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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 1911.

| a start was about to ba mađa with the

INTIMATION

Tke return of vitors to the City Hall Library

echetruction of the northern sections of the and Mantis for the week enting the 15th Oots- TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

great track railway from Hankow to Canton. That work presumably is now

box. 1911, show that of non-Chinese, there were 359 to the Library and 192,to the Museum

portponed for an indefinite time. What the / and of Chinese 159 to the former and 2324 to DAILY. PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVI EJ

attitude of the Revolutionary Party is to wards that policy remains to be publicly

A. S. WATSON stated. In China's present stage of enlight

& CO., LTD.,

ESTABLISHED 1841.

WINE & SPIRIT

the latter. The Library was, therefore, used by 618 persons and the Museum by 2,516,

The return famed by the Medical OfBoar of Health showing the number of mass of communicable disease in the Colony last wook gives 5 ouses of enteric fever (1 British and 4 Chinees), of which one was an imported cass one case of puerperal faver; and three of small- por, two being Chinese cases and the other an Indian imported case.

THE REVOLUTION.

YUAN SHIH KAT ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT.

GOVERNMENT CIRCLES OPTIMISTIC.

enment nationalisation is the only practical policy, and even if there is any chance of the insurgents succeeding in turning the provinces into Republican States, the nation. alisation of the railways would still be essential to sucessful federation. The popular opposition to the nationalisation of

PERING, October 18th. the railways undoubtedly paved the way for

It is reported that a third Clark's tourist the inauguration of the Revolutionary cam parts of the United States, will leave New York which order the free distribution of Imperial Edicts have been issued party, consisting of 150 members from various MERCHANTS.paign, and we cannot help thinking that on the 20th instant on board the steaman

had the Government taken greater pains to Cleveland. The party will first prossed to rice to the poor, and the opening of announce their intentions with regard to Europe, and is exported to arrive at Nagaki the Peking granaries for the sale of the redemption of aliares in the railways on the 1st of January next. Thence the

tourists will visit Kobe and Yokohama,

CLARET.ulready under construction, a great deal of

97. ESTEPHE

Por Csas Per Case 1.doz. Qta. 2 dos. Pta

$10.40-$11.40

12.40 13.40

15.40 16.40

···D'ARMAILHACQ 25.40 26.40

ST. JULIEN

LA ROSE....

CHATEAU HAUT BRION

LAERIVET ....

21.40

22.40

CHATEAU MOUTON

CHATEAU PONTET

CANET

28.00

CHATEAU LA TOUR

CARKET

CHATEAU RAUZAN

CHATEAU LAFITE ·

33.00

47.00

53.00

of Fine Vintage. Clarets from the celebrated Chateaux above mentioned are too well-known to connoisseurs to seed farther comment, and we can con Edently recommend them as mature and

In fue condition.

this trouble would have been averted. It

was not until weeks after riots had broken out at Chenght that the Ministry of Communications laid ofear and definite terms before shareholders, and then only after urgent memorials had been sent in by the Governor of Kuange and H.E. TSEX Cuux-Heur, who had been appointed to proceed to Szechuan to restore order and "pacify the people." When the nation. #laation decision was announced the Government, it is true, offered to convert the shares into Government bonds, or alter-

natively to buy out the interests of share holders by payments spread over a series of years. There was, however, a vagueness about the offer whielf induced a belief that the shareholders were likely to lose consider ally by the transaction, and in any case the Chinese public have no profound faith in the bona fides of the Government in such a matter as this, Twelve days ago, the offer

At the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday

the coxswains of the steam launches wong and Tattoo were olargad before Commander Beckwith, R.N., with failing to observe the rale of the road in the harbour. Both charges were proved, and the first defendant was fined $20 or 14 days' imprisonment, while the second dofen- native being one month's imprisonment, dant was ordered to pay a Bue of $25, the alter

A Chinese cook residing at 4, Panjab Build ings. Kowloon, reported at the water police station on Saturday night that his housekeeper,

rice at reduced-rates.

continual runs on native and foreign The scarcity of dollars is causing

banks...

