The Hongkong Telegraph.
May 20th, 1912, Temporature a.. 80, p.m. 30; Humidity...82, 08.
No. 8791
TELEGRAMS.
五初月四年子壬
TELEGRAMS.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
Copyright, 1912 by the Proprietor.
WEATHER FORECAST,
FAIR
May 20th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 73, p.m., 75; Humidity... 87, 84.
二拜襪 統一廿月五英港香
TELEGRAMS.
TUESDAY,
MAY
21,
1912.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN MAIL MISHAP.
ROYAL SCANDAL.
IMPERIAL COHESION.
TIBETAN TROUBLE.
MISS MALECKA.
THE NEW CHINA.
BUELOW STRIKES ROCK.
KING AND CHAMBERMAID.
MR. BALFOUR'S VIEWS.
CHINESE HEMMED IN.
PETITION TO OZAR:
PRINCE WALDEMAIU ABOARD.
(Our Own Correspondent.}
Shanghai, May 21,3,25 am.
"BASELESS CALUMNIES.'
...
Router's (Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 20, 6.45 p.m. Received, 21, 7.38 a.m.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."] via Bombay, May 21, 7.15 a.m.
Rouler's (Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 20, 6.30 p.m. Recoivod 91, 6.23 a.m.
SUSPICIOUS STILL.
(From Chinese Sources.}`·
Paking, May 20.
$86 Pan Ammu
Stan Corr 10 Cir.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,
Telegrams.
The N.D.L. liner Buelow struok Brock in the Kil Channel, Japan but was fortunately able to get off unaided, Prinos Waldemar of Prussia was on board at the time of the mishap.
A rebellion, with anti-foreign possibilities, has broken out at Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan.
A section of the Shanghai vernacular press has telegraphed to the State Council in Poking
Mr. Balfour has expressed the belief. that before long a scheme motion put forward by Heiung for a real Imperial Parliament Hsi-sing, Minister of Finance, recognising the rights of the foreign nations intorested in the loan in controlling China's
Renter's,
Received, 10.28 a.m. [Service to the "Telegraph."]:
Mr. Balfour, speaking at the. Reuter's Simla correspondent Miss Malcoku, who was sentenced London, May 20, 6.30 pan.
annual meeting of the Victaria states that telegrams from to ponal servitude for consorting Roooivod, 21, 6.23.a..
League of Empire, said he believ-hassa dafed the 15th inst, and with revolutio aarios, hins decided equcating it not to carry the
to petition the Czar against the Received, 9.45 n.in.
coming through Gyangtae, any Reuter's Brussels correspondented that at no distant date. a that the Chinese are hemmed sentence.
NOT ENGLISH. The German meil steamer states that the Court officials have scheme of an Imperial Parlia- within buildings in the southern Buslow, with Prines Wallomar informed His Majesty the King mout would be matured whereby suburbs. Their cartridges are
Received, 10.26 &.m. abari, struck a rock in Kif canards which have boon Britain and the self-governing exhausted, their. Maxime and via Bombay, May 21, 7.15 a.m.
ing of load transport animals, During question time in the Channel, Japan, on Sunday at circulated throughout Europo Colonies, would be united. The artillery pre silent, they are food-
reflecting on the private life of whole trend of events was and their rotrout is blocked by House of Commons; Mr. Acland, day bronk.
the Royal Family, and including bring closer the widely scattered 15,000 beseiging Tibetans who Under Secretary for Foreign The accident occurred duringa
a story of the Queen surprising parts of the Empire, and he was are holding both sides of the Affairs, said it was impossible to
a profound believer in the truth river. heavy fog.
the King while with a chambor
The end is expected ston. that local patriotism, properly After a time the vessel was reinaid and shooting the latter.
uiderstood, was no obstacle to a floated without the need for any
larger patriotism. outside assistance, thanks to her double bottom.
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She proceeded to. Kobs, where
she will ho docked for temporary repairs, which will take threo day".
[On enquiry at the ollice of Mass Melchors and Co. this
"Tolograph" repre morning, a sentative was informed that no news of the nishop had been received locally; and thanks word expressed to us for conveying the information 1
LOAN TO CHINA.
· COUNCILS APPROVAL
(Our Own Correspondent.) Bhanghai, May 21, 9.25 a.m.
Received, 9.15 u.tn.
The National Council at Peking is understood to have yesterday approved of the foroigu loans.
TURKESTAN TROUBLE.
ANTI-FORLIGN RUSING.
(Our Own Correspondent.) · Shanghai, May 21, 9 25 a.m. Received, 9.45 n..
According to Russian reports,
there is a forious rebellion at
take on an anti-foreign character. -Tho Tutuh has been murdereil.
The King is most indignant at these baseless rafummies and has ordered action to be taken against the disseminators of, the storice.
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DENMARK'S GRIEF.
LYING-IN-STATE. --
London, May 20, 5 p.m.
COFFEE TRUST,
TRUCKLING TO SOCIALISTS.
SENTENCES REDUCED,
·GOVERNMENT VIEWS.
