The Hongkong Telegraph
NEW SERIES No. 8440
Telegrams.
THEIR MAJESTIES · TO
VISIT IRELAND...
·IN AUGUST. NEXT.
[CUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
London, Jan. 22, 10:10 pm Their Majestics Queen Mary and King George have made arrangeme ts for visiting Ire. land.
The announcement lisawak- ened intenso interest among the Irish people.
「耽三十月二十年二統實
BUBONIC PLAGUE,
APPEARS AT CHEFOO AND JIENTSIN.
HEAVY DEATH ROLL,"
(“Shaung Fo” Service.)
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Tientsin, Jan, 22. Bulosic plague has broken out here and at Chefo.
Deaths are occurring with alarming rapidity, more than 200 being 10.ored already at the southern port.
Officials, Chinese and foreign, are co-operating to prevent the Thỏ visit is to be made in spread of the disease, and the August next.
most stringent remedial and reventive in Jasures have been taken.
GRANI MADE TO
MANUEL.
BY THE PORTUGUEST
GOVERNMINT.
Jur Own Corra pizdent.). London, Jao, 22, 10.10 p.m. TheRepublican G.vrnment fu Portugal has now'decided to make a grant to the dethroned King Manuel and Quea Maria.
The King, who is now rosiding in i uglaud, is to be g anted £666 monthly,
Queen Maria is to be allow- ol tha sum of £444 monthly.
A NEW FLEET FOR PORTUGAL..
O BE BUILT BY VICKERS.
[Our Qian Coc.exponitedt ]. Io don, Jan, 22, 10.10 p.m. The great in of Vick:ra has been entrusted with the building of a fleet of warsh ps
Portugal.
A large and commodious ar- Leaal is also to be constructed.
[["The nwy consists at premut of 89 sors and 16 sailing vessels, may searsoly saworthy, and about 4,8UN sailors.]
· EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING AFFRAY.
FOREIGN POLICEMEN KILL TEN CHINES 1.
HIGH OFFICIAL WOUNDED,
[* Shoang l'u" terviss.]
Taakow, Jan. 22, An extraordinary shouting affray has occurred hero, as a result of which ten Chinos have lost their lives.
Details are lacking, but it appears that foreign polico- men attacked or were attacked by a mob of things and used their rifles with deally effect. Ton mea ware wounded fatally, while the Custom Taotai was also struck by a bullet,
The cause of the affair is un- known, but the greatest excite- ment prevails among the Chi- Lese, miny of whom are on strike.
[On the 20th an ladian policeman
had a quarrel with a riba coolin, the latter being kisked. A hugo crowd collected, but fortunately there
Was no riut.
The furdgh police opened fire, and tea Chinus wure wounded.
The Tootul for the Customs waN present to maintain erlör, and he was wounded.
Diplomatio complisations resulted,
Tls, 1,800,000 MISSING.
LYUGHUANPU SHANO- HAI-NANKING 'RAILWA Y.
[". Heung Ph" Service.]
Peking, Jan. 21.
The Yuchuanpu has reported a serious loss from the hangh i Nanking Railway,
The President has reported to the 1
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1911.
ANHUI FAMINE.
SUBSCRIBERS TO RELIEF FUND TO BE REWARDED.
Sindhting Ph* Service.]
Peking, Jan. 22, The Pr si 'out of the Board of Pis's and Communications his memorialised the Throne, sugg sting that subs ribers of more than Tls, 5,000 to the Azhui famine fund should be suitab'y rewarded with titles,
The Throne has given its approval of the suggestion.
SUPPRESSING OPIUM.
['Shaung P." Serva)
Peking, Jan, 22. The Ministry of the Interior has sent urgent instructions to. the police Taotais of every pro viace to enforce the opium regulations strictly. They are warned against any neglect of. the'r duty.
PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA.
A PESSIMISTIC REPORT,
Harbin, Janary The death
died on the fria batween Shaphaikuan THERE IS HONOUR AMONG and Harbin,
THIAVES.
The Grand Council has instructed the railway authorities to take ovary promulion agafast the spread of the 'disease.
