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NO 12,780
AUGUST 16,
THURSDAY, 四拜疆: 號六十月八英港香
DRAMATIC ARREST OF DE VALERA,"
Troops Rush up and Surround Bim.
SHOTS CAUSE PANIC AMONGST HIS SÜPPORTERS.
(Reuter's · Service.j
London, August 15.
De Valera has settled the doubts whether he would participate
in the election, making his promised appearance at en open air meet-
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LINCHENG NOTE.
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Important. Chinese. Decisions.
FOREIGN SUPERVISION
NOT ACCEPTABLE. -
ARMS TRAFFIC.
Sensational Revelations
Possible.
ASSISTANT COMPRADORE
CHARGED.
Certain documents seized by
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MOTOR TRIALS.
A Splendid Entry.
Entries for the forthcoming motor car and éyolé trials, to be held under the joint auspices of the Hongkong Automobile As sociation and the Hongkong Tele- graph, closed yesterday. The ing at Ennie this afternoon. He drove up in an open dar, undisgule. Peking. August 15,-At a meet-
response has been even better ed, and was wildly welcomed by fifteen burdred people. De Valera ing held at the Waichiaopu the police of Hongkong and now that expected, the total anury for then surrendered to troops who arrived, and who walked him to yesterday, certain decisions replaced under examination by law care, solo cycles and cycle com- the barracke..
lative to the Linebeng Note were officers may reveal arms trabass-biashions totalling eighty. Sherdly alter De Valera began his speech, the crowd were filled reached for submission to the tions running into lakhs of dollars, Motor oycles lead in number. with constoration at the appearance of a detachment of Free State Cabinet. They were.-
This was stated by the polios in as was anticipated, but the entry of troops in an armoured car. The troops' surrounded the platform, and First.-Acceptance of the de-the case which came before Mr. cars is most encouraging, these the crowd shouted Up Do Valera." De Valera made a gesture to-mands for compensation.
C. D. Melbourne, at the Police totalling well over twenty. Full wards the military, afterwards collapsing on the platform, which was Second-Dismissal of the Court this morning, when U Man-detaile of the entries will be given crowded. The troops fired in the air, and a panic ensued, the crowd named officials to be postponed hon, 26, assistant compradore of in our Motoring Supplement on believing De Valera had been shot, but he rose and walked down the for consideration with the local Mesers. Dodwell and Company, Saturday, steps and surrendered to the troops, and was marched off. It afterwards authorities..
was charged with being in posses- transpired that five persons were injured in theshooting stampede, Third-The Government will sion of an automatic pistol and a do its utmost to prevents recur-revolver without permit from rence of such an outrage..... the Captain Superintendent of
Fourth Foreign supervison of Police, railway police guards cannot be
U Man-bo, who is connected acceded to, as it would be an with many well-known Chinese infringement of China's sovereign-businessman in this Colony, was ty-Reuter.
arrested on Tuseday evening in connection with the discovery of the arme in a safe in Messrs. Dod well's Compradore Department. He was cautioned against making pramature statement when charged before the Magistrate this
De Valers had been hiding for thirteen months, and was report ed at various times in many parts of Ireland, including Dublin, but it was popularly supposed his headquarters were at Limerick. He has brea interviewed, and regularly presided at the Second Dail, but these meetings were always secret. To-day was big Erst official public re-appearance.
London, August 15.
A Dublic official statement says that De Valera's share of responsibility for all that has happened in Ireland since the Treaty was signed has never been in doubt.. He now tries to shelter him. self behind a political campaign, but must take his place with his associates and dupes until such time as he and others can be releas ed without injury to public safety.
Pale and Trembling.
Dublin, August 14.
THE OPTIMISTS.
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Peking Cabinet's Reply morning, and advised to returo-a
to Powers.
plea of not guilty.
It appears that De Valera's collapse on the platform was due to
Mr. M.K. Lo appeared for the his fainti 2, as the result probably of a kick during the stampede.
defence. Mr. T.H King, A.S.P., only a priest, two women and some children accompanied the Peking, Aug. 15.-The Cabinet prosecuting for the police, applied prisoner, who was pale and trembling but held his bead Frect, to the yesterday discussed the Powers for a week's remand to enable barrack gater. Two wounded men ware subarquently treated at a Noto with reference to the the police to work out certain capital. Jen other persons, including a nine months old baby, were threatened war in Cekiang and cluse in connection with the case treated for culs and bruises. There is a strong local feeling that the Kiangsu, and decided to inform
Mr. Me:bouros Now, what arr st will assist De Valora's election.
the Powers that there was no about bul? danger of an outbreak of wan Beuter.
