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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 28m 1912.

Japan. Indeed, a correspondent has ques tioned the accumey of Mr. FIENNES' calenta. tions on the basis of present programmes, and says that in 1920 Japan will розва 25 Dreadnoughts and America 26. Many factors, however, enter into the determina tion of what the position will be in 1920. For Japan ust the least important of these is

We have received a printed copy of the TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. Report of the Hongkong Benevolent Suciety for 1911. Brief particulars are furnished of 138 cases helped by the

Society in the course of the year. The Society is one which deserves to be more largely supported than it is, and we are quite sure that if the public to whom

appeal is made for funds would perone this report the appeal would not be made

in vain.

THE GONDOLIERS."

(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.}

THE MINIMUM WAGE BILL.

SECOND HEADING PASSED.

LONDON, March 22nd. The House of Commons held the biggest crowd seen in the building for years, and Mr. Balfour received a universal ovation on entering the House.

Mr. Asquith moved the second reading of the Minimum Wage Bill

Mr. Balfour, who received another

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE REPORTED SHIPPING COMBINE.

CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS.

LONDON, March 22nd.. Sir Thomas Sutherland, Chairman of the P. & O. Company, in a statement says be has absolutely no knowledge of any negotiations between the P. & O. and other steamship companies with a view to

CANTON.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

March 21st.

THE TROUBLE AT WHAMPOA. The loyal troops have been successful in defeating Wong Wo Shun's, men in the vicinity of the forts and have driven them out. Various stories about the fighting are to hand, some making out that it was a very big affair and others minimising the whole trouble. Certain it is that while the pirates were in possession of the forts the Government were not in an enviable strongest position on the delta, and one position. The pirates held, perhaps, the

where they would have been easily able to

get their own back at the expense of the Government by firing on foreign vessels.

finance. Financial considerations have held the Saito programme in abeyance, and if we are to see a rivalry develop in the Pacific similar to that in the Atlantic of which we are constantly bearing so much, the question. It was far from being a crowded house of the mastery of the Pacific" would not that assembled to witness the second per-ovation on rising to speak, said none were combination. long remain in doubt. It is true that formance of "The Gondoliere" by the satisbed with the solution proposed by rise in shipping stock, says that negotia The Shipping Gazette, referring to the the Democratie convention in America A... at the Theatre last night, but what the Government. The country was never has declared itself in favour of curtailing was lacking in numbers was made up in faced by a crisis such as this. Hetions are proceeding among the firms com- WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. even the modest provision bitherto made; enthusiasm. The performance went with intimated that after the Opposition had prised in the Australian and Now Zealand but it is equally true that there is a non-a very good swing from start to finish tested the Government's methods on the Conference, including the Blue Funnel siderable body of opinion in Japan opposed Greater confidence was shown by the in- to the further expansion of armaments, and experienced performers last night and second reading of the Bill, they would line, with a view to agreements instiring On Tuesday it was freely rumoured that to their best to see that the Government's the peaceful working of the Australian they threatened to do this, purely for spite. At present there are a number of policy had a chance. He moved the re-and China trades.

action of the Bill on broad grounds of

disbanded soldiers in Honam, and though BRITISH WARSHIP LAUNCHED.

they have been disarmed, they have been national policy, and concluded by assum- ng that if the Government were defeated;

LONDON, March 22nd-giving trouble, while on Fati there are a there would be no dissolution as they The Duchess of Sutherland has launched large number of both pirate and lovel could not add the confusion of a general the British Super-Dreadnought Aju, nt troops. Here there are over a thousand election to the horrors of a strike.

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BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.

Mr. J. F. Younge advance agent for the Bandmann Opera Co. is at present making the final arrangements for the forth- coming visit of the company. The season will open on the 29th inst, and will run to fifteen nights, during which time, no fower than fourteen picces will be pro- duced, including some of the best known comic operas of the past two years. The first piece to be staged will be The Quaker Girl." The box plan onens at Montriss on Monday next.

THE SALE OF THE APCAR LINE.

