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CHRISTMAS STORM IN THE
ATLANTIC.
LONDON STEAMER MISSING.
LONDON, December 28th. Mariners tell thrilling stories of the Christmas storm," which they declare was the worst storm in the Atlantic within an extended experience.
The toll of damage cannot yet be mea Bared, but wreckage has been washed up from the London steamer Maid of Delve... which was last heard calling for assist ance off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
An answering steamer was unable to Jocate the Maid of Delox, and it is feared that the crow of twenty-six are all lost..
REPARATIONS COMMISSION
MEETING.
GERMAN DEFAULT DECLARED.
Pants, December 20th.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28TH 1911.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. U.S. SENATOR'S PESSIMISTIC FORECAST.
WASHINGTON, December 26th. Sehator McCormick, who has just re- turn from Europe, forecasts the pos sibility of the gravest events before the winter ends, if the Allies do not settle the reparations question."
BRITAIN'S DEBT TO AMERICA.
BRITISH FINANCIAL MISSION"
LEAVES FOR U.S...
LONDON, December 28th. Mr. Stapley Baldwin, accompanied by his wife and daughter, and Mr. Montagu C. Norman, Governor of the Bank of
em.
and
A DOUBLE MURDER IN
INDIA.
ENGLISHMAN AND ENGLISHWOMAN MURDERED.
BARILLY, December 20th. The bodies of an Englishman and an Englishwoman, who were travelling on the express train from Dehradun to Gays, have been discovered on the rail-track. They were apparently murdered after "a savere struggle.
A number of Hillmen who boarded the -train are suspcoted, but no arrests have
been made.
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BARLIER CABLES.
PEACE FOR IRELAND. SINN FEIN CONFERENCE TO BE HELD.
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FAR EASTERN CABLE HARBOURMASTERS CAUSTIO THE RECENT PARLIAMENT.
NEWS.
(THEOUGH REỪTHRʼa AGENCY.]
NEW CHINESE WIRELESS STATIONS
TRGA AND URUMTSI INSTALLATIONS
COMPLETED.
COMMENTS
ON "GREAT BIG BRUTES."
It' doesn't matter how mall a bont is, these great big brutes going across the harbour think they can run it down with impunity and go right on"
ARY ELECTION,
WHAT "P.R." WOULD HAVE DONE.
Mr. John H. Humphreys, secretary of the Proportional Representation Society, on November 17th analysed the statistica
of the General Election and communi- eated his conclusions in an interview with Thus the Harbourmaster (Commander
Press representatiye. “Abstracta pub- O. W. Bockwith, R.N.) whilst sitting in lished in the Press showing the voted judgment at the Marine Court yesterday, polled by different parties vary slightly," on a case in which Lau Wah Shu, coxswain said Mr. Humphreys, "but the following agures for the contested constituencies in Great Britain (excluding Universities) are substantially correct:
Conservativ
PRING, December 28th Having completed the Marconi wireless stations at Urga and Urumtal, which am of the Taikoo Sugar Refining Company, working atisfactorily, Major Dockray Ltd's steam launch Tuskoo om, was went on to Kashgar, arriving there on charged with failing to observe the rules December 23rd with all the plant necesary of the road in the harbour. for the erection of a third station.
UHINA'S PREMIERSHIP
DISORDERS IN THE SENATE
PREVENT VOTE.
PRKING, December 28th
Disorders in the Senate to-day again prevented a vote on the question of Chang Shou Tseng's Premiership.
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LONDON, December 20th. A meeting of Sinn Fein Clubs held at the Mansion House, Dublin, on Sunday, vening of the Ardfheis, or Congress of passed a resolution calling for the recon Slan Frin, with a view to securing a just and permanent peace. The meeting appointed a committes of eight to take charge of the matter and decided that, peading the meeting of the Ardfheis, a Dublin County and City he held on conference of all. Sian Fein bodies in REGENTS SPEECH PURELY FORMAL,
January 7th to discuss the best means of bringing about peace.
JAPANESE DIET CONVOKED.”
England, sailed on the Majestic this afternoon for the United States on J mission' in regard to the funding of the British debt to America. They expect to be ahnt about three weeki, '
Interviewed by a representative of the Evening Standard, Mr." Baldwin That much importance is attached to phasised the delicacy of the mission, tho meeting of the French Cabinet is
pointed out that under the present apparently borne out by the subsequent › convaning of the Reparations Commission
· arrangemènis, British payments" "t at short notice when the French Dele America amount to between sixty and gate, with the backing of the Italian and seventy millions sterling annually. Τα
Brussats, December 26th. Belgian Delegates, carried a resolution hoped to be able to fund the debt and got
A lawsuit relating to the ex-Kaiser's declaring a German default in respect of the burden of interest eased.
