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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES, THURSDAY, MARCH 14m, 1913,

the settlement of Chinese soldiers, and to At the forthcoming Ratepayers Meet TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

shoot those who resist. Foreign troops stilling at Shanghai, & proposal is to be made

guard the railway line between Tientsin and Shanhaakwan, and the strength of the guard is being increased. As the mutiny of the Chinese troops was a consequence of IVAN Shin Kat's lack of funds wherewith to pay his army, it was obvious that there we ROBERT little prospect of stopping this looting and lawlessness until funds had been provided by some means for the discharge of the Peking Government's liability to its troops. Flenty of foreign capital will be forthcoming as soon as the Powers are satisfied that a Govern ment has been set up in China with which the financial groups can safely deal, but the outbreak at Peking made it plain that the longer these loans were delayed the more dangerous the position was likely to become. This has evidently been recognised by the Diplomatic Corps, and advances have

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that the Municipal Council be authorised to contribute a sum not exceeding Tis 5,000 towards the cost of erecting in the DEATH OF MR. ARTHUR SASSOON. Settlement a statne of the late Sir Robert Hart.

A big seizure of cocaine was made at the Kewlon Godowns on Tuesday by Revenue Officers Wilden and Brett, which resulted in the arrest of two Chinese. The latter had come to the godown to take delivery of several casks of soda of potash. One of the casks was opened and was found to have secreted in it some 400 ounces of cocaine, which is valued at somewhere about 815 per ounce.

LONDON, March 13th. Mr. Arthur Bassoon, who was a friend of the late King Edward, has died un-

expectedly at the Ascot residence of Mr. Leopold de Rothschild.

THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.

TONG SHAO¬13 PREMIER,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

THE COAL CRISIS..

LONDON, March 13th. The coal owners' and the minera Executives conferred with Mr. Asquith,

afr. Buxton and Sir G. Ask with at the

Foreign Office. They adjourned until to- morrow after a sitting of three and a half

hours.

LATER.

SITUATION IN CANTON.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

March 12th.

The situation in the City is not much changed to-day. All last night fighting went on and early this morning matters. were quite ne lively as they have so far been. This morning about 10.30 there was

some very heavy firing from the vicinity

A Peking telegram states that Tang joiat conference, the miners' Executive reach on the other side of Honam island.

Shao-yi has been appointed Premier.

· THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

The Daily News states that after the decided to recommend to the Federation the acceptance of Mr. Asquith's sugges tion that district conferences should be held, but in none of the districts must the men return to work until a national settle ment is affected.

The trial of Dr. B. W. Green, of the Bureau of Health, in the Philippines, who was recently arrested in Hongkong on a charge of estafa preferred, by the pro-

LONDON, March 19th. secuting attorney on complaint of Moris The Naval estimates añount to TOM been made to the Government at Peking as Gaspar, was held before Judge Crossfield £44,085,400, a decrease of £307,100. Mr. well as to the Government at Nanking, last week nud resulted in the honourable Churchill's explanatory statement says An advance of two million taela appeara acquittal of Dr. Green. Judge Crossfield that they are based on the assumption te have been made to the Nanking Govern stated that he could see no justification that the existing programmes of the other in a forcible speech at Mansfield to a large all sorts and conditions of craft having

ment, and to YCAN Buin Kat the banks for the proceedings, und ordered: Dr.

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decided last week to lend 300,000 taola immediately and an equal sum ten days later, the whole to form part of a large

Green to be released from custody...