GENERAL SMUTS' GRAVE WARNING.
Europe. On Verge of Break Up.
Bloemfontein, August 14
In a speech, Premier Smuts, referring to the Ruhr, appealed to South Africa to stand in sympathy with Britain in her effort to save Europe from destruction. He exborted all nations to raily round- Britain and avert a world-wide disaster. The position was grave beyond warde. If America saw the European nations support Britain, he believed America would again rush to save the break up of Europe.theconerqueness of which might not be wiped out in acentuary.
THE NETHERLANDS INDIES.
Foreign Participation in Development.
The Hague, August 15,
The annual report of the Java Bank refers to the increasing interest of foreign business men in the Dutch East Indies, mentioning particularly the purebase of 35,499 acres, mostly of cultivated land, bs British concern. It says that while separation of the currency of the Indies, from the currency of Holland is desirable, it will not be in favour of Holland, because it would lead to increased financing of Dutch East Indian produce by London and New York.
RUM-RUNNERS HAVE A RESPITE.
Washington, "Ausust 15.
THE LATEST FRENCH SANCTION.
The A.S.P: sin iustruoted to opposé bail, your Worship.
Mr. Lo-As far as I have been enabled to understand, there is only one charge, and at con- KOREAN TIDAL WAVES. Derns the possession of tropicces
Hundreds of Lives Lost
of arms. I think one is a pistol and the other a revolver.At all events, your Worship, without Mr. King showing any extraordinary or special circumstance, I see no Seoul, August 15.-Disastrous reason why your Worship should tidal waves on the north-west rar extend ball. This does not coast of Koros swept away look extraordinarily serious: hundreds of houses and damaged Until a perfectly good reason is shipping.
forthcoming, I don't understand Hundreds of lives were. lost, wby opposition should be brought The latest unconfirmed reports forward against granting bail. dead.-Renter, state that over a thousand are There is only one other fact. If
Mr. King is not going to set up any extraordinary or special circumstance, I think I am YACHT "SHANGHAL" justified in informing your
Safe Arrival at Durban
(Our oum Correspondent).
Shanghai. Aug. 15.
Worship that the defendant is quite a well-known. man in this Colony and a respectable man, employed as assistantcompradore in Messrs. Dodwell and Com. DADY,
And that is the more ran-, son why your Worship should allow bail, especially if the police
The General Committee meets again to-morrow evening, when fasl details will be arranged and decisions come to regarding prizės. In this latter connection, bảnd- some silver cups have been pre- sented by the Asiatic Petroleum Company and the Standard Oil Company, in addition to the trophy recently promised by the Texas Oil Company, whilst the Automobile Association la also to present a prize for each event.
STEAMER ATTACKED.
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Extraordinary Incident Near Amoy.
Shanghai, Aug. 15. Four passengers on board the. steamer Feiying were killed and
injured and over 800 imprisoned for three days by the Fukión naval authorities when the ship passed Amoy recently, according to & report filed by the victims with the Fukien Guild
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FOR MOTORISTS.
Special Telegraph"
Supplement.
On Saturday, the Tele graph commencer a DeW weekly featurs to the form ofaepecial Motoring Supplement, copy of "which", will be presented gratis to all readers of the paper,"
This Supplement, whloh will appearevery Saturday, will be the offiolal örgan of the Hongkong Automobile Association. It will be freely illustated, and will contain much matter of interest both to car and oycle owners.
Included in the supple ment will be local morar notes and nowa, whilst arrangements have been made whereby questions on technical points as well as local motoring matters will be answered by a motorist who has had many years practical ek. perience in Hongkong.
Comprising four pages, the Supplement will be complete in itself and will bo of such a form as to be Convenient for filling. “We feel sure that motorists, in general will find much of interest in this publication, and members of the Auto- mobile Association lu particular are requested to consult it regularly for in- formation issued by that- organisation.
SUN'S AEROPLANES.
The report states that a launch approached the ship near King. men and scores of sailors boarded ber.
Shots were fired without any To Bombard Waichow City, warning and all the passengers" valuables were looted.
The pirates were formerly under the command of Yang Ti-chus, who is directly under the com- rand of Admiral Tu Shib-kwei.
