1913-08-22 — Page 2

INTIMATIONS

A. S. WATSON

LTD.,

CO.,

ESTABLISHED 75 YEARS,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 1913.

Japaticee Nationalist Party. A certain The 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall: TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Light Infantry is to prepare a draft for the 2nd Battalion at Hongkong, to em- bark on September 27 next at Southamp- ton, on which date also a reinforcing draft will embark to join the 2nd AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS. Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. nt Tientsin.⠀

high official in the last Cabinet" is quoted by the Hochi as saying that the existing Peking Governinent has not yet been recog- vised by the Japanese Government, and the disappointed Chiness patriots who have find from China are at liberty to remain in Japan if they wish to do so, and so long as they behave in an orderly way the Japanese

Many in shipping circles in Japan and' Government has no right whatever to other Far Eastern ports will learn with interfere with them. Any paudering onegret of the death at Ibrox, Glasgow,” ̈ the part of the Government of Japan to the wishes of the Chinese Government or the Foreign Powers by way of preventing the Chinese fugitives from using asylum in Japan the Hochi declared could not

CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS AND be endorsed by any Japanese who

PERFUMERS,

BY APPOINTMENT TO HE. The Governor

WATSON'S

CELETRAVED

CORN CURE

and banions, Bfective and painless.

WATSON'S

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION

An invaluable and most effective rommely

Immediately allays the irritation.

WATSON'S

have heirts · Lo feel for others in distress. From the statement made by the Chief Secretary to the Cabinet we gather that the Japanese Government did not object to political refugees landing in Japan, but were determined that Japan. should not be made by them a fase for continuing their campaign of rebellion in China. As a liberal reward is offered for the head of Dr. Sus," the Chief Secretary is reported as saying, maby assassins may follow him. The Clovernment will protect A safe and certain gura för spras, warts his person and will not attempt to drive lilia out of the country, but cannot assist him in bis political operations," The Jiji goes to the extent of warning the Japaness Government that if must notify President YUAN SUID-KAt to cancel his rewards for the assassination of Sox YAt-een, Huang- #SING and other principal leaders of South China, who are now taking refuge in Japan. There are indications, the paper says, that not a few persons are already in Japau bent. on Lesassination in order to secure the tempting rewards offered for the heads of these refugees, and YUAN SHIR-KAI's offer is LAVENDER TALCUM POWDER | not only detrimental to peace and, order in An invaluable Toilet and Nursery Japan, ut is an incult to the country (1) -And fivally the Jiji declares that it. YUAN requisite, soothing to the modsitive SI-KAI continues to adopt such high- skin and a useful adjunct of our well. handed measures, the whole of the Japanese, some of whom are still supporting North known Lavender,Water.

Chins, will ultimately turn against him and give solid support to the South. Comments like these in newspapers of the front tank in Japan certainly lend a good deal of colour to the recent reports that the revolution had a Japanese backing entirely unofficial, no doubt. It is noteworthy also that in dis. cussing the goveral silmation in China there is remarkable unanimity in the Japanese Press that Japan is now the dominant Power in Asia, and that it is time that, in self.defence," as the Hochi Shimbun puts it she should act independently of the other Powers. Exactly what independent Action these publicists luave in mind is not clearly revealed in any of the articles we have seen, but the general tone of the articles suggests that a policy on the paró of Oficial Japan more in accord with the views of Dr. SUN YAT-SEN and his friends would be widely welcomed by the Japanese people. We do not know why it would be so

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED,

HONGKONG AND CHINA..

22

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Osay communications relating to the ames column should be addressed to Ton EDITOR.

Correspondents must forward their names and addresses with communica- tions addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith. All letters for publication should be written un oni sile of paper only,

No anonymously signed communica- tions that have already appeared” în niher papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra copies of luy PRISS should be sent before 11 am, on day of publication. After that hour the supply in limited. Only supply for Cash,

Telegraphic Address. PRES. Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Licher. P.0. Boz., 84, Telephone No. 12.

BIRTHS. EzRA--On August 15th, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Evann 1. Rza, a son. POLLOCK.On August 15th, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. T. W. POLLOCK, a daughter.

Hongkong OFFICE: 10A, DES Vaux ROAD FI. LONDON OPPICH: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Avocer 22xD, 1913.

