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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SECOND EXTRA.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUÌN 30, 1914,
THE WAR.
NO BRITISH MOBILISATION ORDERED,
Russian Belief in "War.
[Renter's Service To "The Telegraph."]
London. Received July 30. It is officially stated that no British mobilisation has been ordered. The military and naval mexsures already taken are merely precautionary and defensive.
The First Fleet left Portland under sealed orders with the bands playing "Hearts of Oak" and the crews cheering.
"Hunter"'e correspondent states that the Russians consider that ther dia has been cast and that only a miracle can avert war,
In the event of war the Ozar will be the Generalissimo of the Rusman foregE.
A patriotic demonstration at Moscow was accorded the depart- ing Servian officers, who were carried shoulder high to their rail- way carriage which was heaped with flowers.
The lights in the Black Sea have been extinguished.
Belgrade in Flames.
The Daily Mail correspondent at Vienna has reported that Bel- grade was in flames after the bombardment, damage being done to the Palace.
Artillery Duel.
The correspondent at Athens for the Daily Telegraph atates that an artillery duel has taken place at Viohnitza, five miles down the river from Belgrade.
'German Conference.
Reatar's correspondent at Berlin states that thero was a confer- ence until midnight yesterday between Horren von Bethmann and von Jagow, and Admiral von Tripitz, together with high military, and naval officers.
THE NETHERLANDS` INDIES.
News from Dutch Sources.
Telegrams received from the Hague during the last few days indicate a serious state of affairs in the Dutch capital owing to a wholesale strike of tramway employees. The drivers and conductors struck work in a body on Sunday week, and within two or three days practically the whole tramway system
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receive. the men's recognised leaders. The strike-committee stated that they expected to force the Tramway Co, to accept their demands and to reinstate the man within another seven days. Extraordinary sights have been witnessed in the streets which are crowded with an unprecedented throng of pedestrians, whose discomfort has been increased by the advent of a heat wave. It is announced that in consequence of the serious nature of the strike the military manoeuvres at the Hook of Holland have been abandoned.
The Deli Courant for July 17 reports one or two farther in- stances of trouble with coolies on Sumatra estates. In one case, an brought to a standstill. Riotoue assistant on Bangoen estate was scenes have taken place in the threatened by a gang of dissatis streets, especially in the centre of fied Chinese coolies, but by using the town, and numerous police a horse whip and firing a revolver in the air, he effectually cowed charges among the mobs throng his would be assailants. The ing the streets are reported, over other instance occurred on the 60 arrests having been made. Deli Modea estate where a coolie Some 200German blackleg drive is reported to have heen shot dead who were imported by the tram- by a jaga. It is said that the way authorities during the early coolie in question wasa runaway, stages of the strike have since all but authentic details of the in- been sent back, owing partly to cident are lacking. incompetence and partly to the The Sumatra Post complains strongly hostile attitude of the growd. The strike pontinued all of the delay in the receipt of the English mail at Medan last week, last week, but on Friday the pro- owing to the B. I. steamer arriv spects of an early settlement were ing too late at Penang to catch more favourable, the Tramway the connection by the N. D. L. directors having, expressed their Malays, and pleads for the willingness to negotiate with ablishment of a regular mail representatives of the men,
service between Medan and although they still refused to Penang by Government steamer