The Hongkong Telegraph.
September 15th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 77, p.m. 87; Humidity...66,
No. 8892
TELEGRAMS.
魏六月八年子壬
TELEGRAMS.
BATTLE IN BELFAST. THE MIKADO'S FUNERAL.
THE FINAL SCENES.
FOOTBALL MATCH· RIOT,-
Ruutor's
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Router's
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(ESTABLISHED 1881.
Copyright, 1912
MONDAY,
TELEGRAMS.
A TRAGIC SACRIFICE.
SUICIDE OF GENERAL NOGL
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."] London, September 14.
correspondent Reuter's
at
Tokyo wires that General Nogi, the capturor of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War, and his wife, have committed suicide.
[Service in the "Telegraph."] · London, September 15.. ∙London, September 15, A musanga fron Belfast sites Router's Tokyo correspondent, that 58 people have been aldeeribing the funeral of the mitted to hospital, five of whom into Emperor, states that the wore wounded with revolvers report of the gun at mid-night (some critically) as the result of announced to the multitudes the a riot on the Celtic Park football supremo moment of the ceremony.
Later, ground on Saturday afternoon, The Emperor and Empress ad- on the occasion of a Lenguo match vanced to worship before the biar
General Nogi cut his throat between Belfast Coltio and on the Parado Ground, and the with a short sword and his wife Lingfield. The affair took place entire assemblago stood with grabbed herself in the stomach at
bells from Buddhist temples and from Christian churches wore tolled and miauto guns boomed at sea. and on laud.
DETAILS.
at half-time, when Lingfield wore bowed heade, while thousands of the momout the gun fired an- loading by one goal to nil.
It commenced by the partisans of the Celtic Club unfurling a green and white banner, headed by which they started to parade the ground.
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The supportors of the Ling: flold Club thereupon displayed Union Jack, and immediately the playing pitch was transformed into a battlefield, stonos, bricks sad huge clinkers being hurled through the air. ́
REVOLVER SHOTS.
All work in the country was suspended for three minutes.
The military and naval pall bearers walking beside the funeral car included Generals Kuroki
nouncing the departure of the funeral procession of the late Emperor from the Palace. The deeds were committed in the General'amodpat homont Akasaki.
WEATHER FORECAST
FINE Barometer 29.67
September 15th, 1911, Temperature am. 85, p.m. 84, Humidity...70, 73.
SEPTEMBER
1912.
大十月九典漕香
TELEGRAMS
TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
PANAMA CANAL,
OPEN NEXT AUTUMN.
Reuter's
GERMAN MANŒUVRES.
ABROPLANE V. AIRSHIP.
[Service to the
London, September 15. Router's Washington corres pondbut reports that it is officially stated that the Panama Canal will be opened to traffic in the autumn of 1913.
MONARCHIST
CONSPIRATORS. AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGUAL
London, September 14. Rcutor's correspondent at Both he and his wife dressed Lisbon telegraphs that an agres themselves in Japanese costume ment has been concluded between
Router's
[Service to the Telegraph."] London, September 14. An exciting incident was wit- nessed in the German military maneuvres when an deroplane chased on sirship, passing 100 feet over it, whence it could have dropped bombs on the airship.
The German General Staff re- port on the manœuvrés emphasiées The decise tole played by the Cavalry against aircraft this in no wise making the cavalry recon- naissances superfluous, since, for two days out of five, the airornít were unable to fly.
TORPEDO BOAT SINKS,
London, September 15. A massage from Berlin states and drank a farewell draught of Portugal and Spain for the ex-that during, the manœuvres a anke from cups prosented by the pulsion of Monarchist leaders and torpedo boat collided, north of and Oku and Admiral Togo, Into Emperor, whose draped the trial of conspirators who are Heligoland, with the battleship Admiral. Baran Saito, (Minister portrait was on the wall. for the Navy) and Admiral Ijuin. letter, understood to be addressed subject to the Spanish penal code. Zachringen, and the former aank. Seven of the crew are missing. The agreement provides for the There was much comment on the to the Emperor, was found beside prohibition of return to Spain for fact that Prince Katsura,, the the bodies. A student living in
three years of conspirators-semi- Prime Minister, rode in the same the house entered the room and ohrringe as the Emperor to the found both breathing their last., grating to Brazil and the drafting Parade Ground."
On Friday, morsiug General Nogi and his wife were photo graphed in the garden. General Nogi attended the early morning ceremony in the Paluco and visited the room where the dead Emperor was lying in state.
Thoro were thousands of com- bitants, and mon foll bleeding to the ground. Sovoral revolver shots were fired.
