The Hongkong Telegraph.
March 22nd, 1912, Temperature a.m. 08, p.m. 62; Humidity...06, 01.
No. 8742
∴晚五初月二年子壬
TELEGRAMS.
COAL CRISIS..
Commons Debate Takes A Dramatic Turn.
LABOUR LEADER'S SUDDEN INTERVENTION.
[Service To The "Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 22, 2.45 p.m. The Bill providing for a minimum wage has passed the second read- ding by 348 votes to 225,
SURPRISING MAJORITY. The Labour members and Nationalists voted with the majority which was larger than
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March 22nd, 1011, Temperature a.m. 05, p.m., 66; Humidity...93, 92.
TELEGRAMS.
SATURDAY, ✅ MARCH 23
1912.
大拜禮
號三廿月三兵港香
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
COAL CRISIS.
CHINA IN TRANSITION.
NEW ZEALAND.
GERMAN FORCES.
FIEDING THE STARVING. LONDON CONVERSAZIONE
A NEW PREMIER,
NEW DEFENCE BILLS.
[Service to the "Telegraph.”]
London, March 22, 4.55 ̧v.m.
The cold and wet weather is in-
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The Liberal papers say that tensifying the distress in many dis- the Government will accept the tricks. Hundreds at Middlesborough 5 nad 2 minima, but the. "Timos is emphatic in declur-and Grimsby besieged the Town ing that tho Cabinet yesterday
halls to secure groceries, and decided to romain firm in its refusal to accept those. It adds crowds in Glasgow scrambled for thint the most interesting factor
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(Our Own Correspondent.j
London, Mar. 22:10.10 a.m.
The Chinoso Minister received
[Service to the "Telegraph."] London, Mar. 22, 12.26 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 22, 7.30 pm.
Router's correspondent at Ber-f
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TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL..
(Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Mar. 23. 11:15 am.
Sir West Ridgeway inaugurated
100 guests at a conversazione Df Wellington reports that Mr. lin says that the additional navala Logislative Council for Britisha he China Society, held at Caxton Thomas McKenzie has boon and military expenditure involved North Borneo on March 20. Hall. The Republican flag was a elected Premier by 22 votes to D. in the new Defence Billa is The caremony was most im- prominent feature of the 'decora- Sir Joseph Ward, Bart, defors his £1,350,000 in 1912 and 20,350,-pressive and Europeans, natives
000 in 1913.
and Chinese, were extremely gra- The Chinese wore Euro-resignation until Mr McKenzio
The Army Bill provides for
tified. hne formed his ġabinet-Reutor. two additional army corps; the
[Fen'or, cher.cteristically fall to attachment of a machine gun There are to be six official and
tions.
noan evening dress. in the situation, if the passage buns and loaves which the trades- was expected and was received of the Bill does not end the
by the exultant Ministerialists strike, is that the Opposition will men are selling at cost price. FROM JAPANESE: SOURCES. stain by whom Mr. MoKenzio bar beon company to every, infantry regi-four unofficial members represon-
with cheers.
Sir Elward Grey in winding up the debate said that it waH impossible for the Government.
expect the Government to take ollior measures.
Everywhere extensive measures
are being taken to provide daily
meals for children. Forty thou-
sand meals werd served in three
GOVERNMENT VIEW. The Governmont view is that. to include a schedule for howors.the mon will trickle book im- He desired that an early settle modistoly the Bill is passed, and ment was imperativo. Should that probably there will be a the Bill fail to settle the dispute general reumption at Easter, days by one agency alone in Bur the Government would be com-thus justifying the Act. polled to protect the nation by AWAITING THE RESULT. overy means in its power.
The Commons, in Committee In the House of Commons Mr.stago, is continuing the sitting, Joseph King (or Sir H. 8. King?) but porfunctorily. Members are moved an amendment to the Coal waiting the result of the negotia- tres, such as Sheffield, Oldham. Minos Bill that a minimum of 5/tions outside. Included in the
slem, where the feature is bottle-
feeding rooms for bables. On the
her hand, many industrial cen-
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for men and 2 for boys be fixed. conference are Mr. Asquith and | Huddersfield, Derby and Huff re-
Mr. Asquith refused. He said Mr. Bonar Law.
lie was not disposed to solo pre- ondent by fixing a rate of wages by Act of Parliament. He pointed out the dangers to the men them- selves, because these figures would tend to be regarded as the maximum.
Á DRAMATIC TURN.
SMART SENTENCES.
Bombay, Mar. 23, 8 a.m.
A journalist named Guy Bow- man has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment, with hard labour, and two printers named Benjamin Buck and Charles Back to six months cach with
Mr. King's amendmont was negativel without a division, hard labour for publishing in the "Syndicalist newspapor but previously the debate had
whereby en favoured to incite the taken en dramatic turn. The
soldiera to muliny, an open Labour members had been warn-į
letter urging them not to fira ing the Government that the rejection of the amendment upon the strikers if ordered.
meant this prolongation of the strike. Then Mr. Ramsay Mac donald intervened and said that the minors would waive the districts schedule if 5) and 2/| were inserted.
