The Hongkong Telegraph.
January 30th, 1912, Temperature s.m. 61, p.m. 52; Humidity...51, 53.
No. 8898^
TELEGRAMS.
THE REVOLUTION.
艴三十月式拾年三銃宜
CONS (ESTABLISHE
Copyright, 1911
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 1912
WEATHER FORECAST.
FAIR.
January 28th, 1913, Temperature a.m., 65, pm, 64; Humidity...89, 84.
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TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS,
TELEGRAMS.
BUITELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
STRIKE IN PORTUGAL":
BOMB EXPLOSION.
KING'S HOMECOMING,
AMERICAN NAVY.
OVERDUE LINER.
INTENSE FROST.
A GRAVE SITUATION..
TURKS KILLED.
AT GIBRALTAR
NO INCREASE.
HOPE ABANDONED.
GREAT BATTLE.
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Bombay, Jan. 31, 6.30 s.m.
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
Loudon, Jan. 20, 12.5 p.m.
[Service to the "Telograph."]
London, Jan. 30, 4 p.m.
Router's correspondent at Peking
[Service to the "Telegraphi."]Servios to the "Telegraph."]
A general strike is taking place in Lisbon in sympathy with the
London, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Reuter's Salonika correspon-
agricultural strike in Evora. dont says that a bomb explosion telegraphs that the Imperialists are Despatches froin Lisbon indicate in Strumaitza last night killed reported to have been deforted in that the situation is grave, but
■ battle with the revolutionaries the censorship obscures the on the Tientsin Pukow railway, realities. both sides losing honvily. A roigh
of terror prevails at Mukden owing
'to numerous murdèrs.-
THE ABDICATION.
Shanghai, Jan. 30,
SOLDIERS EVERYWHERE.
.
an officer and five gendarmes and
wounded the Commandant of the
gendarmory and seven
The alrents are practically deserted, the shops are shut, and darmes.-Router. tho theatres are closed, Thore aro soldiers everywhere:
LEPROSY CURES,
buildings,
The Council of Ministers are Ovor 10 gouorala and Com-taking steps to prevent a bread mandera of the Imperial army famine. The British flag has beco i have submitted a joint memorial hoisted over the electric tramway
to the Throne praying for ab li- oation. However, Generals Fung Kwok cheung, Chang Waichi and Chang Hsun did not partic cipate.
-STRIKERS DISPERSED,
Troopa-oro-reinforcing-tho-gar- rison. The strikers attempted to, assemblo, but were easily dis- persed, by cavalry. There have been some dynamite explosions but the details are not stated. INCITING THE STRIKERS.
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gen-
INTERESTING REPORT,
Service to the "Telegraph."
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London, Jan. 30 8 p.m.
A further report on the nastin and benzoyl chlorine treatments af leprosy in British Guiana is issued.,
London, Jan. 30, 5.35 p.m.
Router's Gibraltar correspon- dent states that it was raining
when the Medina arrived.
Their Majesties were enthusias tically cheered-Router.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED.
London, Jan 30, 8 p.m. Router's correspondent at Gibraltar states that, owing to the death of the Duke of life, all the King's public engagements Gibraltar have been cancelled le
WARM WELCOME.
Bombay, Jan. 31, 6.30 a.m.) The Medina has arrived at Gibraltar. Salutes were fired, bolie ware rung, and the Spanish flect at Algeciras saluted the Royal vessel.
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MOORISH MISSION.
[Service to the "Telegraphy"]
London, Jan. 30, 1.50 p.m. Router's Washington corres-
All hope has been abandoned
pondeat says that the osucus of of the overdue Wilson liner, the Democrats in the House of Gonna, bound for Riga. The crat Representatives, in pursuance of numbered twenty-four. Wrook
CANTON NEWS.
ENGLAND GRIPPED.
[Service to the "Telegraph.”] London, Jan: 30, 12.5 p.m.
AT AN
Intouse frost is boing.
porienced throughout England, Windermere and other lakes are frozen over and skating is taking place on hundreds of flooded acres in the Thames Valley,
THE REVOLUTION.
its policy of economy, has voted age has been washed ashore near Reuter.
against any increase of the Navy Berwick.--Reuter.
during the prosent Session.