The remains were entrained at The spectators in the grand- two o'clock in the morning for stand watched the scono spell- Kyoto, the unval squadron in bound.
Tokyo Bay saluting. The entire The police wore at first power-route to Yokohama was lighted less to cope with the develop-electrically. -monts, but they were subse THE INTERMENT.
quently reinforced and succeeded The romains of the late Em- in separating the mob, after peror wore solemnly interred at which ambulancos wore busy Kyoto. picking up the wounded.
CITY QUIET.
No arrests were made, and the city was quiet in the evening.
CHURCHILL'S
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"A MAGNIFICENT DEED."
The suicide is regarded as a magnificent deed,
The usual posthumous honours A double lino of soldiers and are postponed while the nation is sailors lined the specially-made in mourning Officially, General road from the station to the sum-Nogi is not dead. He left letters mit of the mountain whoreon the of explanation, particularly one tomb is situated.
apologising to Prince Arthur of A hundred farmors bore the Connaught whom he had boon palunquin to the foot of the appointed to attend. mountain where it was placed on
FEDERALISM. the summit by means of a wire
a special carrier and drawn to
"A PREPOSTEROUS FANTASY."
| cable railway.
of a
permanent reoiprocal THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. "greement to prevent "kiture | | соперітасіен.
LOAN TO CHINA,
LONDON CONTRACT
REPUDIATED."
London, September 14. A message from Reuter's cor- respondent at Washington reports that the State Department learns that the now Chinese Minister of Finance has repudiated the tentative contract with British private banking interesta for a
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
The Panama Canal is to be open to traffic next Autumn.
Amerion has won the Painda Shooting
defeating Trophy, an
Rear Admiral Weymouth has been appointed. Director of Naval Equipment.
The protracted raine in West Canada are damaging the whost orop seriously.
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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED: :
Ten people were severely in jurod. by an airship dashing into a grandstand atan aviation mest- ing at Pon Forrada in Spain.
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The British cruiser. Talbot which is bringing out reliefa to the China. Station, has gone aground in the Suez Canal. She has since been towed off.
·LOCAL.
Mr. F. A Hazeland is duò in The new British dreadnought, Hongkong by the 8.8. Sisilia on the Audacious, has boon launched Outobar 5., at Birkenhead.
Mr. J. D. Hogg, acting Consul Great damage has been done at Bangkok, arrived in Hongkong by a disastrous hurricane at Pon-yesterday. sacola, in Florida.
On Saturday afternoon the Liberals and Labourites are to officers and crew of the Siberia oppose each other at Merthyr to entertained on the U.S.S
Wilmington." Tydvil and at Sowerby,
Ex-Premior Myneer Kuyper of Holland is resigning from liumont owing to deafness.
A man was sent to gaol for one Par-month, at the Police Court; this morning, for stealing a bather's clothes nt West Point..
Applagarth has covered the 200 yards in 19. 2-5 seconda,
ANOTHER FOREIGN, LOAN, which is a British record..
(From Chinese Sources.||
Peking, September 15.
It is reported that the Minie
Mrs. R. Cooke who was remov ed from" Brassido" after having fallen down five stairs, and who The first sod on the Port is lying in the Victoria Hospital, Augusta-Kalgoorlie Railway has is a little better this morning. been turned by Lord Denman.
Portugal. and Spain have con- cluded an agreement for the pre-
try of Finance has raised a small vention of Monarchist
foreign loan with the Haiping spiracies.
mine as security.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
The Ministry of Labour and Commerce line fixed the 15th of October as the date for the open.
[The late General Count Maro-Salo loan of $10,000,000 and that he ing of the Industrial and Com-
con-
The late Emperor of Japan was solemnly interred at Kyoto in a tomb situated on the summit of a mountain.
Ho Che-wa, the manager of the_ Tuon Hing Wong, has reported that he gave a foki a cheque for $25,000 to take to the bank. The man has not since boen saon.
At. the Police Court this morn- ing, a rogue and vagabond who was found in possession of an. iron bar and a bag of pepper was In the German naval manouv-sont to gaol for three nionths. Ha
the Satsuma Robellon, commanding the Six-Power Group with every from the various provinces and a battleship and sank, coven Nogi was 62 years of age. He sorred has re-opened negotiations with mercial Conference. Delegates ros a torpedo boat collided with was caught at Wanchai.
in
the 14th Regiment, sad was twice
severely wounded. He again saw furrice prospect of succoss.
Po."