THE fact that so many of the lauders of the abortivo revolution in China hava sought refuge in Japan is invested with

It certainly would not anke for penco in China, and we have no doubt the Japanese Government perceives that clearly enough."

The promotion of Captain John E. C. Craster. R. E., to be Major, is gazetted.

THE POWERS AND TURKEY'S ADVANCE INTO THRACE.

LONDON, Angust 21st The Powers are in consultation in of Mr. Jas. Taylor, a popular engineer | in the service of the Nippon Yusen regard to further representations to Mr. Turkey on account of her advance into Kaisha for about fifteen years Taylor served in the Bingo-maru on the Thrus, but nothing is known in London run from Japan to London for about ten years, when he joined the tenta-maru as Chief Engineer. He was with this vessel

retired on account of ill-health. until about two years ago, when he

of a conarmatory nature.

The belief is expressed in Soha that the Powers are concerting measures to compel Turkey to keep out of Thrace. -

At Coventry, England, on the 12th

A message from Constantinople states ultimó, William Church, who gave his address as late of Water Street, Yoke that several Embassies have drown the hara, was charged with being concerned attention of the Porte to the reports of with the embezzlement. of!

£1,000 a Turkish advance beyond the Maritza from his employers, Messrs. Alfred lige Herbert, Limited, bi London and

The Russian Ambassador interviewed Yokohama. Counsel for the accused claimed that inasmuch as the offence was the Grand Vizier on the question this committed in Yokohamn, the English afternoon, and the Grand Vizier, while Courts had no jurisdiction in the matter, denying Turkey's intention to occupy and therefore accused should be released territory beyond Maritza issued orders in However, the accused was remanded for.

week to enable the opinion of the Public the presence of the Ambassador imrae- diately to recall any troops happening to have crossed the frontier.

Prostentor to be ascertained.

THE GOVERNMENT.

'MON, MT, CLÁUD SEVEEN SWOAN IN AS

OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT..

PANIC AT DEDEAGATCH. The report that the Bulgarians intended to reoccupy Dedesgutch on Friday has caused a panic among the inhabitants,

THE MAGISTRACY.

HAWKING CHINESE, VINE,

Sergt. Brown charged two Chinese wi hawking Chinese wine among the bol people at Yaumati Bay. Esch was fined $25, or a Binth in default

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. AN ECHO OF THE DESY TRIAL.

PREMIER AND MARQUIA Cross SWORDS,

A SWEDISH SEAMAN IN TROUBLE. BUDAPEST, August 21st.

Kar! Jensen, a Swedish scama, at The Premier of Hungary, M. Tiszt, present out of a billet, was charged by fought a duel with swords with Marquis Inspector Dymond with refusing to pay Pallavicini, the latter having charged the ariesha fare and with acting in a dis- Premier with seeking to influenes wit-orderly manner. On the first charge the man we ordered to pay 50 cents com » nesses in the trial of an Opposition pensation, and on the second he was fined Deputy named Desy, who was acquitted $5, or seven days hard labour. en pharges of libelling M. Lukacs, the ex-Premier; and also of corruptly using large sums advanced by banking and other institutions for the Government's electoral

campaign,

Both men were slightly wounded on the head. Afterwards, the combatants become reconciled.

UNPRECEDENTED AIRSHIP FEAT.

LONDON, August 21st.

RAILWAY EMBEZZLEMENT CHARUE," The statement in the Daily Press yesterday that Mr. Percy Smith sat with

his Worship to advise him with regard to the accounts in this case was incorrect, the fact being that Mr. Percy Smith, having private personal business with the Magistrate, was asked by the Magistrate,

with his usual courtesy, to sit beside him, until the business of the Court was con- eluded.

THE MAXIMUM PENALTY

Before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, a Chinese Home papers give prominence to the was charged with being in unlawful unprecedented feat of the new Army | possessión of a revolver and 200 rounds airship Etu towing, with 600 feet of cable, of ammunition. An officer told his Wor- a smaller disabled airship a distance of ships that the revolver was found conevaled

munition was sewn up in the pockets fourteen miles from Odiham to Farn in the back of the man's trousers and its borough.'

of an overcoat. His Worship imposed the PUGILIST JOHNSON NOT WANTEDximum penalty, 3260, or three months'

IN LONDON MUSIC HALLS.

