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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1913,

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. SECOND EDITION

[Beuter's Service to the China Mail.) (Router's Service to the China Mad.)

AN INTERESTING DIVORCE

CASE.

LONDON, Feb. 4.

The Divorce Court has granted Colonel Sir W. H. Manning, Gov. arnor of Jamaica, furmerly Governor

of Nyasaland, a divorce, subject to certain formalities, on the ground that his wife aloped with his Aide do Camp, Captain Evan Llawallyn.

The case was undefended. [NOTE:-Bis W. H. Manning married in 1910 Miss Clara Maudu Ross, only daughter of Mr C. J. Ros, Groveanor Street. May Lar, and Heatherdane, Bagshot, Surrey. ED. C. 3.1

THE "BANDITS" TRIAL.

A COLOSSAL INDICTMENT!

LONDON, Feb. 4. A telegram from Paris states that the trial of the Bandita" has been spaner. The Court was crowded, and there were 304 witaenses. The indict- ment occupied 100 pages, and the exhibits of the case formed a "perfect Armoury."

CHINA'S NEW LOAN.

RE-ORGANIZATION COM»

PLETED.

LONDON, Feb.

A telegram from Paking states that

the Loan Agreement with the Six Power Group has been cabled at B per cont. The re-organisation has been completed, and it is expected that the

agreement will be signed to-day:

The gold loan amounts o 23 millions sterling, of which the group advances two millions immediately, after which it is intended to issue bonds by an early data, but if the markets are unfavourable the Group will advance a further two millions in

February and three millions in March.

The price of the loan will be atx per cent below nominal value, the bonds of which will be issued is London at not less than 961 and in Paris at not less than 97.

COMMERCIAL BOON FROM

CANADA.

LONDON, Feb. 1.

A telegram from Ottawa dated Fob.

TURCO-BALKAN HOSTILITIES.announced that preference to British

THE PORTES PLAN..

LONDON, Feb. 3... A telegram from Constantinople atates that in order to rid itself of, the responsibility of the renewal of hostilities, the Porte has arilered the Aelegates to remain in London until the fighting is resumed. The trompe wil wait until the enemy fires first.

POWERS AND THE SITUATION.

The Berlin "Tageblatt" states that dermany advises Belgaria to show u conciliatory spirit, and to continue negotiations on the basis of Turkey's teply to the Powers. Great Britain and Franco informed Germany that they would give Turkey no pecuniary artistance until peace had been con- cluded. Germany replied that she would adopt the same course.

goods had been extended to products remaining in the Colonies from Depen dencies hitherto not enjoying that privilege and included the Malay States.

ABYSJINIAN KING DEAD.

LONDON, Feb. 3.

The African World" states that Adian Baba. Menelik of Abyssinia is dead and that his successor, Lidje Jeru entered the capital in great pomp,

HALL LINER ASHORE.

THREE PERSONS DROWNED,

LONDON, Feb. 3.

The Hall Line steamer Haddon Hall, which was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Cape, has gone ashore at France Saldana Bay, Cape Colony, in so exposed position. Three native searaes were drowned but the rest of the crow are reported safe.

Intimased to the Balkanites that it would he advisable for the delegates to remain in London and continue negotiations, even if hostilities were resumed, na had been done in the Terco-Italian war,

FOREIGN MINISTERS REPRE

·SENTATIONS.

LONDON. Fab. 4.

[NOTE. The Haddon Hall is a steel crew steamer of 4.177 tons router built at Palmer's Fard, Liverpool in 1885 Eb., C. M.]

INCREASE IN CHINA CAST OFFICERS' PAY.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

TAXING BIG INCOMES.

UNIPED STATES NEW LAW.

LONDON, Feb. #.

KWANGTUNG NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

BLOUSEHOLD. GODS THREATENED,

It is generally known that in the south- of China osob shop has within its precincta. two goda ki losal, and sometimes three or fear. The most conspicuous are the ged of "wealth, whose shrine is usually sẽ the doer of the shop, carved in granite, and a wooden tablet, on which is inscribed in bold outsine, the one character meaning "spirit". We sea that those household goda of long. aperstry are threatened with indifference A telegram from New York states or even extinction. From some netices we that in the Legislature three-fourths has seen in the native papata, there has of the States, the minimum required been some discussion as to whether there to amend the constitution, have apis any advantaggio berning incense to proved of the proposed Federal tax them sa aforetime, and some hare boldly on incomes of over $3,000 gold per hit upon the truth, that the whole thing is The new tax is expected to superstition, and, therefore, the cult is yield a hundred million dollars gold.unworthy of an intelligent and divilised

anium,

BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA."

