RIVER DISASTER,
*CHICAGO EXCURSION
STEAMER OVERTURNS.
APPALLING SCENES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,
GERMAN WIRELESS
WARNING OF WAR.
Mr. G. Isanca's Disclosure.
- TELEGRAMS.
THE LATE MARQUIS OF INDUYE:
(Reuter's Service To The Telegraph")
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too late for insertion on this
GERMANY AS A
TROUBLESOME BOY
Candid Admissions of a Captured Officer.
Professor Parse, the authorised British correspondent with the Huwian Army, sends an interest- ing sooount of a conversation
German battery commander saye [te Pall Mall Gazette:
Speaking at the annual general meeting of Marconi's Wireless
London, Received Bap.6. Telegraph Company on July 26, The Marquin Ikonya Mr. Godfrey Isauce, managing Japan's oldest Statesman. The worst shipping disaster director, said in April, 1910, they on record occurred on July 24 in applied to the Government for the the Chicago river, when the ex-right to erect an Imperial chain (in the event of telegrams arriving which he bad with a captured cursion, steamboat Eastland, with of wireless, but unfortunately the 2.672 holiday-makers on board, Government did not see its way
But imi turned on its side, and 1,810 per- to grant permission. Bone were drowned. In no pre-mediately the matter was men vions disaster have so many per-tioned the German Government sone perished, the appalling total resolved to build s ohsin of wire- of the dead being larger than less stationsin all Germen colonies that of the Titanio, Lusitania, and they were built at a cost, he General S'ocum, or Princess believed, of two millions sterling, Alice.
Mr. Leasca continued:—
The Eastland was chartered to convey the employees of the
page they will be found
on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
OBITUARY.
Late Marquls Inouye.
London Begelred, September &
The King has sent a message to Ambassador Inouye sy pathising with him on the death
On the main questions, says the
Prolamor, he spoke perfectly
*PEEMBER 6, 1915,
URCENT
!:
frankly." I asked, os what side TO SKILLED MEN IN THE ENGINEERING AND KINDRED TRADES
Germany could hope for any deciding succeÉE. He admitted it once that no such point of hy kind that Napoleon used to look for, was to be found on any eide, and he maintained that from the outset, both militarily and politically, Garmany was fighting purely defensive war, of course by frequent counteroffensiven. In that case, I suggested, Ger many could only have peace by our offering it, that is, by our getting tired of the war; and aurely it was unfortunate that
In the light of what has sub- Western Electric Company equently happened you will pro large firm in Chicago-lobably say that it was a very bad Michigan City on the annus investment, but you would be beanfeast." Drawn up at the mistaken. You will remember Clarke street pier of the Chicago that this country declared war on of his father. river the bast was boarded by a Germany at midnight on August Thelete Marquis Kaoru Inouye: huge crowd till it was filled to 4 last. At 5 o'clock in the after..0.MG., was born in Yamaguchi ite utmost capacity, many of the noon of Angust 4 Germany gent province in 1835. He teose pasasnqera teing the wives, ont a memage to all its wireless Minister of Foreign Affaire ip ohildren, and sweethearts of the stations, and each station sent out 1885, and was subsequently Mini.be bad. all of us against her at
excursion to sea, covering a radius of some-ster of Agriculture and Com- steamers are very high in the thing like 2,000 miles or more, a merco. Minister of Home Affairs,
workmen. These
water, with promenade decks, and as their draught is not deep they are at the best only fairweather craft. The ran across the end of Lake Michigan to Michigan City is under forty miles and affords a delightful trip,
message to this effect:---
"War declared upon England. Make as quickly as you can for a neutral port."