LONDON, August 21st.

imprisonment

NO RECEIPT STAMP. The Sing Lee Company were charged There is a swelling chorus of protest before. Mr. Melbourne with failing to

A Guzeite Extraordinary yesterday many of whom are abandoning the town against the announced appearance of stamp a receipt. Mr. Willson, of Messrs.

The Foreign Consuls have applied to their Embassies to despatch warships for the protection of foreign interests.

notified that, His Excellency Sir Francis Henry May, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and Bt. George, having left the Colony,

The reoccupation is actanlly expected the prescribed Oaths of Office were yester day administered by His Honour the to take place on the 28th instant in the Chief Justice in the presence of the presence of the Foreign Military Attaches Executive Council to the Honourable Mr. whom Bulgaria has invited with the Claud Severn, Colonial Secretary of the object of forestalling atrocity stories. Colony, and that the Honourable Mr. A COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. Claud Bevorn thereupon assumed the

The Carnegie In

International Peace Administration of the Government in virtue of His Majesty's Commission given Foundation has appointed a Commission at the Court at St. James on the four-to investigate impartially the massacres in teenth day of October, 1903.

The following appointments, hy His

the Balkan States and the economie

Excelloney the Officer Administering the college of the war.

Government were notified in the same special issue of the Gazette

The Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson to act as Colonial Becretary, with effect from this date.

Liant LR E. W Taylor. Royal Garrison Artillery, to... he Private Secretary and Extra Aide-de-Camp, with effect from this date.

Captain E. M. Conolly, Royal Hors Artillery (T.), to be Aide de Camp with effect from this date.

to

The following officere net

a Honorary Aides-de-Camp, with effect from this date:

Captain J. H. W. Armstrong. Hong- kong Voluntour Corps.

Captain G. G. Wood, Hongkong Volun Teer Corps.

Subadar-Major Muhammed Ali, Hong- kung and Singapore Battalion, Royal Garrison Artillery...

Subadar Mul Singh, 126th Baluchisten

We are officially informed that quaran-Infantry tite restrictions imposed against Hoihow have been removed,

Kobe has The Japanese Court at granted the petition of Mrs. J. S. Happer for a divorce from her husband.

A Manila Court has fixed the amount of the bond for the release of the Swedish steamer Vippon at 210,000 pesos.

A man has been sent to the Hospital from Hunglion suffering from injuries to one of bis hands, caused by touching an eletrie wire.

To-day the inhabitants of Macao recall more than ordinary interest owing to the the taking of Passaleão Fort by thirty-six remarkable amount of sympathy and sup-brave soldiers under the command of the purt show for their cance in the Japanese then Lieutenant Mesquita, whose during Preas. It would seem from the mass of feat is well-known in the history of information published in the Japanese Macao. papers concerning the arrival, one by one,

of quite a large number of the leaders of

September 1st.

per cent.

Trom

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE TERM OF OFFICE.

THE UNITED STATES AND

MEXICO.

CORDIAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT #VERTS AND BLIND.

LONDON, August 21st.

The Mexican Government has intimated to all the Legations that negotiations between Mr. Lind and President Hurria are continuing cordially. MEXICAN EX-PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR JAPAN:

LONDON, August 21st. M. Felix Diaz, the ex-President of Mexico, sails to-day from Montreal to Liverpool en route to Japan.

THE RE-CAPTURE OF HARRY THAW.

THE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES IN A DILEMMA.

LONDON, August 21st.

The Canadian anthorities have some difficulty about Harry Thaw-whether to deport him as an undesirable, transfer him to the American police as an escaped criminal lunatic, or allow extradition proceedings to be instituted Thay is determined to fight the case to fis last, and a long legal struggle is anticipated.

The Peking correspondent of the N.C% Daily News cabled on thứ 15th inst. -

With reference to my recent message stating that there was a possibility of an

President, it early election of a interesting to learn that, the Committe which is drafting the constitution has been busy formulating conditions relative to the election of the President. It has been decided that both Houses of Parlia ment shall constitute the people's Assembly, which shall elect the President.

