THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913.
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lasing."-Burke, some reason or other, the cooliee in charge of the first chair dealin- ed to take him, and, made off. Siberian Mail. Due per 8.8. The gentleman beckoned to a Cuinese cone table on duty at the
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THE CANTON SITUATION.
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YUROPEANS ANTICIPATE SERIOUS TROUBLE.
LUNG AND HIS TROOPS EXPECTED: PANIC IN THE CITY,
little other then money changers -have failed.”
Canton "Panicky."
The influx of Chinese from Canton is assuming bigger pr portions than ever. The steamers are absolutely crowded, and so great are the demanda on the railway that additional couches have to be attached to all traius leaving Canton for Kowloon, Testerday the news of the ad- vance of General Lung's troops oroated something of a panic in (Our Special Correspondent) China Merchants'.. Kiangtang the oity, and scores of people at 8,8. Assaye at 2 p.m. to-day
Canton, August 1.-The French for Macao was similarly crowded onos packed up a few belong. Siberian Mall-Closes per 9.8. terday afternoon, and this ntorn- prominent members of the Kuo-railway
gunboat Argus arrived here yes largely-o it is, reported with ings and dashed off to the station and came Yingehow at 5 p.m. 1o-day-ing H.MS. Sandpiper returned minglang who have become pinio- down not allow the matter to rest here
to Hongkong. That but will report the tired and the year's total 205, was notified Europeans the number of forces out at any cost, and are offering those who came down to Hong-
Another case of plague, making from down river, ...
stricken by the tales as to General serious trouble is expedis In the opinion of trustwortly Lung's nearness. Mon are getting evident from the fact that among indiferent individual to the pro- yesterday.
a quarter. It is bad enough
at Chan Kwing Ming's command prices that are almost fabulous, kong for refuge yesterday were when chair and lickana ecolies
is greatly exaggerated by his for rooms on the toata..
the families of several officials in defy the law by refusing to take
called from Pakkoi that district the influence that is stirring In some quarters the view is party. Since the troops were re- Panic is now the only word for the Canton Government, fares; it is worse when men who; are paid to enforce law and
is raid to be entirely in the hands things round. It was expected, held that there will not be a
in some quarters that Lung would great deal of serious fighting. Troops and Strikes.
The procession of coolies bring arrive here this afternoon. between General Lung's troops and those of Chan Kwing-ming, ing merchandise on to the Sha- meen is quite monotonous this The stagnation in trade casued and that such as does take place To-day the native by the unrest in Kwangtung will be outside the city. The fact. morning. streets have been patrolled for the Province is still being keenly felt that the majority of the people in Some in Hongkong, and already two Canton are against the Governor first time by soldiers, fifteen hundred troops want down failures of Obiner firms are re General would seem to suggest river this morning, it is thought, oorded. In one instance the that General Lung will not go to
the to strengthen fortress liabilities are put at about two the length of bombarding the There is still no definite, talk of lakhs of dollars, and the assets at city and it is believed that He British troops being sent from about one lakh. The firm has will be received by the lababi- Hongkong to the Shameen. been doing a general business tants with open arms.
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913.
BALKAN TROUBLE.
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A Goat's Offence.
Duty Resumed.
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by the Governor-in-Council from As was to be expected, Mr.registration under the Societies
Ordinance, Harcourt has been attacked by his own friends in the House of Commone for permitting the" uss
At the Police Court, this morn of troops to quell the recent ing, an Indian who allowed disorders on the Rand, But he goat to eat the bark from the stood up the his assailants and trees in Jordan Street, Yaomati,
was fined $3. justified the action. We already have it on the word of Lord The Gazette notifies that the Gladstone that the Imparial Honourable Mr. Oland Cavern ro- troops really saved the situation terned to the Colony on the 25th in Johannesburg, and we should be only to glad 12 e labour instant and resumed duty as
Colonial Secretory: disturbances at Home put down' with an equally firm hand. There is still something wrong with the Liberal outlook, for we find Mr. Harcourt, after dwelling on the need of a sufficient force to maintain law and order, and after referring to tho." vital impor
His Excellency the Governor tante" of the troops to the apo has bran pleseed is appoint Mr route to India, borsting of the progressive reduction in the Frarcie Maitland to be a Visiting number of troopa ding the last Justice to the Po Leung Kuk decade and foreshadowing further during the absence on leave of
Mr Parnard Brotherton Harker.
