1912-03-04 — Page 7

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1912.

BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH BY

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THE PEKING

RIOTS.

TERRIBLE DEVELOP.

MENT

RE

(Wah Tas Fat Po'a Serosos.)-

The representatives sent to Peking

to escort Yuan Shib-ket to Nanking

are quite saf, though their baggage has (Beuter'a Service to the China Marl) been stolen by the mutineers

THE DAMAGE"

Reuters Service to the China Mail)

Lossos, March 2.

The losses so far are estimated at 30 Reuter's correspondant at Peking million, taels, and Manchus are said to aays a detaciment of artillery marched be mostly affected. to Duke Kasi's palace to-day, shelled the gate, lootad extensively and burned

A portion of the palace.

Prigners

FRENCH MISSIONARY, RE- PORTED KILLED.

Logpow Maruh

Me Asquith, in his speech before the Miners Federation," said the Glow ment had amsidered the question with out class or party bins, and did not intend that what they believed to be a dwindling minority of employers should uduly delay the attainment of the object gat which he believed the miners properly declared that Mr to the miners on submitted to them:

are being summarily. It is reported that a Franch mis decaplisted on the outskirts of the city sionary has been killed by the muti-This message was delayed in transmision]omething importan and many beadless bodies are lying in nears at Pacting-fu. "the streets."

Civilians are aiming themaivas, barriading their premises, nad erecting grates across the streets.

The British railway guards are pro- tecting women and children. The mutineers looted and burned the rail-

[Nota-Other telegrams, from Chinese soro confirm the details wired by Renter. [SED. GM.}.

-PAYING THE COST.

`ITALY'S WAR LOSSES.

A FAIR DAYS WORK“? It is stated at Cardiff that the reseon for the suspension of the negotiations to enable the men'e delegates to obtain the views of the chatricta on the subject of the guarantees för a fair day's work, Mr Asquith insisting that this difficulty

proceeding with the Bill.

way mation, and robbed the passengers (Beuler's Service to the China Mail be met in a satisfactory manner before

It appears that the Northern Chinese Army combined in the pillaging, be- leving that the arrival of the Delegates from Shanghai and Nanking meant the dikmissal of the Northern troops..

Laos, March 4. Reatar's correspondent at Home tele- graphs that the Italian losses since the beginning of the war with Turkey have It is now ascertained that the muti-been 536 dead and 394 missing. meer on Thursday looted the Foreign

· Ofies itselt.

The populace has been notified that persons in the streets after sight o'clock -at night will be shot.

com.

YUAN'S BIGRETS. Yoon Shib-kni hos sont a munique to the foreign residents ro gretting the disturbances, which, he said, were unexpected, and added that every precaution would be taken to prevent their recurrence.

A FRESH OUTBREAK.

MI..

LONDON March. 3. There was a serious recrudescence of the disturbanco on Saturday morn Ing, particularly in the western part of the City. Whole streets were looted and there were many free.

Matineers from Pekin, reinforced by soldiers, losted Posting-fu and barned large arons"

Other bodies, looted Fengtai and Tungpingla.

THE MEXICO TROUBLES,

"AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

nok been published..

(would mak

the country

MIN

HEAVY FIGHTING IN MOROCCO

ORDERLY STRIKERS. (Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

Lomon, March 2. Telegrams from the belfields show

Reater's correspondent at Casablanca that the strikers are most orderly, and reports that the French troops were the belief is prevalent that the strike heavily engaged with the rebellions will not be pralanged; the coal-owners

tribesmen at Sukelarba Many were are not so optimistic.

left dead on the casualties were wounded.

PARALYSIS.

An instance of the paralysis already LONDON, March 3. Reuter's correspondent at Washing-affecting trade, is provided by the fact ton reports that President Taft, in that 20,000 workers were thrown idle at proclamation, urges Americans to ab. Glasgow yesterday and 10,000 ship serve nentrality in Mexico, and builders on the Clyde will be rendered instructs acers to use their almost idle in a week's time. diligence to prevent violations, and to bring offenders to justice,

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, March- 3.

Scotland beat. Walas by one goal to ail in the international" association football match at Edinburgh..