One passenger was arrested and shot without tris'..
The Guild, yesterday,demanded a thorough investization by the Navy Ministry and Admiral Tu Shih-kwei-Daily Bulletin.
SUNNING RAILWAY.
Confiscation Order May be Cancelled.
recent order made by the Re-
A Canton visitor who arrived it Hongkong to-day informs us that according to official statements, Dr. Sun Yat-sen denies that there has been any defeat or retreat of. bis Army on the East River front It is added that Dr. Sun bas ordered the four aeroplanes recently built in Canton proceed to the front and for them to fly over Waichow and drop circulara ia the city, warning the populace to leave, as the place will be bombarded from land and the air.
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Our informant said it was reported that Dr. Sun, as well as the aeroplanes, will leave for the front to day.
Famon..De. Valera,
the Irish Republican Tolder, who has been dramaticall arrested by troops..
ROOSEVELT MEDALS.
The Roosevelt Memorial Asso ciation has presented madals.20 three persons who have distinge uished themselves by servICs in felds of particular concern to "Theodore Roosevelt. One award is made to Louisa Schuyler 'for helping women and children; a second goes to Prof. Osborn for his furtherance of the study of natural history, the third goes-to- Leonard Wood for, promoting the national defensa-Public Ledger.
TO-DAY.
Closing Exchange 2s. 3-1/160, Barometer 2 p.m. 29 70:
Temperature 2 p.m.
Humidity 2 p.m.
80
$9
High Tide 11.44 p.m. Low water 6.29 pm.
Lighting Up-Time, 6,54 pix.
News in To-day's New Advertisements.
It is announced that the general policy of the Government, which is against seizing rum-runners outside the three mile limit, will not be changed as a result of the Marion Mosher decision, A cable from Durban (South are going to ask for 4 week'e re.. cabled yesterday. Treasury officials state that the decision of the Africa) reports the arrival there maad, which would be a consider
As the situation on the North It is now reported that the River has again become serious, a Supreme Curt abou'd be awaited before operations be extended of the yacht "Shanghai" under able hardship for the man. There construction Bureau in Canton large number of Yunnanese The attention of members of beyond territorial waters, with
the white burges of the shanghai is no justification for a week's
for the seizure of the Sunning troops have been withdrawn from the Hongkong Automobile As- Yacht Club, The Fache sailed ren and only on the strength of Railway may be rescinded. It is the East River, to be despatched sociation is drawn to the notice for Copenhagen in March. carry that charge of possession of two
north. All the Cantonese forces on Page 4. ing & crew of six, three leaving pieces of arme, and therefore I stated that representatives of the least of Sheklung are, now on the her at Batavia. Those remaining ask your Worship to graut bail.
Members of the Royal Hong- Company have approached the defonsive.
kong Golf Club should read the authorities offering a certain sum are the kipper, Mr. A. Tag. His Worship referred this quos to have the order cancelled. Two
It is reported from Canton that notice on Page 4. Werson. Mr. H P. Yeaman and tion to Mr. King-prob Mr. E Haugelvud, who are pro The AS P., after a conversa.
lakhs was at first demanded, but the cruisers Yung Chang and Cho eeeding on the rest of the trip. tion with Mr. Los repeated what this was later reduced to half Yu have been instructed to anchor he had stated at the opening, that that amoun, following which the off the Cement Works, the head he was instructed oppose bail Company is said to have offered quarters of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, for They are nightly protection. $60,000, In view of this latest entirely. "This is on the ground offer, it is stated that a settlement using their searchlights. that in the defendant's possession were found certain documents is now in sight, which are now under examina- tion and consideration of the
Duerseldorf, August 15 The Commanding General has forbidden the circulation of all vesicles in the Duesseldorf bridgehead territory, except those carry- ing food and medicines, as a sauction for the bomb outrage againe French troops on the 4th. instant,
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-UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
Mexico City, August 15. The records of the conference between representatives of the United States and Mexico, embodying an agroomer tdesigned to enable the resumption of diplomatic relations, were signed this afternoon.
GERMAN PRISON STORMED BY MOB
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Berlin, August 15. 'A' message from. Hal states that a mob stormed the jail at Jeitz, smashed doors, opened the cells, and liberated all the prisoners.
ELECTIONEERING IN IRELAND.
London, August: 15. Eteht were wounded in a fight at an election meeting at Kiavara, on the Clara Galway border, in which revolvers were used.