SPLENDID CHOPS IN CANADA. A plurality of two-thirds of an attend- ance of three-fourths of the members shall

-LITTLE: DAMAGE BY THE STORM.. make the election effective. If the pum. her of votes is not sufficient, a second

VINNUTO, August 2let. election may be held. If the second plurality, the naines of the two candidates election does not give the required

The crops are splendid, and the higher receiving the most votes shall be put upgrades yield heavily. The damage by the and the one obtaining the majority of votes shall be the President.

storm was slight,

At this afternoon's meeting of the The death is announced of M. O. E. Changyiyuan, a Bill was brought forward Olivier, who was French Prime Minister proposing that date be set for the election of the President.

at the opening of the France German war.

BRITISH OLYMPIC SPORTS.;

Pugilist Jack Johnson at the Euston and South London variety theatres on Man day, after his white slave conviction

America.

Stephens & Willson, who appeared for the defence, pleaded guilty to the offence. The firm had appointed & new account but desired to explain the circumstances.

ant and through sheer inadvertence the affixing of the stampin this was overlooked. His Worship would see that all the other reeipts in the hook were duly stamped. He subraifted a nominal fine would moeb the cast. Defendant was fined $5.

The Daily Mail has inquired the views of a number of prominent music hall particninr case proprietors, most of whom disapprove his appearance.

AVLATOR'S ACHIEVEMENT.

SUCCESSFUL TROP FROM MONOPLANE BY

PARACSIUTE.

from

LONDON, August 210. M. Pegoud, an French aviator, on Tuesday evening, dropped by parachute a monoplane at Chateaufort Acrodronis when a thousand feet up. He landed without as much as a scratch, and the acroplane came to earth a hundred yards away

*

THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY

GOVERNMENT CLERK.

The hearing was continued before Mr. Melbourne of the ense in which Al Khon, a former clerk and interpreter at the Supreme Court and now employed at the Post Office, stands charged with embezzling various small sums of money. Mr. H. A. Nisbot, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, cross-examined by Mr F. C. Jonkin, who appears for the dofence, said that since the last hearing two more of the missing fles had been ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET.

unearthed, making four now fomid sirice Lowdon, August 2161.

the beginning of the case, Witnew bad no idea that defendant had been in the Hampshire beat Somerset at Partsmouth

habit of receiving probate fers in by seven wickets.

advance, but it could be seen from the files Yorkshire beat Essex at Bradford by that he had been so doing. The case was an innings and 48 runs.

again remanded.

DEPRAVDING THE REVENUE. Surrey drew with Middlesex at Bir

Before Mr. C. D. Melbourne, Serg mingham.

Caygill charged thres ricshá coolies with Kent beat Leicestershire at Canterbury using private rieshas for public purposes,

by 261 runs.

Worcestershive beat Bancaabira Dudley by five wickets.

The and with defrauding the revenue. nt officer told his Worship that the threa

defendants owned ricshas and let them ont to Europeans in Kowloon for nertafe amount 冠 month. The first

ܠܰܐ

TRAGEDY AT NUNOBIKI FALLS, defendant had three masters-Mr. Xavier,

KOBE..

CHINESE FAMILY DROWNED,

who, paid him $3, a friend of that gentle inna, who paid $6, and Mr. Tulip, of the Kowloon School, who paid 300. The On the evening of the 10th instant, second man was engaged by Mr. Dubbs,. Nakamura Kamezo, a Kobo waterworks who frequently had business in Court, and coolic, reported to the police that he had

Mr. Gonsalves discovered the bodies of three Chinese and paid $15 a month. a boy who had been drowned in the cogaged the other man, paying him $5. Namid un-taki (tear waterfall), The Europeans denied owning the richas, secluded spot between the Otaki (male fall) and Motaki (female fall), Nunobiki, declaring that they belonged to the coolies, Kobe. Some policemen and a police The fee for a public vehicle licence at doctor at once proceeded to the waterfall Kowloon was $12, and the inen munt Ins and took charge of the bodies.

licensed themselves.

The rieshas Were

Meanwhile the tutor employed by the Lino Fu-peng family, living at No. 20, 64 very valuable, and seemed to have Shinyamate-dori, 4-chome, who was been sold at the Central Police Station starching for his pupile, heard of this sale some time ago. Fach of the defen gruesome discovery, and hurried to the

spot, followed by the Liao household. dants was fined $5. Mrs Linx identified the bodies as those. of her three daughters, eighteen, seventeen and sixteen years old, and of her son,

NON-SMOKING ROMANCE.

fifteen years old. The bodice were con- A romance which began at Palm Beach, veyed, to the bereaved parent house. It

is believed that the boy entered the basin Florida, has led to the marriage, at St.