The Maucharian Vicoroy and the Governor of Kirin have reported to the Throne that plague is rampant in the provinces. During the last few dayn 165 ossos occurred at Harbin, 1,184 at Mukdun, and 405 at Kirin. They, urge the establishment of a Sani, tary Board for the Thras Eastern Pro- men be sent forth at once. vinoos, and ask that additional modioal
to
The Throng has instrasted Duke Tai Teo and the Beard of Finance issue Tls. 150,000 for the establish mant of a liospital, and a further sum of equal amount for this
ngagement of doctors.
{SPECIAL ARTILLB),
OUR FRIEND, SIR HENRY.
cial." This dictum of a great official, Every Englishman hates an off. Lord Cromer, is as true and as false avare most sweeping statements. In so far as it is true it is commonplace. In so far as If is not true the fact is made manifest an occasion. One such occasion was theex-Colonial Secretary's splendid send-off" on Saturday, No one present at the meeting in the City Hall but must have been Impressed by the sincerity of the com- munity's expression of regret at parting
觀三月正姥海香
WHEN IS A SEAPORT NOT A SEAPORT?
538 PER ÄNNİJM,
SINGLE COPY TO CENTS.
LOCAL BANK: ROBBED.
HI HUNDRED DOLLARS TAKEN FLOW TUR FO YVEN..
The Fu Yuen Bünk was robbed yos
The theft was mada in à poculiarly
Ching Bank at Bonlant East to drawe One of the staff had gone to the To
out a sum of 8300. While he was thus
which he had already collected. engaged, he left on the counter $600,
is a saying a suo as it is old Tho question has quito a' Christmasay His word as good as his bond," When is a seaport not a scoport? occasionally. The editor of our con- sound. The answer is: When it liesterday of six hundred dollars. temporary. Mr. Bellamy Brown, is of about a hundred miles inland, but is
benevolent, gentle asture, and tried connected with the occan by a canal.cool manner. to be kind, but was thwarted in his It is proposed to construct such a ennal purpose and desire to be square, and to betwoon Paris and Rouen ; and as slips do the right thing, by an underling
of over 2,000 tons. can already reach gling organ, admittedly lifeless, would enable them to continue their The Telegraph is known as a strug-Roton from the Channel, the canal moribund, all bat dead. ****** Lot as withhold from and deprive Seino-which-carrics-the-commerce to found that he had been rulierod of this Journey to the capital. As it is the On the conclusion of his business ha it of cach nodod pabulum-nows the old Nerman capital, and which also sun, and every effort has failed to trog Starve it now whilst yet there is time, rans, albeit in a narrower and loss the thief. lost the flickering spark of life be re-navigable form, to Paris, one would kindled and riso ngain to strength have thought that it would be cheaper and power, in the land of its birth, to deepen and broaden the old river whilst we become, once more, the Fish than to start a now one? ̧ Wrapper."
The econo"-The farowoli to Sir Henry May and bis family.
The Lacte:--Reporters attended ilie function for the purpose of gathering and publishing the news. Was our shorthand reporter "A chicl amongst us taking notes"? Not at all, but one possession of, or at least having soos lying in his innocence, upon gotting to, the manuscript in the bands of the various speakora...
But did to have access to it? Was honilowed to copy it? Wait. Luisa stranger in the land, and knows not his Hongkong, having for ressons of health been obliged to sock a olimo less rigomus, more Bunny afforded by Shanghai, where he had. spent a dozen years in serving a northern contunporary with “ verbatim
irg. Ine that while audit-rate hers is one hundred and fifty per with Sir Henry May. The audience copy,"
year's accounts, the day, and the position has become Board discovered that no fewer acuto. than Tls; 1,803,000 of the rail-affected, and any improvement in the The surrounding citiq are bucoming
way's funds'c innot by accounted situation is unlikely. for.
APPREHENSION IN PEKING. Peking, Jantry 17-One death from plague has been verified at Tion- tsin, and there are a few suspicious euses, under observation. There has boen
other cages south of Shanhai- kunn, where the quarantine precations are efficient.
CANTON GAMBLING.
VICEROY CHANG MEMORE.,
ALISIS THE THRONE.
