January 8, 1914,
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1914 the Proprietor.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,
TELEGRAMS.
1914.
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WEATHER "FORECAST
FINE Barometer 88:40
January 7, 1913,
Temperature a.m. 57, p.m. 62, Humidity
82,
69.
2687,鹿三十月二十年
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BRITISH TRADE.
A RECORD YEAR..
Temperature a.m. 57. p.m. 63 Humidity
70, 31
11
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THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
PENALTY OF LAUGHTER.
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
IMPENDING RETIREMENT.
AFRICAN RAILWAYMEN.
RESOLVE TO STRIKE.
HOME RULE.
NEGOTIATIONS FAIL,
[Router's Servlog To The Telegraph." [Router's Service To The Telegraph. "Reuter's Service To The "Talegraph."] [Reuter's Service To The Telegraph'][Beuty's Service To The Telegraph.'"]
London, Resolved January 8.
London, Received January 8,
London. Revolved January 7, The Morning Post states that
四拜藏”號八月正英港香
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AVIATION IN EGYPT,
THE NATIVES .AMAZED.
836 PER ANNUM
SINGLE COFF, 10 CENTI.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
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CONDENSRD*
Trade returns show that last [Reuter's Service To The Telegraph."]
year was a record one for the London. Roostred January T..
London, Received January London Received January 8.
United Kingdom. Reater'a correspondent at Mr. Joseph Chamberlain,
Renter'a Trade returns for December
at correspondent
Reuter's correspondent at Cairo between Mr. atatea that M. Pourpre, who is Sir. Lionel Oarden, British show a decrease in imports of Strassburg states that Herr Unionist M.P. for West Birming Pretoria says that at a meeting conversations 22,950,651, principally in colton Mueller, a bigh Government off. ham, states in a letter to his con- of railwayman, it was resolved to Asquith and Mr. Bonar Law in making the fight to Khartoum, Minister to Mexico, is being
have arrived at Luxar and re-started transferred to Brazil, and grain. In exports there were dial at Zabera, testified to-day at stituents that he has decided to atrike of midnight to-night, as a regard to Home Rule increases (the amount is not the court martial of Colonel von retire from Earliament at the result of the refusal of the practically ended, and negotia for Wadibalfa. He passed Asenan specified).
Reuter that the Inter told him next General Election. Ho em- Government to comply with the tions for a settlement of the en route, tourists assembled on
M. Pourpre, the aviator, who is The returns for the year, which that he was resolved to prevent phasises his regret at severing his demanda" in referance to the re- question have failed, ne Mr. the roofs of hotels witnessing the flying from Cairo to Khartoum,
Asquith is unable to concede the flight. The whole of the natives has arrived at Wadihalfa, was a record one, show increases people standing about. He would 37 years' connection with the trenchment of the staff. in imports totalling £24,250,000 not allow them to laugh and constituency, but says the con- Reuter's Darban correspondent demand for even the temporary were amazed, this being the first and in exports £38,250,000. would shoot them if necessary, atituency needs the services of a reports that at a meeting of the oxolusion of Ulster from the aeroplane they had seen.
Later. The chief increases in importa Colonel von Reuter confirmed to younger man to take a more coal miners, it was resolved not
London. Received January 8. M. Pourpre has arrived at during the year were in food, him the report that machine gune native part in the Parliamentary to resume work until the fall
Unionist official circles do not Wadibalfa. He covered 300 miles drink and tobacco, 10,000,000; were kept in readiness during struggle:
demands had been granted.
confirm the report that the con-at a speed of 70 miles an hour. wood, $5,500,000; metal and the troubles in Novembor, and The nows caused the greatest
- Protection for Workers.
versations have ended. Liberals The aviator, Mr. Maclean, has oren, $2,250,000; and wool, said he was obliged to be ready surprise and regret, at Birming
Reuter's Johannesburg corres-affirm that they are continuing started from Cairo to Khartoum £1,250,000. The chief decrease for eventualities.
poudont says that Sir Louis Botha, without any untoward incident, by hydroplane. in imports was raw. colton.
in the course of a speech, an- and no adverse factor has arisen. £9,750,000.
nounced that a Bill would be introduced in the forthcoming
The principal increases in exports for the year were oval,
£11,000,000; iron and steel manufactures, £5,500,000; machi- nery, £4,000,000; now slips, £4,000,000; cotton, £5,000,000.