Unlawful Possession.
Arms and Ammunition.
session of ammunition and part ed with being in unlawful pos- interest.
of a rifle, were fined $200 each, st the Police Court, this morning.
Visiting Justice.
Discord?
were stationed on the
It is definitely asserted now and it is reported that the princi. that the Ex-Viceroy of Shanghai pals have disappeared. In the It is insistently reported that is in the city. The Japanese are other instance the failure ie not so discord has sprung up among said to be watching the proceed- serious, and it is said that an Chan Kwing-ming and many Two American Chinees, charginge here with quite remarkable arrangement has been come to of bis erstwhile supporters, and with the creditors whereby the it is even said that there are spion latter agree to accept 50 per cent. within the yamen who will see to Concerning Lung
Widespread eflrts are being it that he is either captured or Later. made to see if an erraugement killed. His troops moreover are There seams to be no doubi cannot be come to between the believed to be nons too certain in that the news wired to the Tele- the bankers and the merchants. their loyalty. graph" this morping is correct. As we have already reported, the It is stated that the rebels troops The general idea is that Tang has latter have met and discussed the which been holding out to see which possibility of the banks agreeing West River returned to Canton aide would give the bigger bribe, to refrain from enforcing, pay- yesterday to join Chan Kwing- and that he has now positively ments due until the crisis is past, ming's army there. been bought by Yuan Shih K'ai. and we understand that the var Torpedo-boat-destroyers 035 From four to five thousand brig. ious guilds are now endeavouring and 056 arrived last evening from ande appear to have joined him to arrange some scheme with this the West River and will probably and, with their help, he has end in view. The leading Chin-fremain here for ecme time. A reader tells us of a curious
apparently sunk the gunboat ese bankers held a meeting on It took three Star Ferry boat to incident which he witness ad on
Kwong Tai. Shiu Bing is stated Thuraday and discussed the mat convey, across the harbour, the Thursday evening. For some
to have bean captured by him ter. It was pointed out at this Chinese who arrived by train five of six weeke past the P.W.D
and he appears to be on his way meeting that the merobante wore from Canton last night. Exactly has been at work on a storm water It is notified that the "St., to Samshui. HM.S. Moorhen left in dificulties owing to their in the same thing coourced the other drain at the far end of Wongnei. Paul's College Chapel of the bere for Samahui yesterday after ability to find purchasers, and night, so that these trains evident- chong Road, for a distance of Anglican Communion" in Hong-noon.
that if the banks called on them to fly arrived packed to their fullest
reductions in the near future. His speech rooms to contradict itself on this point. A.Curious Incident.
A Chinese found in unlawful possession of rice was flued $10, at the Policy Court, this morning. Austher Chineze found in un lawful recession of sugar was fined $3.
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about oighty yards. The Gas kong, situtate in Glenealy, has Though Europ sane as a whole meet payments due, loans and capacity. Company have also been working been added to the list of places do not look for actual fighting so forth, they woull be seriously We have been informed that no at the same place, putting in new licensed for the solemnization of here, many of them still contend embarrassed. The request of the less than forty thousand people, pipes. The work has left the marriages.
that the Hevolution was a fool merchants to postpone enforce according to the returns on the road somewhat soft, though this, Ordinance Approved. to what the coming trouble is ment of payments. was consider steamers plying between here and we are told, is not apparent tɔ,
His Excellency the Governor going to ta."
ed, and it WAS generally Canton, have arrived in Hongkong say, drivers of a motor core com has given his assent, in the name A good number of troops are agreed that the concession could from Canton during the past week. ing at a moderate speed. On and on behalf of His Majesty the supposed to have left by train for be met provided there was not a Owing to the pressure on the
in King, to the following Ordinance Samshui at daybreak, ·
run on the banks by d. posi- baggage parriers at the wharves, Events near our own doors have somewhat blinded us to the Thursday evening a car
which were four visitors from the passed by the Legislative Council:
tore. If this latter contingency these men have been making a Sinking of the Kwong, Tal, trouble in the Balkans. Just over two months ago Sir Edward Grey Empress of Asia sank into the An Ordinance to amend the law
should occur, however, it was felt harvest. They were not inclined T Later, intervened, with success, in the war betw: 3n Tarkey and the Balkan soft road and could neither go relating to Explosive Substances.