AN ILLEGAL SOCIETY.

would be necessary to present the supple-

LATER

With the exception of the Daily News, financial disaster, the papers approve Mr. which says that the estimates represent Churchill's estimates presented in difficult and delicate circumstances. Some critica

Powers have not increased. Otherwise it mentary estimates of a new construction programme, providing for four large At the Magistracy yesterday morning armoured cruisers and eight light arm loan to be concluded later. The amount of Irving gave his decision in the im.oared cruisers, twenty destroyers, to this contemplated loan is said to be forty portant Triad Society prosecution which gether with a number of submarines and million taels, and the group of Power has been before the Court for some weeks, subsidiaries, with an increase, in the per- interested has been enlarged to six, by the

On February 10th, 36 men were arrested sonnel of 2,000. inclusion of Russia and Japan. Part of the in a lane at Wanchai and charged with money advanced to YUAN SHIR KAI is gambling and also with attending a meet- stated to be for the payment of salaries due ing of an unlawful society. After the to Chinese Ministers and Consuls abroad, first remand, the Registrar-General's and doubtless the balance will be devoted to Office took up the matter and the prosecu- Meanwhile the news as to the relations son, Assistant Crown Solicitor, Mr. that the day of the protected cruiser has between, Peking and Nanking is very Crewe, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Mas satisfactory. The Nanking Delegates who ter, appearing for the defence. The went to Peking to inform YUAN SUI KAT evidence of Sergeant Gerrard was to the of his election to the presidency of the effect that he found Triad Society bocks country by the Provisional Assembly at and the insignia of the Society on the -Nanking, and to ask him to visit Nanking premises at the time that the 30 men were for the purpose of taking the oath of office, arrested. Some of the man were engaged had a remarkable official welcome to in gambling at the time. Moreover, there Peking, the greatest of all honours, and the were indications that a meeting was in most significant, being the opening of the

A. S. WATSON meeting the arrears of pay due to the troops, thus, was conducted by Mr. M. de regard the eight cruisers as an indication

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HONGKONG,–March 14th, 1912.

APPALENTLY YOAN SHIH KAI bas succeeded in mastering the ugly situation which sud. denly developed some ten days ago in Poking and the surrounding country, though we dare say the reinforcement of the

-progress.

Mr. Lloyd, of the Registrar-General's

passed, and think the new departure is attributable to the probability of an ex- tensive use of armed merchant commerce destroyers in future wars.

THE BRITISH ARMY.

AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPROVEMENT.

LONDON, March 13th. Speaking on the Army estimates, Mr.

MINIMUM WAGE POSSIBLE.

of the Bund near Dutch Folly across the river and from the vicinity of Puk Tai Mill on the Honam side. The Kinshan, which was lying nearly opposite here, was struck and took up an anchorage in the back by bullets several times, left her moorings

The Fost Office also suffered both yester- day and to-day, quite a number of shots striking it. Moorhen brought up n number of refugees Last night the H.M.S. from the mission station near Lung Shạn and to-day she has again gone down to the Electric Light Station, where she is A member of the House of Commons, lying at present. The river on the city Mr. Markham, who is a large coal owner, side of the front reach is entirely empty, audience of miners, declared that the taken refuge on the back reach, and the profits of the trade were under-estimated Bund is still completely deserted. Every by many millions. He contended that the thing points to Wong Wo Shan and his owners could pay a minimum wage of pirates having so far had the beat of it and the offer of $15 per man to disbaud éight shillings.

has been refused. Just at present there is a rumour of a further offer of 825, and it is expected that this will be accepted, as the insurrectionists' ammunition can- not last for ever at the rate they have been firing it into the air. In Honam there are a large number of troops quar tered in a large temple and they appear to expect new developments.

RACES ABANDONED,

The Steeplechase meetings at Blackpool on the 16th and 16th inst. have been abandoned on account of the coal miners' strike.

STRIKE IN GERMANY.

MORE FOREIGN WAR DRAFTS.

LONDON, March 13th.

graphs that the strike is not increasing Fame arrived in the river.

Teuter's correspondent at Essen tele-

This morning the H.M.S, Taku and but that, the Christian unions have asked Eyres is on board the H.M.8. Fame. The Commodore for protection against intimidation of the Portuguese gunbost Macao and the Cas- workers. There have been many dis-toms cruiser Kai Pan are also in the river turbances, the police using their swords, at present and the U.8.8. Wilmington has and the strikers' wives assaulting and

retorned. stoning the workers.

LATER.