Sheung fo":
"Service.)
Peking, Jan. 22, H.E. Chung Ming Chi, Vico- oy of Canton, has memorial sd
the Throne on the question of gamb ing ih s jurisdiction." :
Eonquests that sucia be g von for the total suppression cf all forms of gambling before the 3rd moon of the new year.
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The Diplomatis. Corps advocates the stoppage of trains to the south of Mukden, but the Waiwapu has not yet agreed to this step being takon.
The most elaborate precautions aro
being taken at Tientsin, and in Puking preparations ato being, unda for the isolation of the Logation area.
A tremendous death roll is reported from Manchuria. Two hundred deaths daily are occurring at Chuchintion.
Groat alarm is felt in North China,
and politics and business ars almost neglected.
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than that
sond it at once," the Editor replied,
Later leah it was handed to the China Mail. Can you get a copy?'"' "Wo will try," and try we did, persisted rebut in "Might we copy it?" "No, cartely not."
Tha oditor then appealed to, "Yes, you may have it."
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But do wo get it? Yes, but at what hour? 0.80 p.m., whilst we, boing sa evening paper, went to press at 4.10 p.m.
But then it was only promised us on Saturday at 2 p.m., supposedly for our Saterday's issus
ANOTHER MURDER CASE,
TWO OBIEEGE OHARGED AT BURUNNS OQUST,
Two Chiuose, a 'man and a women,
Supreme Court before Sir Francis war charged this morning at the Piggott and a jury with the murder of woman nainod Chow Sangat Kowloon
However, the Seino is such a Tors wiggly-waggiy rivor, thore would be no vessels, and the sanat in a straight many difficult tornings in it for big in would be such a savor of distance and time, that the proposal grone on sequaintance. The deputy, M, Loon November 18, 1910. boucq, who introduced the bill into the Sir Hoary Berkeley prosecuted on. £180,000 on the cocond year, sad pleo Mr. C., G. Aintasies appeared for the Chamber-yesterday, hinted at-profits of behalf of thio Attorney General, and obeerily added that the canal, would defence. Both the prisoners pleaded not from London. At present, however, wrest 109st of its South European trade guilty. Paris does not appear to take the scheme very seriously. Ou the whole, therefore, perhaps Londɔu also can take it calmly.
INVASION OF ENGLAND,
AN ADMIRAL'S REASSURANCE.
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the dead woman was married to a man The Boting Attorney General · said
by the rams of Feong Kae, who live in Hongkong where he held a boariling houso licence. He last saw his wife alive on November 13 when bo went to visit her... the two prisquors rented theground door of his wife's honso. The dead woman used the samo kitchen as the prisoners, On November 16 the landlady last
in the company of the two prisoners saw the dead woman alive, She was
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were on friendly terms,
far as the landlady could sou. They
sorenty thousand men, which is the minimum acided for an invasion.
clothing and jowellery. There wAN a torrible gash The real danger, Admiral Wilson
in the throat faints out, is not invasion, but the in-evering the carotol artery and the torruption of trado nul the destruction the prisoners ware discovered in Fing Jugular vein. It was a month after of mercantile shipping.
LOCAL BOXING.
i
LEWIS PUTS IN STRENUOUS WORK,
At the Bello View Hotel posturday ufternoon Lewis put in some streauons work, preparatory to his meeting with Staaten on Sattinlay at the City Hall,
Before a large attuber of spectators, indulge in! Perhaps it was thought Capham, with Collio and 3 with But what vain imaginings wo do ho boxed & rounds with Cartor, 5 with we desired it for one next Saturday's leaps
issue.