The result, is to interrupt the programme of two battleships
yestly, which was initiated under
Mr. Roosevelt.-Router.
(Telegraph Correspondent.)
How It Started,
Some interesting details are given by the "Central China Canton, January 30, Post of a matter which has In reply to the letter of the usver hitherto been properly Commissioner of Police demand-cleared up, namely how the re- ing an explanation from the volution actually began. Ao- Chinese bankers for refusing to gording to interviews published exchange the notes of issue Into in this papor the principal agent' subsidiary coins, the Chun Shun was Liu Kung, now Inspector: Bankers Guild in Canton says General in the Wnchang Govern- hat when the old notes of issnement, and. Sun Wu, General Li bearing the seal of the Now Yuan-hung's Chief of Staff, who Government were put on the was associated witli Lin-in bomb- money market, the Governor making. General notified the public in first took up revolutionary that these notes should be ad-work ten years ago, but did noth cepted as coine. Thus it is ing particular until 1905 when clear that the people were wrong as a student in Japan he came to sak the banks to change the under the influence of Dr. Sun the bankers are not money to Wuchang, armed with Tis, 10- notes of issue for coins. Moreover Yat-sen. In June, 1911, he came.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
(From Manila Papers.)
Washington, January 25. Commander Bertolette, United London, Jan. 30, 3:15 p.nt.
States Navy, in command of the Renter's correspondent at Gibral. U. S. 8. Yorktown, died of yellow The former appears to have litter states that a special Moth fever yesterday at Guayaquil
mission has been sent by the Bultan, exploited both by remotionaries tle or no influence, but the latter is including the Foreign Minister and The Yorktown has been oruising The Provisional Government and anarchists who are incig extremely valuable as a nasal, the Grand Vizier, to groet King for some time in South American changers; their business is entire-000 which had been given him.
HOSTILITIES RESUMED, H.F. Yung Shih-kai has receive od'a despatch from the Republi- can troops notifying the resum tion of hostilities. "Yuan has not decided in what sonse to reply.
UNITED ACTION.
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It is somi-officially announco that the strike in Evora has boon
in Nanking has telegraphed the strikers to assassination and
the Solf Government Societies in pillage. The authorities in con-spray or for painting ulcerating
the various united provinces resequence have been forced to the surfaces. It quickly renders the quiring thom ainultaneously use of military in the streets. deolaro indopondence within three -monthe.*
THE PEKING EXPEDITION.
The Republican troops for the marel upon Peking hava ad- vanced to the Chih 'Mak district| in Shantung provinco."Shoung
'REPUBLICAN VICTORIES.
Po."
TRAMS ATTACKED.
London, Jan. 30, 5.35 p.m. Reuter'e correspondent at Lis- bon states that some business
and a few trams were running was being done in the afternoon
under a cavalry escort.
The strikers twice attacked the trams, but the drivers used their
The Army Board of the new government has received telerovelvors. grams from the Republican frco;8 at the front reporting vietoris over the Imperialists.
NANKING UNIVERSITY,
at
The Educational Board Nanking intends in establish a university thers for professional' studios.
NORTHERN ADVANCE,
TROUBLE SPREADING.
A strike has broken out at Coimbra. Troops are maintain- ing order. Rauter..
BOMB EXPLOSION.
London, Jan. 80, 4 p.m. Reuter's Lisbon correspondent Vice President Li Yuan-heng states that an explosion of bombs has received a telegram from J Wu. Ting-fang to the offect.tlint occurred yesterday morning in s General Toan Ki-siti has expross-house where the manufacture of
George and Queen Mary, The Spšui•h squadron has also been sent, Reuter
discharge free of bacilli, but sub LATE DUKE OF FIFE. cutaneously its utility is most doubtful. Beuter.
HOME RULE.
BELFAST MEETING.
SYMPATHETIO RE
FERENCES.
Royal and Their Majestion ther King
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waters. The body will be em balmed and brought to the United States.
