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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1912.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

THE REVOLUTION.

FUNDS FOR IMPERIALISTS. (Renter's Sercive to the China Mail)

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LONDON, Jan: 3. Teater's Peking correspondent statea that. Yuan Shih Kai has obtained threo million tafs from the Empress Dowiger.

SUN YAT SEN'S PROMISE.

(Wah Tez Yat Fo's Service)

Suascita, Jav. 2.

Sun Yat Sen has wire to Iyer Shih Kai to the effect that, if he will come over to the Republiena party he (Sup) would vacate the post of President in

bis favour.

THE NEW PRESIDENT.

[COPYRIGIT]

H.M.S. CRION.

(Reuter's Service to the Chins Ma2.) Loytoy, Jan. 3. #MS. Orion has been comarissioned Fat Portsmouth.

INDIAN ROYAL "VISIT.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

Losmos, Jan. 3.

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THE MERCANTILE MARINE

**A YEAR OF REVOLUTION."

{Bruter's Sirvias to the China Mail) LONDON, Jan. 2

Mr. Tom Mon, in the course of a speech in London, said the time bad come to demand a reduction of hours in

the mercantile marine. This was only obuiable by action at the parts. The Renter's Calcutta correspondent states pasport workers were already organis that Their Majesties attended a granting, and this would be a year of re parade of troops to commercorate the assumption of the title of Empress of India by her late Majesty Queen Victoris.

Enormous crowds gave the Royal [· visitors a great ovation.

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volution,..

THE HEROES OF PEACE.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PONGKONG YOQTBS.

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[To, the Bilior, of the "Chin MALARE INVITED Sta.—It was not a vozy odifying sight |

that wet may ayos last over, nor ure TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR the sounds very pleasant to the ent

saw two soldiers running forgear life, and

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after them great, grid of youth CIRCULATING

Clinome,-with-a-low-spinionisterspersed..

It was said that the soldiers were "eegored with blokk" I cannot vouch for this ¡I] show also “Chindwoma workman net ton

wail dressed--who had a gash somewhere in his head, or ferohend," "for, theron wand blood over his face. The crowd said that the two soldiers, for some reason or stoor,

had struck tho Chinese workman, and hence the uproar. I saw one Chinese policeman amidst this massed crowd. By the way, the whole episode was down in

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Sun Yat Sen left by special train for THE COTTON DISPUTE. Reuters Service to the China Mail.) overything would by quite orderly, whiths kong currency, for every change WILLIAM BRIGGS

Nanking on December 31st: On arrival he was warmly received.

PRICE ON REBELS' HEADS.

Princo Taal Hsun and Tsai Teo are maid to be affaring-big sums for the Leads of Wong Hing, Ww Ting Fang and Wan Chung Yao,

It is reported that scores of assassins bars left. Peking, and that some men bave been arrested on suspicion at War Chun Tao's residence.

·RAISING FUNDS.

When being entertained at the Kwong

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· (Beuter's Service to the China Mail)|

Leston, Jan. 3.

The North East Lancashire Many-savers. facturers Association agrees to meet Sir

Askwith to-morrow to disenes the situation, but has decided to announce, its fixed determination to adhere to the present position.

A BLACK OUTLOOK.

TINIEL.

LONDON, Jan. 2.

FRENCH OFFICER'S

the men that unforce the faw, wery pro-

Hilda Lewways, by Arnold Bennett Under Western Sales by Joseph Conrad. The Sagglers, by S. R. Crocketr. The Ealing Mircle, by Homes W. C.

Nuwte.

The Rajah by F. E. Peny. Queen of All Hearts, hy E. C. Scott. As Hows the River, by Mrs Fred Reynolds For Henry and Navarre, by Dorothen

Conyers

The King has instituted a refer sent. This one the man, was of course, meritorious service among rocket life-shelled asuless in the mist of the mandoned. Chinese youths who surged mand about him. What became of two men who were accused, "of the deedy 1 did not see, but evident'y they. managed to oecape. Meanwhile 1 another forarger, running down the side streat that uns down from Quyen'a Road, to the brothels, and he dashed inan the midst of this immense crowd, and began to harangue the excited people. And, strange to say hid word, spoken in Chinese, did more to ease down nuttars in two The Fruitful Vine, by Robert Hichens.

The Song of Renny, by Maurias Hewlett, of the solitary policeman were jeered

in the Cagni, by Madame Albanai.

ESCAPE.

{{Benter's Service to the China Mail)

London, Jan. 2

Captain Lux, who effected his escape The Blackburn Trades Council, which from the German fortress & Glatz, where is affiliated to 53 ieties, has decided he had been imprisoned for espionage, to recommend special lovies on behalf has arrived at Paris via Switzerined

The Case of Richard Heynell, by Mrs Valer Eastern Skies, by Olive Tempest.

Humphrey Wards_ A King of Vagabonds by Beth Ellis. Follycoly. I Edgar Tepsin.

minutes that everything else. The efforts Rovaru by George A. Birmingham

Ein Club ( elab for Cantonese) of the operatives who are locked out. He will be received by the Minister of at, and indest he was afraid to try A Sentimental Cynic, by Will Wastrop.