To-day several stray bullets have been

A Paris message says that the miners flying about, and one narrowly missed everywhere have resumed work.

hitting a European on Shaireen. LATER. Router's correspondent at Essen states

-LATER.

Emperor's entrance of Chienmen gate for Office, deposed that this Society, the Amery declared that the position was the that there has been a collision between the their passage, and thereafter the gate---used Kwong Tung Wo, had in 1910 occupied same now as in 1999. Col. Seely then said police and the strikers at Recklinghausen," | only in the past by the monarch, and no one premises at 12, Queen Victoria Street, but it was impossible to send a small roin. in which seven of the latter were severely else was thrown open to the public. The since then it had been lost sight of until forcement to Natal without withdrawing wounded by the sabres of the police. A Nanking authorities, however, have recognis. the present occasion.

troops from India, Ceylon and the Eastern non-striker lost the sight of both eyes in ed that circumstances do not allow of Yuan

garrisons, and tendered to Mr. Amery an

a fight with strikers. Sun Kat leaving Peking for the present,

envelope, asking him to regard the con- and they accordingly waired their demand

tents as secret, and offering a similar that he should take the oath of office at

envelope to any member. The contents of Nanking. He has taken it in Peking, and

the envelope now show that if it was delivered a speech which, judging from

wanted to reinforce Natal to-morrow, it the telegraphic enmmary we have published might have been

the

utterance of

Mr. Hutchisor, Assistant Superinten dent of Police, gavo a translation of the documents and the meaning of the insignin, which went to show that the Society was a branch of the notorious, Yee Hing Society.

could be done without withdrawing a man | from the Eastern garrisons. They could send within a few days 150,000 fully equip ped troops, and after that reinforcements for three months. That was a most ex- traordinary advance in the country's mili tary history, and was the result of years of thought and effort.

ITALY AND TURKEY.

Further evidence was called to prote that some of the men wore had characters. Mr. Crewe, for the defence, submitted BUN YAT BEN biniself,

su admirably that the Society had been disbanded, and does it accord with the aspirations of the that the premises had been used by former Revolutionary party. Now we get the news members of the Society as a gambling that the President has appointed as Premior, resort. TANG SHAO YI, who was his chosen repre- Mr. Hodgson, pointed out that two of sentative to discuss tesurs of peace with Wu the prisoners were actually taking part in Tixo FANG at Shanghai, but whose actions the organisation of the Society and the he afterwards disowned. There has been remainder without the shadow of a doubt. much that is mysterious about the history had been attending a meeting of the of the negotiations. The public honours Society. The name of the Kwong Tung necorded to TANG SHAO TZ lately at Peking, Wo was found on the main wall of the though he had no official mank whatever, and showed a list of subscriptions received up building, and the correspondence, seized now his appointment as Fremier, would seem to the last Chinese New Year. He asked Chamber of Deputies has passed all the A telegram from Rome states that the to suggest that TANG and YUAN have under for exemplary penalties. along, and when the full history of the peace tenced the two principals to one year's Tripoli. stood each other very thoroughly all the way

clauses of a Bill authorizing the expendi His Worship yesterday morning-son-ture af £8,200,000, for the campaign in negotiations comes to be written, it wil hard labour cach, six whose names had doubtless be revealed that TANG SHAO i been found among the list of subscribere has played a far bigger part in the settle. to three mouths imprisonment each, and meat than has yet been credited to him. the remaining 28 to a fine of $30 or ons

month's imprisonment.

200,000 German colliers have

now

struck, representing 75 per cent of the

WING LOK WHARF SHOOTING AFFRAY.

THE JURY'S VERDICT.

At the inquiry on Tuesday afternoon into the circuinstances touching the death of Chan Cheung, who died as the result of bullet wounds fired by Sergeant Attewall". from a revolver, the Coroner announced Farther disturbances occurred at Hamon receipt of the news that Sergeant børn last night, strikers atoning and firing upon the police, hurting many,

whole coalfield.