NARROWING THE POINTS,
Bombay, Mar. 23, 8.a.m. After the debate in the Com» ·
port that the distress hitherto does
not exceed normal.
P. & O. COMPANY.
NO NEGOTIATIONS.,
ĮService to the "Telegraph."]
London, March 22, 8.15 a.m.
Sir Thomas Sutherland has issu
ed a statement saying that he has
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absolutely no knowledge of any negotiations between the Peninsu
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Tokyo, March 23. Mr. Ijuin, the Japanese Minis ter at Peking, loft for home yes- terday on account of ithealth.
The ex-Emperor of China and the fmperial Family will leave the Forbidden City on April 1.
Disturbances have occurred in i and Kuangai, and troops Kiongsi. have been despatched from Teking to suppress the rioters.
It has been decided by the English, German, American and Japanese Consular representatives it Swatow, that if the dis- turbancos are renewed they will take joint measures for protec- tion-Ind. Nowa Agency.
TROUBLE FOR EX-VICEROY
olected Premier. Presumably it is by
the Liberal party whohem back from ment and an increase of the
ting the tho recent electix, in a badly shattered peace effective force by 20,000. condition. Afie- the elastion the Liberals
--Router.
Conservavies found themselve Joranly balanced, ned a small cotesia of Labure, Inslopendeats and Maorin we in commsad of the sitation, There was mua'i personal antagonism to Sir Joseph: Ward-hin acceptance of a boocley was conated against him fo evil in somo quartors--but Mr. Massoy the lane of the opposition was litis |mco papalar. Mr, Thawas McKenzie was a member of Sir Joseph Wa d'a
Ministry; be way Minister for In lustrion and Commeros, Turist and Halth Resorts and Agricultare.]
VARSITY RACE.
TULLOOURSE TRIALS.
[Service to the Telegraph."] London, Mar. 22, 6.5 p.m.`
HOME RACING.
THE BETTING.
[Service to the Telegraph."]
London, Mar. 22, 3.25 p.m. The betting in the Lincolnshire Handicap is as follows:-
9 to 2 Hornet's Beauty 5 to 1 Warfare
0 to 1 Unolo Pat
910 1 Long Bot
100 to 8 Sobieski
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the plaators, the general com-
munity and the Chinese.
COLLIERY DISASTER,
UNEXPECTED RESCUES.
[Service to the Telegraph."]
London, Mar, 22, 12.25 p.m.
At Oklahoma twenty-six of the
In the Grand National the miners entombed in the San Bɔis
botting stande:
5 to 1 Rathnally 7 to 1 Jorry M.
-Reuter.
The Oxford crew rowed a full AMERICA AND JAPAN. course trial under fairly favour- able conditions in 20 min. 53 sec. The Cambridge crew in a full courge trial did the distance in
Shanghai, March 22. The Board of Communications has directed Chan Ki-mee Military Governor at Shanghai, 22 min. 1 sec.-Router. to arrest Chang Ming-chi, ex-| Viceroy of Canton, on a charge of being indebted to the Com-
CANTON NEWS.
An Inconsistent Attitude.
mine have been rescued alive,
notwithstanding that hope Ind
been abandoned.—Reator.
THE STAGE LETTER.
We do not know that it is very wise of the Japanese, although it
In real life letter-writing is is no doubt very natural, to pro always with us. It is a constant test against the new Immigration Law that is to be laid before the duty. You hear much about the. United States Congress. That law decay of the epistolary art; but: you do not find that you have munications Back to the extent (The "Telegraph" Correspondent.) law, and the Japanese dislike the not know how many letters each is in practice to be an exclusion fewer letters to write. We de of $5,200,000. mittes stage on tho Bill Mrar and Oriental Company with a
The Sha Kwak forts at Bocca prospect of being exoladed from Tigris are still in the hands of the United States, as they are now are certain that statistics would person writes in a year. Yetwo Asquith said he had reason to view to a combination. The "Ship- Mr. Keir Hardie suggested a believe that the discussions had
Wong Wo-shun's men and the excluded from Australasia-a withdrawal of Mr. King's amend so far arrowed the points at issue ping Gazelto," referring to the rise Northern provinces have elected them. General Lung Chai-kwong The Japanese state that they do that it is not quite so flowery as The military officers in the force of 1,000 strong to dislodge drawn renewed attention of late, the master of a letter we suppose Governor-General has despatched matter to which they have also prove that the average number is comparatively high. As for ment in order, to discuss that the Government was calling
conference of the owners and in the shipping stock, says that ne-representatives to proceed to isendenvouring to prevent further plore the growth of narrow-minded it used to be. On flowery as blodslied by mediation, and to racial prejudice, which makes for hand we are glad to think that Yunking, and demand the apat end has sent officers to Wong this exclusion, and so does every- Minister of warg
Macdonald's concession. Sir a
OFFICERS' DEMAND.