Washington, January 26: The latest development in the political situation of the United States is the rapid formation of Roosevelt clubs in various parts of the country. The matter has
that there is a shortage of subsidi- an office, and with the aid of Sun ly different. The letter points out by his family, apparently to buy ary coins circulating in the mar. Wu set to work to suborn the sol- ket, which has to a certain extent diors. The engineers and artil caueed inconvenience to the bank-lerymen joined readily enough, ors in Hongkong, as the latter only the others had to be intimidated accept subsidiary coine in ex-by threate of being blown up."
In the Russian Concession, change for Hongkong banknotes.
Of the actual outbreak Liu is
in
The banks have much difficulty obtaining coins from the Official Specie Department as their. om. ployees have to wait sometimes for
reported to have said
Wo had planned to begin the revolution in December-simal-
[Service to the "Telegraph."I been given special notice by the hours before they can change the taneously in sight provinces, We notes into coins, Besides the had drawn up lists showing the London, Jan. 30, 2.18 p.m. press. The opponents of the for- Official Spesie Department only amount of the funds in the pre- All the papers contain articles on mer President allege that he is in given change to those wearing vincial treasuries, so that we the death of the Daks of Fife hd secret instigating the formation of badges and those without them know the amount we should oxpress, sympathy with Precis | thess clubs for the purpose of] could never get their notes probably have to begin operations bankers' guild, the Government revolutionist and who recently in has been abadowed. The papers for the nomination of the Re- ought to require the mint to work wont to Shanghai to organize a pay a tribute to the character of the publican party. Note has been day and night in order to turn corps of woman soldiers, had late Duke, remarking that he was an enlightened landlord and
undertaken to disguise herself as a poor peddler woman in order that she might throw, a bomb at the Viceroy: This was to be the beginning of the revolution, igit
[Service to the "Tolegraph."]. and Queen, whose joyous boms-com furthering his alleged ambitions/changed. In the opinion of the with. My wife, who is a zealous .
taken of the fact that some of the out more coins to relieve the strain
on the money market. staunch Imperialist. It is expected new clubs have been formed in that the arrangements made to wel- Ohio. To-
come Their Majesties at:Portsmouth and London will be, modified (Router).
London, Jan 30, 4 p.m. The football ground at Belfort has been chosen for Mr. Churchill's meeting as the Liberali were fused the use of no fewer than six halls. A marquee will be erected capable of accommodating five thou sand, and there will be a procession
of thirty thousand headed by four
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421 OBITUARY,į su
LORD STANMORF.
William Jennings Bryan an- nounced yesterday that Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
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The Canton Government is in neod of funds to finance the Can- tonese troops to take part in the march upon Poking, and has now belonging to the old government. decided to sell all paddy fields
Sun and Liu were experts in bomb making but on October 9 Sun carelessly allowed a
is right in bis controversy with The proceeds will be devoted to bomb to explode. This war in the Colonel George Harvey, editor of the above purpose. It is also the house in the Russian Concession. "Harper's Wookly and the intention of the government to "This betrayed our plot before
North American Review". Mr. sell the shares belonging to the
randy Russian polios. Bryan highly praiseb Governor old government in the electrical men came to our place and seized Wilson for his advocacy of pre- power company in Canton. Notice our plant, together with procla
mations we had prepared, de one bands. The choice of locality is re- [Servico to the "Telegraph.7] | and referendum and other pro-the effect that all the share scriptulates, private letters, a list of
sidential primaries, the initiative has been inserted in the papers to
spatches to the foreign Con gressive measures in defiance of Held by the old government which the revolutionists, and s large The dictam of Colonel Harvey, have been taken away by the The death is aúnounce of his former backer and old time former officials will be considered number of badgei: These badgoś
od his intention of supporting the bombs is supposed to have been hundred torch-bearers and fifteen new government and that Li
Yuan-hong should confor with
rid
on. Fortunately no General Tunn in regard to the was injured. jořat march upon Peking.-"Shat Po."
PEKING TREASURES. Tee Oban-tai, a Hongkong resident has despatched a tele gram to President. Sun Yat-sen entreating him to prevent the Manchu government from selling
EQUADOR BEVOLUTION.
VENGEFUL MOB.
by auction, the old Chinese (Service to the "Telegraph."] manuscripts, pictures and curious
kept in the palaces of Peking, and
London, Jan. 30, 4.55 a.m.
