The Hongkong Telegraph.
May 8th, 1912, Temperature an. 74, p.m. 80; Huinidity...92, 76.
No. 8781
TELEGRAMS.
晚三廿月三年子壬
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
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WEATHER, FORECAST,
FAIR.
May 8th, 1911, Temperaturo a.m. 76, p.m., 73; Humidity...85, 89.
THURSDAY,
MAY
9,
-1912.
四拜禮
犹九月五英港桥
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
P. & O. STRIKE.
THE LOAN DISPUTE.
HOME RACING.
U. S. PRESIDENCY.
THE KING FOGBOUND.
COMPANY'S ARGUMENTS.
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.
THE CHESTER OUP.
AN OPEN FIGHT.
. lleuter's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
via Bombay, May 8, 1,35 pan.
Ilecoivod, 5 50 p.m.
Crowds gathered at Weymouth
yesterday, despite rain and log
Fi
Renter's,
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
via Bombay, May 9, 7.10 a,m.
Rectivo, 11.15. p.m..
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, May 9, 9:15 am
Received, 9.38 a.. Bajung Hsi-ling, Financial The P. and O. Steamship Co.,Secretary, is negotiating with the in reply to a farther leputation loan, vice Ting Shao-yi,
international bankers regarding
of various Soumon's Unioną,
obliterating the fleet, and were disreiterated the reasons why, they appointed at the non-arrival of the were unable to comply with the King, who was fogbound for the demands inido, pointing out that the real object of the Unions was the substitution ☎f whites for the Indian crews, which was im
possible in the tropics.
night at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
STATESMEN ON
SUBMARINE.
London, May 8, 5.Ì5 pan. Received, May 9, 5,20 a.m,
Mr. Balfour and Mr. Churchill
to-day made a cruise aboard
Britain's latost submarino.
HIS MAJESTY ARRIVES,
via Bombay, May 9, 7.10 a.m. Received, 11 15 a.m.
His Majesty tho King arrived
at Woymenth insunshine, though it was still hazy.
J
Ile sailed through the salating
Fleet, watched by the vast crowds
ou shore, and boarded H.M.S..
Neptune, hosting his tag.
CREAM OF THE FLEET,
His Majesty's visit inaugurated
the roorganisation of the Hume
Fleet, the First, Second, Third
I
and Fifth battle squadrons, valued.
nit £70,000,000, participating in
the manoeuvros,
MIMIC BATTLE,
Anyhow, it would mean that the Company would thon require. | 12,000 whites, "while if the principle wore applied to all British, ships 50,000 Indiaus would be displaced.
PRINCE WALDEMAR.
JAPANESE DECORATION.
Independent News Agancy).
Tokyo, Muy 9.
Prince Waldemar of Prussia, wholis touring Japan, was invited to dianer at the hoperial Court last night.
The Emperor conferred on him the highest Order of the Chrysan- themum.
JAPANESE HONOURS
(Independent Nows Agency.)
Tokyo, May 9.- Baron-T-Kikuchi-and, Baron K. Kitagaki have been appointed
The now 13.5-inch guns wero Privy Councillors.
tosle 1, and during the afternoon
there was a mimic battle between
floots commanded by Admiral Sir G.'A. Callaghan and Admiral Sir
J. R. Jollicoo.
THE NEW ARM.
The naval aviators made some
magnificent lights; and four, steering by compasses, picked up the Royal yacht most easily. -
Mr. Graham White and unval officers made some wonderful evolutions in the afternoon, but afterwarde fog interfered with the programme.
What the Chinese Boy Said.
Reuter's (Service to the "Telegraph."]
via Bombay, May 9, 12.10 a.m, Roovived, 5.15 a.m.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
vin Bombay, May 9, 12.10 a.m.
Received 5.15 a.m.
The result of the race for the The final returns for Maryland Chester Cup (Distance 24 miles-show that Mr. Roosevelt has won
Improved relations between the loft handed course) is parties are apparent, and it je probable that Tls. 6,000,000 wil be paid over soon.
The prospects ofa finul arrange- ment, too, aro rosy, as the Cabinet is apparently agreeable to modi fied supervision of the financea.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
WONG'S SUGGESTION.
(From Chinese Sources.)
Shanghai, May S.
Wong Ting in advocating the rising of a national loan and the President as directed the Cabinot to draw up a scheme and to submit it to the Peking Advisory Council for omsidera tion.
NEGOTIATIONS TO BE
RESUMED.
[
The President and Hung. Hi- ling, Minister for Finance, will rosumo negotiations with the foreign loan syndicatę to-day,
UNREST THREATENED.
Wong Yut has created a great. deal of unrest in the Shonai Province by actively advocating its independence. He was boen warned-by-the-President-to stop or he will be dealt with by tho military authorities.
TANG TO RESIGN.
Nathlen.....
Clarencoux
Southannan
2
3
BETTING.
3-1 Rathlon, 7- Clarenceux,
[9-1 Southannan.
· TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.
ITALIAN CAPTURES.
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 8, 5.15 p.m. Received, May 9, 5.20 am.