Yat Sen declared that he intended borrowing from his rich fellow-country me a sum of 600,000 taels, bearing Interest, for the use of the new Govern- ment. Next day 70,000 mails were pro-, mised:

SUN YAT SEY'S INTENTIONS.

and they will ask the Federation of Trades Unious to convene a special con- ference to consider the sympathetic stoppage of all trades.

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.

(Reuter's Bees to the China Mail)

London, Jan. 2

Wong Ting, military officers and re- presentatives of the various Provinces, Deuter's mondent at Christ ambering altogether some 5.000, re- church wires playing for the Davis eived Sun Yat Sen or Vanking. Sunternational. 3. Tennia Cup, Brookes Land Dunlop (Alia) beat Wrightand swore that the Ching drasty must be McLoughlin (Aica) by 04, 57, 7/6, destroyar and asserted that when order G/4 is restored in the Empire he will resign the of President.

FOST

THE NEW CALENDAR

The new Republican Government has. declared that the European calendar should be nempted, but the people of Shanghai object to the change.

CANTOV'S EX-VICEROY.

Sunshine faved the match and the attendance warge. The spectators were most. eulutie at the victory the Australiasin

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY,

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War.

STORY OF THE ESCAPE.“ -

Losnos, Jan. 3.

Renter's Paris correspondent wires that it has been announced that the Minister for War, before receiving Capt. Lax, ascertained that he was not guilty of espoinage. He was not on parole at the time, indeed he was, guarded by sentinels armed with hall cartridge. He forced two doors filed through bars, climbed a high wall, crossed a ditch and escaped in a motor ear: "He says there was no complicity by Germans, but tant an Englishman made a rope from string used in fastening newspapers and that he received books wherein were con cealed files and nicey.

LATER,

Capt Lux not to attend any fetes or The military authorities have ordered

LONDON, Jun. 2.

receptions or to accept any fand started in his honour.

Reuter's Sydney correspondent states that the University there has created Chang Ming Chi, Inta Viceroy of Can-three new Chairs-Politics Economy "tou, who is,nów íù'Japan, has wired to and Commerce, Botany and Applied

Hain Caun Hsun saking him to come to Chemistry. Japan. It is believed that they are to discuss political affairs.

P. AND O. ACTIVITY.

TANG SHAO VI RESIGNS.

| (Router's Service to the China Mail.) SHANGHAI, Jan. 3.

LONDON, Jan. 2. Yoon Shih Kni has accepted Taog Theo Yi's resignation from the position of delegate in thell Peace Conference. Henceforth the negotiations between Yaan Shih Kai and Wa Ting Fang will be conducted directly, but it is feared that they will now fail. Tang has been Kakoista join the Republican party.

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EMPRESS DOWAGER'S. GIFT.

The Emne Dowager has agreed to give three million tnels to the Imperial fighting cause in case the peace negotia tions' fail.

TROUBLE IN KANSU.

Lanchow, the capital of Kansu, has declared for independence.

The Lahchaw troops hava notißel the Logations that they intend attacking Peking and have askerl that the Powers

remain nathal

THE N"W CABINET-

It is reported that the now Cabinet

will be constituted as follows:-

Wane Hinz.......Premier.

WH Tirane....Freign Minister, Chen Sui Ching Military

Ching Pik Kyong. Yural,

Tone Sin Chin... ..Civil. Chan Kim To.........Finuncial, Chang Hin

Agriculture,

In-

dustry and Com-

merce.

Wong Chang Wai..Justice. Choy Yas Pui.....Education.

After the Provinces have received the proclamation of the now Government the Powers will be notified."

SIBERIAN ROUTE

THREATENED.

LONDON, Jan. 3.: Router's Peking correspondent states that 700 soldiers who are guarding the Loachow Arsenal bave matinied, and it is feared that they will hold up traffic on the Siberian Railway

A DOOMED SPORT.

(Reuter'e Service to the China fail)

THE TEST MATCH.

force. Being a bysingler, I was not ap-Chn Mau put. Asümler, by Lady Napier of posed to understand what the foreigner The Earthen Drain, by E. S. Stevens,

Magdala. was saying. But evidently he was desper All Awry, by Maude Annesley. ately in earnest. He had not spoken word The First Bon, by R. Murray Hilchrist, than a few sentences when the attitude of The Hidden Firkway, by Florenen Bone. the mob changed, ant soon I heard the Destiny, by Alice nad Cavalo Aska..

Wife to

Peter, by Lacise Mach aging "San, Han," which, afterwards Brule Lorraine. by Mrs Alilue Rae. fund, meant "Lesus go." "We had bet. The Enotions of Martha, by Constanta ter disperse. The foreigner who hatngred Sulley. the mob offered the man whose head was cut open some money, but he right.. eously refused to receive it. 1 thought in y unosency that he was to hopest, and would not take any hing. I found

afterwards that the sun was not deemed

large enough, and he hoped for store! Presently, when the foreigner went away, the man went after him, and then the foreigner was sympathetic sauugh to give him the silver, though it, was no husiTKINS of bis.