After the appointment of the various timber deliveries...
If he WIS
fortune has been sottled by the Court of Committees, the Diet will to-morrow ad. Appeal "giving judgment confirming the Bucareful he hoped that America would decision of the Court of Instance journ until probably January 22nd.
ordering Brussels broker to re- be kind to a much more important mission fund to
The Begent was unable to be present 144 English "bauk several which Mr. Bonar Law would abortly bond coupons, which the broker commis mier was indisposed.
million iranos the
of owing to his convalescence, and the Fre proceeds undertake, namely, in regard to repara-sioned the bank to cash. The British tions.
Sir John Bradbury (British, Repre- mentative) alone dissented from this action.
This tactical move, on the eve of the Josumption in Paris of the Premiers' Conference, which was adjourned from London, is regarded as affording, France an opportunity to act alone against Germany if she desires to. FRANCE PLANS EXPLOITATION OF THE RHINELAND,
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The Matin indicates that the Govern-
mont is completing
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INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FOUR THOUSAND DELEGATES.
GAYA, December 26th.
2. Four thousand delegates were present The at the opening of the Congress, tent was decorated with the portraits of
FL plan for the ex-
a Sign of Success.”
EX-KAISER'S FORTUNE. LAWSUIT SETTLED.
Government objected to the transaction,
Takro, December '6th. The Diet has been convoked, the regular assion boing held this morning. The Prince Regent's speech was road in both Houses of Parliament, by Count Uchida, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
4-
.
The speech followed the atual formal
as it was informed that the bonds be lines, and no special references were longed to the ex-Kaiser. The Dutch bank.
made which was an intermediary in the case was non-suited.
M.C.C. IN NEW ZEALAND.
CANTERBURY DEFEATED BY EIGHT WICKETS.
CHRISTCHURCH, December 20th. The M.C.C. team beat Canterbury by
THE FLEMING CASE.
UNEXPIRED PORTION OF SENTENCE
REMITTED:
SHANGHAI, December 27th.
5,361,650
Labour and Co-operative Liberal
4,225,823
2,56-4,988
1,542,109
343,800
National Liberal Independent and others
ן
Total
.14,038,460
It appears that at about 7.30 p.m. on the 5th inst., Commander Beckwith kim- solf was arossing in a motor launch from Yaumati to Hongkong. Some way out a big steam launch was proveeding up the harbour, and ex at an angle to Com- "This gives an average of votes per mander Beckwith's boat. The latter member of roughly 28,000. If, therefore, attempted to go straight across as she Commons in accordance with its register each party carried waight in the House of was entitled to do, expecting the larger ed strength, it would appear that (as for boot to proceed on her way astern of the contested constituencies in Great Britain are concerned) the elected mem- motor boat. It appears, however, that bers of the above parties should have instead, of doing so the larger boat cross ed the motor boat's bows, thus requiring the latter to go full speed astern in order to avoid a collision.
".
Mr. A. G. Burn represented "the Taikoo Company, and pleaded that the offending boat was not the Taikon Kom at all, but some other launch. He pointed out that mistake could very easily be made in the darkness. The Company had im- Plicit faith in the defendant, and he felt confident that the man would not have dona, such a thing.
DOMOD.
Commander Beckwith pointed out that the offence was a serious one, and far too This case would be dismissed, but he asked Mr. Bura to warn all his Company's coxswains against committing such a breach.
numbered:
Conservatives
Labour and Co-operative Liberal National Liberal .....
Total
...
207
183
59
Independent and other parties..... 13
541
"The actual successes obtained were: Conservative...... Labour Liberal
National Liberal Independent and others
Total
200
138
541
"It would appear, therefore, that the fortune of the moment has been with Mr. Borar Law," Mr. Humphreys continued. A remarkable feature of the election has been the number of contests in which three, four, or gren Ava parties have con tested for the single seat available. The rise and rapid growth of the Labour party has made this development inevit able, and additional perplexity was in troduced into the situation by the divi- Shortly after tiffin yesterday a snatchsion in the ranks of the Liberal party. ing incident took place in Chater Road, No fower than 178 seats in the House of close to the Pacifo Mail Steamship Co.'s Commons are beld by members on a minority of the votes polled. Even Mr.