By that mesange, which_oc- The hoge crowd which pushed cupied but a few minutes, Ger- its way over the landing stage to many contrived to save the greater which the Eastland was moored part of its mercantile marine. I seems to bave caused some anxiety it had but eaved one of its big to these in charge of the boat, for ships, the Vaterland, or any one orders were given for the gong-of that class, it would have paid ways to be closed and for the for the whole cost of these wire- overflow of passengere to be less stations. We all know that accommodated on a relief vessel, it did a great deal more than that, By this time, however, the human and it did a great deal more than freight on the Estland we too send this message to its mer- great for the tost, which begau cantile marine, But I do not to list towards the river. It is not think I am permitted to go farther blear exactly what happened, but or to tell you any more then -iis certain that the hawaere have told you.
holding the boat to the plor part éd the Eastland turned slowly onits side and drifted out into the fair way of the river.
I
and Minister Plenipotentiary of Korea, His eon has been Japanese Ambassador in London since 1913.]
[The following telegrams ap peared in our apra'al edition of yesterday:
PARIS INUNDATED.
RAILWAYS INTERRUPTED.
Received September 5.
city
once.
A Restless Person.
In 'raply he reminded me of the German word Streber, which means a restless, pushing person, who is always disturbing and annoying others. Economically, he said, the struggle for life in Germany had become almost im pcesible, of which he himself bed een mapy instancer.
Some outlet was essential, and this England and the other PowerE bad united to prevent. 1 said that for us English the issue waS wheiher Germany should have | things which we at present por
A meseage from Paris asysses, and that we wore not likely that floods from the Murgis Moun to give them up without fighting. He quite accepted this, Germany, tains have inundated the he said, was like the troublesome and interrupted the railways boy of the school, who was dis There are 13 dead and many satisfied and had a grievance, iajared.
and was always making things unpleasant for all tho rest, so that there was no wonder if he' was not likod. I suggested that this went too far, if his own old Allies, anob as Italy, turned against him. Hoexpressed a natural resentment against Italy, and said that any how right was on the side of Ger- many, who would continue to defend herself to the end.
“RANJI'S" GUN ACCIDENT.
LOSES BYE.
Received September 5.
Those on deok were shot into the water, which was soon dottod of the boat's officers, the captain with people struggling for their and mate. These have been taken lives. They, as all events, had a into custody.
It has now been learned for the obance to save themselves, but bandreds who were between decke (first time that the Esetland had
The Jam of Nawanagar has were oxught as in a trap. They given evidence of "crankiness" on been operated on, but the ear were quite unable to help them at least one other occasion, and had salves, and when help arrived it nearly capsized. The boat was a geons were unable to save his eye. He is progressing favour- was too late. Tage were soon on tool constraction 300 ft long ably and hopes to return to the the scene with workmen, who, by The entire crew awam ashore. front in about a fortnight. catting holes in the side of the The steam boat inspector is in- hall, were able to rescue a few vestigating a report that water survivors, but the majority of the bodies brought out were thoss of the dead. All day Saturday on board so that more passengere willing helpore worked with could be carried. Another theory feverish speed, and tug loads of bodies were conveyed ashore be carried to the morgue for identification.
Torrible Scenes.
ballast had been pumped from the bold on the passengers wont
A BRAVE ENGLISH NURSE.
is that the vessel stuck in the Dutch Story of How She Rescued
mad and failed to free herself
a Wounded Soldier.
when the engines atarted, causing Amsterdam, July 23 (received
No Hope of Successful Issue. I answered that we might dis- agree as to the question of right, but that I could not understand how any successful issue could be hoped for under such con- of my ditione. He opinion, and twice spoke of the war as a "ostastrophe." I asked, then, why Germany should persist in a policy which had
her to list, and that the large July 27). The correspondent obviously, especially in the caED erowd on board increased this of the Algemeen Handelsblad, of Italy, proved to be a misguided teodenoy so that she could not in a letter from the English one; we all felt admiration for A message sent on the evening right herself.