*
via Bombay, May 21, 7.15 a.m.
Received, 10.20 a.m.
London, May 20, Receive, pari.
A message from New York states that the Government argue that the inuned into effect of the Brazilian valorisation scheme was the with drawal of nearly eleven million bags of coffee from the market, and
Received 21,6 20 .
Reuter's Coponlagen corres pondent wires that gront crowds are attending the lying-in-state af is late Majesty the King, at declares that valorisation was not Castle Church,
concocted for the benefit of produc The lying-in-state will con-ers and the public, but was due to tinue on Tuesday and Wednesday, the demands of financiers, who wero obtaining as much as 24 per cent. interest for loans,
THE OLYMPIC SPORTS,
BIO ENTRY.
London, May 20, 5 p.m.
Receive 1, 21, 6,20 a.in.
The entries for the Olympic sports at Stockholm tutal 2,200. exclusive of riflemon, gymnasts,
etc.
Britain is represented by 267 contestants and the Colonica by 11.
AVIATION MISHAP.
SPECTATOR KILLED.
via Bombay, May 20, 1,35 p.m.
Received, 6.10 p.m.
The military aviator, Lieutenant Ashton, while descending at Amesbury, dashed into the crowd of spectators, of whom one was killed and three seriously injured, The aeroplane was overturned, but
finance.
will mature.
The King of Belgium is most indignant at reports reflecting on the private life of the Royal Family, including a story i which His Majesty and a obam- · bermaid are mentioned..
THE LOAN QUESTION. doal with the Malecka caso until Japan and Russia are reported
The late King of Denmark lios receipt of a complete record of to be willing to advance loans to the proceedings. He added that China on condition that these iu state until Wednesday, there was incontrovertible proof will not be appropriated in Over two thousand athletes of her Russian nationality, and
the Court was mistaken in des-trengthioning hor military forces have entered for the Olympic oribing her as otherwise.
or in developing Manchuria, sports. England is represented Mongolia or Tibet. Both Great by 207. Britain and America are reported to be opposed to loans from Russia and Japan.
PERSIAN SENSATION.
via Bombay, May 21, 7.15 p.m. Received, 10.26 a.m.
The Japanese General Elec tion has resulted in the Seiyak- wai Party capturing the greatest number of seats.
BOND REDEMPTION.
Britain is to be meet, the Ger- man naval programme by Bo One and a half million dollars, celerating the current year's being the first instalment of the battleship construction by at least Router's Teheran correspond-loan advanced to China, and six months, In the House of Commons, Mr.ent reports that Yoprim, the McKeuna unnounced that he had famous Armenian Chief of Police which was paid in Shanghai, will reduced Tom Mann's sentence to at Teheran, who has done Persia be devoted to redeem the bonds two months and had also released much service, has been killed, it issued by the military govern- Guy Bowman who had served is alleged treacherously, while nont during the Revolution, nearly two months. Ho explained operating against the ex-Shal's that the offences were committed brother, Salarod Dowleh, near by the defendants for the first Hamadan. time in ignorance of their soriousness,
[Tom Mann was sentenced to
SHANGHAI EXTENSION,
It is reported that a foreign nation intends to extend the
six months in the second division JAPANESE ELECTIONS. Shanghai settlement and will
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for inciting soldiers to mutiny, and Guy Bowman, a journalist, was sentenced fora similar offence, through the medium of the "Byndicalist," being at first given, nine months with hard labour and the sentence being later reduced to six months with- out hard labour.]
ANOTHER STRIKE.
LIGHTERMEN OUT.
via Bombay, May, 20, 1.35 p.m.
Received, G.10 p.m.
Owing to a dispute arising from he employment of a non-unionist
Japan sends a sprinter and a the aviator escaped without injury.the London lightermen decided to Marathon runnor, "
Kashgar, which is threatening to PORTUGUESE COLONIES.
DISESTABLISHMENT.
GOVERNMENT CONCESSION.
ANOLO-GERMAN TREATY,
London, May 20.
CHINESE SMUGGLERS,
strike this evening. Six thousand men are affected, and the whole trade of the port is threatened.
ARMS FOR MEXICO.
BRITISH STEAMER ;
RELEASED.
THE RESULTS..
(Independent News Agency),
Tokyo, May 21.
The results of the General Election for sents in the. Emporisl Diet were announced yesterday.
despatel a High Commissioner to inspect and decide on the boundaries." Sai Kai Kung Yak Po."
TANG'S POSITION.
It is stated that the new Ger- man Ambassador's first task in London will be the signature of
the rovised version of the secret, Anglo-German Treaty of 1898 relating to the Portuguese Co- lonies, which will then be pub- lished.
Because of the employment of
lightermen have gone on strike.
non-Unionist, the London
Chinese at Lhassa are in a parlous Latest reports show that the
position, being hemmed "in and fooding on dead transport animals. The Tibetona surround them, and the end is not far off.
The sentences on Toin Mann and Guy Bowman, in connection" with incitement of soldiers to
Russian nationality of Miss According to Mr. Aoland, the
Malooka, described Is до Englishwoman, and recently sentenced to penal servitude in Russia, has been incontrovertably proved.
