The Hongkong Telegraph
May 24, 1013, Temperature a.m. 79, p.m. 84; Humidity...87, 74.
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May 24, 1912, Temperature a.m. 75, p.m. 70; Humidity...91; 84.
THE ITALIAN REVERSE. ANGLO-AMERICAN PEACE
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晚一月四年丑癸
MONDAY,
TELEGRAMS."
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
MAY 26, 1913.
TELEGRAMS.
一拜雞
魏大廿月伍英漕香
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
THE ROYAL WEDDING. THE ROYAL WEDDING. PIER ACCIDENT IN U.S.A.
OPERA PERFORMANCE.
THE KAISER'S TOAST.
30 BRITISHERS KILLED.
THE BALKAN CRISIS.
GREEKS' AND BULGARIANS.
A QUESTION OF TACTICS.
PROPOSED STATUES,
Renter's
Reuter's [Service to the "Tolograph."]
London, May 25, The Under Secretary of War,
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 24. Reuter's Berlin correspondent ways all Their Majesties were
Reuter's [Service to the "Telegraph.”]
London, May 25.
A later message states that in toasting the bridal pair, the
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Renter's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, May 26,
Renter's
[Service to the "Telegraph." London, May 25. A message from Athens states.
Renter's
856 ran Axun
Binary Cory 10 Üzats,
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
| 10 passengers were drowned.
Empire Day was widely cale- brated throughout the Empire and greetings were received from the Mawson Antarctic Expedition.
The Turkish-owned Nevada, [Service to the "Telegraph."fying the American flag, struck a mine in the Gulf of Smyrna, and London, May 25. Renter's correspondent at New
A message from New York York wires that a crowd of that King Constantine has gone replying to a question in the states that the Committe's in
The wedding of the Kaiser's Kaiser congratulated his daughter Britishers were celebrating Em- to Salonika in order to arrange an Italian Chamber with regard to charge of the clebration of the daughter and Prince Ernest Aug- present at a gala performance of on following the dictates of her pire Day at the Pier Pavilion, Long extensive neutral zone with a the recent revers of the Italian Peace Centenas will arrange for natus of Cumberland on Satur the opera
"Lohengrin," this heart by giving her hand to a Beach, California, when the plat vier to proventing fresh conflicts troops near Tiili, admitted the the exertion of a statue of Quran day was a most brilliant affair. opera being the choice of Princess man of a noble German princely form, which was crowded with between Greek and Bulgarian loss of four gars, but said they Victoria at Washington and the
house. "So long as the German prominent people, collapsed. Victoria Louise, the bride, who,
troops in future.
were rendered useless before they presentation to the British people with the bridegroom, occupied Kaiser,
Fortunately the tide was ont at tongue in spoken," added the
A message from Saloniks states were abandoned. He pointed of a statue of Abraham Lincoln. it will tell of the the time, but 30 people, mostly that the fighting at Valtsiste put that in modern tactics it was the place of honour in the Royal Guelphs and the Hobenzollerns women, were killed and 50 sericeased on the 22nd inst., but on considered preferable, despite
and the part they have played in ously injured.
afternoon of the 23rd two com ancient prejudie, to abandon a In appears that, under the panies of Bulgarians attacked a few guns rather than sacrifice Huge crowds wait outside the the development of the Father-
land."
weight of the throng in the two company of Greeks" at Semalton, human life. It was inadvisable to Castle, the Crown Prince's Palace,
The bridal pair sabesquently storeyed pavilion, the shore end but were repulsed. Since then pay at present whether individual the British and Russian Em- motored to the railway station of the pier collapsed, precipitating tranquility has prevailed. responsibility was apart from the bassies, and wherever there is a en route for Hubertsock, where hundreds of holiday-makers on The Greeks have lost 250 killed anforeseen regrettable incidents chance of seeing King George and the honeymoon is being spent, to the sands 25 feet below. and wounded in the recent Sights. always occurring in a war. Queen Mary and the Czar. The They were dheered by enormous Hundreds of people in the galleries were preciptated on to hawkers do a thriving trade in
the heads of these. little German flags bearing portraits of the bride and bride- groom, and some are trying their luck with Union Jacks.
Box.
crowds.
The Czar Departs. The Czar has left for Russie.
STRUCK A MINE.
All were Britishers or of British
extraction.
THE FRENCH TROUBLES.
