The
Hongkong Telegraph.
August 26th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 78, p.m. 85; Humidity..... 91,
No.
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TELEGRAMS.
THE PIRATE EVIL.
EXTERMINATION CRUSADE.
Result of Hongkong Request.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."}
London, August 20.
魏五十月七年子壬
WEATHER FOREC/ST
SHOWERY
Barometer 23:08
August 20th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 85, p.m., 89; Humidity... 76, 68.
TELEGRAMS.
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TUESDAY,
TELEGRAMS.
AUGUST 27, 1912.
TELEGRAMS.
二拜难
號七十月八英港香
TELEGRAMS.
MOROCCAN TROUBLE.
PRETENDER REPULSED,
"GENERAL
"BOOTH.
71.000 VIEW BODY,
:
BRITISH MISSION LEAVES.
Reuter's
THE MIKADO'S FUNERAL. PANAMA CANAL BILL.
'A MERE LEGAL QUIBBLE."
TELEGRAMS,
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Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."] London, August 25.
·Colonel Mangia's expeditionary, force to South Morocco came into The "Times" correspondoat at contact with the advanced poate Lisbon states that, in response to of El Hibs, the Pretender, ton representations made by the milos from Sukelarba, and re: Governor of Hongkong to the pulsed them, capturing banners Governor of Mucao, the Portu- and a quantity of ammunition. guose Government is, sending out Kaid El. Glawi has handled a oruiser to search all the Portu-over to El Hiba nine Fronchmen. guese islands and to exterminato It is not mentioned whether the the pirates.found thereon.
The Government has instructed the Governor of Maeno to begin aqtivo meusuros meanwhile,
Consal is among thom. El lliba has promised to protect the Fronchinen and to convey thom to the const..
FRENCH ANXIETY,
Lator.
at
[It is difficult to imagine that tha Governor of Bengkang old expec the Government of Pártugal to institute such a search without offwing at the samo has to co-sporoto with and
Router's land such assistance to the Governor of
cori expondent neighbouring Colony, as lay in his Tangier statos that the question of power. If such a coalition of effort the delivery of the Frenchmen by could be brought abat, it wayld El Wibn is causing groat anxiety in i andoubtedly land to the extermination
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Routor's (Service to the "Telegraph.""]
London, August 26. The lying-in-state of the late General" Booth has boon con- tinued to-day, and so far no fewer than 71,000 people have passed the collin.
The body will be conveyed to the Olympia on Wednesday oven- ing, when Mr. Bramwell Booth will conduct a memorial service. An attendance of 25,000 is ex- pented, including the foreign corps, who will follow the coffin, which will be draped in the flugs of the respective nations.
Every town and village in the United Kingdom where there is Salvation Army corpe will be represented.
ROYAL WREATHS.
Lator.
Thoir Majesties Queen Mary and official circles. There are still vo-King George have sent wreaths.
of the pirates, beans, the firees at the guo hopes of saving them, though command of the Hongkong Govern the negotiations with. El. Hiba's inent are very great and would mater-Khalifa may bo momentarily ially assist in bringing about the suspended. desitol rorult]
THE BALKANS.
SERVIA WANTS WAR,
London, August 20.
A dospatch from Router's Bel-
The French Government in nexions to avoid au expedition to Marrakesh, not only, because of lack of forces but also becausò of the axcessiva hout of the district. Itie fonred, howovor, that Col. Mangin's success will result in vindictivo measures. "
THE EASTBOURNE TRAGEDY.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
London, August 26th. Interest in the recent East” bourne tragedy has been re-nwnk- onod' by a police announcement Flat "Capt. Siels Murray" has
grade correspondant anys that in THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. been entified through the
consequence of the Turkish attack
on Sjenitza a crowd of 5,000 persons paraded the stroots of the capital clamouring for war.
BULGARIA IN FIGHTING MOOD;
NEW DETECTIVE FORCE.
(From Chinese Sources.)
Peking, August 26.
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, August 20, ⠀ Prince Arthur of Connaught and Mission, including Mr. M. W. Limpson, M. V.O., of the Foreign Oflice, have loft for Tokyo via the Trans-Siberian route.
HOME WEATHÉRA
LOSSES TO FARMERS.
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]=
WATERPLANE RACE.
FROM FRANCE TO JERSEY.
Routor's (Service to the Telegraph," London, August 26.