SNATCHERS IN CHATER BOAD SMART CAPTURE BY EUROPEANS.
officos.
Mr. F. C. Jones, engineer of the s.s. Bonar Law himself comes within this
In the American Court yesterday, Lake Faulk, had just left the Company's category, though it is true that the margin ploitation of the left bank of the Rhine Gandhi, and inscriptions like "Failure is night wickets. Scoring 454 for 8 wickets, Judge Lobingier remitted the unexpired offices when he was hustled by two young against him was only four. Some of the the M.C.C. declared, Chapman scoring sentence of Attorney W. S. Fleming, fol- Chinese, one on either side of him, and results, however, are almost ludicrous..
by the establishment of a customs barrier between the Rhineland, the Rhur basin, and Germany. It is stated that the plan provides for the seizure of productive guarantees,
GERMANY'S DEBTS TO THE ALLIES.
FAMOUS BANKER'S PROPOSALS.
WASHINGTON, December 28th. The famous banker, Mr. Otto Kahn, has forwarded a letter to Senator Smoot of the Debt
strongly advocating the 'bancellation of portion of the Allied debts, or a redun tion of interest thereon.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
GAYA, December 26th.. In the course of his presidential ad- dress, at the opening of the Indian National Congress, Mr. C. R. Dasa out-, lined a scheme of Swaraj, based on small and practically autonomous centres, and urged the appointment of a committee to draft such a scheme. He defended the
scored 174. The M.C.C. scored 23. for the
ture.
be found that it
193 and Wilkinson 109. Canterbury mada 181 in their first innings and then lowing the receipt of a mandate from the followed on, making 295, of which Blunt United States Supreme Court (to which loss of two wickets in their second ven- . Flaming appealed) upholding Judge Lobinger's demision, which enabled him to accept Mr. Fleming's apology for the statements for which he was sentenced to aix months' imprisonment on July 24 Jones and the two Europeans conducted the voters taking part in the poll."
CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICAN · CAPTAIN'S
SPLENDID INNINGS.
JOHANNESBURG, December 26th.. The weather was fine for the cricket
match between the MC.C. and South Africa The attendance numbered. 15,000.
Funding Commission policy of securing election to the Councils There was a fast wicket. England knock-
He suggests, in regard to Great Britain,
the creation of an annual sinking fund
of three-quarters, to one per orat., "which
́in order to ensure non-co-operation with up 182, Kennedy compiling 41 008
the Government and said a great Indian
nation was in sight,
NON-VIOLENT METHODS.
SUGGESTED. Proceeding, the speaker mid the only
out. Blanckenberg took 6 wickets for 76
1991, of which he had served eleven days,
[BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL"]
다
LOCAL BANK ROBBERY.
TWO ARRESTS IN SINGAPORE.
SINGAPORE: December 27th. and Francois 3 for 23. South Africa re plied with 270 for 4, Taylor (captain) Wong In Tee and Young In Tong have knocking up 121, not out, in a magnificent been arrveted hora in connection with the defence. He hit fifteen fours. He was in 210 minutes, and was well-supported robbery of $50,000 from the Bank of by Brann (35, not out). The English China, in Hongkong. bowling was splendid throughout,
would extinguish the debt in forty-seven method of securing Swaraj was by non- INDIAN DACOIT PRISONERS. JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON.
yoara. He also suggests that interest on
the debt be two per cent. for the first violent non-co-operation. Some Indians
eight years; increasing halt per cent, evory eight years until it reached four and a half per cent. in the last period of seven-year B. -
A COLOSSAL OBELISK:
UNEARTHED AT ASSOUAN.
LONDON, December 26th. A record obelisk, one hundred and Thirty-three for long, weighing nearly twala hundred tons, has been unearthed at Azzouan.
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AN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE,
AHMEDABAD, December 28th.
A number of dacolta awaiting trial rushed an armed guard and tried to snatch a rifle, but other guard's fired killing two and wounding two. One of the latter subsequently died.
HOME FOOTBALL,
HOLIDAY MATCHES.
considered non-violence impracticable, but history repeatedly proved the futility of revolution engineered by violence.