TROUBLE AT VALONA.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
London. Recotved January 8. Router's correspondentat Rome
The total increase in manufac-states that the unexpected news
lism.
It is announced that his health
is no worse.
Press Tributes.
Newspapers of all elades of opinion publish wliolc-hearted tributes to Mr. Chamberlain's greatness, and to his wonderful influence on his generation.
Later. World-wide message are urriv-
Mr. Chamberlain's services to the Empire.
Bill.
Session of the South African the policy of the Guild should be Parliament, to protect the men framed in accordance with the who were willing to work, from "present molestation by the atrikere.
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HOME FOOTBALL.
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tures is £26,250,000, while wool that martial law has been proing conveying appreciation of On harking back they will re- become necessary to appeal to on December 13-
shows a decrease of £250,000.
ŞİR LIONEL CARDEN,
A CHANGE OF POST.
London, Received January 8, "Sir Lionel Carden, British
• Minister to Mexico, is being tranaferred to Rio de Janeiro. He expressly explained that it was only a transfer, he was not recall ed. But the change has caused great satisfaction in the United
talos.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN RAILWAY
AGREEMENTS.
Peking, January 1.-The Ger
man Railway Agreement, which was signed yesterday, is based on the Kinochow Convention of 1898 The railway from Kaomi touches Ichowfu, an important commercial centre, and Yibsien, where there is coal and possibly other miner
means
claimed at Valona is now explained.
A vossol with 200 Turkish soldiers and six officers arrived last evening at Valona from Con-
times and not with "other
times-as Sir Thomas Results of Latest League Matches Sutherland would have it. The Following are the results of the time had arrived when it had League matches played at Home
First Division. collect a strike" which took Caesar rather than to cordial.
|West Bromwich Albion 4,Shefeld place not a hundred years ago,
relationship". with shipowners, Wednesday 1. when, but for the Captains and and if the Guild has adopted Newcastle U. 2, Sheffield U. 1. Officers of their vessels, they would militant methods in the intercats Chelsea 1, Sunderland 1.
Natal coalworkers have decided. not to resume till their fall de mands have been granted. -
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A Pretoria message says the railwaymen have resolved to strike over the retrenchment question,
SANDR
Martial law has been proclaim- ed at Valona owing to a more- ment to make Izzet Pasha the King of Albania.
The negotiations between Mr, Asquith and Mr. Bonar Law for a settlement of the Irish question are said to have failed,
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Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has decided to sever his 37 years". connection with West Birming-
stantiuople and intended to land) CORRESPONDENCE. - have sustained immense financial of justice and fairplay-asking Aston Villa 3, Tottenham Hotspur ham at the next election.
si night and · proclaim Izzət Pusha, ex-Minister of War for Turkey, as King of Albania..
left Constantinople, but it is unknown whether he is abroad.
[The opinions expressed by our correspondents are not necess- arily those of the “Hongkong Telegraph "I
Telegraph.
THE P. & O. DISPUTE.
not
.:.
a
3. for nothing except what was
the rule,
Second League.
"Arsenal 0.
*
Glossop 3, Notts Forest 0. Swindon Town 2, Exeter City 0. Millwall 2, Bristol Rovers 0. West Ham United 1, Briton and
Hove Albion 0. Northampton 0, Southampton 0. Cardiff City 9, Queen's Park
Rangers 0. Football Association Cup Draw.
While attempting to escape from gaol at Shanghai yesterday
George Robinson, remended from the American Court, was shot dead by a gaoler.