The foreign banks have been approached regarding an emergency Tonn of 5,000,000 taels for the Ministry of War.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE MEDITERRA VEAN

WAR.

DESPERATE STRAITS OF THE TURKISH TROOPS

LONDON, October 16th. The Turkish troops behind Tripoli appear to be in desperate straits for want of food.

yesterday in twos and threas.

The Italians stopped que hundred camel.

·loads of provisions which were leaving town

The attempts of the Turks to seize barley

and cattle bare caused the sheikhs of inland tribes to out off supplies, and they are now attacking small bodies of Turks whenever- opportunity offers.

CHOLERA IN TRIPOLI. Beuter's correspondent at Malta wires that the cholera outbreak in Tripoli is lowly spreading, and that six deaths have

occurred.

THE ITALIAN EXPEDITION. The last batch of 15,000 troops for the General Yin Chang started for Italian expedition to Tripoli sailed secretly. Filipino women, assaulted him. Lance Ser. Hankow at noon yesterday, making taking a number of automobiles specially geaut. Wills accompanied the man to his house his headquarters 200 li distant from equipped to pull heavy weights over the

to make inquiries, and there learned that the man had been the assailant aud the woman the Hankow. victim, he having strack her on the head with

Chinese brass pipe. The cook was charged before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy yester. day and fined $15, the alternativ being one month's imprisonment,

RESIGNATION OF REV. F. T JOHNSON.

desert sand.

ELEGRAMS,

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

LONDON, October 16th.

A message from Madrid" states that tribesmen attacked the Spanish position at Izhafen yesterday.

Genomil Ordonez was wounded, receiving two bullots in the cheat, and a captaini, a lieutenant and sixteen men wounded.

were also

Tho enemy withdrew at nightfall, losing many man who were killed or wounded.

LATER. Router's correspondent at Madrid wires that General Ordonez is dead.

•

AVIATOR INCINERATED,

LONDON, October 16th.

A message from Berne states that an aviator ramed Schmidt fell with his machine from an altitude of 150 feet, and was

inciuorated.

TOBACCO TRUST DISSOLVED.

LONDON, October 16th. Reutor's correspondent at New York wire

that the American Tobacco Company has

published plans of its dissolution under the decision of the United States Supreme Court of August 14t.

A CONFERENCE POSTPONED.

The Company divides into four companies, LONDON, October 16th.

none of which will have a controlling Reuter's correspondout at Berlin says it interest in the tobacco business, and all' agreements bindering competition are abrogated.

It is officially stated that Yuan Shib Kai has telegraphed to Isu Shih Chang, the Grand Councillor, accepting the Viceroyalty of Hupeh is stated that the conference arranged and Hanan.

yesterday between the Italian Ambassador The appointment has caused an aud Herr von Kiderlon Waschter has been St. John's Cathedral to scatholders and sub-optimistic feeling in Government postponed, the Emperor having seat for the scribers annonnons that the Rev. F. T. Johnson, circles, the officials believing that M.A has resigned the Ch plaincy of St. John's

Yuan's nume alone will strike terror Cathedral as from 31st March next.

in the ranks of the insurgents.

A circular letter from the Hon. Secretary of

Ambassador to confer with him at bis Hunting Lodge at Hubertusstock,

ITALIAN DREADNOUGHTS IAUNCHED.

step without exretal thought, the prospect of Bir. Johnson staten that he has not taken this leaving this Colony and St. John's Cathedral being by no means a pleasant one, but he cannot help recognising that his work here lately has been sadly interfend with by ill-health, and to RUSSIAN, GUNBOAT PROCEEDS TO third and fourth Italian Dreadnoughts have

The above Clarete, imported from the well-to the shareholders was placed on a more known Arm of CHAS. RANCOURT ET satisfactory basis: they can either convert FILS, AES OF BICEPTIONAL VALUE and their shares into Government bonds and Guaranteed to be genuine Chatean Wines participate in the profits made by the lines in which they have invested; or should they wish to have their shares redeemed, the Government announced that it would pay 60 per cent of their valve down, and the remain ing 40 per cent in two years, either in yearly instalments or in a lump sum at the end of the two-year period, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Having regard to the large misappropriation of funds S. WATSON & CO., which is alleged to have occurred on some of

