penetration in South-west China and
to her aim of building up, by means of the
Haiphong-Yunnan, Yurman-Chungking und Changking-Yamehow lines, a sphere of influence in that region.
The Colonial Secretary's office intorus us that Bangkok has declared Hongkong free from plague, and inspection at Kohtra is dispensed with.
an outbreak of fre
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
À COUNCIL..
A meeting of the Council is convened for to-morrow.
The Orders of the Day are Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Deportation Ordinances, 1912 and 1913.":
Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Widows'
and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1998.''
Second reading of the Bill entitled, "An Ordinance to amend the law relating
appeared on behalf of the Attorney- General in the case, and the prisoner had the advantage of being defended by Mr. Jenkin. Counsel proceeded to explain the charges and briefly recalled how the fraud was perpetrated. important witness, Counsel added, would be one of the conspirators, the man named Gaiterrez, who bud turned King's qvidence His evidence would naturally.
The most
nature of the fraud they set to work under a host of aliases, one of which was Delphine" from "01 01 Delphine." They endeavoured to bring about the franu sad, as was well known, they did not succeed. He then called Guiterrez..
Guiterrez gave similar evidence in that tendered at the Magisterial proceedings. He explained how it was agreed between bin and Remedies to get through" a letter of credit, which would have to pass through his (Guiterrez's) hands in his special department at the bank.
At this point Mr. Alabaster endeav nured to bage reliance on a statement to the effect that the original document signed "Lyndhurst" (one of the aliases), (also un
to the observance of precautions against and written to "Richardson " Piracy."
Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to exempt certain securities on imported goods from the operation of the Bills of Sale: Ordinance,
1886.'
Second reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to provide for the levy Swatow suffered rather badly by the of Estate Duty payable in respect of the typhoon which struck it on the night of estates of deceased persons.
Committee on the Bill entitled, "An the 14th inst. A number of Chinese boats Ordinance to amend and consolidate ih and three launches were sunk in the harLaw relating to Chinese Passenger bour and many houses were damaged.
Judgment has been reserved in the action of the N.Y.K., as owners of the Jingen Muru, and the Indo-China Steam
Navigation Company, as owners of the Wing Sang, which was a sequel to a colli- sion at sea between the two vessels,
Ships as defined by the Chinese Passen gers Act, 1856, and concerning Asiatic Emigrants generally**
* Will not be proceeded with at this meeting.
THE PEAK SPECIAL POLICE. All members of the Peak Special Police will report at Central Police Station at Rehearsals in connection with the
5.30 p.m. sharp on Thursday, August 20th, Blue Bird," to be produced in aid of for Musketry Instruction. charities towards the end of October,
They will also report at the Peak
i), and sent to Singapore, from which place it was re-addressed to Jobora, was in existence."
Mr. Jenkin at once objected saying that this witness could not be asked to speak of what he had not seen
Mr. Alabaster then asked that he should be allowed to interpose a witness.
Lee-Sergt. Clarke was then called. Ho spoke to arresting the man Ribeiro in Colombo. He had been- searched and all the documents in his possession had been secured by the police.
A Singapore native detective was also called to speak of this letter. The letter, which was re-addressed from Singapore to a man named Richardson in Singa- pore, was sent back to Singapore to the police. Here it was opened, and witness photographed its contents,"
This witness was closely cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin as to the textura of the
they have particular interests," and a very have been resumed. As it is impossible, topper) Tram Station at 3.40 p.m. sharp envelope and the various marks upon it.
on Saturday, August 22nd, for Musketry. notify the many children taking partPractice. individually, the parents are particularly Rifles and carbines to be brought on requested to allow them to continue each occasion. attending every Monday afternoon as be fore until further notice.
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MUSKETRY PRACTICE. We have been requested to state that Musketry Practice will be carried out as
At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese follows Was charged before Mr, Wood with being | in unlawful possession of 550 rounds of Winchester rifle ammunition, two boxes of percussion caps, and a dagger, and
Saturday, 22nd August, Special Constables-Peak Rifle Range, 4 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.~
agreeable commentary on this optimistic view is furnished by the realization of one of the pending concessions. On December 18th last Messra. PAULINGS signed the preliminary Agreement for the construction of a railway from Shasi to Singyifu, in the South-west of Kweichow, but, in the welter of railway schemes and preliminary Agree ments that characterized the end of 1913 and the early months of this year, it was
Sunday, 23rd August. 2nd Ba. D.C.L.I.-Peak Rifle Range; difficult to be very optimistic about any
also with offering a bribe of $10 to `s. from Wong-nei-cheong Gap towards Deep particular proposal until it had advanced a
Chinese constable. The ammunition was Water Bay; from Middle: Gap in a commescing at stage cater realization. Happily, the
found by the constable concealed in a false Southerly direction; Shasi-Singyifu line has emerged success. bottomed box on the Wing Lok Street fully from the limbo of preliminary Agree-wharf. Defendant was fined $200 on the ments; the final contract was signed a few two charges. days ago, and it is now only a question-of- time before the railway itself will have been constructed under British auspices and by British capital, so adding consider- ably to our interest and influence in one of the richest Provinces of China and placing us in the forefront of the Javelopment of one of the least known- Kweichow. This line, representing as it does. the first considerable industrial concession
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An inquiry was held at the Gaol yester- day by Mr. J. R. Wood (Coroner) into the death of a Chinese named Chau Iu, a prisoner at the Gaol. It was stated
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Thursday, 20th August onwards. 25th Panjabis-Kowloon "A" Range. 40th Pathans.King's Park. These commence at 0.30 a.m. daily.