that the bankers must insist on to leave well alone, the other Acting Appointment:
The civil officials confirm the merchants meeting their obliga evening, and when they board- Allies. But it was less easy to preesive pace among the victors, forward nor back. The help of The Ozar of Rasais-the head of all the Slav natiqualities-addressed some of the fifty coolies who are has t:an pleased to make the tive's second wire. Sai Nam is on merchants and bankers, is, we up il air prices considerably: The His Excellency the Governor story contained in your representations. Another meeting, of both od 016 steamer they put at work on the road and who live. a communication simultaneously to the Forvian and Bulgarian in a matshed close by, was re- following acting arpointments to the Fatehan railway, some twenty understand, to be held shortly to passengers would not pay the monarobe, reminding them that, in the treaty of alliance concluded quested, and three of them did take effect from the 5th instant miles from here. Lung is said to see if anything can be done in rates asked, and the men very before the war, they had aged to submit to Russia any differenca lay a hand finally, on promise of inclusive: -Mr John Daniel Lloyd have captured the railway and the matter.
GOOD gave way. The police were which might arise later. He steroly warned them that he would eumshaw. With the aid of boards, to act as Deputy Registrar and many think that he will arrive in According to a prominent not called on to interfere, as there hold responsible whichever state forced on a conflict and that he and by means of levering, the car Appraiser, and Accountant, Su- Canton to-morrow (Saturday.) All Chinese banker, no real Chinese was no disturbance and the reserved to himself full liberty of action as to the results of such a was worked backwards to the preme Court, and Me Samuel traffic on the Fatahan railway banks have as yet failed; those "trike" was but a short-lived
concerns which have closed one. struggle. For a little time that warping bad its effect, but it did hard road. The whole thing oc- Burnside Boyd MoElderry to act has stopped.
cupied only a few minutes and as 1st Assistant Ezoretary for An amplification of the story of down are, he says, nothing but We have been informed that not, in the end; prevent internecine strife among the Allies.
the coolies demanded ten dollars! Ohinese Affairs.
the capture of,Shiu Hing says money changers who have been the authorities in Hongkong have It is easy, from a distance, to blame all three States now engaged bered on to the car-they and This was refused, so they olam-
that not only was the Kwong speculating in Kwangtong bank-received a communication to the ALLEGED UNLAWFUL Tai sunk but that 8 Bale notes and who have styled them-effect that the two-lannel Chinese in war; to say that whether Salonika shall pass to Bulgaria or to others and said things.
boat and another steamer have selves bankers. There has gunboat Kwong Tai was aank Greece, whether Monastir becomes Envian or Bulgarian, is of no Who Should Provide Warning?
been taken by Lang. How Long been a considerable demand by in a typhoon with a number of great consequence. To those not immediately engaged mattefs Fortunately, European who
At the Police Court, this morn-proposes to arrive here must neces- depositors on some of the Chinese janks, and that she was not spak about which nations go to war may seem of minor importance; to resides in the district, and who ing. Chief Detective Inspector Apart from the two boats which our information this has not yet A private letter, received in
sarily be matter of conjecture. banke propor, but according to by General Lung's troops. those interested they are of supreme importance. It is not difficult knows Chinese, was able to per connection with an alleged unlaw he is said to have seized, it is assumed serious proportions, Hongkong from Canton, states Collett charged seven men in to be perfectly dispassionate about something which is not your suade them to accept a dollar. concern. To the States in conflict, at any rate, the points at issue One or two hard caffs on the car ful society, two of them with be denied in official ciroles that he though one or two of the banks that the Canton-Fatahan, Line, are beginning to feel the pinch. is commanded, between Fatahan are of the utmost consequence; of so great consequence, in fact, that proved finely persuasive. The ing keepers and the rest with has any ships at all.” they are clearly prepared to sacrifice all that they have gained in sequel proved interesting. Almost being members.
"Bigas of Excitement.