Evidence on the Zaborn in-
cidents shows that Colonel von Reuter would not allow the pea= ple to laugh, and would shoot them if necessary.
NEWS.
A new steamer is to be laun ohed at Kowloon Dock this
A curious story of a boy and a lukong was told at the Police Court this morning
Some interesting facts regard- ing the Hongkong Rifle League appear in this issue.
General nowa appears on page The draw for the first round of 3, log book on page 6 and our the Football Association Cup is contemporaries on page 4. as follows:-
Liverpool v. Barnsley. Swindon v. Manchester United. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton.
Bradford City. Woolwich
Arsenal.
The case against the China Outlook was concluded to-day.in the Summary Court, Judgment was reserved.
lose. Again, if ever there was body of men absolutely forced entirely reasonable thep, as was Bolton Wanderers 0, Everton 0. into trade unionist tactics shown in the case of the F. and O., Manchester U. 1. Bradford Olty 1. The Provisional Government,
Sir Thomas Sutherland calls them public sympathy is with us all Oldham Athletic 1, Blackburn
Rovers 1. with the assistance of Dutch
-it is that which the Guild has the way.
Everybody knows that the Cap- Preston North End 2, Derby Gendarmerie officers, proceeded
the honour to represent, I do
County 0. say this now because tain and the Officer of the mer-Liverpool 2, Middlesbrough 1. to arrest the Turkish troops.
Izzet Pasha is known to Lave To the Editor of the Hongkong of the result of the P. & O chant service has not been treated Burnley 2, Manchester City 0.
business. For agme years as he should have been and past I have warned shipowners we must make it our business Clapton Orient 1, Woolwich SirWe are very sorry that and the chief officials of their as have made it to sea what can Sir ThomssSutherland, G C. G., representative organizations that be done in remedying this un-Hull City 1. Fulham 1. to rank with the Tutuhs, the Chairman of the P. & O. opens gradually, but very surely, they happy state of affairs. With a Bradford S, Lincoln City 0. strength of his command to be out old sores in his references at were driving the Captains and word of gratitude for some recent Stockport County 0, Blackpool 0. 12,000 officers and men. But the the annual meeting of the Cum- Officers of this country into a improvement on the part of the Birmingham 2, Bristol City 1.
Notte County 9, Huddersfield
Town 1. Commissioner shall not control pany to the recent action taken position where sooner or later shipowners, there is lots of room any other land forces. All naval by the Officers of the Company's they would assert themselves, for more, not only in the " back- Liecester Fosse 0, Bury 0. forces and gunboats in the central steamers in securing those im-with, perhapa, unpleasant oonee bone" of the service the mer-Leads City 4, Grimsby Town 0.
ohant cargo vessel-but in the Barnsley 1, Wolverh'ton Wan-evening. and lower Yangtze to be under provementa,, in their conditions quences.
derers 0. his command. In view of the which were so urgently demand One of the fundamental prin- finest liners. Again, it is but fair bad position of the 800 war junks od. We had wished to bury the ciples of the Guild at its founda. that we should thank those few on the river which are not much dead past and we are surprised tion was that it should seek to shipowners who, on certain oo Southern League. use in patrolling work, the navy that Sir Thomas Sutherland establish cordial relations with gasions, have readily met us and will place a cruiser, two gunboats, would so strongly tempt us to the shipowngre." This policy have been glad fully and frankly to discuss matters and thus honestly and fearlenaly two torpedo boats, five destroyers reply to his statements and to was and five transports at the disposal again vindicate the position and paraged despite a certain amount arrive at a settlement with the of the Commissioner. N. the claims of the Officers as we of adverse criticism from those best and most happy results to ale; and terminates at Hinchwang, Daily News Correspondent. did whilst the troubles were in. who, even at that time, were all concerned. These are the a centre for cereals situated at The Dissolution of Parliament. Publio opinion completely possessed of trade unionist" exceptions which have proved the meeting of the Grand Canal
Peking, Jan. 1jatified our cace.and and there proclivities. But these were very and the Tientsin-Pakow railway. In Chinese circle; it is antici- fore we are not diaposed to drag few, and, taking the Captains The Guild as representing the The length of the line will be pated that one of the first acts of up unpleasantries which are over, and Officers a whole, the Captains and Officera of this about 180 miles.