(FROM THE MANIla “Cablenews,”’}

INCOME TAX FOR THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON, March 2th.

| Attewell had committed suicide that the inquiry was adjourned. The reporters left then, but after their departure Mr. Hodgson asked that the inquiry might be concluded that day. His Worship agreed to this course and other evidence was tendered. Afterwards the verdict of the jury was recorded on follows:- We consider that Sergeant Attewell acted in A very progressive income tax was re-self-defence, because from the blow he ported favourably to the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday, the bill providing for a graduated scale of assessment on all in- comes in the United States above $5,000. Speaker Clark and Chairman Under-

campaign argument, and it is expected to pass the House without much trouble.

received in the course of the morning he could reasonably draw the conclusion that he would be further assaulted" and that

LONDON, March 13th. Turkey has commenced mine laying in the Dardanelles. Pilot ships will meet wood are behind the bill as a good his life was in immediate danger. To vessels proceeding through the strait.

LATER.

THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO

LONDON, March 13th. The French column had two killed and

19 wounded in an all day fight on the 9th

THE UNIVERSITY BAZAAR.

The University Bazaar has not quite recovered from the mistaken impression which was allowed to prevail on the open. ing day. The proceeds on that day, Monday, amounted to between 86,000 and $7,000, and on Tuesday something like $5,000 were netted. Yesterday, despite

retreat from an infuriated crowd seemed dangerous in tlie circumstances."

The case against the six men who are charged with assaulting Sergeant Atta well and a Chinese constable in the exeen- tion of their duty, on board the Sui-An- on February 28th again came before the Magistrate yesterday, and was adjourned. Great sympathy was expressed for the unfortunate officer, who seemed to have worried over the affair. He told a friend on Tuesday morning that he had had no

The funeral took place last night at the Happy Valley, the remains being followed to their resting place by a large number.

The Hon. R. J. Wilkinson, Colonial Sec-THE HUGHES AMERICAN COMEDY inst. with the Zemmur tribesmen in the rain, it was expected that the result sleep for about nineteen days.

retary, has left for home on leave on the Austrian Lloyd steamer Bohemia.

The late Mr. Alfred Halt, head of Mesara, Alfred Holt & Co., managers of the Blue Fannel Line, has left estate of the gross value of £155,666 and net £144,936.

COMPANY.

Morocco..

This Company opened their season in

There has been an anti-foreign outbreak Hongkong last night at the Vistoria at Marrakesh. A German End a Swiss Theatre presenting The Speculators" a have been wounded. It is reported that produced for one year in New York City the troops fired, killing several Moors, be- musical absurdity in two acts "exactly as and for twelve consecutive weeks fore order was restored. in Sun Francisco." Every seatin the theatre was occupied and the audi

MAWSON'S POLAR EXPEDITION, bright entertainment was afforded, the ence was a very appreciative one. A

LONDON, March 13th.. foreign'garriaous in the capital has served Chinese dinner at the University to-night follow the lines spoken by the various son's ship, the Aurora has arrived, and re- (especially, no doubt, to those able to A Hobart telegram reports that May- that dress will be optional; morning dress characters), was interlarded by many ports that Mawson's party landed in the is suggested.

Mr. Chan Kai Ming asks us to intimate for the information of those invited to the extravaganza, very amusing in itself

Only one report of a dead body having been picked up appeared in the police books yesterday. That referred to a body which was picked up in a boat on the foreshore at Yaumats, death apparently having been due to small-pox.

musical interruptions," including danc-. ing which met with enthusiastic applause. Antarctic on January 19th. Madume Lloyd, who possesses a Tory fine mezzo-soprano voiceing several characters in the extravaganza are a songs with great acceptance. The leading broker and his two assistants a few and

COMPULSORY ARBITRATION

as much as anything to put an end to the orgie of lawlessness and looting that temporarily shattered all hopes of an early re-establishment of a stable government in China. Not only has there been great