The Calcutta Englishman of the 29th ult. announced the absorption of the Apcar Line by the British India, As

it is by no means improbable that the Saito there was in consequence marked improve The chorus work was excellent programme will again be relegated to the pigeon-hole where it has reposed since while the solos, ducts, quartoltes, etc., were capitally given. We heartily con it was drawn up. Mr. FIENNES, gratulate the A.D.C. on their successful against bis critic, points out that

production of the opere and trust that though the recommendations of Japan's the public will show its appreciation by Naval advisers have been held in abey filling the theatre on each of the four ance, the time has not been wasted nights the opera has yet to run, "The resources of the dockyards have been enlarged, material accumulated, arrange- ments made for a rapid increase in the per sonnel, ospecially of officers, and the cos, sequence is that complete confidence is felt in the capacity of Japan to complete the ships required and to man them efficiently by the date when it is believed they will he wanted. There are now five yards in Japan capable of turning ont a complete Dread. ... $16.80 81.45nought ship. Three, Yokosuka, Sasebo, and Kure, are Government yards; the other two 17.80 1.50

the Mitsu Bishi dockyard at Nakasaki and 1.90 the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Company's yard 2.05 at Kobe, being in private hands. The Kare yard has an ordnance factory and armour plate plant. And eight years ago Japan 2.55 had never built an armoured ship!" Now, if Japan is able to do all this in the short space of eight years, what is to prevent

Mesura, Apear & Co., the owners of the similar development in America, if her posi- important line of steamiers, which runs tion in the Pacific is seriously challanged? between Calcutta, the Straits Settlements, A. S. WATSON & CO., beyond dispute that at the pressat Hongkong, China and Japan have dis- posed of their steamers and the goodwill time America possesses a decided superiority of their shipping business to the British in ships, which the opening of the Panama India Steam Navigation Company. Com Caual next year will enable her to quickly mencing with the Japan, now loading, the Apear line will pass to the Ang of the concentrate in the Pacific, and human British India. The Apcar line has been natuen binne ha isminin kargation Company, of which Messrs. Jardine, that there will be, more, rather than less, Skinner & Co. are the agents in Calcutta, shipbuilding in the UnitedStates in the next they have maintained a most efficient ser- eight years, if Japan decides to proceed with vice of high-class and favourite steamers between Calcutta and the Far East, and her Saito programs of constraction. The we may be perfectly, certain that the only reason Resigned in the Japanese Prass character of the service under the new for the enlarged programme at the time regime will not be allowed to suffer. Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie Com it was drawn up was that the opening pany, the Managing Agents of the British Company have worked together in the other's sphere for over 50 years and it has most friendly way each respecting the generally been understood that if at any time Messrs. Apcar & Co, decided to over to the British India Company and relinquish their business it would pass the opportunity has been taken of Lord Inchoape's visit to India to carry the arrangement through

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HONGKONG, March 23xo, 1912,

follows:-

pravdu Vigu-

He emphasised that no American trust ever misused its powers, as the miners' leaders did. He condemned Mr. Asquith's silence regarding the agrespint between the men and the Welsh, and Scottish mine-owners. The Government was deceiving itself and the Commons. It had introduced for the first time the minimum wage, and had tried to pass this colossal revolution within forty-eight hours forcing Parliament to abrogato its legitimate tunctions.

Mr. Asquith said the Covernment could not allow the people and the industries to be starved. The Bill was a preliminary to any further steps that might be neces sary, which God forbid. He cordially welcomed Mr. Balfour's speech as being worthy of a critical occasion, but he had moved the rejection of the Bill without making any practical suggestion. Government was bound to obtain legisia. tive delaration of the reasonableness" of the minimum wage, subject to adequate safeguards.

Tho

ATTITUDE OF MINERE MEMBERS. The speeches of the miners' members in dicated that they would support the second reading, but that in Committee they would insist on the 5/- and 2- minimum for adult and boy non-hewers. That would also like to see a hewers' understood that the Government may concede the first demand, but that the second will be refused.

Greenock. The vessel is of 23,600 tons, and has an estimated speed of 22 knots.

TOM MANN REMANDED.

LONDON, March 22nd, Tem Mann has been remanded for a week at Salford, bail being refused.

AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT

LAUNCHED.