the Administrative Conference Moreover, it was understood on policy strongly commended itself country have no desire whatever The other railway from Tain- will be to advise the Government both sides of the time of the to them-accounting, in this way, toresort to "tradeunionist tactics" anfa, the capital of Shantung, to set upon the advice of the settlement that all bad blood had for the great success which has unless they are forced into them orosses the Yellow River by Tutahs and civil administrators been obliterated, that the happi-attended the Imperis! Merchants they have been. It is still their desire that amicable relation of the bridge on the in the provinces and dissolve est relationships would from Service Guill. But in pursuing ships should exist between ship-
between the this policy, it became evident as Tientsin Pakow line in that city | Parliament.-N. O. Daily News henceforth exist and then traversea the rich Correspondent.
Company and its Officers and years en by that in was neces-owners and their chief executive cotton district of Shantung and New Year Honours in Peking. that any reprisale ware out of the sary to point out to the shipowners officers on board ahip. Bat in the cereal districts of Chilli.
Peking, Jan. 1.. question. We will leave it to of this country that there was this a great responsibility rests It will join the Peking-Hankow The New Year honours include others to judge whether Sir such a thing as reciprocity in the apon the shipowners themselves railway at a point between Shun-Li Yuan hung, who has been Thomas Sutherland's latest a promotion of cordial relation- Now that the Guild is a factor to teafu and Weihwei to be decided granted the Order of the Chiaho, imadversions are in accordance ship," and that this praiseworthy be recognised in promoting not Jater by China.
First Class, and Mr. F. A. Aglen, with the canons of good tas e in object should not be all on one only the material betterment of The Chinese Government hae Inspector-General of the Chinese view of the undertaking which |side. Bni generally quite in its members, but the welfare and agreed that there shall be a Ger- Maritime Customs, who has re- was arrived at on both sides. vain. Courteous and reasonable efficiency of the merchant service man manager, chief accountant ceived the same Order, Second But Sir Thomas Sutherland's representations both to tho as a whole, we hope that the and trafic superintendent of each Class-Reuter to the N. O. Daily lament as to Officers resort representative shipowners or-ownere by means of & reversal of on their part will nullify railway.
ing to trade unionist tactics,ganizations and to individual policy News In view of China't agreemont For Goods Received, gives us an opportunity shipowaing companies, usually any feelings of militancy on the with those extensions beyond
Peking, Jen, 2.
of addrossing a few words to the proved quite futile, and as regarde part of their Captains and Officers those lines which were laid down The Waiohiaspu has sent an shipowners of this country gen the different companies them in the future Yours etc.
ST. W," MOORE.": in the Convention of 1880 Ger-identical note to the several Lega- orally. Sir Thomas Putherland solves, such representations were
Secretary, Imperial Merchant forgoen certain rights tions with reference to the debta might just as well express the frequently not favoured with the
Service Guild. enumerated in the Convention due by China to their respective same regrets at the "trade union- courtesy even of an acknowledge- affaoling China's prestige. Sur notionals. Those debts are mostly ist tactics" of his friends of the ment. In other odees we were in-
London, December 12, 1913. veying has not yet begun. Gor- for military goods supplied, and medical profession which repres- formed in the most rade and many is placing the concessions the Treasury billsgiven paaccount ents probably the strongest trade abrupt, fashion that the owners To Prevent "Telesçaplug," before various Gorman financial have either matured or will union" in the world. It is, as he intended to carry on their own An invention which aims at groups, who will submit contracts mature shortly.