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THE KEMMERER MINE, DISASTER.
Kemmerer, August 15 Ninety-five bodies have been brought up from the wrecked mine, lso a number of survivors.
SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING
London, August 15, The general level of wholesale prices in Britain fellano decimal eight per cent. during July,
'BAD ICE CREAM.
A Shanghai Surprise.
(Our Own Correspondent).
Shanghai, Aug. 16
defendant in consequence
of
INTERPORT, ROWING.
Hongkong Invited to Compete at Shanghai,
The sale of leasehold properties advertised by Lammert Brothers for the 17th. Inst has be postponed.-Page 4.
For sale by private treaty, valuable land on ses front at Kowloon.-Page 4.
To Loti Two centrally situated offices. Page 4.
Vacuum flasks at $1 95 each aro advertised by Whiteaway'oï Page 9.
Consignees are notified of the arrival of the 9.8. "West Chopaka" -Poge 4.
The e.. "Paris Maru" has also arrived at Hongkong with cargo,
law officers. It may be pos- not appear to Mr. Lo that sible there will be further the reason given by Mr. King proceedings taken against the was clear. The A. S. P. spoke of ments under which he hinted the discovery of certain docu- further charges might be brought Fo did not say that the bringing was a certainty. He mentioned Hongkong by Shanghai, through up of these additional charges An invitation has been sent to-Page: 4, only their possibility, and Mr. Lo the Shanghai Rowing Club, to su mitted that hie Worship should compete at an Interport rowing not take into consideration 1 meet to be held at Shanghai traneous circumstances which about the end of October. The might have no connection with Shanghai Rowing Club han cured many a business depressium. the charge at all The charge sent, similar invitations to Koba, they had to deal with was one Yokohama and Tientsin. of possession of two pieces!
A mild sensation was greated the discovery of those documents, by the publication, this morning which wore concerned with deal in the Municipal Gazette of a listings in erme running into lakhe caterers, including the Astor instructions I must. oppose bail of leading confectionery and of dollars. Ustil I have further House and Palace Hotels; from entirely.... which samples of ice cream ex- amined by the Municipal Labora tory were found "unfit for human consumption.
TYPHOON WARNING,
Mr. Lo said that the only charge which they were im mediately concerned with at the moment was the charge of pon Bession of two pieces of arme.
Hie Worship pointed out that the Ordinance under which the present case was brought em- powered the Court to impose a fice of $1,000 and one year's The telegram quoted below was imprisonment. He had refused received by the American Con- ball in similar cases, and it did not sulate-General, Hongkong, from appear to bim desirable, to grant of an am. to-day
the Manila Observatory" st. 11 bail in the present charge.
Mr. Lo said his submission was Typhoon in about 140 deg. that there must be some principle 12 Long. E 15 deg. Lat. N., moving on which his Worship should AN EASY YACHTING VICTORY.
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proceed in a consideration of the Rydo, August 15. 2. Typhoon in about 128 deg. merita of the application for bail Britain has won the British-American Yachting Cup by 129 Long, E, 17 deg. Lat. N., direction This principle must clear points to 86.
unknown.
reason for refusal. It did
PROPOSED GERMAN GOLD LOAN.
Berlin, August 15. The Reichstag has adopted the B 11 providing for the issue internal gold loan.
LISTEN.
Appreciation of advertising has
The Royal Hongkong Yacht The Persis Maru" has of arme, and on that Club desire it to be known that arrived with carpo-Page 4 charge he would ask for bail Mr. they will lend their premises and Lane, Crawford's have a selec Lo remarked that it was "mons facilities (boats, etc.) for training. tion of trophies suitable for the trous" because of mere and any rowing mep who might forthcoming motor trials-Page 6. possibility of other charges, be able to go to Shanghai can taka Mackintosh's have some special his Worship should refuse bai), part in the training there and will lines in English ties - Page 8 It was not alleged that the defen- be tried out,
A special attraction commences ant bad connection or participat. It is thought that Hongkong at the Star Theatre to-night--- ed in any armed robbery.
might not be able to arrange at Page 12. The Magistrate --Well, Mr. such comparatively short notice For ourrent cinema features Lo, I have to refuse bail at the to send away an eight, but should refer to Page 12, present time. You can make the manage a four. We trust that a While New York: Sleeps application Inter on The defen- strong local representation will in being screened at the World: dant is remanded for one week. Any case be possible
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