DEFINING THE FRONTIER.

the offer.

nation. Indeed, the discumion some to have good further, and it has been decided in some cases at least to paint cror the the wooden tablet, and to ignore the god of: wealth at the doorway of the shops. It was curtain that this stage, would be

reached; it was a question sa to the hour.

Loxpos, Feb. 4. A telegram from Bukharest states that the offer made by Bulgari em

CHINESE XAW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS. bodied in the Protocol of January 20

The confusion into which things have is for the definition of a straight fallen as to the correct date for the New frontier extending from Silistria to Year's holiday is being felt all round. It Baltchik. The town of Silistria is was hardly to be expected, perhaps, that not included and is to remain in all the business people would be able to Bulgarian territory. It is not exchange things at once, at the bidding of a pected that Roumania will acceptes people at Poking, however laudable the change might ultimately become. This confusion has been falt specially in the educational esblishments in Canton, I will be remembered that the Minister of education ordered that the Government schouls should conform to the Government orders, and that the students should have their holidays at the now reckoning. This students, seeing at their friends were s of

ita drawbacks for the course had work as usual. It seams, however, that these students have no hope for any meros aduestion has just issued another odict, in during the coming days, The Minister of

HOSTILITIES RESUMED.

ADRIANOPLE BOMBARDED,

Losnos, Feb,' 4.

A telegram from Constantinople states that hostilities were resumed with the bombardment of Adrianople, and Chatalja, both beginning punctually an insignificant skirmish at

at seven o'clock yesterday evening.

THE COST AND THE TIME REQUIRED TO BUILD DREADNOUGHTS.

which he holds firmly to the orginal intan tion, and students are ordered to continue thair work through the coming week, as if there were so New Year's festival.

of

DIN URBKD BY THE ENENT OF THE PROVINCE.

SPIDOR

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It is obrinus that some of the more intelligent of the men of the province are The building of buttleships, owing to the distressed about the unsettled condition of uncensing rate of progress due to artillerints affairs, and the number of piratas and bri. and other creators of implements of war are beginning to ask questions and to discus

gands who

who seem to swarm averywhere. They involves not only steady advance in cost, in the papers as to what the comedy but, what is of equal importance; considor te. They point out that past experience able additions to the time required for scams to indicate that arrest and execution construction. When the Dreadnought was

seem to be to remedy, for as soÇA, ES UNO lot has been extirpated another is standing built in 1906 the Portsmouth Lockyard by, rendy to take the risk, and endanger achieved a great font by completing her their lives for the sake of the excitement

of such a life. Then i for commission in fourteen mouths from of ga

it in arge and it ems with some fare, that the the date of the issue of the order, and it o

sar Belequate poverty of the population is ar was then thought that two years would be explanation of the unfortunate state of ample time for the completion of a much poour people than the pop

affairs, for the province of

of Kwangsi capital ship. In comparatively fes Kwangtung, and yet there is not half so the population of stances has this result been attained, and

many outrages perpetrated. Of course it now it is being realised that with the in- might be replied that it the people creano in size, not only of the hull, but of are so much poorer, then there is not the inducament for robbers, - - whố will every unit of machinery, two and a half years naturally turn to the field where they should be allowed for the largest of ships, believe the beat booty exists It is expecially when, as at present, there is a interesting to nuties that the writary bare boom in merchant shipping, which keeps corae to the conclusion that the one the steel-melting furnaces and rolling-mills affairs is education. If the people are antidote for the present condition of abnormally busy in the production of better educated they will come to have a plates, bars, and angles. There is ever presense of shume developed in them, as they sent also the possibility of labour trouble. consider the things they have been wont to Mr Churchill will take a wise coarse, there- do, and this will deter them from it. How far this logic will actually harmonize with fore, if he arranges for the laying down of

the fncte, the ships of the programu of 1913-4 at a very early date. In justification of what we have said regarding the cost of ships

