The Hongkong Telegraph.
March 10th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 57, p.m. 62; Humidity...70, 46,
No.8789
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(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1911 · by Proprietor.
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TELEGRAMS,
THE COAL CRISIS.
Mr. Asquith Introduces the Coal Mines Bill.
CONDITIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE.
[Service To The
Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 19, 5.20 p.m. | THE GOVERNMENT'S DUTY.
Mr. Asquith announced in the
What was the Government's i
WEDNESDAY, MARCH
20
1912.
三洋禮
犹十二月三英游香
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
COAL CRISIS.
COAL CRISIS.
TRIPOLI WAR.
PEACE OF EUROPE.
NO PENAL PROVISIONS.
LABOUR ATTITUDE.
ITALY'S REPLY.
'DISQUIETING REPORTS.
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[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, Mar, 10, 5.20 p.m.
The Bill contained no penal
provisions upon one side or the
other.
[Servico, to the "Telegraph."]
Bombay, Mar. 20, 7.35 p.m.
Router has elicited în diploma-,
[Service to the Telegraph']
[Service to tho "Telegraph."]
Landon, Mar. 19, 1.40 p.m. London, Mar. 19, 3.35 a.m.
Reuter's Constantinople cores- It is announced that the Labour
pondent says that it is understood Party will not oppose the Minimum that Italy's reply to the enquiries tic quarters in London that no of the Powers suggests that Wage Bill at present but will shape
Turkey should not be called grounds whatever can be secer- thoir attitudo during the Com-upon to recognise the annexation
TELEGRAMS.
BRITAIN'S NAVY.
THE DEBATE.
[Service to the "Telograph."]
In the House of Commons, Lord.
Charles Beresford, Unionist mem- ber for Portsmouth, in the debate on the Naval Estimates oritloised the omission to defend trade routes
House of Commons that Friday duty? The stoppage of the con HOW THE BILL. OPERATES mitteo stage in consultation with of Tripoli, but that Turkish tained for the disquieting reporta and said it was a mistake to use
would be allocated to the Coal industry for a fortnight was pro- Bill and the promoters of the duoing, had produced, an over- Women's Enfranchisomont Bill growing daily weight of in- will be given nu sarly date instead convenience and sufforing. In of Friday. He hoped that the Lords would sit on Saturday as it was urgent that the Bill should passed this wook. He said that the Budget' would be taken on April 2.
RELUCTANTLY INTRO-
DUCED.
theso circitmstances the Govern ment, came, without hesitation, to tho conclusion that Parliament must be asked to intervene, and, as the parties were unable to agreo, the State must provide a
the Miners' Executive.
L
Mr. Walter Long, conservative member for the Strand, speaking at Cambridge, warned the Govern-
The employer wan liable to
pay the underground workman a wage not less than the wagement that the Opposition would jealously safeguard the interests di fixed by the District Barda,but
employers.
tho mineowner was not compell-
2
oil to open his coal mino, nor did
the Bill compel the workinan to descend into the pit.
It might be said that this Bill
settlement. They were driven to would be nugatory. Ho hopod
logislation and thorofore they and believed it would not be so.
It is stated that the Minimum Wage Bill will not enforce arbitra- tion and that it will not contain compulsory powers or penalties.
MILITANT SPEECHES.
London, Mar. 19, 2.15 p.m.
A number of the miners' leaders madu speeches last night, soveral
tone, declaring "that If the Strike
Mr. Asquith then introduced held that the only kind of legis After Parliament had taken action of them adopting a threatening lation which they were justified the position would be no longer Bill is unsatisfactory they will not
the Coal Mines Bill, Ho snid it
was with great and unaffected
reluctance that he introduced it,
but the introduction of much a
Bill, and its passing by Parlia- ment promptly, wore absolutely
· necessary in the best interests of
the country.