states, a change in the times and business in their own, way" minimising or abolishing "teles- to China, Germany handing over The letter declares the inability the manners, and one which has Even dospite beso almost daily coping" ju railway accidents hos the coure sions to the group whose of the Government to most those come to stay in all walks of life rebuffs the Guild steadily por- been adopted on the Grand contract China acoapte. Reuter liabilities, and proposes to post- But there has never been such severed in its policy. At the Trunk Pacific Railway Win to the N:O: Daily News,
one payment until June, by a patient or long-suffering body same time, as they quite expooted, Canada. In order to avoid too "Chang Hsun's New Post." which time China expec a to bo as the Captains and Officers of the there were many manifestations much rigidity, the upper portion
Peking, Jan. 1.able to pay cut of the proceeds British Merchant Bervice. They of impatiense at the continued in of the car has bitherto been con As an inducement to General of the new loan.
have gone on and on,
on, undertaking consideration on the part of ship nested with the body by two Chang Hsun to take up the post The native hope is expressed gladly and without complaint owners, and more and more did it single "King" pios. The object of Inspecting Commissioner of thint that this compromise() those duties and hardships which become painfully evident that the of the now device is to retain Yangtze Ports the position at will be acceptable to the British are inseparable from a seafaring shipowners themselves wore make freedom of movement in the oare taching to the appointment has firms involved. There
are career, whilet loyalty and oc-ing the breach wider and wider, and trucks whilst providing a been enlarged as follows: Vickers, Sumuel's, Armstrong's thusiam in the promotion of their Finally there came a limit to maximum of rigidity. Flanged * Communication to be direct to and the Yannen syndicate, whose employers interests have ever patience and endurance and it was circular keys are used, preventing the Government without passing claims aggregate about £250,000. been marked characteristics. decided after most anxious and, the body rising even an inch from through the Tutahs of the Rive „J. Daily Nawa Corres- Bhip-ownere, so with many people, catelol consideration on the part of the truck. In case of collision ine Provinces, the Commissioner pondent.
have conveniently short memories. the Management Committee that the cars would be forced outwards,
many
Hull City v. Bury. Blackburn Rovers v. Middles-
brough. Bolton Wanderers v. Port Vale
or Darlington.
Plymouth Argyle v. Lincoln
City.
Glossop v. Everton,
Results of the latest home foot- ball matches are given to-day, sa also is the draw in the first" round of the English Cup.
A letter from the secretary of the Imperial Merchant Service Sheffield Wednesday v. Notta Guild, regarding the P and O.
County,
dispute appeare in this issue.
DON'T FORGET,
West Ham United v. Chester-
field Town.
Gainsborough Trinity v. Leeds
City,
Portsmouth v. Exeter City, Huddersfield Town v. London
Caledonians.
Sunderland v. Chatham, Aston Villa v: Stoke, Birmingham v. Southend United, Swansea Town v. Merthyr
Town.
Manchester City v Fulham. Newcastle United v. Sheffield
United A
Preston North End v. Bristol
Rovers,
Clapton Orient v Notts Forest. Queen's Park Rangers v.
Bristol City:
· Leicester Fosse v. Tottenham
Hotspur.
Oldham Athletic v. Brighton
and Hove Albion,"
TO-DAY,
Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Bijou Scenic Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Court Cards Theatre Royal-**
9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre, 9.15 p.m..
Friday January 9, Volunteers go into Camp: -Thursday January 15. Concert at Seaman's Institute. Friday January 16.
Engineers Ball, City Hall.-9
P.m.
Saturday January 17 Entries close for Hongkong Racos.
Monday January 19, Queen's College Prize distri bution noon.
Derby County v. Northampton. Millwall v. Chelsea, Burnley v. Bouth Shields. Gillingham v. Blackpool. Crystal Palace Norwich. p.m.
v. City. Grimsby Town.
The matches to be played on the ground of the Arst-named on January 10,
*
Wednesday January 21.
H. K. S. B. B. A. Sporta-3.30
Friday January 23, Volunteer Ball
Monday January 28
Chinese New-LOGT.