The results of aeroplane opera- tions in the French manooavres show that past tactica are com, pletely revolutionised.
from abroad, representing Chinese lives being lost. All except the funeral commis
residents, will attend-"Shat NO BRITISH SUPPORT. sioners and assistants remained in the Chino-Japanese War, being in
Later. at the foot of the mountain. command of the 1-t Brigado, which at-
Reuter's Peking correspondent tacked Port Arthur; while ho unein AUSTRALIA'S RESPECT...
commend of the 3rd Any in the states that Sir John Jordan has Router's Melbourne
corres Ramo-Jepanein War, and added to his informed China that Britain does Though Mr. Churchill was enre-pondent states that flags are half-fame by the brilliant capture of Port not favour the Loan signed in ful to say that he spoke only ten-masted everywhere in Australia. Arthur. In the Battle Mukden ha London recently, tatively and speculatively and in including all unge on the Govern- turned the right hand of the Russian
London, Soptember 14.
no wise on behalf of the Government buildings, as a token of Army Hawk at one time Governor ment, his speech on Federalism respect.
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'SERVICE IN LONDON.. has created a sonsation among all
The whole Japanese Embassy partios,
Unioniste ridiculo it as a pre- und Consulate, with over 100 postorous fantasy and doolare nombers of the Japanese Colony that it shutters the case for the in the city, attended the funeral presont llome Rul Bil and was survive in London, Mr. Kato, the obviously advanced as a sop to Japanese Minister, rond an ad- ress to the spirit of Matsuhito, Ulster.
extolling his virtues. All filed
General of Formosa. He was created a Baron in 100b.and ̧n Josut in the following year]
THE ELECTORIAL SYSTEM.
REFORM SUGGESTED.
FRENCH MANŒUVRES.
GENERAL AND STAFF
CAPTURED.
It ià stated that there was no brake on the van which got out of control in Ice House Lane on. A PERTINENT QUERY..
Saturday afternoon. Earlier in Shanghai, September 15.
the day a similar scone was wity aossed, but was not attended by The State Council has demand-
At cricket the South Africans any accident. It appears that ed an explanation from the Government ne to why Dr. Sun beat the Gentleman and Playera cases of vans getting out of con- Yat-sen has been entrusted with of England, while Australia were trol in this quarter are fairly com-
full powers of developing rail- way enterprises in China. The Council considers this as an infringement on the powers of the Ministry of Communications.
RAILWAY SCHEME.
defeated by Mr. Fry's XI.
mon.
On Saturday morning there: The caso n which Mr. Mar- were four slight earthquake shooke
garet B. Ogilvie, of 42 Nathan at Constantinople, the population Road, is saing Major Walton to being thrown into a state of panis. recover the sum of $32.87 for "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty breakages to furniture and effects London, September 1 Dr. Sun Yat-sen intends to General Marion, directing the open a railway office at Shanghai Louis" have been arrested at was again mentioned in the Sam- operations of the Red Army in in connection with the scheme Brooklyn in connection with the mary Court this morning.. It is understood that a medical certi- the French military maneuvres, for developing railway enter murder of the gambler Rosen-ficate was filed to the effect that London, September 15.
Aplaintiff was in poor health. The Mr. Samuel, Postmaster was cptured with his whole staff prises.
APPROVED APPOINTMENTS. The Brazilian rubber trade is caso was accordingly adjourned: General, speaking at Hartlepool, by cavalry.
THE NEW FORCE.
On the 10th inst., the State feeling the competition from referring to triangular contests,
London, September 15. Council approved the appoint- India, Sumatra and Ceylon, and said that it might be necessary to The French are enthusiastic meat of Liang Yu-ho to the a crisis is expected between 1915 from the urgout problem of Irish NEW BRITISH DREAD- change the electoral machinery over the success of their aero-Ministry of Foreign Affairs and and 1917.
The "Star" states that the speech would have been admir- past the portrait of the dead Em- able as a lecture to the British paror, and rendered homage. Association, but as a speech 10
constituents it is likely to he
hariful by diverting attendon
Home Rule.
The Daily Chronicle" says it. is not Tederalism, but folly. Mr. Churohill now provides an argu- ment for the advocates of saparate treatment of North-East Ulater.
BRAZILIAN RUBBER.
THE COMINO CRISIS,
London, September 14.
A message from Router's cor respondent at Rio de Janeiro elatos that the annual report of
NOUGHT.
London, September 15.
by the adoption of the principle
Tho super-dreadnought Auda present ills. Ile remarked that cious has been launched at Mr. Churchill's interesting sug-
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thal.
drawn.
L. S. Wills yesterday, while a board the Siberia found $2,000 worth of opium in a trunk in the cabin of the stewardesses. They of the Transferable Vote: Ile planes in the manicures where that of Lan Yun-keung as Chinese
A sensation has been created
were arrested and charged. A would rathor face the danger of the opposing armies each em-Minister to St. Petersburg.
in political circles at Home by Chinese cabin boy put up bail for the formation of groups in the ployed a foot of 27 airships. It "Shat Po."