The Government had resorted
to legislation only when all hope
of a settlement by agreement lind
disappeared and when tho necos-
in proposing was legislation what it was before. There would directed to a particular purposo
and not going beyond that,
GIVE AND TAKE:
The conclusion to which the
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be no longer any doubt as to the
principle of the 10inimum wago,
and no longer any difficulty, with Government had como, with good sense and fairness, in which sixty-five per cent. of the settling the various gradoa. That conlowners agrood, was that hav- was all that they could do. ing regard to the unique condi- tions of the mining industry there
ought to be a minimum reason-
able wage, on the one hand, and,
".
on the other, adequate safeguard■
CAUTION ADVISED.
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald advised
oaution in regard to such legisla-
tion, because, if it were going to
sity, in the general interest, of to protect owners against slack-be permanent, not one, but a
putting a speedy end to the stop-ness and deficiency of output.
pinge of the coal industry had
become a matter of paramount
urgency.
DIFFICULTIES AND
HAZARDS.
THE MACHINERY.
hesitate to bring the country lower
to its knees. The most hopeful
troops shall be withdrawa from
Northern Africa. It is consider as to the pence, of. Europo.- od cortain that the Porte will not Locode to the proposals.-Reutor. Router
MILLIONAIRE'S WILL.
A BIG BEQUEST.
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 19, 5.30 p.m. Lord Wandsworth's estate has been estimated at £1,500,000, out of which £1,250,000 liss boon provided for the establishment of an orphanage.-Houtor.
SUGAR CONVENTION.
BRITAIN'S POSITION.
"
[Service to the Telegraph." London, Mar. 19, 140 p.m. Tho Government has
on-
speech indicated that it would bonounced to Parliament that Great Britain has not signed, tho proto-
CHINA IN TRANSITION.
TROUBLE IN SHANGHAI,
[From Chinese Sourc38.]
Shanghai, March 19.
́provocative languago about Ger- many. We were always niggling at Germany, he said, instead of attending to Imperial defence.
PAY AND PENSIONS.
Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, Un- ionist' member for Devonport, moved the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquiro Into tho
question of pay, and pensions in
The dockyards and navy. Mr. T, J. Macnamara, Parliamentary, Sec- retary to the Admiralty, defended
The newly enlisted Ropúblican soldiere in Shanghai have created a disturbance, on account of not having received their pay. De- tachments from an artillery corps the treatment of the men and the were despatched to maintain amendment was defeated by 202 order, aud in a collision between
votos to 156.. the two forces, two soldiers and a riokala coolio woio accidentally kiliod.
PROOF WANTED.
PRESS COMMENTS.
The comments upon Mr. Chur-
chill's speech agree as to the The Shanghai "Rapidly Pro-
gravity of the statement, but differ ut least a fortnight before a resump-col prolonging the Sugar Con-grossive" Society, together with tion of work would be possible, vention and is in no way com- members in the two politicul as to the wisdom of the references
to Germany. and a ballot of the miners will pro-mitted to the Convention. Britain, parties, have asked Dr. Sun Yat- however, has given a notification on what proof the Jointly Swoin bably be necessary.-Reuter,
that it does not object to the Society has for the allegation that increase in Russian. exports dur. ing a continuance of the Con- they have been unduly influenced vention.-Router,
by Yuan Shih-kai.'
THE DELEGATES RETURN.
Messrs. Tsoi Yuon-pui and Wong Shiu-ming have returned to Nanking from Peking, with a solemn declaration made by Yuan
TROUBLE ON THE CON-
TINENT.
The strike is stagnant in West- phalia but many miners have struck in Saxony and Hanover while at Saar a strike is threatened. The colliors of Silesia and the
Miners' Federation of Anzin have
issued a manifesto which calls upon all French miners to rise in sym- pathy with their British comrades. --Reutor.
score of bil's would be required. Hoemphasised that the Labourites CHANNEL COLLISION,
They must have machinery, would move an amendiment that intelligent, competent and their schedule of wages be in-- partial, to settle both the amount
BODIES WASHED UP,
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
MARCHIONESS OF
CREWE
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
on his taking up the prosidency.
The declaration has boon sub.
SUGGESTED NAVAL
[Service to the "Telegraph."]mitted to the Assembly.
London, Mar, 19, 5.35 p.m. The Marchioness of Crowe has been successfully operated upon for appendicitis.-Router.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
MINISTER.