Chow, in Lantao island. In the room they were inhabiting the property of the deceased woman was found,
Two pawatickuls were found on tho person of the male prisoner. The pro
gray pawned would be proved to be that of the deceased and had been pawned sinco her death. At the time of her arrost the feniste prisoner was wearing a pair of shoes which would be proved to hav
in the charge room to the effect that the belonged to the deceased. The male pri soner had told nu extmordinary story
deceased-was-murdered by a midnight; visitor in bis presence without his going to her assistance.
was visibly moved. We never remem it was there, be imbibed; fed upon, ber to have witnessed omotion so and assimilated the spirit of fraternity edition of General Sir Ian Hamilton's London, Jan. 17. The second
the kind in this Colony. Public feel-five days of service in this Colony have notes furnished to Mr. R. B. Hallone, openly displayed at an assemblage of and brotherly love of his oralt. His book Compulsory Service, contains ing was even more plainly shown by proved a revelation to hla. He has seen Scoretary of State for War, and by
entirely spontaneous demonstration the serpent's fange and foll their sting. Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, ..., lady went to feed berpige and on pushing On the following day when the lands on Blake Pier. All sorts and cond! A phoningsssgo_to_the "South 0.0.v.D., First Sea Lord of the Admir open the dose she saw the dead wom tions of people were genuinely stirred. China Morning Post," the babu, anity, which show that, ovon if the ecaping in pool of blood on the floor. The signs of this were unmistakeable, lusity ons of the Hongkong, newspaper going feets word about, the mobile A chopper was seen near the body, and and the fact is remarkable. It is corid: "You hare bon hunded Sir defoure that a force of mosquito craft the two prisoners and their child bad. murkable in view of the rapidity with Henry's aporth? May the Telegraph would make would reader impossible ananishad with a quantity of property which this community changes. So
have tY, ocrtainly. I will invasion of England by form of balunging to the dooused, such as rapidly does it change, and so larga a proportion of the residents are merely sojourners, that there would seem scarcely time for any deepseated and widespread feeling of the kind to maintain its hold, but old residents who have cherished for many years the friendship of "Paddy May” must have been gratified to see how widely their sentiments towards him are shared, and to witness the evidence of affec tios which characterised the pro- ceedings from beginning to end. This was the striking fact made evident on Saturday. Quite clearly it MEASURES OF CONTROL....
was revealed that the personality be hind the official mask was a lovable Peking, Jan. 17-The Government
one, and that this was generally re is considering the question of the on-
cignised:. The official was forgotten; tire stoppage of traffic on the Man-
the man shone through. To ge churian railway system, a stop that
affection you must give it. "Only
The bouts were all strong and fast, would be attemled by great difficulty.to him that hath is given." Sir Henry experience in Shanghai, 'a protegu of
Our reporter, with tware yours' of that with Capuam being particularly The Wai, which is acting splendid has it and gives it, and so he gets it Sir Edwin Arnold; a verbatim reporter
good.
Evidence was then lol.
Commissioner with fall powers to deal ly, advocates the appointment of a back again. Hip qualities of heart in the House of Commons, is quito work with dumbells and skipping ropo, guilty was returned against the walk Afterwards Lowis did some excellent minutes and on their retura a verdict of Tho jary retired for about twenty are well-known to his mots intim- capable of taking his own notes, and He is in fine form, and there is every prisoner while the fanale prisoner was with 'railways and kindred matters. ate friends, but it was inevitable now that he has learned his first lesson indication of a good fight on Saturday, acquitted.
that his other claims to regard should in Hongkong journalistio courtesy, farewell-addresses which have been ness, he will as longer rely upon, ask a mainly be dwelt upon in the many recognizing as ho must its barron- prescuted to bid during the last few favour, or demand a right from his days. It has however been most Journalistic brothers on our contempor- noticeable that in acknowledging pub-' lic appreciation of his work he has in. THE PLAGUES-
`variably indicated a desire that Lady A telegram to the Ostasiatischer May and his family, should share the Lloyd" from Peking, dated January
honours with him, a desire ailing ont 18, is as follows:-Several cases of which ha bears to his family. It is the of the deep and upsellth affection plague have occurred at Tungohode spirit of galisti devotion mani.