frontier," tells the following the magnificent fighting power of of the fateful day says: Five Daring the investigation into story of an English nurse: the German Army, which might hundred bodies have already been the disaster a member of the crow "After the terrible life at the have dealt successfully with ne recovered, mainly from the enb-stated this afternoon that he front I was now for from the separately; but it had been set an merged hail through holes cat in passed the tow lineover to the tog- trenches, and I was walking impossible tack. the side of the vease!. The aconee boat, which immediately began along a sunken road when, He replied that England had were heartrending when the to tow before the hawser of the rounding a curve, I and a long experience and that policy vessel began to go over. Those steamer had been cast off from denly saw a bent figure slowly with her was well thought out; on the decks managed in many the pier, with the result that the moving forward. It had a strange Germany had only some forly cases to clamber to the exposed haweer broke and the Estland appearsace. Could it be a human years of a united existence behind side, whence they were rezaned capsized. This statement was, bing? Iborried us, and as I came her, and the policy which had led by pasaing craft, but there was however, denied by the engineer nearer I could see what the strange to "the catastrophe" opuld not, no chance for those in the cabins, of the lagbost.
form W38. At first I stood as a policy, be defended. mainly women and children. The The total number of perrons on speechless. I saw a girl of not I asked whether it was likely firemen who superintended the re-heard the excursion steamer was more than 23 years of age carry to be changed, and to this. I moval of the bodies found them 2,572, of whom 762 were reconed, ing on her shoulders a young neither expected nor got any piled one on another in the cabine and 1.810 are dead or missing. English infantryman. The young answer. But it was interesting like bales of merchandise, indicat The badies eo for recovered num man had been shot through the that, in spite of the great accesses ing apparently that the victims ber 889, and in the majority of shoulder, and after a preliminary in Western Galicis, be denoribed mude a simultaneous rush towards cases are those of women or dressing of the wound he had the present mood of the army 48 the exits, as in the Inqcois Theatre children. One of the divers en been told to go to the nearest field noibing like the first great out- fire a few years ago, where hun geged in connection with the hospital, but taking a wrong byret of enthusiasm at the begin- drede perished. Witnesses say it affair is said to have gone mad turning he and lost his way and ging of the war. we all over in fire minutes, owing to the terrible scenes. had wandered on along, lanes. The screams of the women were The authorities have started an and bypaths until the great stiffed in the rask of water. . investigation, and some 30 arrests loss of blood he had suffered The bodies were, removed have been made, it being alleged and the fatigue of his long walt
I was later given an opportunity sahore in tugboat loads, whenon that the Eastland had shown were too mudir for him, and he of examining a German private (s they were conveyed in wagons to herself unseaworthy before. willapasd and fainted..
Banoverian),"captured because he the morgue. An inspection shows, Great disasters to "exonraion | "In this state the young woman was saleep when the RamÍAZE that many of the women's faces steamboats were those of the abe was an Englich nur sirmed his trenches. Food, he were soratobed, and their olothes Princess Alice, sunk in the Thames accidentally found him. As it said, was poor in Galicia; all the Lorn, testifying to a desparate in September, 1878, when between was at least half an hour's walk soldiers were for peace, and there struggle. After the first 500 bodies 60 and 700 p pas lost their to the nearest field hospital, she was the same refrain in all the had been removed diverecontinued lives, and the Leneral Blocum, decided to carry bum there. The letters received from home. Ho to explore the interior of the ven- which caught fire at Long Island brave and resolute girl readily had been on the Western front sel, discovering many more bodies. Sound, East River, New York, in accepted my assistance. We utilayer Rasime, and had made the They attached ropes to them, and June, 1904, when over 1,000 ised my overcoat as a streiclier, railway journey to Neu-Sandee in so pulled them out. The explana- perished. Other great disasters and thus we carried our wounded five days. He spoke with especial lion that people had crowded on which will be readily recalled are man together to the hospital. After respect of the first British troops, one side of the vessel, causing the the Titanic (1,634 lives lost), roosiving astisfactory report of the Rain field artillery, and versal to upset, was regarded as Empress of Ireland (over 1,000), from the doctor, the young girl of the accuracy of the French unsatisfactory by the municipal and Lusitanie (1,120);
proceeded once moke on her walk, heavy artillery. whoordered the arreat
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