LONDON, March 22nd. The Austrian Dreadnought has been launched at Trieste,

egethoff

IRISH LEADERS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

LONDON March 22nd,

A prolonged conference was hold be. tween the Irish leaders and the Govern meat this afternoon.

GERMAN STEAMER OVERDUE.

جدهد بعيدي

LONDON, March 22nd.

..

In the city for the past few days, busi- ness has been going ou much as usual. The streets are busy, shops have all been open and no sign of trouble has appeared. The only thing which reminds one of the late revolt is the large number of armed | Boldiers everywhere, and the shot marka on buildings. Last night, however, thera was continuous firing, and to-day the streets are less busy and quits a number of places are shut up, while a report is about that Wong Wo Shin is back aga in Canton prepared for another en- counter.

THE DELTA.

The Delta is anything, but qui, and

The mer-

few cargo boats are coming into Canton from the villages just now. chants up river are afraid to send any- thing and in consequence business is suffering severely. Very few cargoes. of

Thirty-five per cent. is quoted for the silk have arrived during the last few

steamer Augsburg, which is overdue on voyage from Natal to Java.

a

THE MAGISTRÁCY.

Eighteen, including a keeper, were charged with frequenting an opium diviur in Centre med 150, in default Cres months' imprisonment. maining defendants was fined $2.

months, and owing to several piracies. lately a number of merchants in different towna and villages on the West River have. banded themselves together and sent a representative to ask for better protection of junks plying to and from Canton,

SUPPRESSION, OF Á NEWSPAPER. Wow Buint......... The + Hwory Cheung Wai Po, & native Each of the renewspaper, has been ordered to stop circulation and the editor has been arrest- ed for publishing an article on the 18th While district watchman 49 was walking and 19th reflecting on the Governor and The Minimum Wage Bill has passed its along Queen's Road West on Thursday running down the whole scheme of second reading by 348 votes to 225. night, he was set upon by a gang of Government in Kwangtung. Most of the ruffians, who gave him a rough handling.statements published wore untrue, and a One of the assailants was arrested, and repetition of this port of thing being tracy yesterday. He was fined $3 or seven days, and was bound over in a per sonal bend of $100 to keep the peace for twelve months,

SECOND READING PASSED.

RESULTS OF THE STRIKE.

The cold and wet is intensifying the

of the Panama Canal would weaken Japan's India Company and Messrs. Apeat & distress in many districta. Hundreds of brought before Mr. Irving at the Magis feared, this drastic step has been taken.

who has

position in the Pacific; but forgotten the speech of the Japanese Ambassador in Washington disavowing any ambition on the part of Japan to see the Japanese flag dominating the Pacifio? Japan's wish, he said, was to see the ocean decorated with "the mingled splendours of the Stars and Stripes and the Sun flag of Japan." The use of battleships for the de coration, however, would be a costly business for both nations.

The German Mail of the 21st February was delivered in London on 21st March.

We learn that Park View has been pur- chased by the Basel Mission for the accom modation of members of the Mission. The price paid is stated to be $80,000.

We learn that the an Arrataan Apoq has brought to Hongkong from Kobe, for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, 275,000 yen, in twenty yea gold pieces.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA'S CALCUTTA-LINE.

West was awakened early yesterday The occupant of 199, Des Voeux Road morning by the noise of bamboos rattling

NEW PAPER

A new Chinese newspaper is to be issued at the beginning of April called The Canton Daily Press. This makes four new papers which have been issued this

year,

people in Middlesborough and Grimsby

groceries, while crowds besieged the town halls in order to secure in Glasgow scrambled for buns and loaves. Trades

and are giving extensive measures. Daily men are selling at cast price everywhere, meals are being given to the children, forty thousand meals being served by one

on his verandah. He went out on to the Theatre fox four nights this week from A Company is appearing in the Club agency alone at Burslem, where the fen verandah, where he saw a man, who had the Victoria Theatre, Hongkong, and are ture is bottle-feeding rooms for babies.in his hand a basket of fish which he had On the other hand, many industrial een stolen from the house. tres, for instance, Sheffield, Oldham, Hud the man jumped from the verandah, which The weather has been very damp, cold and

dersfield, Derby and Hull report that the distress hitherto experienced does not exceed the normal,

SHAMBEN.