Router's Rome correspondent
by a majority of only one, this leav-states that the Italians have ing his chances in the Presidential captured the Vali of Rliodes and lolection as uncertain as before. ·
The campaign continues to be a number of Turks who were conducted with extreme heat and
endeavouring to escape in boats. there is a definite split between the two Republican factions, so that two separate. Conventions are not improbable.
The winner won by a length MARRIAGE TO NATIVES. and a half; a length separating
Recond and third. Twelve ran.
HOME CRICKET.
London; May 8, 7.20 p.in. Received, May 9, 6.39 n.m. Englund lins beaten The Rest
by an innings and 13 runs.
A GERMAN. PROPOSAL.
:..
Landon, May 8, 7.20 p.m. Received, May 9, 6.39 a.m.
Protectoralos.
CANTON NEWS.
SILENCE OF THE MANCHUS,
"Pall Mall"
Prophesies that Peking news will not be
monotonous,
*$86 rux Ar
SINGLE COPY 10 Omur.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,
1
Telegrams.
There is a more rosy outlook regarding the China loan ques tion, the Cabinet being apparently agrecable to a modified supervi sion of finances by the inter- national lenders. ``
Mr. Roosevelt has secured m majority of one in the Maryland primarios. Two separate Re- publican Conventions are now not improbable.
Rathlen has won the Chestor
Cup.
The Reichstag has accepted a resolution urging the need of a Bill validating marriages between natives and whites in German Protectorates.
At cricket the South Africans have beaten Derbyshire, Notta has overcome · Australia, and England has defeated The Rost.
was
The naval review at Weymouth delayed yesterday, His Majesty the King being fogbound at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
France has now 43,000 troops in Morocco:
In private advious from China
The Väli of Ithodes has been says the "Pall Mall Gazotto" of captured by the Italians together April 9, we get some intimation with a number of other Turks. of the possible course of events. At Waymouth, Mr. Balfour and The most significant feature of Mr. Churchill have made a oruise in Britain's latest sub- A resolution has been passed the situation is tho silenco marine: in the Reichstag urging the of the Manchus, They have a
Battleships to the value of 70° desirability of a. Bill Leing passed League, and the Manchu Army is millions sterling took part in the to validate marriages between believed to be hostile to the new naval review at Weymouth yes- whites and natives in all Gorman order of things. Its hostility is tarday in the presence of the oven directed against Yuan Shih-King. There was a mimic battle, and the naval aviators did grand kui, because he has accopted the work. distatos of the Nanking revolu
The P. and O. Company has tionarios. Yuan himself is be-pointed out that if the Union lieved to be desirous of resig-lemands are complied with the Company would require 12,000 nation, and it is thought he may try whites, while it applied to all (The "Tolegraph" Correspondent.) to nominate as his successor Prince British ships, 50,000 Indians
Pu Lan, who is so prominent in would be displaced. the line of Imperial succession Prince Waldemar of Prussia that his selection as President has been decorated by the Em- Opium Regulations. The Commissioner of Police would almost amount to a Reperor of Japan with the highest
Order of the Chrysanthemum. Somerset bent Sussex by six has issued a proclamation for thestoration. It is quite cloor that information of opium smukers the Nanking Council do not share reminding them that the duration
Sun Yat-sen's placidity. They of their smoking permits issued by the Anti-opiam Bureau ex-are bringing a bodyguard of pired on the 30th ult. They are 2,000 infantry to Poking, and now required to report themselves wanted to bring a whole division to the police stations where they of the Southern Army. The Pro- will make a statement as to their
The South Africans beat
Derbyshire by anyen 'wickets,
Notts bout the Australinas by
six wickets.
Yorkshire bout M.0.0. by two
wickets.
wickets.
DISEASE IN JAPAN,
Some Alarming Figures.
LOCAL.
The Secretary of the Shuanghai Cricket League has written to Hongkong asking for a copy of their rules. The committee hopes to ombody the best features of the Hongkong rules in those which they are framing.
ago, native country, and the visional Government is going to
A list of subscriptions to the quantity of opium that they smoke the solitudes of the Southern
Alice Memorial Hospital is pub daily. Under the regulations a Hunting Park-the. Peking equi-lished to-day. smokeris only allowed to purchase valent of Versailles-in order "to opium once a dayand then only the
·
Some remarkable evidence WOR
An extradition order, was made to-day against Miss. Marian Monteith, of Shanghai, who was charged "with obtaining money ·
CHINESE WOMANKIND under false pretences.
FUTURE OF OSBORNE COLLEGE.
HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT.