Shanghai, May 20, to mutiny, have been reduced. President Yuan has strongly The Seiyukwai Party, of which advised Tang Shao-Yi not to the Premier (Marquis Saionji) is resign from the Premiership. President, won 200 seats, the Nationalist Party captured 91, the Central Club socured 20, while 51 independent members were returned,
OUR NAVAL POLICY.
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THE LOYAL COLONIES.
London, May 20, Received, 5 pm, The papers give prominence.to the statements made by the Hon. W. T. White, Canadian Minister of Finance, the Hon, G. F. Pearce, Australian Minister of Defence, and the Hon, Andrew Fisher, Austra- lian Premier, regarding the share.
CHINA AND GERMANY.
Yum Cheong, former Chinese Minister at Berlin, will be appoint- ed as advisor to the ministry of Foreign Affairs. His appointment to this post is made with idea of cementing good relations between China and Germany.
WONG HING.
LOCAL.
A large haul of arms and am- munition, which was apparently being smuggled into the Colony. was made yesterday on board the French Mail 8.8. Nera. A revenue officer who was examining the ahip noticed some packages being showed that they contained seven- put into a 'sampan. Inspection
ty revolvers and two thousand
President Yuan has dispatched Chang Chok-pan to Nanking to advise Wong Hing to remain, as rounds of ammunition. Resident General.
Yuen
ASSASSINATED.
Hang-yau, Governor
of the Colonies in the matter of General-of-Turkestan, has, been Imperial defence, and express assassinated for having forced warm gratification at the encour the soldiers to discard their aging responses from Canada and queues. Yung Chang-sun is now
Acting as Governor General,
Australia to the Right Hon. Mr.' Churchill's suggestions, which, they say, have not fallen on deaf
DISBANDMENT.
A punkah coolia was sentenced to three monthe' hard labour this morning for stealing a silver watch from a room in Murray Barracks.
at
Sir rickshaw coolies appeared the Police Court this morninn, charged with causing an obstruc- tion outside Star Ferry Wharf Kowloon. They were fined 50: cents each.
London, May 20, 12.20 p.m. Received, 9.55 p.m. The non-unionist in regard to whom the lightermen' are striking A remarkable story of sung- gling and piracy within the har-is a sexagenarian watchman. bour limits is told by Mr. Burgoss, wharfinger of the Kinleyuen wharves, saya Shipping and Received, 5 p.m.
Engineering." Mr. Burgess states that he was returning from the "Kunping," which was lying at. Mr. Lucien Wolf in the Daily the buoys, at 5.30 on May 10 just Graphic states that Ambassador as day was breaking, when he ob- Bieberstein's first task in London served a sampan, laden with con- will be the signature of the revised traband salt, making for the wharf, pursued by another sampan in version of the secret Anglo-Germanwhich were three men. As the London, May, 20,”TM 12.20 p.m. Treaty of 1898 relating to the fleeing sampan got in line with his
Nepoiyądy 9.55 p.m. Portuguese colonies, which will own, those in the other boat, who
proved to be pirates in pursuit of The Santona has been released, The "Daily Chronicle" states then be published, Portuguese so the salt smugglers, opened fire, as President Taft had previously that the
Government is prepared vereignty and susceptibilities will and several bullets passed in close exempled the munitions aboard as to make the widest concessions in be scrupulously respected but the proximity to Mr. Burgess' head. an act of courtesy to the Mexican
As the sampan gained the wharf, the committee stage of the Welsh treaty will emphasisa Anglo Ger- the pirate boat in pursuit relin- man interest regarding the iranquished the chose, while the smug-
and he telegraphed to the goblets appropriately inscribed. quility and progress of the colonies glers, owing to fruitless efforts to steamier seized at New Orleans the German programme by accelonief of the whole of China's fleet her with a silver malver and two be left in possession outside of Anglo-German jurisdic find a customs officer on the because of arms and ammunition rating the current year's battle endowments except the tion and south the tenth wharves, made off toward the Chi- on board, said to be destined to ship construction at least
nese band: parallel.
Router's . [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 20. Received, 5 p.in.
Disestablishment BI. The Church
Government.
enre.
NAVAL COMPETITION.
BRITAIN'S REPLY, ́`·
London May 20. Received, 5 p.m.
The
=
Daily Expires" says
The Cabinet Ministers intendDuring the summer the Thea to disband 60 per cent. of the tre Royal will be subjected to forces in northern and southern material alterations which will Chiou.
contribute to comfort alike of artistes and public. Work com menced last week.
ADMIRAL SAH'S FUTURE.
Yesterday afternoon a number Lau Koon-kung, Minister of of friends met Mrs. Gordon at tea Navy, intends to appoint Admiral at the Hongkong Hotel when the
The Bantons was a British / that the Admiralty intends to meet Bah Chea-ping as Commander-in-opportunity was taken to present
Mexico
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to ask Sah to take up the post the prescutation. military government at Shanghui E. Mr. Oland Severn, mode
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