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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19rä, 1913.

A man has been sent to the hospital suffering from injuries sustained in a truck accident on Wednesday.

A Chinese pork dealer, of No. 1, Gough Street, reports to the police that one of his

conspiracy against the Government. To all appearances General Lung and CHA KING- wan had worked in perfect harmony to bring order out of the chaos which resulted from the recent revolt of the Canton troops, AT THE WELCOME DINNER and the people of Canton undoubtedly had good canseto be grateful to CHAN KING-WAR for the courage and ability lie displayed in grappling with an exceedingly difficult situs tion. It is incredible, in the circumstances, that the TUTUH could have acted as bescilles on October 10th.

of the

MEDICAL

CONGRESS did on Tuesday night without the strongest

held in London on the 6th ultimo, at the RITZ HOTEL,

proof of guilt against the two men whom he teacherously invited to a dinner merely to facilitate their arrest and execution. But CHAMPAGNE have been aware that CHAN KING-WAH has what satisfactory proof exists? We

DE ST. MARCEAUX, 1906 VINTAGE, WAS THE ONLY

CHAMPAGNE ON THE MENU.

been suspect in certain Chinese' circles. It has been alleged that he was the power behind ORAN KWING-MING when he declared the independence of the province of Kwang. tung, and that when it was seen that the second revolution" was doomed to fail, he ent upon the fence, resolved, like the famous

CHAMPAGNE Vr of Bray, to hold his appointment

DE ST. MARCEAUX & Co.,

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WINE.

It is the most Popular Wine in England and Europe to-day and invariably figures on the menus of Banquets, Dinners, and Suppers given by Reigning Monarchs, Minister of Stats, Merchant Guilds. Sporting Clubs,

whatsoever King might reign in Canton. His alleged secret disloyalty to the Government at that time is said never to have been forgiven in Peking. While CHAN KING-WAH had a force of between 7,000 and 8,000 men under his command, it

fokis collected $130

absconded.

and then

Judge, is booked as a passenger by the Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, the Puisne

P. & O. steamer Mongolia leaving Mar.

M. Sarrant, Governor-General of Indo- China, is, it is stated, leaving for France in October next, in order to be in Paris when the Chambers reassemble.

The police have been informed by w Chinese married woman, residing at No. 5. Sai Wan Street, that on Wednesday right, thieves broke open her staircase door, and stole clothing to the value of

$16 and' four ambrolias.

Another typhoon has quickly followed on the heels of the one which entered the Swatow and Amoy and filled up. coast early yesterday morning between

black signals vore hoisted late yesterday aiternova for a typhoon East of the Colony.

The

Described as an unemployed seamen, a Gernian pained Arnold Ast appeared at charge of having been found within the the Magistracy yesterday morning on a fortifications at Lyemun. pleaded guilty to trespassing. was remanded till to-day.

The death occurred

Hon. Francis B. Harrison, Governor TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

to

General of the Philippine Islands, who is coming out on tho Manchuria, is resident commissioner; Mr. Seldomridge, accompanied by the Hon. Manuel Quezon, privato secretary the Governor- General; Mr. Bonsal, member of tho Municipal Board of the City of Manila;

Constabulary. Major Herman fall, Bureau of

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["DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.]

GENERAL CHANG HISUNG- TO APOLOGISE,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE RAILWAY TROUBLE IN ENGLAND.

INVESTIGATION BY UNION DELEGATES.

LONDON, September 18th. The Executive of the National Union

TOKYO, September 18th. The Peking correspondent of the Fiji cables that General Chang of Railwaymen Ims decided to send Hsun, commanding the Government delegates to Liverpool to investigate the

troops at Nunking, has wired to the President expressing his readiness to

Captain Philip Streatfeld, M.V.O., who commands the battleship Triumph, now on her way to Hongkong, has served afloat for twenty-eight years, having been cader of July, 1895, was promoted lieutenant in 1894, commander in 1903, and capta'n five years ago. He was flag lieutenant of the cruiser tileigh when Rear-Admiral Bedford landed a punitive expedition in 1801 to proceed against Chiel Nanna up the Benis River, and was present at the capture of the chief's stronghold (modal with Benin River; the expedition against King Koko, up the BRUSH WITH REBELS IN AFRICA. 1884" clasp), and he also took part in

Brass River in 1895 ("Brass River, 1885" clasp). He got his M.V.O, in 1906.

apologise to the Japanese Consul for the murder of Japanese subjects

by men belonging to his force.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ITALIAN GENERAL KILLED IN FOREFRONT