The Church Body has accepted this resigna. the lines, the offer of the Government seerns tion with a resolution of profound regret after a liberal one, on which no Government, so many years of valued service; and have decided Republican or Monarchical, would be likely to take steps for procuring the services of a to improve. But, as we have said, until the suitable clergyman and are making arrange insurrection is at an end there is littlements for enquiries to be made in England, prospect, we imagina, of any progress being sible to guarantee an Assistant Chaplain and On account of the lack of funds it is not pos made with the Government's railway pro-therefore the new Chaplain will have to work gramme in the North.

single-handed

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The Daily Dress.

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 17TH, 1911.

TEEEE is only one topic of popular interest ia Chins just now. That is the Revolution, and it is evident from the telegrams which, in spite of the censorship, are daily coming to hand that this topic is destined to monopolise public attention for a long time to come. The aphorism that nothing succeeds like success is well illustrated by the reports that the success.

The Foockor races are fixed for the 11th,

12th and 13th December,

The English Mail of the 16th September was delivered in London on the 14th October.

A Cyclone or Typhoon prevails S.W. of Bonin Islands, moving N.E. or E.N.E.

It is reported that the Government intend to revive the Prays East Reclamation Scheme,

Sir Paul Chater, C.M,G,, is returning to the Colony by the N. D. L. steamer Forsk, which is due on Thursday morning.

Twenty-eight Chinese, who were found guilty of gambling at 11, Catchick Street, were each Bed $3. by Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday,

The transport Somali, with the Somerset Light Infantry for Tientsin, arrived yesterday, The troops who are commanded by Lt Col. Everett, number 920.

A strike of Chinese firemen on the Hianotola, at Yokobama, delayed the ship's departure for Maalla indefinitely. There were many Maşila residents on board and 40 tourists.

Six Chinese barbers, for carrying on their trade on the footpath in various streets of the city, were fued 32 spisce by Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday.

ful soup of the rebels at Wuchang has A Chiness whis was convicted of breaking persuadod large bodies of imperial troops to into No. 1, Queen's Road East, with intent to transfer their allegiance from the Emperor commit a felony, was sentenced by Mr. Hazeland to the Republican leader. In the past tow at the Magistincy yesterday to two mouths days the capacity of the Revolutionary imprisonment with hard labour and four hours Army to meet, the attack which General stocks.

YIN CHANG is bastening to deliver has been A Chinese who stole a blanket from a shop ut immensely strengthened, but we imagine it West Point was pursued by the owner and will not be for long that the Revolutionaries captured by a Iukong. Charged before Mr. will be able to use the Hanyang arsenal to Wood at the Magistrasy yesterday he was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment with hard

A Chinese cook prosecuted at Manila for

such advantage to themselves as is describ- labour and four hours' stocks, ed in today's telegrams. If the Imperial Troops from Chibli and other northern provinces--the flower of the Chinese Army smoking opiam and having morphine in his are unable to re-capture the arsenal possession was fined 500 peso. His employer, efforts are sure to be made to wreck it, and then lose bis culinary expert for three months, Colonel Joseph Wolfson, an attorney, rather so prevent it being used to provide the in- paid the fine. surgent troups with the gune nad ammuni-

tion they will need for the continuance of tas containing 150 taels of prepared epiam on On Sunday night the water police seized 30 the campaign. Now that a rigi censorakip uf telegrams bar been established we shall the rampan was charged before Mr. Wood st → zampan lying at Bank wharf. The owner of need to take the news which comes over the the Magistracy yesterday and ordered to pay s wires with considerable reserve. The outlue of 8500, the alternative being the months break at Wucbang occurs at a time when imprisonment.

comply with the advice of three medical men it necessary for him to have prolonged residence in a temperate climate.