London, August 26, The newspapere omphatically In a race between waterplanes, decline to accept President Taft's from St. Malo to Jersey and back, argument anont the Panama four finished, while oight foll into Cadal Bill, which they rogard as the sun. a mero legal quibble more worthy of a pettifogging attorney than the President of a great Republic.. They point but that President Taft's action is glaringly incon sistent with America's professed faith in treaties.
London, August 20. Agricultural exporte estimate It is expected that Gront that the August rains have al-Britain will propose the submis rondy cost the farmers from two sion of the whole case to Tho to seven millions sterling. They Hague tribunal, my foodstuffs will be denter in the winter. The weather pro- spects are described as the worat possible:
NEW BATTLESHIPS.
PROTECTION AGAINST.
AIRSHIPS.
NOTHING TO SAY.
How Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan
Baffled the Interviewers.
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, on his return to New York from Europe, declined to be drawn.
London, August 26. The newspapore slate that the
Taciturn as usual, Morgan battleships in the current year's firmly répulsad all efforts of the programme will be provided with horde of reporters who besieged curved armoured upperdecks and him on his arrival for an expres- funnel protection against airships.sion of opinion on various public
questions.
"Nothing to, Bay, was the 'financior'é remark to inquiries.
THE G. P. 0. FIRE.
RESTORING THE WIRES.
London, August 20.· Engineers are working stren- handwriting
in the letter uously night and day restoring found in a vase in the house the fused wires at the now where the tragedy occurred, as Censral Post Office in St. Martin's- the brotherof Miss Money, a book-le-Grand, and it is hoped that the kenpor at a Batterson milk shop, normal telegraph service will be who was found dead in Mers:harrosumed to-day tunnel on September 24th, 1905,
in circumstances hitherto unex- THE dispensing ARMY, The Presidential Court is or-plained. "Murray" was formerly ganizing a special force of deteca dairyman in London and was Strange Disbanding Methods of lives, with Koug Chiu-chung ns not connected with the Army. the head of the forco.
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BRITAIN AND TIBET.
His relatives were not aware that ho was passing under un assumed The British Minister at Pekingamr, but they did not know much has informed the Chinese Govern about his movements.
Router's correspondent at Sofia anys that representativos of alli partios from all the towns of Bulgaria have had a meeting in 85fin. Ballioore speeches were delivered and a resolution was passed domanding the mobili- sation of the ariny, oleo that urgent representations be innilement that Great Britain will to the Powers regarding the remain neutral regarding the nutonomy of Macedonia, and that n declaration of war be made fairs in Tibat, against Turkey if there was no
гosponuo
FIRMNESS WANTED. Vice President Li Yann-hong Router's correspondent at Co. has secretly telegraphed to Pro- stantinople reports that in view Yuan asking the latter to main of the continued offervescence in tain a firm attitude in the case of Bulgaria regarding the Kotchaun the decapitated Generals Chang maganere, the Czar Ferdinand Chun-wa and Fong Wai.-"Shat and M. Guechoff will romain in Po. Sofia,
Turkish officers are determined to resist any suggestions in the direction of decentralisation aris. ing out of Count Berchtold's proposal.
has ordered the court-martialling of the guilty and the distribution
of 21,000 among the sufferers.
AN ASSURANCE.
DR. SUN'S VISIT.
Shanghai, August 20, Dr. Sun Yat-sen paid a visit to President Yuan on the 24th inst., and had an interesting interview with the Prosidont. Dr. Sun Yat-sen remained to dine with
TROOPS REVOLT.
KAISER INDISPOSED
the Republle
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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
Prince Arthur of Connaught and mission, including Mr. Lamp son, of the Foreign Office, have loft for Tokyo, via Siberin..
It is reported that rioting has broken out at Tong-chou, near Peking, and that the capital ie NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. much disturbed over the matter.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
The August rains in England are estimated to have already cost the farmers from two to sovon million sterling.
During a waterplane race from St. Malo to Jorsey and book, oight machines fell into the son; four finished the course.
The Balkan States aro still in a condition of unrest, and Sorvia and Bulgaria aro clamouring for war with Turkey.
"What do you think about. Colonel Mangin's forcs, has Winston Churchill's speech, income in contact with the Moroo- which he asked for £5,500,000 can Pretender's advance posts for the British navy and frankly and luns repulsed the enemy. threw off the diplomatic muffler in his remarks about Germany?"