OF THE BATILE,

LONDON, September 18th. A number of Italian troops, commanded

At the Magistracy yrsterday afternoon, Mr. G. N. Orme gave his decision in the ease in which three Chinese were charged with being in unlawful possession of by General Torelli, in pursuing rebels was considered dangerous to deal with him

of nearly $70,000. Mr. F. B. L. Bowley midway between Benghazi and Derna, Kwangtung bank-notes to the face value from an abandoned position at Gsur, "according to martial law," and, so, we under stund, the way was prepared by gradually

Defendant prosecuted, and Mr. C. K. Hall Brutton. reducing the force under his control and

encountered the enemy The case

for the defence. Was

Hsi Worship

in a broken, anid he was of opinion that posses-

wooded country. After 搞 at the same time restricting his power and

atubborn authority, until the time became ripe for

sion uf property stoleń outside engagement the enemy wore baaton off #t Yokobuma the

Colony was

covered by with the help of timely reinforcemonts. giving him the coup de grace-act quite recently somewhat suddenly of Mr. E. Section 36 of the Summary Offenders' in the way it was done, perhaps, but there R. Manley, who had been a resident at Ordinance, of 1815, under which the the battle, two officers were killed and 18 General Torelli, died in the forefront of the port for forty years, and had charge was preferred, and he discharged CHAMPAGNE best to get him cashiered for some time il Beamship Co. the whole of that re-arrested on charges brought by Mr. wounded.

remained in the service of the Pacific the defendants. They were inmediately wounded, and three men killed and 70 The rebels suffered heavy time. He died after a brief illness of Bowley under Section of of the Larceny losses, including important chiefs. an apoplectic nature at the age of 67. Ordinance of 1865. Bail was granted in

$1,000 each,, and the case was formally THE GERMAN COURT OF HONOUR remanded till today, when the men will appear before Mr. Hazeland.

etc., etc.

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no doubt his enemies had been doing their

past.

We were not, however, prepared to associate, these rumours with the. tragedy of Tuesday night. When the brief | of these officials was received we assumed aunout comment of the summary shooting it to be the result of a police raid which took place at a so-called school in Canton 00 the 12th inst. Important documents were reported to have been seized relating to 12 seditious con

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HONGKONG, SEFTCMBER 19TH, 1913.

But the

that

in a

Police Sergeant Grant, who is stationed at Yaumati, has been removed to hospital suffering from injuries sustained through the explosion of dynamite, on Wednesday He was testing some dynamite | night.

and detonators which had been seized by the police wher the explosion cecurred, The tops of two fingers were blown off.

death of the Rev. D. C. Greene, D.D., Our Tokyo correspondent reports the the veteran American missionary, who, resided in Japan 44 years. with the exception of furloughs, bas He was for some time President of the Asiatic. Society of Japan and numerous papers written by him are to be found in the Society's Journal,

THE LATEST CANTON SENSATION.

NUMEROUS ARRESTS.

INCIDENT.

PROFESSOR MAASS RELEASED.

HERLIN, September 18th. Professor Maass, who shot Captain Westerhagen at a German Court of Honour after the latter had slapped his

situation there, fearing that it is the beginning of a national strike.

The branches nt Birmingham, where 4,000 men are out on strike, have passed a resolution appealing to all railwaymen

to strike.

All the goods stations in Birmingham wore closed yesterday, and 5,500 are idlo.

The outlook in Liverpool is more pro- mising. The Strike Committee is ronew ing an offer to negotiate with the London and North-Western Railway Censpany. A number of strikers have resumed work.

LATER Delegates from the National Railway- men's Executive left Birmingham for London yesterday evening with a demand from Birmingham and district for national strike.

Coventry railway men have resolved on protesting against the drastic action of the Liverpool and Birminghanı railway men without the, sanction of the Execu- tive.

LONDON BUSMEN'S STRIKE.

LONDON, September 18th. Eighty busen in the employ of Mesare. Tilling have ceased work and only 12 are now working. At meetings held at mid- night, the busier declared that they must insist on the right of the members of the Union to wear the Union badge, and on the re-instatement of the employees of Mesure. Tilling who have been suspended.

LATER.

It has been arranged that all London motor busmen shall strike at midnight to-morrow unless the Tilling Company yjelds.

MORE RIOTS IN DUBLIN.

few days ago, eight persons, suspected of being satisfied that he acted in self- Our Canton correspondent writes:-A face, has been released, the authorities being rebels were arrested in a house near defonce. Sam Fu Chin. It he now been as

The affair has caused a sensation in certained that several of them were privates and petty officers of the Luk Berlin. Professor Maass had written Kwan (Land Army) and took part in articles alleging that Captain Wester. the recent mutiny. Lately they fled to hagen promised an intermediary £100 to Hongkong, where they were employed by obtain the office of Court Chamberlain to The Station-muster at Cheung Sui states Chu Chup Sum (formerly Head of the that on Monday night some person Audit Department, and a relative of ex-

the Principality of Lippe for him, and entered the office at the station by break. Tutah Wu Hon Man) ut a silury of $30 that after his appointment he refused to

LONDON, September 16th. ing open the window, and stole a clock, per.