At the Criminal Sessions, which opened. yesterday, Chan Pak Wo, who pleaded
that the man was sent to prison on the not guilty to a charge of attempting to 20th October, 1913, for 12 months' hard bribe a watchnian, was found not guilty labour, for returning from banishment. and discharged. For returning from his Medical evidence was to the effect that banishment, a man named Fung Hing death, resulted from natural causes, and
a verdict in accordance with this evidence was sentenced to one year's imprisonment was returned.
with hard labour.
-Witness replies led Mr. Jenkin to suggest that he should carry a notebook about with him.
Mr. Jenkin usked who was the Dan Richardson of Johore.
Witness replied that he was a gentle man on a rubker estate.
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Mr. Jenkin-Perhaps he rubbed out Devonshire Terrace." (Laughter.) You did not hear of anyone by the name of Richardson until this came along? -N3.
The copy of the letter which has been previously published-was admitted, and this was read by Mr. Alabaster, after which the hearing was adjourned until this morning.
TYPHOON WARNING. The telegram quoted below was received at the American Consulate General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory at 12.15 p.m. yesterday:---
Cyclone or typhoon Pacific Ocean, about halfway between the Mariana Islands and the Loochoos, moving W.N.W.
The Press Bureau adds that Lord Kitchener desired to state that he and the country were under the greatest obligation to the Press for the loyalty with which all references to the movement of the Expeditionary Force had been suppressed.
It is officially notified that no information whatever regarding the movements or destination of the Expeditionary Force must be published subsequent to disembarkation. The English Press correspondents are requested to quit Belgium. No correspondents will be allowed with the British Force for some time,
(Since the mention, now nearly a fortnight ago, of a report in the Paris papers that Great Britain would send an Expeditionary Force to the Continent under the command of Field Marshal Sir John French, in the event of war between Germany and France, not a single reference has appeared in Reuter's telegrams regarding the actual dispatch of the Force, though the world has learnt from other sources that this was proceeding. It appeared from a question asked in Parliament recently by Lieut. General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew that the War Offer arrangements. contemplated the dispatch of an Expeditionary Force of 180,000 in the event of France being invaded, but it would seem that Sir John French is in command of an even larger force than this-ED.]
PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
LONDON, August 18th,
H.S.H. Prince Alexander of Teck is going on active service. The Prince is a Major in the 2nd Life Guards. He was formerly
in the 7th Hussars and the Royal Horse Guards. His Highness served in the Matabeleland campaign in 1898, and in the South African war 1899- 3000 On both occasions he was mentioned in despatches and in the South African war won the D.S.0.3
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE REPORTED TO BE WOUNDED.
LONDON, August 18th.
2.10 p.m.
A report has reached Paris that the German Crown Prince, who attached to the First Cavalry Division, has been wounded and placed in hospital at Aix-la-Chapelle. The Kaiser has proceeded there to see the Prince.
PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH IN ALSACE-LORRAINE,
LONDON, August 18th,
2.10 p.m. France is taking methodical progress in Alsace-Lorraine. She has gained a distance of from 10 to 20 kilometres all along the frontier from Chambrey to Belfort, and is advancing strongly in some of the valleys, particularly on Strassburg:
GERMANS ENTRENCHING ALONG THE BELGIAN BATTLE-FRONT.
LONDON, August 18th.
The Germans, during the last few days, have been entrenching themselves along the Belgian battle-front.
BRUSSELS PREPARES FOR DEFENCË.
LONDON, August 18th..
4.30 a..
Hasty measures such as the erection of barricades, are being taken
to defend Brussels against a sudden cavalry raid.
NOTABLE AUSTRIAN DEFEAT BY SERVIANS.
LONDON, August 18th.
10.55 8.m.
The Servians have routed the Austrians near Shabata, They annibilated three Austrian regiments, captured fourteen guna and great quantities of war material. The Servians are pursuing the enemy.
NAVAL NEWS.
FRENCH FLEET SWEEPF THE ADRIATIC SEA.
AUSTRIAN CRUISER SENK.
LONDON, August 17th
405 p.m..
The Official Press Bureau reports that the French Fleet swept the Adriatic Sea as far as. Cattaro, and sank an Austrian protected cruiser of the Aspern type.
[There are three cruisers of this type, vin. :-Zenta (2,264 tons displacement, built in 1899), Szigetvar (2,313 tons displacement, built in 1901), and Aspern (2,362 tons displacement, built in 1901). Their designed speed was 20 knots:]