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PRESORIPTIONS ACCURATELY

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are Dergs, Patent Medicines, ac 624, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG,

s there will purhape I be divergence GREAT REDUCTIONS IN of view in regard to; there can be no difference of opinion as to the influence of education, and there can be no hesitation in believing that, though it may not be a A druiwe, sooobusing substantial in-and the tiae occupied, it is interesting to paseces for all the tile that now afflict the A pelegram from Constantinople census in the salazion of officers of the glance back at the advance in price since province, it will help forward the time states that in official quarters hope hare and cagine-rom Lepartments, the beginning of the Dreadnought period when these ills shall be appreciably abated, 20r been abandoned that a resumptions Missed by the morn! manager. We shall take only the case of the bull and and when men will really be ashamed to he prowling about the villages living upon of tha Chương. Harigation Company to the machinery, which exclades armour, gun, the industry of others, and perpetratin of hostilities will be presented. It is of the steamers, it is as fol- ordinance machinery, and torpedo fittings, deeds of violence, which in normal tim

(although all there have also advanced in even ravages would be ashamed of understood that the British and German | Lows —

perpetrating against their fellows, unless -Ministers have made urgent repre: We hard pleasure in, aming that the fast. Tag list of the continet Dread-here was a tribal war, and deeds to be

in longth avengod. antations to Sofia and the outenons of manages have carefully considered t e apnought ships was 490 (L. tham is eagerly awaited here. Moon-pier an ingresso of pay on their and 18,003 tons in displacement, with versole, and recognising that the side of urine propelling machinery of 23,000

tualities.

ATTACK ON THE PRISON AT TAUNG PA.

Hongkong, July 20, 1912,

THE COINING, CASE.

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At the Magistracy this afternoon further! Toung Fa in situated at the north of Can-evidence was heard by Mr. Hazelund in the esse in which four Chinese stand

some are notorious as leaders. It was do plant for making counterfeit ein. cided, therefore, to attack the prison, and Mr. Frank Browne, Government release some of these men, and so the nt Analyst, was called, and gave evidence tack was made and made apparently with

as to the component parts of the metals some success. A large number of lawless men, many of them being themselves rol. And chemicals found in the house "in bera, joined together, and armed them. Queen's Roid in which the defendante Balves with revolvers. They then heldly were arrusted. attacked the prison. The guards, whose

hile the Government is not neglecting waga Mercantile Marine has risense-power. The contract price for them, parhaps fifty miles or so frum the to take precautions to meet all ere-arrally since her increase rented in building of the hall and the propejling city. It is reported that ire prison has charged with making and uttering falso 150%, ngmen that she request for an increase machinery was well under 703,000. A lately been abnormally fall of prisoners, ex the thian casat is not untensouable sed each successive step was made in the size of whom many are brigands, and of these coinage, and with being in possession of that she migher moule asked for, which is of the ship, there was naturally an increase drtailed walew, shall come into force as in the cost, and now, for our intest ships, C00 ft. in length and 27,500 tons in dis- THE FUTURE OF ADRIANOPLE. | freea Janonay 1, 1912:

placement, the average estimats of cost by £18 the great shipbuilding firms of the country is 1,100,000. This represents only the 20 work undertaken by shipbuilder and marine

engineer. The increase is in part duc, of duty it was preserve order and protec: the course, to increased cost of labour and prison, seem to have tried their best to solicitor, said that these acids were used material, but the greater partion is owing stem the attack, but unsucessfully.. Many for a large variety of purposes, and they

So the attacking party managed to get into shop.. of them, it is said, were badly wounded, would be indispensable in a druggist's

A PULGARIAN CONCESSION.

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LONDON, Feb..3. Bulgaria bas expressed her willing- Sixth neux to agree to the appointment of a Caliph to represent Ottoman intereste

(31)zimeon.) SECOND OFFICERS,

Fira year's gervica

in Adrianople after the town is ceded Second" by Turkey.

LIBERAL "LAND PRO- GRAMME

A FORECAST:

Third Fourth

Filth

(Maximum)

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to the greater size of ships. If it took two

£13 years to accomplish work costing 675,000.

14 five years ago, a play time must be

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the prison, and set free twenty fur f the more important prisoners.

Witness, in reply to Mr. Davidson,

Sergt. Grant: Is it usual to. And these It is not re- 15 allowed for the earning of over 1,100,000 ported what happened to the rest. The things in a Chinese medicine shop ?—I 17 now. At the same time there is increased kang de,arted with their friends, but by do not think they are used in Chinese

this time other troops had been apprised of | medicine.