A number of faru hands, who are on ti to return to and three suits of railway uniform, the establish

Canton to

pay. The two met outside the Court of members of the headquarters

inducing

Transport Workers' property of the Government, and a pair persons to join in the conspiracy. Chu

Honour and bad words. The Captain, Union, created a riot at Finglas, near of shoes and two umbrellas belonging to was not in the house when it was raided; who was a huge man; picked up the little Dublin. The police firad their revolvere, himself. The value of the whole pre-on that vory night he went to Hongko

elderly Professor and slapped his face and a boy was shot. He lies in a critical perty is estimated at $50.

where he is reported to be staying at repeatedly, and then flung him against condition. present.

the wall. Professor Maass shot the Captain in the heart.

The marriage arranged between Eric Osborne Alabaster, Royal Engineeix, youngest man of the late Sir Chaloner Alabaster, K.C.M.G., His Majesty's Consul-General, China, and of Lady Alabaster, Boscombe, and Murich, Darling, of Shanghai, and Mrs. Darling, youngest daughter of the late D. A

Rutherfield, Sussex, was to take place September 10th at Rotherfield.

St. Denys Church,

for

On Wednesday morning a man named

A procession of strikers smashed the Sung who arrived from Hongkong was

windows of tram-cars in Dublin. followed by a detective all the way from GERMAN ATTACHE'S SERIOUS

ANOTHER RISING IN MOROCCO. the wharf to Kwai Heung Street. Не

ACCIDENT. entered the house of a lady doctor and

LONDON, September 18th.

Yamen for trial. Saig is a brother-in-law who was attending the French manoeuvres, noted antagonist of the French, assomed subsequently was arrested by a number of

LONDON, September 18th. The Spaniards were again severely

of Cheung Ngaw Kune, who temporarily was seriously injured by a soldiers and brought to the Tutu's

Majur Winterfield, a German Attaché, pressed around Ceuta, where Raisul1, a

occupied the Tutuhship prior to the

motor-car the leadership. The enemy are strong.

THE TURCO-BULGARIAN NEGOTIATIONS.

A RACE FOR AN OLD WAGER.

ADMIRAL AND CAPTAIN REN 100 YARDS AT

-PORTSMOUTH.

of a section of the gendarmeria was summoned to the Tutuh's Yamen, and he left it bound by the hands and under arrest. There is nothing in the published accounts to show that the shooting of CHAN KING-WAR was the direct consequence of this raid but it is noteworthy that the Tutub received his first confidential instructions from the PRESIDENT in regard to CHaN KING-Wau the day following this raid. It was not, how ever, until two days later that the alleged arch-conspirator and his principal wide were trapped at the Yamen by a ruse which it is difficult to characterise in adequate terms of reprobation. If these men were guilty of the crimes alleged against them in the PRESIDENT'S telegram-.e., conspiring to raise a rebellion and with that object misappropriating Government funds and providing arms and ammunition-there is justiɓcation for the fate which has so unexpectedly overtaken them. ground for quarrel is that they were trapped and shot without trial, and, so far as the official announcements show, they were convicted by the PRESIDENT on the ex-parte statements of their enemies amung We have waited before commenting on the inhabitants and merchants of Canton, the tragic fate of CHAN KING-Wax, the who are described as entertaming the utmost late Chief of Police at Canton, in the hopa resentment against ÜHAN KING-WAH that the official statements on the subject because he had tortured the people" would afford some convincing reasons for during his tenure of the office he held, what in the absance of strong justification by which presumably is meant cannot but be regarded as a cold-blooded he land adopted drastic measures mardor and a disgrace to the civilisation time of anarchy to restore and maintain to which pretence la made in the provisional public order. It showe elo.rly to the out- Constitution under which the so-called Roside world what a sorry and contemptule public of China is, by a fiction, supposed to farce Republican Government is in China, be governed. One of the provisions of that we procedure such as ine eivilised world Constitution is that "no citizen shall be assuriates with savage tribes in the heart of arrosted, imprisoned, tried or punished Area, is applauded by the people u It is announced that Mr. J. F. Mae except in accordance with law" bat Canton wao, Lue reports tell us, discharged Gregor, elder son of the senior partner seditions documents, were sent although it has been officially declared fusillades of crackers to express their joy. of the Firm of Messra, Caldbeck, Mac Tutub's Yamen to be tried by court-

AMERICAN OPEN GOLF that all trouble at Caution is over, I CAN KING-WAN and his companion