We learn from another source and the frontier, by forces under immediately after, another car and Grist, appeared for the de- and there are infinitely more banke here have been negotiating. It it ales reported that fighting
Mr.Beavis, of Mosers. Wilkinson pressing their claime,
that it has undoubtedly been the General Lung The train The bond is far more crowded asse that many of the native however, are still running appeared some distanes away, But these points of actual issue are of less concern than another and the coolion openly voiced fence, and the cac3 was formally general signs of excitement in mortgages on Kwangtang bank is taking place outside Fatehan. of the utmost possible gravity. The possession of this or that place their hope for more
remanded for a wesk. Six of the native city than has till now been notes, and that in consequence Jomsbaw matters less than the balance of power in the Balkans. It was one They also stated their purpose of men were allowed bail in $500 the case; excitement, that, from of the decline in the value of thing to defeat Turkey; it was quite another to settle down smoothly refraining from warning the each and one is $200.
all that can be seen and heard, these notes, many of the smaller after. The balance of things had been disturbed; a void had been approaching car in order that the PARCEL RATES TO
might at any moment develop concerns have been unable to left. Before the war Bulgaria was the prime factor in the Balkan cumshaw should be made more
One can hardly imagine a more into panic. League; the accepted leader. Her strength and position had long certain. The European gentle-
carry on business. With the big-striking blend of ancient, and Blue jackets from H.M.S. Clio ger banking institutions, however, modern than was to be coen at been the envy of perhaps a cause of fear to-Servia and Greece man already spoken of went Whether the two last-named nations actually believe that their forward to meet the car and gavo
are mounting three magazine there has been no inability to the Javisy flying ground recently. valour on the field mainly contributed to the defeat of Turkey warning. In it were His Excel- Governor-in-Council under Seo-either corner of the English of these have big reserves, amount.
By an order made by the gans on the Shameen-one at meet obligations, as the majority In between aeroplane flights two of the last surviving falconera în matters lees than the fact that they have joined hands to curb the loney the Governor and a friend! tion 9 of the Post Office Ordinance, bridge and one on the verandah ing in some instances to over half France gave demonstrations, strength of their active and energetic neighbour. It is a pity that It seems to us that work on that 1000, the following scale of post of a house looking on to the Turkey has also joined in the attack upon Bulgaria, because a bit of road would have bean age rates on parcals to Canada bridge.
million dollars. Several new piquant a contrast between past straight trial of strength between the three States would doubtless accelerated if that warning had will come into force on and aftor Orders are issued warning big capitale, and these all
banking, concerns, too, have and present as one could desire.
An Ancestral Home. have cleared the air. The one efficacious way of solving such a not been given. The same gentle 1st August, 1913-
Europeans who live in the outly have bean
able to meet problem as in at bottom of the existing trouble in to permit the man fixed up a board across the Not exceeding 3 lb" in
Knowsley Hall, which the King ing districts Fatahan eto to the demande, made on them. made his headquarters on his tour parties concerned to fight it out. Even as it is the present appeal road which could be seen by weight
$0.60 rok shelter. There in talk of When trouble was first scented through the North of England, is to the arbitrament of the sword should leave the political conditions approaching motorists by means Exceeding 3 lb but not ex some of the European residents several of the Hongkong bankers one of the statelicet homes of Eng- of South-Eastern Europe more favourable and stable than they have of a lamp close by. Later in the ceeding 7 lb in weight... 1.20 on the Shameen leaving for sold out their Kwangtung notes land. It is situated in a park fil- been for years. The parties concerned and the world generally evening another car was firmly Breeding 7 lb but not ex- Hongkong or Mãoso, should be able to fix the positions of the respective States. The fixed. The coolies, apparently, ceeding 11 lb in weight 1.80 The s.a. Fatalion on her return losses, these were not sufficiently its paintings and objets d'art are in Canton, and though they made ten miles in oircumference, and one great question is whether the Powers can continue to fence had removed the board. They Parcels must not exceed 11 lb journey to Hongkong was laden serious to place the concerns in world famous: King Edward round the present war as it did that against Turkey. If they fail to were not to be done out of their in weight, 2 feet in length, with Chinese an hour before sail any real difioultice. The situs visited the Hall on four occasione do that, there is a dark outlook for the maintenance of peace in chanes of ourshaw But should breadth or depth, or 6 feet injing; even the saloon was crowded, tion therefore, is that the big ofter he had ascended the throne, Europe. Happily, however, the Powers seemed determined that it be left to a public-spirited length and girth combined,
mainly with women and children; banke are quite eedure at the one of his most notable visita being there shall be no interference, and the present war may therefore oitizen to give warning in a case. Parcels to Canada cannot serve a useful purpose in the end.
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