He shouted, and drawing quite large houses each night.

MR. HENRY KESWICK, M.P.

A Chinese boatman was yesterday LONDON, March 22nd. charged with stealing a quantity of lead Mr. Henry Keswick (of Messrs. Jaroil and a piece of rope belonging to the dine, Matheson & Co.), son of the late Mr. William Keswick, who died recently has been returned unopposed as M.P. for Epsom.

[Mr. Keswick's return as the member for his father's old constituency will be

home a year ago as one of the Colony's hailed with great satisfaction by his many friends in the Colony. Mr. Keswick went Delegates to the Coronation, and, his father being in indifferent health, he re-

The Osaka Asahi in a recent issue said :-Though the outward course of this Line is, reported to be doing fairly well, Fet the homeward course shows a poor result, which is due to the pressure of the Apcar Line and two other 8.8. Com- panics. To maintain a fortnightly ser- vice now proves to be very hard for the NYK The new received after Mr. Yatsui's return from Hongkong bringing no result as to an agreement with foreign steamship companies was that the N.Y.K. would compete with them, and outsiders

unfortunately the fact that no agreement have been pleased to watch this step, but could be arrived at practically means the surrender of the N.T.K. We learn that the Apcar and Indo-China 8.8. Company's have made BT! agree ment that the NY. K. shall not take and cargo front Calcutta, "and the N.Y.K. only has cargo on the outward trips, getting a little freight only (rice,

MINE EXPLOSION IN AMERICA

etc.) back from Rangoon and other ports.

LONDON, March 22nd, is intended to be completed. Even if the

An explosion of coaldust has occurred American rule of lying down two armoured Fisher, brought to Hongkong 139 adult anions on this course, and we hear that entombed miners number 105, and all hope The P.M. steamer Koren, Captain It is understood. that the N.Y.K. cannot

possibly cover expenses under present con- in the Saabvis mine in Oklahoma. The shipa annually is not interrupted, be

passengers and the N.D.L. steamer

they are going to withdraw one steamer saving them has been abandoned.

which, however, are unrecognisable.

25th Punjabis on the 27th and 30th March, Field firing will be carried out by the between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the Southern slopes of the bill between Grasscutters Pass and Shatin Pass.

Tas announcement that the United States is strengthening its Philippine Squadron by sending out the threearmoured cruisers which form the first division of the Pacific Fleet at Honolulu reminds us of an interesting controversy which has recently been pro ceeding in the columns of the Pall Mall Gazette respecting the question of naval supremacy in the Pacific. Mr. GERARD FLENNES recently contributed to that journal an article in which he laboured to establish that the mastery of the Pacifi will, in any event, rest with the Japanese California, South Dakota and Colorado, against the Americans in 1920, the year in forming the first division of the Pacific which the Saito programme of construction Atet, now at Honolulu.

The three American armoured cruisers which are coming out to Manila are the

nów

of his firm in London. With Mr. Gershom mained at home in charge of the interesta

Stawart and Mr. Henry Keswick in

Parliament, Hongkong can regard itself as well represented.1

was on the first floor, to the street. He disagreeable for the past few weeks, but was so severely injured that he had to since Tuesday it has taken a turn for the be taken to hospital.

better and we are being favoured with fine spring weather. The troops on the Concession have had anything but a good time in this respect, but with the good weather coming on matters ought to be 8.8. Prinz Sunsmund. He pleaded nct different. The swimming bath where the guilty, and stated that his boat was en- OLI are just now iccated will soon gaged by some passengers to go alongside be wanted for use, and arrangements are the steamer. One of the passengers low being made to house the men elsewhere. ered the goods to him. The chief mate of the vessel identified the goods as

his possession. Defendant was sentenced belonging to the ship, and stated that defendant had no right to have them in

to three months' hard labour.

SHELL TRANSPORT.

ACQUIEING PROPERTIES IN: DUTCH INDIES.