King George and Peace,
King George, in the morning, examined the wedding gifts at the Castle, afterward receiving at the British Embassy a deputa" tion from the British Colony,
STEAMER'S MISHAP,
A PLOT PREVENTED.
Troops Inspected.
London, May 25.
A Terrible Catastrophe.
Later.
London, May 25,
of the Colonel and the officers.
Prospects of Peace.
A more hopeful feeling existed amoung the Balkan Delegates in London on Friday owing to the indications that the Turkish modifications of the Peace Treaty will not be so far reaching as was exLacted,
A Pence Delegate interviewed by Reuter expressed the hope that peace would be signed early next week.
MALTA.
of
BANKNOTE IMPRESSION
CASE.
་་
Remarkable Evidence of the Government Analyst,
THE GERMAN ARMY,
GOVERNMENT DEMANDS
CURTAILED.
An explosion in the gasworks attached to the hydraulic works in Buenos Ayres Harbour resulted in 12 man being killed and 20 injured.
تونم
While a crowd of Britishers were celebrating Empire Day on a pier at Long Beach, California, a platform collapsed and 30 British- ers were killed.
London, May 25. The Budget Committee of the Reichstag bas passed the supple mentary Army Estimates, but, Though passing the supple instead of 1,538 lieutenants and mentary Army estimates, the 8,607 non-commissioned offices, Budget Committee of the Rei- as asked for by, the. Govelament, chatag has reduced the numbers has agreed only to 530 lieutenants of officers asked for.
The case in which Anton Hau-and ler, an Austrian, is charged with officers. being in possession of bank-no*9 impressions, again came bafora Mr C. D. Melbourne, at the Polis Court, this aftern‹ ›n.
7,563 non-commissioned
PORTUGUESE UNREST.
London, May 25. A mes ge from Lisbon reports
The Princes of Inner Monogolia have protested against the Chinese intention of transforming Mongo- lia into a Province and have demanded autonomy.
The Peace Centenary Commit- tee has arranged to erect a statue
and to present the British people with a statue of Lincoln..
AUTONOMY WANTED. ' who read a loyal address to His A telegram from Constantino- Reuter's Paris correspondent
Mr. Lewis, "of Messrs. John- Majesty. The King, in reply, ple says that the steamer Nevada, says it has been ascertained that
son, Stokes and Maater, pro Baid:"By fostering and main flying the American flag, but the instigators of the outbreak at
London, May 52.
secated on tabalf of the taining kindly relations and a owned by a Turkiah. firm, strack Rodez included an ex-convict and
Mr. Asquith and Mr. Churchill police, Mr. Shenton, of Mesera. ROYALISTS FOUND GUILTY, of Queen Victoria in Washington good understanding between a mine in the Gulf of Smg.na. several members of the Confed- have concluded a tour in the Deacon, L: sker, Deeton and Hor- yourselves and the people of your Eighty of the 200 passengers eration of Labour. Their plan Mediterranean by an inspection aton, looked on on t shalf of the adopted home, you are helping were saved by a French warship. was to join with other regiments of the defendess of Malta and Chartered Bank of India, whilst to ensure the peace of the world,
in breaking into the magazine, fleet oxercises, and by itne sing Mr. R. O. Faithfull, defended. the preservation of which is my
but this was foiled by the arrival a novel and military w MF.Browne, Government Ana- that a court-maal has found bill inspected the defences of
Mr. Asquith and Mr. Church fervent desire, as it was the chief
A deputation of Malfe: prlyst, said that on April 25 guilty of conspiracy to Malta, and a Maltees, deputation aim of my dear father."
Lloyd's Agent at Smyrna wires When the men, in response to the sented to Mr. Asquith a Memoran: Inspector Watt brought him Royalists, including Major Mont z urged on Mr. Aquith the grant
grant that 40 were drowned by the bugle call, trooped into the bar-dum urging the
certain chemicals.
and Captain Pimentel, and ing of autonomy to the island.. sinking of the Nevada,
rack square in full marching or autonamy to Malta.
Mr. Faitboll said there was acquitted"twonty-five. According to Reuter's corres- der a major snatched a rifle from Mr. Asquith made a speech in King George on Friday morn-pendent, the Nevada cank in a a soldier and shouted, "The first which he dwelt upon the peculiar nothing in the eviden, as far ing inspected bis Regiment, the minute. The passengers were to advance is a dead man." The position of Malta, owing to its as he knew, to show that the
The annual report of Messrs let Dragoon Guarde, at Tempai- mostly Turkish refugess.
effect was electrical in checking strategioal value to the Empire, chemicals were in defendant's GASWORKS EXPLOSION.