Mr. Churchill's speech on Federa- them to the extent of $1,000 and House of Commons than suffer the in asserted that the results are so
CHINESE EXPELLED. alism as applied to the United said the opium was bie. He was remarkable as to revolutionise all previous tactics,
Shanghai, September 15. Kingdom.
also charged, and this morning Birkenhead by Countess Lytton. gestion of devolution in England the foreign officers at luncheon has received a telegram from the M. Millorand, in entertaining The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
There was rioting at a football was fined $500. The charges The ship has a displacement of was not for to-day nor to-morrow, 23,000 tons, a spead of 21 knots, but for the consideration of the at Moncontour, especially wel-Chinese Consul ut. Vladivostock match in Belfast on Saturday, against the stewardessen was with-
comed the Russian Grand Doke that the Russian authorities have of combatants took part and 58 revolvera being used. Thousands and is armed with 13,6-inch guns. | future.
The funeral of Miss Elais Lam. Wilson, of the British Army...
bert, youngest daughter of Mr. and Chinese merchants from were admitted to hospital. Vladisvostook.
Mr. Samuel, the Postmaster John Lambert, Lloyd's Burveyar General, has suggested that in took place on Saturday afternoon Dr. Sun Yat-sen has telegraph view of recent triangular contoste, at the Happy Valley, the core- od to Wong Ching-wai asking it might be necessary to adopt mony being conducted by the Church. There was a large at- him to raise foreign loans from the principle of the Transferable Rev. Mr. Austin of St. Peter's the French and American finan-Vote in the future..
tandance of mourners and friends piers with the object of develop- ing railway enterprises, Kai Kang Yik Po."
HOME CRICKET.
London, September 15. At Hastings the South Africans
the Minister of Finance, presented beat the Gentlemen and Players to Congress, contains a warning of England by six wickets. of the danger threatening the At Bray, in Ireland, Mr. Fry's rabber trade owing to computi-XI. beat the Australians by sight tion from India, Sumatra, and wickets.
Ceylon, Brazil has still priority
fn quality and quantity, but the
East Indian rubber lins the ad-
Nicholas and the Major General expelled several hundred thous LIBERAL-LABOUR CONFLICT.
Later.
The Liberal-Labour split is further emphasised by the deci- sion of the Liberals to oppose Mr. Keir Hardio in Merthyr Tydvil and by the decision of the Labour Party to attack the Liberal sont at Sowerby.
ROSENTHAL MURDER.
TWO MORE ARRESTS.
NEW AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.
MESSAGE FROM THE KING,
MORE LOANS.
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'Bi At the same moment as the present.
funeral procession of the late London, September 15,
Mikado started out from the Im-At the Taikoo Club Green on message from Henter's cor
LADY LAWYERS! perial Palace, General Nogi and Saturday the final tie of the lawn. respondent at Adelaide states
Poking, September 15, bis wife committed suicide by bowls open championship of the that Lord Denman, the fovernor President Yuan has ordered stabbing themselves while at Colony was decided, the conte London, September 15. General, turned the first so on the Ministry of Education to set their home at Akasaki, tante being W. Russell, of the Kowloon Bowling Club, and W vantage of cheaper production NAVAL APPOINTMENT. Renter's correspondent at New the Port Augusta-Kalgoorlie
aside e fund for the establish-
The Chinese Minister of Fin-Pitt of the Police Club, and will shortly have the advan-
York wires that "Gyp the Blood" Railway.
ance has repudiated the tentative splendid, game was put up, and tage in quality. He adds cal
and "Lefty Louis, the two His Majesty the King sent a ment of a Law Collage for ladies,
contract for a loan of ten million in the end Busell proved to) anations which place the rubber London, September 15. missing men implicated in the message emphasising them
It is reported that Shum Ping- sterling with a London House the winner, though Pitt, orials between 1915 and 1917,
In pursuance of the reorganisa murder of the gambler, Rosen portance of this great national
kwan will acceed La Ching China has been informed by a finalist two years agoj inelste upon the necessity of tion, of the British Admiralty, thal, have been arrested at enterprise.
Sai Kal Sir John Jordan that Britain can, gröst agriöultural pro: Rear Admir Weymouth becomes Brooklyn and taken to the police The Imperial Government also cheung is
not favour theyLUAKT les coffe and rubber. Director of Farsi Equipment, headquartered
telegraphed ite con gentiantones
THE PREMIERSHIP.