LOCAL SPORT.

CRICKET.

:

KOWLOON V. ROYAL ENGINEERS.

A match was played at Happy Valley on Saturday between Kowloon and the Royal Englacers, the reult being a win for the Kowloon team by one wicket and 83 rans Scores and scalyses were sa follows:----

KOWLOON.

J. P. Robinson, cand b Addison W. L. Wesser, e Davis, b Campion...... W. Waterhouse, l.b.w., b Campion..... A. E. F. Raren, and 6 Camplon

F. J. E. Rome, a Addison, b Campion

A. O. Brawn, e Campion, b Addison....

P. R. Thursfeld, Morgan, & Addison,

J. H. Moad, find

K. R. Macaskill, a and b Campion H. F. Carey, not out

G, H. May, did not bat.....

Extras

Total

Bowling Analysis.

13.9

Capt. Addison Corp. Tarenes Corp. Campion.... Corp Morgan Corp. McGregor Sapr. Form. Sapr, Collins..

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2 BOTAL ENGINEZREČ Corp. MoGregor, b Wasser Sapr. Morgan, Veneer, Macaskill..... Corp. Campion, Thursfield, b Wenser Cap. Addison, o and b Macaskill Corp. Tavener, Head, b. Wonner Corp. Davis, b Macankili

Corp Beardmore, a Carey, b Wester..... Corp. Morgan, a sb., b Thursfeld........ Bapr, Fox, o Tharsfield, b. Waterhouse. Sapr. Colitis, & Wenser, b Waterbouxs Bapr. Brown, not out

Extras...

Total Bowling Analysis.

W. L. Wenser ................... A. R. Maasd.....

R. P. Thurefeld .....

2

3

2.2

F. J. de Bone *-*** W. Waterhouse in

RIFLE SHOOTING.

148

INTERPOINT PRACTICES, practices on the Taihang Raage during the past There were 24 prosent at the Interport week-end, but the majority of the competitors sbie spores being as under: were obviously out of praction, the only weat

A. Henderson,

B. Stewart, E. Hear!,

200 500 600 Total

29

31 94

29

91

89

F. Brown, A. Anderson, .......... The next practice will take place at King's Park Range or Wednesday, 18th inst., com mending about 3.30 p.m.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HANKOW.

LONDON, October 16th Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg wires that the Russian gunboat Mandjous has departed from Vladivostock for Hankow

ALARM IN PEKING." REBELS STRENGTHENING THEIR POSITION.

LATER.

A message from Peking states that the consorship of the Press keeps people ignorant of the situation in the South, but considerable excitement prevails and con tinuous runs are being made on Chinese banks by depositors who are transferring their funds to foreign banks.

The telegraphs are now in the hands of the rebels, and communication with Hankow has been cut off.

LONDON, October 16th.

A message from Genon states that the

been launched.

ROYAL WELCOME TO DUKE OF CONNAUGHT

LONDON, October 18th. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught were welcomed to Ottawa with unpreceden- ted enthusiasm, and the crowds at several points along the route taken by the Royal visitors got beyond the control of the police

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THE INSURANCE BILL.

LowDox, October 16th. The Unionist papers are most indignant fat Mr. Lloyd George's description of the Unionist efforts to improve the Insurance Bill as obstruction.

EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY.

LONDON, October 16th. Twenty people have boon killed, and twenty-four injured, in an earthquake which occurred at Lamacchia on the eastern slope of Mt. Etna.

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, October 16th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR Me, K. H. J. GOBFERTZ (AOTING CHILE JUSTICE).

CLAI" FOR MOTET KECEIVED. Tho hearing was continged of the action brought by Li Po Hang against Li Shek Pang to recover $280, money received by the defen denton July 10th,

Mr. M. Reader Harris (of Messrs. Wilkinsop & Orint) represented the plaintiff, and Mr. W. E. L. Shontan (of Mesure. Deacon, Looker & Deacon) appeared for the defendant.