"He emphasised, the importance of India's participation in the great Agintic Federation which he saw being formed, which was replacing the Pan, Islamic¦ movement, and copstituting a union of Aria's oppressed nationalities He urged the encouragement of disobedience ta unlawfutlaws Councils must be
FIRST DIVISION. made suitable for Swaraj or it would Bolton Wand... 4 Arsenal be destroyed. He (Mr. Das) expected Burnley
1 Aston Villa... Birmingham that the non-co-operators would secure a Blackburn R.
..." Huddersfield
majority in the Councils, and igid that Chelsea... in that event they should make a de old
Everton Oldham claration of their rights and demand Newcastle U.
Tottenham If the demand their own constitution,
THE NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE. SEVERE SHOCK IN SOUTH ISLAND.
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Dec. 28th. The earthquake was practically confined
the upper and middle portions of the was not effectuated they must oppose all
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LONDON, December 27th. The following are the results of the Chiristanad Day matchen:-
Third Lanark
have to yield, or withdraw the Reforms
1 Preston NE
2 Nottingham
O Manchester City
0 Liverpotas
1
2 Sheffield. U.
SCOTTISHI LEAGUE,
2.Dündeo
0
TO REACH HONGKONG NEXT WEEK,
SINGAPORE, December 27th.
The Japanese training squadron here is leaving on January 3rd for Hongkong.
JAPANESE IN THE U.S.
CITIZENSHIP REFUSED,
WASHINGTON, November 13th. The Supreme Court, in an opinion rendered by Justice Satherland, has held that Japanese are not of the Caucasian Trace, and are therefore not entitled to
obtain American citizenship by naturali sition.
This decision sets at rest the dispute 1 which aqose on the Pacific Coast, and basi
bom rigorously waged there for years One prominent case in question was that of Takaó | Ozaway, who was refused naturalisation by the Hawaiian court, and another that of Takuji Yamashita, who brought a suit to compel the Beero- tary of State at Washington to receive and file articles of incorporation in re-
felt, a tug at his breast-pocket. Instine For example, in Huddersfield three can- tively feeling for his gold-cased pencil, didates polled each 10,000 votes and a few had gone. Two over, and the elected candidate has the Europeans who witnessed the incident im support of practically only one-third of mediately seized the culprits and handed the voters. A still more remarkable re them over to Mr. Jones.
ault is that of Portsmouth (Central), Smart as the Europeans were in effect where four competitors had practically ing the capture, the snatchers proved. 2,000 votes apicos, and the elected member smarter, in secreting the poncil Mr. was opposed by nearly three-fourths of a search on the spot, but were unable to find the stolen property. Police sergeant MeWalters then came on the scene and continued the search. Finally, be removed one of the youth's caps and found the pencil fiidden in the lining. The young culprits were taken to the "Central Station.
A DOG'S PET AVERSION. CAUSES TERROR AMONGST THE
AMAHS OF ROBINSON ROAD. At the beginning of the present month the owner of a chow dog appeared at the Magistracy in answer to a charge of not keeping his chow dog under proper con trol It was then stated that the dog had bitten two servante employed by Mr. AG, da Rocha, the auctioneer, who lives in Robinson Road. Mr. Lindsell, who heard the case, ordered the owner to pay $5 compensation and instructed the owner to keep the animal under. better control. Yesterday the owner again appeared in Court and on this occasion the Police sought the order of the Court to have the animal destroyed as it still proved to be a danger to the public. It was stated by Sub-Inspector Marks that since Mr. Lindsell's decision the dog had bitten three amabs, two of whom belonged to Mr. da Rocha.
The owner told Mr. Wood, yesterday, that the dog was five years old and that it did not bits anybody unless it was
beaten.
The Magistrate ordered the dog to be handed over to the Police for destruction
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DRINKING AT SEA.
U.S. SHIP'S ADVENTURE.
The Southern Gross, which belongs to- the United States Shipping Board, arriv ed at New York, on November 6th, five days late, from Rio de Janeiro, with a strange story of the baleful effects of pro- hibition on the high sɛas.