Edward Gray adhered to the decimen on Monday with a view still gotiations are proceeding between pointment of Tuan Ki-sui as Wo-shub's camp to endeavour to body. But there is something people do not write, as it would.
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sion not to acceptany figures in the further to narrow the difficul Bill. The issue, ho said, between | tios of the parties with reference
firms comprised in the Australian the owners and the miners was to the 51 and 2) minima which and New Zealand Conference, in- now narrowed down, however, to was the real, outstanding point at cluding the Blus Funnel Line, with the 5) and 2/ minimo, and there issue, though it was not said to be a view to coming to an agreement was room for further conference. the msia point.
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS.
A LABOUR HOPE, Insuring the peaceful wörking of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, on be- Australien and China trados.-- Mr. Macdonald said that he could not at present plodge the half of the Miners Federation, (Router.) Minors Federation but he would said that the men would attend inform the House to-night.
the conference which, he hoped, Mr. Asquith afterwards sont would result in an agreement for Sir Ratcliffe Ellis and it is without which the Bill would be presumed that negotiations are useless. in progress.
An amendment by Mr. Enoch MORE HOPEFUL' IMPRÈS-
Edwards to incorporate the coledalo was rejected by 307 SION.
votes to 55, and
SUGAR CONVENtion.
MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS,
Shanghai, Maroh 23. Tang Kwan-ying and others, representatives of the women suffragists, bave intruded into the Nanking Assembly creating a disturbance, and breaking soms farniture.
taken.
bring about some settlement. much more than that at the brek appear that they once did, with The Governor-General has also of the notion in America and Aus-letters of a modern are rarely an eye to future publication. The published a proclamation offering tralis, and that is the fact that published. As far as form goes, he insurgents a free pardon con- the Japanese workmen would however, the stage letter-writer, ditional upon their evacuating underont the white workman we hold, is greatly to be praised. the forts; while the regular everywhere, with disastrous so-The stage letter le generally con troops lave hoisted flags bearing cial consequences. But apart cise and pithy. It has the super the inscription "Lives will be from this, there is an obvious fative merit, too, of being short. "tu quoque" which the Japanese On the stage one side of a sheet spared if you will surrender,"
In the coures of the afternoon themselves must admit. They of notepaper ie, as a rule, en- news reached Canton that the have done their best to exclude ough, though on occasion It con- outposts at Bocen Tigris have European industry and European tains more words than the real been recaptured, thought the forts traders from their own country life sheet of paper could ever themselves have not yet boon and their colonies; late happen-contain What we like," toɔ, nings on the Island of Formosare about the stage letter-writer is A proclamation has been issued a case in point, and Japanese his eses. He rather enjoys writ- All the time they shouted forbidding anyone joining the competition in various parts of demands for the granting of suffr-Triad Society, and advising those the East is notoriously been ing a letter. To us and you it is bore to him a plessure. Tha age rights equal to those enjoyed already members to do their best directed to shat out. Furopeans may be, of course
to break it up. According to the altogether. We do not say that no... by manvi q
no ono individual proclamation the society is one of the Japanese are not justified Thieves and undesirables who ob from their own point of view in more than one letter
stage by overhan: ABOLISHING TAXES.
tain a living by blackmail, so doing; they have their own President Yuan Shih-kai has editor and publialier of the Cham- very naturally put themselves flist
Arising out of the arrest of the interests to look after, and they writes it in a bold
and ехсер The French Chamber and the made a proposal for the though it is possible that there sides and intimated that the com- Belgian Chamber have voted shefited the Bead of Finance logo ment, pointing out that the so- platatan to their methods
the abolition ber of Commerce organ; that body of that we make po complaint sing the contents hier that of taxes on paddyfolds and has has written to the police depart although there is room for con- may be a stiff fight in Committee, mittee stage would conclude thai The conlowners are prepared night. There would be no sit. prolongation of the Bugar Con thoroughly into the ques-Losure of type and plant was illegal, it is unwise to condemn others with forty-seven amendmenta,
se that belonged to the Chamber for protecting themselves NE
The impression in the Lobby
PREMIER'S TRIBUTE.
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is more hopeful regarding the
Mr. Asquith psid a tribute to
speedy passage of the Bill, the hearty co-operation of both
ng on the following day,
PROLONGATION ADOPTED.
[Servico to the "Telegraph."]
London, Mar, 22, 7.30 p.m.
vention-Reuter,
"Shat Fo..
reads them aloud.