#

THE EX-SHAH

The delegates from Nanking have Belegraphed to General Yuan-heng (Reuter's Service to the China Mail) to take the Republican Army to Peking

London, March 3. 40 restore order,

A train-load of Paoting-fu mutineers tarted for Peking on Saturday. The tailway authorities blew up a bridge, and the loyal troops killed many fleeing

Innocents in mistake for looters.

FOREIGN ACTION.

At a meeting of the Foreign Mini-

sters, partly as a result of a request by

abad and damage to property, the --Ministers decided to bring in all avail

A91. Petersburg telegram states that the ex-Ebah of Persis is proceeding to Baku on a Russian ship."

The Persian Government has granted him a pension of £7.500 sterling.

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SCOTTIST IRON COMBINE.

Tang Ehao-yi to prevent farther blood-(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

London, March 2. The Times states that thirteen Scottish iron companies have amalga. About one thousand troops of vari-mated under the title of the Scottish que nationalities were expected to Iron and Steel Company. It has reach Peking yesterday.

capital of £1,000,000.

able troops from adjacent ports."

LATER

A Japanese battleship has boan ordered to Taku to establish wireless sommunication with the Italian station at Fiking.

LATER,

THE SUFFRAGETTE RAID.

A SERIOUS ATTAIR

"NOT IN A HURRY.

killed and 30

Speed The French

AVIATION FEATS.

A NARROW ESCAPE.

(Reuters Service to the China Mask)

LONDON, March Mr W. E. Harvey, Labour M.P. for

Reuter's correspondent at St. Louis. Derbrabite in an intervieweegraphs that Captain Berry ascended declared-We are not in a hurry like as a passenger on a biplane to a height the railwaymen. The atriks will con- of 1,500 feet and jumped out with a

tinue for a considerable time,"

COAL SEIZED.

parachute. His dropped about 300 feet before the parachute offered. Then be slowly descended to the earth, which he reached unharmed:

The price of bunker cool at some At Pau the aviator Paal Vedrines of the Continental ports has doubled. monoplaned 1611 kilometres in an hour.

The Great Central Railway bes réfus. This constitutes a record- ed to give up coal in taasit at Sheffield declaring that it has statutory powars to seize it for its own purposes

SECOND THOUGHTS.

The Radical papers, which yesterday were acclaiming the victory of the mes, to-day roaden their great mistake in not accepting the compromise where by they were the gainers, and declare that they are acting with a disregard of national interests.

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The effect of the strike is daily widen- | "The Mestinh" will be given at 9.15 p.m. ing. Tens of thonmads are being thrown Practices will be held in the Cothedral at idle, the industries at the docks and the 6.15 p.m. on sach Thursday in March and steam trawlers being especially affected. Mr Denman: Fuller will be glad to har Food prices are rising and from those, willing to help without dals

The strikers are showing an excellent law-abiding spirit, and in some districts they have passed resolutions thanking the authorities for not sending extra police and assuring them of their desire

Martial law is in operation. All is quiet in the vicinity of the Legations, (Reuter's Bervice to the China Mail.) to keep the peace...

but cannonading continges in the direction of Fargiai, with which city communication is cut off......

The Legations are preparing for a 1:ga..

3,000 FOREIGN TROOPS ARRIVÉE.

LATER, Router's Peking correspondent wires that the populace is reassured by the

LONDON, March 2, Details of the Suffragette raid show that, armed with hammers concealed in their reticales, the women simultaneous ly assailed the windows in the leading streets in the West End at the busiest time of the evening. The shopkeepers and police had no time to put up a defence, and damage amounting w thousands of pounds was done,

Mrs Pankhurst motored to Mr As-

REPENTANCE AT LEISURE.

The speeches and interviews of number of the Englishman's leaders ins dicate the feeling of the men that it was [B mistake to reject the

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Mr John Williams, Labour MP for

presence of 3,000 foreign troops in the quita's residence and broke the windows Gower, Glamorganshire, in the cours

a speech in West Wales, mid Arrests to the number of 115 were ed a settlement of the strike on the

inst on mutually satisfactory lines.

with stores.

farther disturbances”-

*are made,

PRINCE CHING ILL

LATER Mrs Pankhurst and other suffragette leaders have been sentenced to imprison

Frinça. Ching is lying ill at the ment, mosily to two months. French Hospital.

"AUTHORITIES FEAR

HOLDIERS

The police estimated the dar Over £5,000.

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