"What was that?" asked the The American transport vessel. banker. Ile.scomed greatly in Liscum has mysteriously filled torostol and pressed for details of and sunk outside the old dook at the speech. But when he had Shanghai, barring the entrance been told all about it; he remark thereto.. od:
Nothing to say."
Germany, Mr. Morgan, where "But you'vo just roturned from
you've boon-hobnobbing with the Kaiser. You ought to know some thing about it."
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cold, accompanied by muscular Tho Kaisor is suffering from a
rheumatism, and is unable, for the first time in his reign,, to attend the manœuvres,
Mention has already been made of the disbanding of the troops around Shanghai, and further do- "*"I know I have," replied Mar- tails are now available as to how gan brusquely, but the Kaiser this is being dono, says the "N. didn't any anything to me about It is reported that the battle- Chius Daily News." Laat wook it. He didn't tell me that he was ships for the current year's pro- soldiers to the number of 750 going to make war with England." gramme will be provided with were brought up from Woosung "Did you go abrond to evade a curved armoured. upper-deck by train, and upon their arrival a subpoena to appear before the and funnel protection against air- ABSENT FROM MANEUVRES. they were formed up in the vicinity steel and money trust investigat- ships,
of North Honan. Rond Extension,ing committeo?" London, August 20. where they handed over their "I told you I wouldn't say Renter's Berlin correspondent uniforms, and received pay to date anything about that, so don't ask states that owing to a cold, accom-ns well as a gratuity of one me again." panied by muscular rheumatism.month's wages and the price of a "What do you think of the the Kaisar has been provented passage to their homes, The Bull Moose party, Mr. Morgan ? from participating in the annual some has been done with the sol-"The Bull Moose?" said the diers in the other camps near bankar," what about them.?". Shanghai, and between 2,000 and "Why, that is Colonel Roose-present, 3,000 have by this means been volt's progressive party,' disbanded.
manoeuvros.
This is the first time in his reign that His Majesty has failed to be prosent at the maneuvres.
ANOTHER SHANGHAI
GAOL-BREAKER.
WOR
explained.
It has been painted out before What do I know about RoosG- that in the light of European prac-velt?" was the only answer.
DR. SUN'S CHILDREN.
the
Despite the floods and the lateness of the larvest, manunvres fixed to be held in East Anglia for September will tako place. The King, will be
The "Times
correspondent
at Lisbon states that as a result. of the representations made by the Governor of Hongkong to the Governor of Mucso, the Portu- guoso Government is sending out a cruiser to search all the Porta- guose islands and exterminate the pirates thereon. In the mean- time the Governor of Macao has been instructed to begin aotive measures.
LOCAL
A youth who stole zine from a godown in Kowloon was sentenc od to four days' imprisonment at the Police Court to-day.
For causing an obstruction by depositing a quantity of pig-skins outside his promises, a man wOA fined $5 at the Police Court to day
An Indian was charged, bafore Mr. J. R. Wood this morning, at the Police Court, with assaulting a Chinese woman. The case was remanded.
For refusing to accept hire, a rickshaw coolie was fined $1, or in default, 'three days' imprison« ment, at the Police Court this morning.
An engineer who has been staying at the Royal George Hotel, Kowloon, reports the loss of his pocket book containing a hundred mark note and steamship tickets and
papere valued at $50.
At the Police. Court this mor ning, boforo Mr. J. R. Wood, four men were charged with being stowaways on board the So far 71,000 people have wit 88, Guthrie in Sydney Harbour. nessed the lying-in-state of the The case was formally remanded late "General" Booth. Mr. Bram-until to-morrow. well Booth will conduot I memorial service on Wednesday at the Olympia, whither the body is to be removed.
Two further robberies are re ported from the Peak as coeur- ring between last night and this morning. The sufferers are the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.O., and Mr. A. H. Barlow of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank.
TURKISH ENQUIRY, 2-
Later:
tico this is bardly the correct way Router's Constantinople corres. the President.
President Yuan las telegraph- pondent states that the prelimin
for the troops to be disbanded, and that in fact they should beescorted ary report of the Turkish com-ed to Vice President Li asking!
to the train or steamer which is to mission of enquiry into the him to proceed to Peking to see
take them to their destination. In
To Be Educated in America. Kochana, massacres shows that Dr. Sun Yat-son, and consult the civil and military authorities with the latter for a settlement Emil Bauer, who was awaiting the present instance the practice failed in their duties and that of the crisis caused by the exe- trial in the American Consular followed appears to have worked
Among the passengers who at The Prose describes. President the troops participated in the autions of the two Generals.-jail on a charge of embezzling fairly well, as only a small pre-
funds from the China Mutual centage of the men have remain- rived in San Francisco on the Taft's argument regarding the massacre. The Porte therefore "Shat Po."