It is reported that Chang
Despite the fact that the Japan-quantity specified in the permit. avoid dramatic complications." given to-day when Mr. Justice Pinglun will bo appointed as head of the department to which 50 people are much more ad-They are also required to do their We believe that the news from Gompertz heard a case arising vanced in the matter of personal utmost to stop the habit them-Peking during the next few out of a claim under a separation |will be entrusted to task of com- hygiene than formerly, the selves and directly anyone suc-wooks will at any rate not be agreement. KOOMBANA DISASTER. piling a history of the recent ravages of contagious diseases are coeds in curing himself of the
happenings in China-"Shat steadily on the increase, accord-habit he is to surrender his monotonous,
ing to a report made by the Metro- permit. The regulations go evan Po."
politan police. In the case of so far as to regaire smokers to typhoid fever there has been such register their names and ad- agront increase in Tokyo that dresses and also to notify the the authorities are much concern-authorities of any change of
"Woman's duty is at home " ed. During 1008 and the two abode.
Wong's Appeal succeeding years the mortality
Dr. Lim Boon Keng is reported from this disease was remarkably Wong Hing has despatched a
From what one hears (writes low, but in 1900 there were 2,228 long telegram to the united pro-to have said to a Chinese au- A paper published in Peking, cases, of which 481 were fatal; vinces concerning the danger at dience," You must not listen the Naval correspondent of the which is activo in its support of in 1910 the number of casos was tending the raising of foreign to what other nationalities say of "Pall Mall Gazette"), the fate of certain party, is severely 1,655 and the fatalities 1,530, in loans, He says that many of the how badly you treat your women- Osborne College would seem to Point Hedland on her laat trip on criticising the failure of Tang 1011 the number of cases 3,142 rovolutionary martyrs died for the folk by shutting them up at home bo hanging in the balance. Some sake of their country, paving and denying them the liberties time ago plans were prepared for bring the loan
the way for others to overthrow the accorded the women of other a new college at Osborne to re- March 20. When the Gorgon lay Shao-yi to alongside the wharf on March 22 negotiations to a successful issue. The figures relating to other Manoliu monarchy and be is afraid nations. The teaching of Con-place the present bungalows, preparatory to sailing to Australia, Consequently Tang has signified disenses, including dysentery that their work will be rendered fucius se to keeping woman at but it is unlikely that that collego Mr. Collins was approached by his intention of resigning.
and diphtheria, show equally useless if indiscriminate borrow home is not the illtreating of her. will be built. Chinese boy belonging to the ship
unsatisfactory results, and the ing is rosorted to. They will be- You do not put a jewel in an out- who said:"Big blow happened! Ballaballa boss, big ship gans down!"
A somewhat interesting story in connection with the lost steam. er Koombana, is related by Mr. | Collins, the purser of the steamer Gorgon, which recently arrived at Freemantle from Singapore.
Tho Koombana sailed from
l'oking, May 8.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC
REFORMER.
and the fatalities 604.
Other Diseases.
Recently it was proposed to total number of patients from come, he says, like Egypt. As a sido place, but look it up in your remove the whole of the cadet these causes last year was 6,134, nation he claims China is poor; safe! Bo, when we keep woman training establishment to Dart the fatalities numbering 1,828. individually she is not, but un-at home, we value and respect her month, and surveys were made
Mr. Colline scouted the idea Worg Hing's proposal to It is, noted that disease of this fortunately they cared more for rather than illtreat her ne others of a site on the Kingswear side and was much amused. But raise a national loan has won character is much more prevalent their own money than for the say. Woman's duty is at home, of the river. Since then nothing FRANCE IN MOROCCO. when the Gorgon arrived at Java the favour of many of the among the male sex. The report good of the country in which not in any other place. She, as a further has been heard of the
London, May 8, 5.15 p.m. Received, May 0, 5.20 à‚m.
three days afterwards, he heard Cabinet Ministers, and Ha Ting points out that the districts where they dwelt. Had they kept good mother, must be in the matter, but the general view in of the missing Koombana, and ching how been appointed to con- diseases are most common are part of the money which they had house to nurse and look after her that Osborne College is not
It is also understood that a the terrific storm in the north-ault with Wong as to the proper Kanda, Koishikawa, Kyobashi, squandered in luxurios and children and other domestic work. permanency. west. All the Chinese in Singa procedure to be followed. Ching Ushigome and Azabu. It seems devoted it to the good of the If she wore to neglect her home, pore seemed to know of the Tak-chuen, formerly Clovernor strange, says the "Far East," that empire the nation would never who then is to take care of the scheme is in preparation oyclone occurring in the north-general of Kiong-su, and a strong such outlying and comparatively have been so poor. He has made a baby? Confucius understand founding a certain number Router's Paris correspondent west of Australia on March 22, supporter of Wong's proposal, healthy districts should head the special appeal to the risk to the weak nature of woman, and so scholarships, open to r gene states that the French reinforce-nad yet it was not until March 25 has commenced to draw up re- list, and the question arises whe-remember his warning and take strongly advises us to return her competition, and the holders of ents to Morocco bring her total that the agents for the vessel gulations governing the issue, ther the drains, which in the less steps to prevent the waste of at home, as male and female can which will receive free trainis
began to ba anxicus. though he is at present lying ill crowded districts are more open, their wealth and the consequents not mingle freely together without the Royal Naval Cadet salahlian, atroop there up to 15,000. Sydney Evening News."
fare responsible.
lose to the nation, evil consequence,
ments.