The Naval League at Nanking has requested the Government to appoint Sala Chen-ping as Naval Minister.
YUAN'S APPOINTMENTS.
The "Times" says: The speech is the best exposition since 1889 and
will do much to raise Mr. Churchill in the esteem of his countrymon,
The Daily Telegraph saya: The speech is brimful of courage and resource and must convince the Empire that it is confronted with
a grave crisis.
The "Daily Mail" cays: Mr. Churchill is assured of the onthusi⚫ astic support of the nation.
The "Morning Post" says: We doubt the wisdom of the appeal to Germany, which may be stimulat- ed thereby to increase the pace.
The "Standard" says: Mr. Churchill is overdoing the role of the patriotic Englishman. The
THE PERSIAN MOVE.
Strong objections have been statement is almost a threat. of the minimun and the extent cluded in the Bill. They ap
[Service to the Telegraph."]
rai ed by the people of Chibli to The "Daily Chronicle" says: of the safeguards. The Bill was
London, Mar. 19, 1.40 p.m.
the appointment of Chang Shok- The speech is direct and business- proved of the principle of no
London, Mar. 19, 2.15 p.m.-
The Russian military move-uen an Governor General of like and nowise provocative, a temporary measure continuing
The compulsion. They might ask for The bodies washed up at Hast-ments in the Caucasus which ox- Chibli, and they have hold a
The "Daily News" asks if such Long before those matters in force for three years.
oiled some alarai in Europe tavo mesting in opposition, thereto. ings are believed to be those of been suspended, Turkoy having It has been decided to communi- a grave speech is the answer to minimum wage would be retro- reached qu acute stage the spective and when the mon
a few amendments and safe the Rev. Mr. Loishman, and of given satisfactory assurances con- cato with Yuan Shila-kui recom- the question. "What was the result. a passenger, who accompanied the earning the movements of hor mending that Wong Chi-cheang of Mr. Haldane's mission to Ger-
should be appointed.—“ Bhat | many?".—Reuter, Government thought it their duty returned to work. they would be guards, but it should be possible Naval Brigade to Peking during the troops towards Persia.-Router.
Po." paid from the date of their re- to pass a Bill this week which Boxer Rebelion.--Reuter. to consider all alternative plans turn at a rate subsequently fixed of legislation, and the more they by the District Board.
Burveyed the ground the more
would be satisfactory to all con-
The District Boards would corned. draw up regulations and condi-
BOILER EXPLOSION.
MAILS WENT LOWN.
A NEW GUN.
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED.
clearly they realized the difficultions for regularity and efficiencý ties and hazards to which tho of work, Workmen who failed to comply thorowith would not bost conceived plan of legislation be entitled to the minimum wago, must be exposed. They porcovor The District Boards would! settle the general minimum wage
ol as long as possible, hoping for
"
way of escape along a better and more expediens path.
and the general district rules,
RACES TO BE HELD.
London, Mar. 19, 6.35 p.m.
It is been officially announced
:
London, Mar. 19, 2.15 p.m.
The Post Office announces that the mails went down with the
Oceana, and they included regis tered correspondence and parcela for Gibraltar, bags of letters for Zanzibar and Bombay and British
Berbera,
namely, the conditions for off that the Spring Ruses at Liver-warships at Aden and Singapore
and parcells for Egypt, s ciency and regularity,
Adon and India, Reuter/
| pool will take place,
(Service to the "Telegraph."] London, Mar. 19, 1.40 p.m.. Reutor's New York corros- pondent states that at least twenty-live people have been killed through the explosion of a locomotive boiler in an engine house of the Southern Pacific Railway, at San Antonio. Many were injured, and the majority
SUITABLE FOR AERO-
PLANES.
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 19, 5.20 a.mz'
The Vickers firm has Invented
of the victims were strikebreakers, a portable quick firing gun for
the use of aeroplanos.-Reuter,
-Reuter.
OBITUARY.
FORMER SINGAPORE
RESIDENT.
(Service to the Telógraph.")
London, Mar. 19, 2.35 p.m. The death has taken place of Mt. Altkon, barrister, an ex-member the Legislative Council of Singa pare.--Reuter.