In the Summer Palace at Tang- A revolutionary outbreak in
tion, Mr. Tes adds in the telegram Equador has been crushed after a that these enrios are very valu-! able." Shat Po,"
t
garded as ossing the situation but the authorities of Belfast have m
quisitioned troops in case of over-
| genot, -{Reuter's),
SUGAR CROP.
UNFAVOURABLE REPORTS.
London, Jan, 30, 1.50 p.m.
Arthur Hamilton Gordon, lat Baron Stanmors at the age of 73. [Lord, Stanmor¥ · Warm-convöfTthe fourth, Earl of Aberdeen. He w Governor in tan of Trioided, Mauti Hi, Fiji, New Zealand, and Ogien He was the author of various publ. cations. 1
SIR DALRYMPLE HAY
London, Jan. 20, 2.18 pm.
friend.
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null and void. Now scripts will had a design like that now used on Three members of the United be issued to intending buyers. the Republican military flag.
lastantly the arrests began, Blates Senate have declared their President Sun Yat-sen has not!- adherence to the Taft boom for fed the Canton Governor General among those seized being Liu's re-election; they are Boise Pon- of the enforcement of a new wife and brother of whom the rose of Pennsylvania, Read Smoot ordinance protesting owners of intler was tortured, socording to of Utah and Murray Crans of properties within the jurisdiction. Lin, to make him reveal Lau Massachusetts These senators of the new government. By this hiding place. This brother and Mrs. Lia were released after the have avowed, that, they will sup-ordinance, owners of private Prolight of Viceroy Jul Cheng.
the President in his efforts perties with have the full bensate to The nomination of his derived from their properties. General Ll's Reluctance.
Lin saw that the only hope now The death is announced of party. An effort has been made Similar privileges will also be
Hay.
been or He wrote to the soldiers ordering the Senate on the subject but who either hovo most of the members of the con- still are the officials of them. to rise and, as the orthodox. Houter's correspondent at Havana [The late Admiral served for some rervative faction are reticent on the Manchu Government so long badges had been seized, lie. In-
years in the Far East, being in som-the mintter." 40.1
as they do not oppose the new structed; them that any white tionary generals were subsequently #8ys that the continuance of unmand of squadron which destruyed]· The ways and means committee Government or ill-treat the repab- band tied round the arm, The troops at Mukden are sail sent to Quito and imprisoned. The trually warm weather is unfavour-pitalical fleets in Blag Bay, China, of the House of Representatives licans. Those who are opposing serve. Thus began the It is understood that the posi-though several were killed in the ircling to the revolutionarios.mob attacked the guards and, al-ably affecting the sugar crop. The in 1649, and in Tonquin River in the has reported to the house a bill the new Government in the ca- revolt of October 10 tion in Peking is critical.
same year: He was Chairman of reducing up tariff on steel. This posity of Manchu officials, will be teresting to note that volley's fired, they breached the Cans contains an average of ten per Beater's Talegram Company, Léd, as part of flies Democratic tarift deprived of their moperties with ning the revaletion It is report that, after ng walls of the jail and dregged out and cant loss sugar than last year, and and from 1880 to 1906 - Lord flation betwear ke Manglue and killed the generals. The bodies it is foured that the estimate of of the Admiralty
program, and is infonded, Chair in the jurisdiation of the new GS. 3,700 soldiem, all: revolutionarias, a truce:
[man-Underwood, says, to follow verament. All the propertign were then dragged, through the sightson and w quarter million tons verat : books,
#robødules introdnoød and hitherto belonging to the old Go4 been entɔred into at Wachang strests to the sematary, where they will turn out to be greatly in excess or in the
urin – the special session vernment will be taken charge of of the acinal zięki.
by the new GoraTLIER PRES
| sanguinary battle. The mob at [Service, to the Telegraph."] · | Admiral Sir John Charles Dairymigy, do poll the Republican wing of given to owners of properties was to start the revolt forthwith.
Guayaquil lynched the rebel com-
FROM JAPANESE SQURCES,
Tokyo, Jan. 31.
ander, shooting, bebeading and burning-kim-Five-of-the" revolu=""
* London, Jaú, 30, 4.58 a.m.'
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