A sergeant interpreter at the Central

cost and time required for the gun.monthat hid occurred, and so s pugnait of

the party was arranged. This was soxac Palice Station produced translations of what successful, for they managed to re capture seven of the prisoners who had the statements made by the defendants got clear away, and at the time of writing beau liberated. The remainder, bowever, when charged,"

The case had not concluded when we went to pross.

To the engineers of the Company, then by reason of the greater power of the fellowing circalar has been addressel. guns, and also for the armour because of The managers have carefully considered the duration of the heat and other treat the application from junior engineers for ment to give it the requisite hard an increase of pay dated July 1"Ins, and we have pleasure in stating that the follow news, and also of the greater thick ing higher scale will be in force as from Dean of the plates and the augmented January 1, 1913:-

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SECOND ENGINIA

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LONDON, Feb. 3. The Daily News and. Leader.

First year's nervico' forecasts the Liberal land programme Second 19 as follows:-Stateinry minimum wage Third for agricultural labourers of £1 per

Firth wok, powers to secure land for cottages Sixth

Soventh And allotments, Land Courts," and

Eighth Urban rating reform,

Diash 13

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no one knows where they were in hiding. REPORTED CORRUPTION IN THE SANCI.

ELECTIONS,

We presume coace is question are the elections for the Provincial Assembly.

COPPER COINAGE IN CANTON.

broadside area of the ship to be covered. With the limitation of time to two years, £18 and the imposing of pensitics for Iste

18 delivery, the contractors have no other Anyway, there seems to have been a good ... 420

alternative than to add to their estimate a desl of underhand des ing, and certain The value of copper centa has risen to certain sum, either to permit of overtime malpracticos, so mach so that some of the very high point in Canton, says the

straightforward of the people Cosmopoliten" of January 20, more 30 being worked or to safeguard themselves bave sont on a petition the Fre

suspension of manufacture of silver coins against penaltics, so that delay in ordering aidost at Peking, and asked that a ships and the minimizing of the time given special commission be sent from the capital and the circulation in outlying districts to leak into the question and set things on of the ins already issued in attributed

better brain, It is reported that more

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AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. Second,

-PRINCE HOHENLOHE LEAVES. Fourth

Fitth Sixth

LONDON, Feb. 3.

Calone! Prince Hohenlohe, Cham berlain to the Emperor of Austris, who

is bearing an natograph letter from that monarch to the Tear of Russia,

se left for St. Petersburg,

(Mazimam.)

to build them are contributory to the th preased cost. Engineering!

13 MOTHERS SHOULD REMEMBER

THIS.

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as a cause. Another cause is an 81006- took part in the election that had any ive domand for copper cents a sub- right to the privilege. It is asid father

that those who voted did uut keep to the sidiary currency in settlement of secounts regulations, but voted in such ways sa to at the end of the your owing to a dearth give an undus perference for notice of the of the shiver. A few of the rich mer E wish to call your attention to the candidates, Further, it was publicly a chaste bave also bought up large amounts

fact that most infectious diseases nounced who had Loan alected before the such a whooping cough, diphtherin, and time catre for the opening of the ballot of copper cents for the purpose of specula- scarlet inver are contracted when the child boxes. Other malpractices are mentioned him, thereby causing a hearity in the A similar cirqular will, it is stated, tre has a cold. Chamberlin's Cough Remedy Unless one understand exectly in the market. Silver cane and copper cants shortly issued to the officers of the Indo-will quickly care a cold and greatly femen rules are, ona Ands it somewhat difficult to are at present archanged” at par, Ley China Steam Navigation Company contain the danger of contracting these diseases understand what was done. But ing a list of identical increases while This zemedy is famous for its cures of colds something is seriously wrong seems to be $1 for 100 anke: Monry dangers aby further Botification to both companies It contains no opium or other narcotic and evident, inadmarh as some of the people that judging from the present state of with reference to hospital expenses and may be given to child with implicit have thought it necessary to send on this affairs, the value of the copper cent wal pay during illness-is in course of prepare condence. For sale by All Chessists and petition direct to Peking, and ask fớt | rise to a much higher point, by the end ilon.:

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