THE WRECKED SUBMARINE, destruction of property and extensive loot

LONDON, March 13th. ing in Peking and Tientsin, but all the

The submarine A2, which foundered off railway towns between Pactingfa and

a well-fed rustic, neither of whom know the Isle of Wight, has been towed into anything about stocks and shares. The Changtefu lave similarly suffered. Though

interest of the picce depends entirely upon Portsmouth. Flags of the shipping were we have coased for some days now to

A murder is supposed to have been com and these parts were very well sustained

the mirth-provoking actions of these two, at half mest receive further news of this character, it is mitted yesterday morning in Queen by Mr. Paul Stanhope and Mr. Bert Le evident from the orders given to the Street. A quarrel apparently occurred Blaue Eight ladies constitute the chorus Inniskilling Fusiliers at Tientsin that among a number of Chinese and it result and while we cannot say a great deal for conditions there are still very unsatisfactory, ed in one man being stabbed. He was re-applause by their daging and picturesque their singing they evoke rounds of There exists a protocol providing that no moved to hospital in a dying condition actions on the stage Altogether it is Mr. Havelock Wilson, after watching com Chinese troops shall be stationed within but expired on the way,

bright and amusing entertainment pulsory arbitration in Australia, says he American comedies are very rarely staged now favours the principle. twenty i of Tientsin, and the attention of

in Hongkong, and the Hughes American YUAN SHIH KAi was recently called to this We learn from a Manila paper that "so- Musical Comedy Co. will doubtless have provision, the Consuls at Tientsin being cording to Manilans who have recently a profitable season at the Victoria much perturbed over the report, sub-

come from the China coast city, the price Theatre, especially as in the changes of sequently denied, that troops were coming up ably low, the best cuts being obtainable

of beef in Hongkong is almost unbeliev programme there will be no repetition of songs or dialogues, and the announce- rom Chefoo. This explains why the Innis there for the price paid in Manila for soup killing Fusiliers have received orders to clear

mest."

ments tell us that they have some of the biggest bite now on the American stage"

included in their bills.

LONDON, March; Fash. A telegram from Melbourne says that

A ROWING RECORD.

LONDON, March 18th. The Oxford crew rowed from Barnes Bridge to Chiswick steps in 3min. Séneca., the previous record being four minates,

would be as good if not better. The. people came along in fair numbers and by night time the crowd of Chinese was very large. Ae one man sold admission of the courades of the deceased.--- bocks of $100 tickets had been sold on tickets to the value of $850 and about fifty

Tuesday there are good reasons for anti- cipating a fair revenue from Wednesday's proceeds, and the attendance on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday ought to be large indeed.

poned for two nights was postponed again The roof concert, which had been post

last night, in consequence of the weather, and the Punjabis' dance was also post poned.

The entertainments are doing well. The scenic railway is very popular, and the tombals has proved itself a very import antal

CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES.

A pétition has been forwarded to H.E. Service, other than these in receipt of the Governor by members of the Civil

These number about 400, and of those salaries asking for an increase in wages. exchange compensation or sterling

affected some 200 have signed the petition. There have been no refusals. It is point- ed out in the petition that during the past 20 years there have been only two re- visions of salaries. The first was made in 1901, when increases averaging about

16 per cent. were granted. The second Alle dinner on Tuesday night which Whackowed by a most enjoyable though in 1906, which, beyond making increments was the introduction of a grading scheme pod krattended concert, the guests of His

on lower grade salaries annual instead ency the Governor were Bir Paul of biennial, was merely a re-adjustment Custer, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Pol of salaries on a more logical basis. The lock, Mr Mrs. and Miss Ede, Mr. petitioners go at length into the increased Clementi, Mr. Bryer, Mrs. Swire, Mr.cost of living, especially in regard to Murray Stewart, Mr. Townend, Captain house-rents, and point out that there is Taylor, and Captain Simson.

no probability of conditions improving in To-night there is to a big Chinese dinner

this respect. Attention is also drawn to for invited guests.

the fact that their salaries compare un-

The fireworks, gifted by the Japanese community, arrived yesterday from For pas. There will be a display this after

noon and probably to-morrow.

favourably with those of clerks in the employ of local commercial firms, not taking into account their pension and long leave.