.: POLITICS IN PORTUGAL A

calculated that in 1920 America would have Intzow had 123 passengers for Hongkong from the Calcutta run from March next. The rescuers have located twenty bodies. Freres, of Paris, in-payment for the moved, the theatre, we presume, was

37 ships of the Dreadnought and pre- and 104 in transit. Dreadnought type, while Japan would have

only maintaining the sa. Hiroshima,

81, but he pointed out that the numerical E. B. Ayris, who was arrested some Kirin, and Mike Haru. On the other inferiority of the Japanese is all in the less time ago at Perth, on a warrant issued hand, we heard that the Apcar Line will powerful type of ship. In other words the in Hongkong on a charge of embezzle put two more steamers on the run in order Japanese will, in 1920, pozases 25 Dread-ment, is being brought back vid Sings to compote most strongly with N.Y.K. nought ships to America's 24. On such a

pore. He is on the Namur, which is due here on Monday. basis does Mr. FIENNES rest his confident statement that "the mastery of the Pacific, will, in any event, rest with the Japanese a against the Americans in 1920," On the superiority of a single ship! Who can be

These new steamers would be starting from 1st April next. This retiring attitude of the NYK which seems to be a fact, certainly is a very undesirable tendency.

FOOTBALL.

The grandson of Sheng Kung Pao, form erly Minister of Posts and Communica tions, was kidnapped at the railway station at Shanghai last week and is held auro of what the numerical strength of is made that "certain influential Repub Happy Valley, Mr. A. P. Storrie will re The astonishing statement In the Shield final this afternoon at either nation will be eight years hence? lieans have informed the family of the boy Government has kindly consented to pre- feree. H.E. the Officer Administering the It is extremely doubtful whether by that that a ransom of Tis. 100,000 must be paid sent the Shield and badges to the winning date nunierical superiority will rest with for his freedom."

for ranscm.

1 team.

paper, seem to take their politics with The Portuguese, remarks a London

them everywhere, even to the playhouse. On Thursday night (February 24th) at Braga, for instance, in the Theatre Vicente, a slight political discussion arose between a Republic officer of the army and a Monarchist Councillor, which led to the officer boxing the Councillor's ears The Shell Transport and Trading Com-

and the Councillor breaking his walking--- pany proposes to make an issue of 750,000 stick over the officer's head. Thereupon shares of £1, largely for the purpose of the officer's friends took up the argument, and the Dutch East Indies: It is pro- freely used, and bullets flew in all direc-. acquiring various oil properties in Russia opposed by the Councillor's, swords veré shareholders, the remainder (340,0) into play for an hour, and when every one posed to offer 510,000 shares to existing tions The fire-hose was then brought being allotted to Hessra. De Rothschild was drenched and the wounded were re- acquisition of certain interests in Russia. emptied and closed for the evening. The

It is stated in the circular that in conse quence of the increasing production in the Daily News correspondent who records the Dutch Indies and elsewhere, and possible scene says nothing of the play. Were the further developments in this direction, the actors, tou, joining in the fray! We trust none of them was among the "twenty-two exercising of late of several options, over new oilfields, and the vast extension of the wounded, nine seriously," liquid fuel business, entailing rapid and -enormous increase in producing, trans- port, storage, and distributing facilities, the directors propose to issue to the share- holders about 510,000 shares, being the balance of 8,500,000-ordinary shares of the capital already authorised. The terms of The following Press communique kan this issue will give to each ordinary share been issited at Calcutta: In view of the holder a pro rata participation, the price increasing prevalence of cotton gambling of issue being 658. per share, the new to which frequent reference has been made LONDON, March 22nd. shares ranking pari passu with the recently in the Calcutta Press, the Govern-

eral Frank Russell, who saw active service cipate in the final distribution of profits enable the police to suppress this and The death has occurred of Major-Gen-ordinary shares already issued as from ment of Bengal has taken into considera

January Ind, 1912, but they will not partition an amendment of the law which will in the Ashanti, Zulu and Boer Wars.

JUDGE LAWRENCE RESIGNS.

LONDON, March 22nd. Mr. Justice Lawrence has resigned on acount of ill-health

RHODESIAN COTTON.

LONDON, March 22nd. Ten hales of Rhodesian cotton were sold at Liverpool at 7:

OBITUARY.

for 1811.

GAMBLING IN COTTON FIGURES IN INDIA.

AMENDMENT OF LAW IN. VIEW.

other abuses of a like nature."