A. S. Watson and Company, A hoat from a French steamer hoferfeld. Sham fighting was
and promised to give his careful possession.
Mr I wis raid he thought M
London, May 25.
Limited is published in this issue. consideration to the Memorandum. arranged, and was followed by was the first on the spot but
Faithfell was w10FZ;
An explosion couried at the the usual evolutions. His Majesty was swamped in the commotion
Wines, contening, said he gasworks attached to the hydrau-
Major General Anderson is expressed the Commander his caused by the explosion of the
examined the chemicals (produc-lic works in the Harbour of to be succeeded in the South lively satisfaction with the Nevada's boilers.
od) which were found in the de Buenos Ayre. Twelve sons China Commend by Major Gen- soldiers' fine appearance, and
fendants' room. Tes exbibit, No. were killed and twenty injured.eral Kelly, C.B. « smart manoeuvring.
[2, was olova oil wl'ob' could be usad either for toorbache or loosening ink. No 9, was sodium. bi-carborate which could be used NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. arrived here yesterday and left
Gifts and Honours.
The Czar presented Dr. Beth- mann von Hollweg with a silver casket, rot with precious stones, and King Crge conferred on the Chancellor the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order;
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King George bestowed the Grand Cross of the Victorian "Order on the Foreign Minister, Herr von Jagow, and the German Ambassador to London.
The Czar also conferred the Alexander Nevsky Order on Herr von Jagow.
As the accident happened out- Bide the mine-fold, it appears that there are some mines adrift. All navigation in the vicinity has accordingly been suspended.
EMPIRE DAY;
WIDESPREAD CELEBRATIONS
London, May 25.
the demonstratore.
Civil War !
MONGOLIA.
DEMAND FOR AUTONOMY,
London, May 25.
The action of the Government in prohibiting the annual celebra- tion of the Commone at Fere-la- Chaise led to noisy ones in the Chamber of Deputies, the Socia lists declaring that the introduc
A telegram from Mukden re- tion of the three years' service coived at St. Petersburg says that meant civil war and accusing M. the Princca of Inner Mongolis, medicinally, and for Icosening the Bathon (Minister of War) of white proclaiming their loyalty fibre of paper. No. 10 was turf on- inaugurating a regime of re-to the Republic, have proteated tine which could is used for cold action. The Chamber passed & against the intention of the or cleaning. One could remove vote of confidence in the Govern Chinese Government to transform grease or oil from a banknote ment by 381 votes to 186.
Mongolia into 'a Province, and with it. No. 11 was carbolic acid demanded autonomy and the which could be used for tooth- right to raise their own troops.
A Loyal Regiment. A telegram from Nancy states that the 164th Regiment, return- Empire Day was observed on a ing from a field day, sang the growing scale. Everywhere thera" Marseillaiss" and cheered for was a godly display of Union the Three Years' Service scheme. Jacks. Bills were rang merrily, and guos in garrison towns fired salutes. The National Anthem was sung in the schools and the children paraded in the parks to The marriage was celebrated esiute the flag. listen to dis- Saturday afternoon, in fine weath-courses on the Empire, and to er. The procession was a most witness firework displays and brilliant one, being headed by illuminations.
The Wedding.
the bridal pair, followed by the Messages from the Colonies tell Emperor and the Duchess of of lavish expenditure on the Camberland, the Empress and celebration as a public holiday, of the Duke of Cumberland, the impressive ceremonies and festi- Ozar and Queen Mary, King vitien. George and the Crown Princess
Membere of the Mawson An-
BOXING TRAGEDY.
DIES IN THE RING.
London, May 25.
CONVICTED OF BRIBERY.
NEW YORK OFFICIAL'S CRIME
London, May 25. Mr. Stilwell, Chairman of the Codes Committee of New York Steate Senate. has been convicted of bribery in connection with Exchange reform legislation,
THE MIKADO.
IMPROVEMENT RECORDED.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
ache. It was no use for dealing with ink, as for as he knew. 'No 12 was eucalypine oil which Russia. could he did for cold. That
'LOCAL.