Life Insurance Company at Amoy, ed behind in Shanghai.
Toyo Kisan Kaisha linor, Chiyo Panama Canal Bill as mere broke jail some time on the night While things have been work Maru, the son and two daughters legal quibblo, more worthy of a of the 20th and one of the Sikh ing satisfactorily up to the pre-of Dr. Sun Yat Ser, man of pettifogging attorney than the Shanghai, August 20. watchmen is suspected of being sent, it is perhaps opportune to destiny, patriot and firet Pre-President of a great Republic."
This morning the cuse of Mrs. On the 24th inst., the troops responsible for his escapo. A call attention to a danger which sident of the republio of Chine. The matter may be referred to
The boy, Sun Fo, 20 years old, the Hague,
Margaret 8 Ogilvie v. Major Wat King Nicholas of Montenegro in Tong Chow, formerly under sistant jailer L. Crowell said that might threaten the Settlement
ton, of Station Hotel, Kowloon was has assured the Powers that no the command of General Keung he attended to the five prisoners were the disbanding of troops and the daughters, Sun Yuen and
to have conis bafore the Chief Jús- Montenegrin will be permitted to Kwai-tai, revolted. President about oight o'clock on the night carried on in timea when money Sun On. 17 and 15 years old, are cross the frontier in future,
Yuan at once directed the in question. After sooing that is not so plentiful as at present coming to California to complete
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in a spacob tice. The oase, however, was not authorities in Tientein and Pao- they were all secure he went. to Already in the days succeeding their education. The young man ting-fu to chook the advance of his room upstairs and remained the end of the revolution Shang-will enter the University of Cali-at Peking, dealered that he in-called, on account, we understand, BRITISH MANŒUVRES. thom. Great precautions are heard no sound below and was ground for the, troops from vari-advantage of one of the 1. ating the establishment of a strong POLL.
the mutinous troops, and suppress up reading until midnight. He hai has been used as a dumping formin, and his sisters will the tende devoting himself to presok-of the plaintiff being too ill to sp- being taken in Paking.
surprised when notified by the ous quarters, and the investiga, schools for girls to round out their Central Government and the de- watobnian at 6.30 o'clock in the tions of the Municipal Police have common school education and to velopment of economic resour.scala
For the present he will take TO ABOLISH LEKIN.
no active part in polition Chu Kai-ling has requested the morning that Bauer had dis shown that many of these stayed contract Occidental manners and ces.
in Shanghai for some time after polish. London, August 26.Ministry of Finance to abolish appeared.
The Bun children proved to be. The police of the Hongkow being disbanded. Experience Despite the floods and the all the lekin stations in the station were notified as soon as has taught the danger of having very popular passengers on board There isn revival of interest Police Court this morning for, do lateness of the harvest, it is various provinces.
Bauer's absence became known, a large sarpins of idle population and they were fairly showered in the Eastbourne tragedy manding more than his legal fare. announced that the mancavreя,
A NEW NAME.
but little hope of his recapture is on hand, and wore a repetition of with invitations to visit with pas through the fact that "Capt. The complainant said the fixed for September in East The Provincial Council in held out as the prisoner had the dumping process to occur in sengers who live in various parts Sicks Marray has now been iden fighting this case on Anglia, will not be postponed. Chibli has passed a resolution several hours time to get away the future Shanghai might find of the United States. They notified as the brother of Mise women of His Majesty the King will be changing the name of the Chibli from Shangbai before anything itself flooded with a class of men cepted the invitation of Mr. and Money, who was found dead in alone for present. He will reside tempera provinos into that of Hopeh. was known of his escape China who in other parts of the country Mrs. W. H. Hay of 820 Burling-Merstham Tannel in 1905 nuder was afraid to go out on 800076?
Prem
have shown lawless;fandoda AC. rily at Trinity College, Cambridge" Sai Lai Kang Yik Po
fan avenge, Los Angeles, out circumstances so far unexplained;
NO POSTPONEMENT.
A European named Williams was responsible for having a riok shaw coolie fined two dollarsst the
Colo
the