The period of service shall be six years,

of the waterfall to bute, as his body was Louis, of Mr. Charles Squier, rich Japanese papers understand that the and a candidate thall be eligible for re- DEATH OF A FRENCH STATESMAN, naked, and that the girls must have broker, of New York, and Miss Olive ROCICLY the rebel movement, that the Japanese cable rates between Shanghai and Japan election after an interval of one term.

humped in to try and save him from Rat one of the younger leaders of

in St. Louis. PARIS, August ist.

drowning

An American paper says it all came Government itself was but little disposed will, as a result of negotiations between These conditions must necessarily receive

Mr. Lio is at home in China, while about because Miss Rae declined to smoke to admit then into the country, and the Chinese and Japanese authorities, be the approval of both Houses.

Mrs. Liar came to Kobe in May last year, a sigarette, and expressed a dislike of with five daughters and one son, to have sosing women smoking. the publication of a report on the authority reduced by thirty

This incident," them educated in this country-Japan which happened on an hotel balcony at of a Professor who had interviewed the

Chronicle,

Palm Beach, so impressed Mr. Squier, Prime Minister to the effect that the

who overheard Miss Rec, that he sought an introduction, and the acquaintance Government had resolved to probibit the landing of Chinese political refugees evoked

grew into a courtship.

quite a storm of protest in the Japanese Press. Though the Chief Secretary of the Cabinet contradicted this report, it may not be uninteresting to draw attention to some

While the question was being discussed elect a

whether it was possible to President before the constitution had

Lisut. T. A.. Whyte, of the 42nd Co.. RG.A., Portsmouth, has been promoted to captain. He was appointed second-been drafted, many members deliberately lieutenant in May, 1900, and got his walked out, leaving the sitting without

Before second star in January, 1902. going to Portsmouth he was in Hongkong.

a quorum.

LONDON, August 21st. At a recent dinner in New York,

Professor Alfred E. Stearns told this The marriage was celebrated at the Sir Alfred Northcliffe has contributed story in illustration of a point in his Buckingham Hotel, and vied with some "In Orange in my childhood of the more extravagant. weddings for £2,000 and the Finier newspaper £500 pooch:

I once complained of the difficulties of which New York and Chicago are It is stated that in connection with the towards the British Olympic Fund.". spelling. I said thet e and is in renowned. One hundred and fifty canary such words as believe and receive birds joined the orchestra in providing. The Chinese partnership action which renewal of the contract for the carriage

always stamped me. Then a man patted music, and during the ceremony hundreds of the views which have found express has occupied the attention of the Chief of the Indian mails, the Postmaster-

Imo on the head and smiled and said: of butterflies were released and flew over in the leading newspapers on the subject. Justice for about 17 days is expected to ment of India. is considering the pos General, in conjunction with the Govern

My boy, I will give you an infallible the heads of the guests. rule of candie a rule that in Special apartaments in the hotel were The Asahi, for instance, declares that finish to day. In the Summary Court sibility of providing a service of two mails

decorated with new furniture and beauti the Government did issue a prohibitory yesterday Mr. Justice Kemp heard further a week. The renewal of the contract with The death is announced of Mr. forty-seven years has never failed me.

I expressed ny delight and waited. The flowers especially for the wedding. order ainst SUN YAT-SEX, and only evidence in the claim brought by Ip Teak the P and O. Company Com Frederick Cox, senior partner in the well-man resumed: The rule in simply this: while among the gifts of the bridegroom

consideration this year, and an extension

"exactly alike to his bride were a £6,000 diamond neck- cancelled it when a strong protest. was Sam against the Po Wah Insurance of 12 months has been given in order that known banking house of Messrs. Cox & Write your "i" and e

between lace, several other jewels of great value made by representaive members of the

Company.

full deliberation regarding terms may be ensured.

Company

OBITUARY.

LONDON, August 21st.

and there.

dot exactly Put your

anda intor-car.