Under the now rules issued by the Attorney-General the vessel carried no supplies of liquor, but the passengers had filled their cabins with their own private stocks. The result, according to the testi- many of Miss Nordvaille, official repro sentative of the World's Women's Chris tian Temperance. Union, was a shocking increase in drunkenness compared with the days when drinks were served openly in the smoking saloon,
When the private stocks were exhausted one of those on board are alleged to have consulted one of the officers as to how. more could be obtained. Could they not stop at Bermuda? What happened after that is a mystory. The only thing certain is that the captain found himself short of oil fuel and water. He himself was un- able to account for the shortage, but it is alleged that someone, as yet unidentified, pumped off five the sex instead of inter the furnaces, leaving only enough in the tanke for the vessel to reach Bermuda. There the Southern Cross suffered. Ave days delay, which the captain ascribes to the discourtesy of the British authori ties in refusing him the hospitality of the Admiralty docks. He does not explain why the Admiralty docks should be placed SHIPPING STRIKE..
at the disposal of a passenger steamer. WARRANTS FOR 365 MEN.
No one denies that the passengers en joyed their stay at Bermuda. Neverthe MELBOURNE, November 15th. Warrants hayo own fasued for the few, the Shipping Board has ordered refused, and the High Court has upheld arrest of 385 members of the crew of the investigation into the unaccountable hia decision --Dentrál News.
Orvieto, who are on strike Meanwhile shortage of oil, of which, according to the the vessel remains anchored in Hudson's captain, the vessel had a supply mord. Bay. It is reported that the manage than sufficient for the voyage to Newt ment has received instructions from York-Times. RELIEF MONEY ·EEPÁIÐ. London to fight the disputs out:
Twenty-seven of the crew of the The chairman of East Ham Guardians Painona, which was prevented from has received by registered post 26 in sailing for Now Zealand owing to the Treasury notes and a letter signed by strike, have been sentenced to forty Tommy the Rover.” The writer ex- night's imprisonment for refusing to go plains that last year when he was down on duty. Thirty-one members of the 235 of 1922 that an officer serving abroad: saad out" through his unemployment pay Walkawa's crew have been similarly who is placed on half-pay or retired having stopped he was compelled, much punished."
owing to medical unfitness, or who is against his self-respect, to rock outdoor
LAZER. called upon to retiro or to resign his The report that warrants had hoon commission for reasons other than mis Direct losses to the railway companies relief: This was forthcoming, and ha consequent upon the American railway promised to himself that he would in issued for the arrest of 365 members of conduct, may be allowed pay up to the Lima pay back the whole amount received. the Orvieto's crow is not confirmed, but date of disembarkation in the United shopmen's strike are "estimated) ab incalculable. Farm Burean Federation there now come the first instalment for a settlement are continuing, and it is it the case of medical mess
though it had been made openly, and he their meeting place. The negotiations at the Brot available opportunity and, officials place the loss of perishable foods The remainder he hoped to clear off by now hoped that the Orvieto will sail to ratulation periods of
South Island The shock was particularly work, and the Bureaucracy would the The following are the resulta of the gard to certain Japanese. The Secretary
overe in North Canterbury, and prac tically every chimney in Waikart was Act. He urged the Congress to take up brought down. The householders were the organisation of Labour and the torrified.
"CENTENARY OF PASTEUR'S
BIRTH.
-APPRECIATORY NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES.
LONDON, December 28th The newspapers devoto much space ta "glowing" articles in appreciation of
Boxing Day matchen:--
"FIRST" DIVISION.
Cardiff City 3 W. Bromwich A..... -0
& Bolton W...
Arsenal Aston Villa... Hulddersfield Preston NE
Possantry.
PRESIDENTIAL POLICY OPPOSED.
The policy outlined by the President Nottingham.
(Mr. Daas) was not entirely accepted agter C.---
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the best method towards achieving Middlesbro..... Swaraj.-The-Chairman of the Receptions Stoke
Sheffold U....
Committee advocated the establishment
of a parallel system of administration.
3 Burnley 4 Birmingham Blackura B
0 Chelsea
2. Everton
2 Oldham
0
2
4
I Newcastle U.
Tottenham Sunderland
ARMY PAY ON RETIREMENT.
It is officially provided in Army. Order-
Pasteur's work, on the occasion of the 70 votes to 4 by the Committee of Moslem 800,000,000 Other lowes are heavy, but He regarded his promazao sa binding as the strikers, fearing arrest, have changed Kingdom, provided that he progbeds home
A decision likely to influence the gathering was a resolution, adopted by contenary of his birth. He is hailed as Theologians, condemning the contesting one of the greatest scientists of the nine of clections for the Legislative Council as teenth century.
opposed to "religion.
#75,000,000..
Christmas.
morrow-Beuter
not exceeded
the