The Assaye, aboard which a fire broke out on 16th. inst.,
early this morning.
The mexiamm penalty was imposed on eight Chinese charged with gambling before Mr Haze- land this morning.
An interesting appeal case,
The Czar has left Berlin for involving the question of whether a rical is one basket or two was opened this morning before the Fall Court,
was no us for removing ink. No. Forther details are given of the
13 was 1 sazine which could military troubles in France.
be used for clearing varnish or
oil from anything. It might be Sixteen Portuguers Royalists ured for cleaning off the grease have been found guilty of cons- which accumulated on a banknote pire sy, by handling. No 14 was creosote which could be used for toothache. A general improvement in the No 15 was a solution of iodio condition of the Mikado is which could be used for testing reported. ink. The bank note impression
exhibits were also handed to him. It is hoped that peace in the They all smelt of oil of cloves. Balkan War will be signed early! Mr Weigal explained to bim how this week.
the impressions were made. Wit
police. Witness rqaked a note in
...
A New York message states that at a boxing contest at Cal-
London, May 25.
ness attempted to make impres- In recent fights with the Bul- Albarta, Arthur Pelkey, of gary,
Reuter's Tokyo correspondentsions in the manner explained by garians, the Greaks have lost 250 of Germany, and other Royal-Mawson Expedition's Greetings. Calgary, kacoked out Lather Me- dies. The procession proceed- od through the Castle to the taratie Expedition sent a wireless or the American white porn a general improvement in Mr. Weigal, at the request of the filled and wounded
hope, in the first round. the condition of the Emperor,
Later. olove ail and then placed it in Telegrams give interesting ac- Chapel, which was filled by a message to the Secretary of State McCarthy fell and and died in a
Reuter's correspondent at a plain piece of paper. Ile counts of the movements of visit- distinguished company, includ- for the Colonies as follows: four minutes.
King Georgelanders wish to
Tokyo wires that the condition then took a piece of rubber ing Royalty in Berlin. ing diplomats. The Court Chap-
of the Emperor is increasingly tabing and rolled the piece lain performed the remony, convey Empire Day greetings."
satisfactory. The Australian Premier, Mr. which was followed by a con. gratulatory reception and a Stats Fisher, sent the following tele- gram to the Times"; The banquet.
imposition of more binding ties The wedding presied great on several parts of the Empire. public in rest, and the vicinity would be a poor substitute for the of the Palace was packed all day strong, yet flexible and unfelt with an enthu astic crowd. ties of love and duty, which call Waves of chearing marked the us into the breach in the time of four wickets.
of the automobiles bring danger. If the annual Imperial Notts defeated Spesex by 35 ing the Royalties to and fro deferences were held not always tuus.
The weather was cool, but over qust,
HOME CRICKET.
London, May 25. Northants at Lancashire by
NATIONAL SERVICE.
COMING DEBATE..
London, May 25. Colonel Seely and Lord Roberts have agreed to debate the question
in London we would hear loss of Yorkshire beat Worcestershire of National Service at the Eighty
by aiz wiokete. Empire dangers."
| Club on the 28th June,
of paper containing the note Colonel Seely and Lord Robate round the tubing and rolled it are to debate National Size at along the mat with a bottle. the Eighty Club on June 26th. After rolling it (rolling-pin fash-
ion) for a quarter of an hour, After being knocked out in the he got the impression, pro- first round of a fight with Arthur ducad. On the
invitation Pelkey, Luther McCarty BuQ- of the police he took a reversa cumbed. impression of the note on a piers
of banknote paper, soaking the Mr. Stilwell, Chairman of the latter in oil of cloves.
Yesterday being the Sunday within the ootave of Corpuë Chrisi, the annual procession took place round the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception..
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. Hongkong Water Polo Shield Competition Meeting at 6 p.m.
TO-MORROW.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15
p.m. Wednesday, May 8. Annual Meeting Peak Club. Dallas Comedy Co. Victoria Theatre..
Saturday, May 31. Second Gymkhana
A. 8., Watson & Co., Ltd. Annual General Meeting, 12.15
Monday, Jane 2. Cherniavaky Trio, City Hall,
9.16.
Codes Committed of the New
The case was proceeding as we went to press.
York State Senate,
been
convicted of bribery,
Wednesday June 11, Canton Insurance Office Ltd., extraordinary general meeting,