We learn that at the wish of the wenty kilometera cast of Peking. The fested towards ha Trionds which binds relations the remains of the lato Roar Genunn Legation guards have been them to him. He compelled foyalty Admiral Culler will be transferred to forbidden to leave the precincts of the The test of loyalty is that a man's friends Gormany. To-day at noen the volin communicated with the Police, an am
The Manager, Mr. Nicholson, at once Legation.
stand up for and defend him in his was on stato at the Gorman Consulate.bulance was hurried to the pot, and The local Chinese Prose states that absence as they would in his presence. Sailors from B.M.S. Luchs mounted the injured in removed to the Tung the L'eking-Mukden Railway suspended Such a friend is Sir Henry and such guard of honour, The Viceroy of the Three its traffic for several days, as a promu-are Sir Henry's friends. Everything
Wali hospital Eastern provinces has inform-tionary stop against the spreading of had already been said about him as a ed the Throne that a certain
the Plague, but the Miniebry of Postsofficial; it only remained to add a brief and Communications has ordered it to word in appreciation of the broad and foreign power has inclosed
resuso the running of trains; as great deep humanity of the man, largely the number of its troops inconvoices resulted from the inter- in Manchuria,
ruption of communications.
OFFICIAL BRIBERY,
CHINA'S BUDGET.
("Sheung Po" Service.},
Peking, Jan. 2, In a few days the Grand Counci, and other high officia's of the Empire will consider the budget estimates fr the
year,
FINANCIAL PROVISION. 7 he matter awai s the arrivaled Rs. 500,000, the Chinos Tis. The Russian authorities have expend- of five viceroys whose votes are 150,000 and the South Manchuria necessary before the estimates Railway Company has voted Y.300,000 can be passed.
in connexion with measures to cope with the outbreak-"N..C. D. Now,"
-TROOPS IN MAN---
CHURIA.
A FOREIGN POWER IN- CREASES ITS FORCE.
[*cheung Pe* Servico.]
Peking, Jan. 22.
No fewer than six now divi- Invesions have entered the terri-
me
The Viceroy of Sui Ching
patified 2,000 soldiers to the mon trouble to pacify the people. I
tory, and the Viceroy urgently requests that the prepɔr men- sursa be tukea at o200,
said to have sout à noto to the Diplo
The Ministry of Foreign Affaire is
matie Coŋ giving the assurance that
for od be entertained of the
spread of the disease southward.!
It is reported in the nativo para that a jarge number of Chinese hava
Cartain Imperial Princes have ly King Fok for offering bribos.... panchol Admiral La Chen Chan of
He has been handed over to the Ministry of Justios for punishment:
ary.
No not till the auas freeze oveK,,
THE LATE ADMIRAL QUULEN,
the Gorman Consulato to-morrow The funeral procession will love
FATALITY AT COSMO- POLITAN DOCK.
A very and occideat took place on Sunday morning at the Cosmopolitan
His Lordelip passed sentence of" death, and the criminal sessions wery tlion adjourned til to-morrow.
Entimations.
6, Queen's Road.
Dock. The men were at work in the FRENCH STORE. foundry when a erano in the moulding shod suappod when lifting a houvy load, In falling the No. 2′moulder was un- fortunately crushed to death by the mould, whilst another Chinose was Tary soverely injured,
A Hoklo Obinamin was charged at (Tuesday), at 2.80 p.m., proceeding the Police Court the morning befors | to St. John's Cathedral, where the Mr. E. B. Hallifax, for having 29 trebs: funeral servico will take place
and G mooo of propared opiam in Iris possession. Fined $500.
CLOUET
CHAMPAGNE
Just arrived by last French EXTRA DRY.
Mail; nevertheless wo supply case of 24 pints at
$32.50.
FRENCH STORE,
L. GAMEAU, Bouskouz, 19th January, 1911-
From the Cathedral the procession will start for the Naval Book Yard, whore ile coflu will be transforro by At the Peak Church, this morning, B.BL.8. Taingiau to the German Mr. J. II. Backlowe (of Sander,
Wialor & Co.) was married to Mrs. A THE BRITISH FOREIGN Capt. Krafft, of 6,M.8, Scharnhorst, Call. The bride was given away. by PANY, Central Buildings, Liverpool, IMPORT & EXPORT COM- taking command of the squadron, Mr. Buckor. After the ceremony a England, is prepared to nosive Con- until the arrival of Rour-Admiral rovention was, hold at 1250; Barker signments of Local Produce on best
temma.
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