It may he thing hạ that this is a long

been erry serious talo niut next to nothing Perhaps it is, and perhaps it is no. But it might have There were Chinese

enough there is that cross to do nich prised had they, gun for anything at hand, 1. on the slightest provocation,

dame, and I should not have been sursi

Now, what surprised me was that the licensing authorities should allow two spirit shops to be opened at the very en- trance of the laue where these things were sans said that the two

(Reuter's Service to the "China Mail.) occurring. Some pers and this is not

LONDON, Jub. 2.

In cool weather and a gusty wind the match between M.0.0. ood Australia was In shipping circles the topic of dis resumed to-day before a largeqttendance. which is regarded as evidence that the night, and a shower delayed the start, cumion is the new P. and 0. steamer, The weather had been showery over Company intends to maintain its position Australis made 268 for eight wickets in on the Cape route no matter what is the outcome of the Royal Mail and Union their second ventre, Armstrong hoing Castle negotiations. It is thought responsible for 50 runs. Frchable that the P. and O, will make an annouacement shortly of far-reaching importance to the colonial shipping Irade.

SEQUEL TO RAILWAY DISPUTE.

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POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.

"LLOYD GEORGE THE FIRST.' (Reuter's Service to the Ching Mail.)

LONDOS, Jan. 2.

INCREASED FARES, (Hauler's Service to the Ching Mail)

The Rev. Dr. Clifford," in the coures of a New Year's address in his chapel Londoo, Jan. 2.

in London, said the Government was The railway companies have ushered in the New Year by making increnses of experiencing a new birth. He remark from 2 to 10 per cent. on excursion,ed:--Think what it was in the days of wekend and son ticket fares in George the Third, then look at it in the to meet the concessions to the day of another king Lloyd George the railwayson.

A Conference has been arranged to be held at Salford on the 28th inst...to

First,"

soldiers had been impossible. Anyway, why should there be then drinking shops in this section of the town! If these places are pleacly serati- nized it will be found that the stock-in- trade contains little more than various

the Authorities allow the Chinese to open drinks, and probably of not the highest order. But whether good or bad, why do these spirit shops, inter which men nugg and teatror with would be a good thing for the Colony at least think so. But then I am nobody.-Yours, etc.

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strong

RAILWAY COMPLAINTS.

.com (To the Editor of the "Oras Ma Sir, I har's road "with tonsiderable interest the correspondenci between Me

Lanrenes Gibbs and the Government re- garding the irregularities in rospect of the timing of the trains and sate the respon siblity of railway officials for the safe complaint I will rolate here a trnasib of goods. In support of Mr Gibla2 perience that befel myself while

to Tai-po by the 11.10 train from Kowloon. ticularly pet ent, of ning possessing I put, st Kowloon, in the dog's box that extmordinary phenomenon having o tails, but on arrival at

to my rprize that the cat had la tone of her two tails 1 Naturally I was indignant and called upon blway officials in charge“ to end me the mising apiarage but, of

consider a scheme for the fusion of four THE WHITE CLIFFS OF course, without redre-s. Needles Bay,

railwaymen's unions. A committee of exedutiva uries the neemnity of com mos ense against their enemies the non-unionists, the Government and the Companies.

THE NEW YEAR HONOURS.

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FURTHER DETAILS.

LONDON, Jan. 2.

ENGLAND...

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BIG LANDSLIP.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LOSTOR, Jan. 2.

A great landslip occurred, on the his toric white cliffs between Dover and Folkatone, the nnise heing heard for mile The debris, which extended a

(Reuters Service to the China Mail.quarter of a mile seawards, caused a Among the New Year Honoura additidal wave. The vessels at Folkstone tion to those already rotifed, were the broke from their roarings, and for a following-

little time there was considerable alarm,

The Right Hon Mr R. L. Borden, Premier of Cadada, to be Privy Council lor.

Mr G. V. Fiddes, Under Secretary for Colonies, to be K.OMG.

Mr H. A. Byatt, Commissioner to Somaliland, to be C.M.G.

be Honorary O.M.G."

Balimbinkhalfa Liwali of Mombassa to

THAMES SHIP. BUILDING.

(Reuters Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, Jan. 2.

Bir G. R. Lo Huote, Covamor of The Receiver appointed for the Trinidad, to be Q.M.G.N

Bir Edward Stone, Lieut. Cloveroor

Thames Iron, Works and Shipbuilding

of Western Australia and Colonel John Company has written to Mr Winston Morrison Gibson, Governor of Ontario, Churchill stating that there is no need to be 0.M.G.' There are other Colonial for the interference of norther firms. Bonours, mostly Canadian and AnatraWe can start work immediately, be lion. T

Governor Carmichsel of Madras is Bays, under existing conditions, namely

an eight hours duỷ.***

nothi but publiainters fould have in duced me to use publicity to this tom- plaint. Arologising for making a demand"] t year valuable space. - 201, sir, your o' edirut mervanty ANG

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This Military League fixture was decided The result was a win for the R. E. by 4 at Happy Valley resterday afternoon. wickets and 91 runa Scures

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