. Mr. Shonton stated that at the lag hearing of the osas they had arrived at the stay when Mr. Harris had finished calling his evidence on Abmitted to ite Lordship that Mr. Harris had behalf of the plaintiff. He (Mr. Shenton) then

not made out a cass upon which the plaintif could acced, and his Lordship intimated that

he would like to hear the defondant on the question et waiver of his legal rights. He proposed to put the defendant in the box on the question, after which he would deal with the

They assume that the object of the speech The Foreign Consuls at Hankow are, ad-

was to make the Bill purely a party mensura with a view to justifying use of the closure cases cited by his friend. vising European women and children to leave that city, and steamers have been ground for Home Bule and Welsh Dis- enabling them more speedily to clear the engaged to convey them to Shanghai..

Three thousand Honam troops who were encamped north of Hankow have joined the Revolutionaries.

The rebels, who are in control of the arsenal at Hanyang, are working double shifts, and are turning out 25,000 rounds of ammunition daily, and 140 field guns are. ready.

Two thousand rebels Kiating.

have occupied

establishment.

Evidence was called and the hearing adjourod

CORRESPONDENCE.

PRESS,"

They declare that their friendly attitude THE APPEAL TO CHRISTENDOM.“ towards the. Bill is unchanged thereby, TO THE DITOG OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY though they will repudiate responsibility for the defects and injustices inevitable in such circumstances.

POLITICAL CHANGES

FORESHADOWED.

Hongkong, Ootaber 16th. SIR-I am glad to read in your issue of the 14th inst that "Lin Shao Yang," the writer of the book, A. Chinese Appeal to Christendom,”: has at last confessed in the N.C. Daily News of Shanghai that he is not a Chinaman, as I pointed out in your paper some time ago.

A confession in this instance is not sufficient He should make a public apology for all the and feeling which his book has created harm he has done, and for the misunderstanding

LONDON, October 16th. The rebels are consistently protecting

The Daily Chronicle foreshadows that Mr. churches

Churchill will replace Mr. Birrell (who is and issuing passports to

retiring owing to ill-health). in assisting Mr. throughout the world. missionaries.

All the theatres in Paling are closed,

Asquith in piloting the Home Rule Bill;

When a man writes light literature under a and the entire Imperial Guard division has Haldane, who will receive a high judics compiled attack against European Missionaries that Colonel Seely will replace Lord pedonym it doesn't much matter, but when he launches a well-thought-out and laboriously

arrived there.

LATBE

*Ministerial post will be offered Mr. John A message from Peking states that the Roberts of the Times. War Minister and his staff left for the South this afternoon.

have left for Hankow, conveying 24,000 By Tuesday 34 transports and trains will

THE RUSSIAN BUDGET.

appointment; that Mr. Birrell will be in China nader a Chinese name, it is quite a WAR MINISTER LEAVES PEKING appointed u Lord of Appeal; and that a

different matter. It is serious-it is criminal.

In extenuation of his offence, he writes:

"The device of adopting an Oriental name And standpoint for literary purposes is so common that it may be said to have been werked almost to the point of staleness. (Here he quotes). It way arged that suol

pre cedents as these do not justify me in having published a pseudonymous attack on Euro- peau Monaries in China. Such a charge would be a just one if my book my own steapported oritielsons: but to draw your special attention to the fact that the contentions in the book rest not upon the ipse digit of my pseudonymous self, but upon numerons printed extracta from missionary books and journals This pseudonymous writer has purposely col to your readers to judge the extent of his wick Jeated his material for this attack, and I leave it

THE THAN TAY

troops.

SHORTAGE OF MONEY AND RICE.

LATER.

The Chinese Minister of Finance has issued from the Treasury 1,000,000 taals to relieve the money stringency.

The price of rice has risen 20 per cent.

LONDON, October 16th. Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg wires that the Russian budget of revenue and expenditure places the balance at |2,925,252,100 roubles.

The ordinary estimates show a surplus of 169,214,336 roubles, which is put as an offset against a similar defle in the edusa.—Yours truly, extraordianay estitubes.