Origor & Co. has been admitted to parnartial.

as follows: -Starting at Enos, it follows

CHAMPIONSHIP. martial law is still in force. The plain misfortune had been convicted on clear

nership in the Far Eastern Arm as well

the course of the River Maritza and turns fucts in regard to CHAN KING.wa are that evidence by a competent and impartial Beck & Co. Mr. Jack Macfiregor, as in the London firm of MacGregor,

Buooklive (Mag.), Sept, 18th. he was traitorously invited by the Tures to tribunal, of the crimes with which they were

west in order to enclose Demotika then In the second qualifying round of this. dine with bim; that after the third course charged, no unbiassed person would have

daring his short period of service in the

northward a Samana and Hadikeut, championship the play of the British In the Court of Bankruptcy, London, turning eastward the Turun suddenly threw aside the guise resouble cause to quarrel with the fately in Hongkong where he secured another statement of affairs showed liabilities Killisseh, and ending at San Stefano, in 72/77.

Far East made a best of friends, especial creditors of Ernest Sandeman, whose Mustapha Pasha, passing north of Kirk being 74/74, and that of Reid of Banstead

on 15th ult, a meeting was held of the

to the south of représentatives was brilliant, Ray's score of hospitality and showed him a telegraphic which has overtaken thein. CHAN KING. dispatch from President YUAN SHIK-KAI WA Was an offcor well known to the

partnership by marrying Miss Dorothy £21,665 and assets, cash,, £ 10s. 8d. It denouncing CHAN KING-WAR and his fellow. Hongkong police'authorities with whom ho

Hooper, the younger daughter of Mr. and was reported that the debtor came to the Black Sea. Mrs. Shelton Houper.

England from Hongkong with a capital guest (the Head of the Tranquilisation had co-operated for the checking of crime

of £36,000, while, in addition, he had

It is understood that the agreement will Bureau) for a number of high erimes and ¦ with advantage to

money on deposit with a firm in India. be referred to The Hague Conference. the Colony and to At the Catholic Cathedral, ол

For about three years after his arrival misdemeanours, and ordering his immediate Canton, and while no one denies that Sunday, the 21st instant, the Vory he travelled for pleasure, and was then arrest and punishment "according to his methods of dealing with the fores

- LATER. martial law." So far as the official report of disorder were unscrupulous and drastic, Jubilee Mass of his Ordination

Reverend Father P. de Maria, Pro-Vicar appointed director of various companies, Apostolic, will

His income from that source

The Turca-Bulgarian delegates at Con- celebrate the Silver exceeded £800 per annum, and during stantinople settled the frontier question of the affair goes, there is nothing it is incredible to his friends and acquain-Priesthood.

of the past few years he had held no direz yesterday, and it is expected that the to show that those mien were afforded tances both in this Colony and in Canton

lle will be assisted by dwindled through speculation, and four protocol will be signed to day.

torships. His capital had gradually

Loxaos, September 18th: the smallest opportunity of rebutting the that he was the arch-traitor fe is declared to

Reverend Father I Versiglia, who will years ago he was obliged to have recourse

The Rest of England beat an eleven charges made against them by the Pars have been. In any case, the manuer of his His Lordship Bishop Pozzoni and the time to time.

deliver a short sermon on the occasion.to moneylenders, obtaining loans from

The Bulgarians offered to build at their selected from Kent and Yorks by an DENT on the ex-parte statements of private arrest and execution leave an indelible stigma Clergy will attend, and the presence of attributed his failure to the result of to Babaeski in exchange for Dernotika, !

The debtor, who stated own expense à railway from Adrianople innings and 45 runs at the Oval. individuals who bad telegraphed their on the regime in China, and the indignation the Catholic Community is cordially speculations, the interest on horrowed which the Turks declined.

owed £16,000 to his wife, accusations to the PRESIDEST direct. There which this secret official murder must invited. After the service congratulatory money, and depreciation of securities. is nothing whatever in the official report to excite in the minds of intelligent and addresses will be presented to Father de There was no proposal before the meeting Demotika has been awarded to Turkey, suggest that the Torum bisself had proof law-abiding citizens can hardly serve to Maria (by kind permission) in the Hall the case was left in the Official Receiver's practically all of whose deinands has been

for the payment of a composition, and of CHAN KING-WAH's association with any allay the prevailing unrest.

arrival of General Lung, and is said to overturning. He sustained a fracture of Reinforcements are leaving Spain. Many residents of Hongkong will regret be an accomplice in the plot, engineered the pelvis. President Poincaré has re.. to learn of the death at Home of Lieut.by Chu Chup San and others. Colonel H. D. Staupots, who left the

peatedly enquired as to his condition, On Monday last. Governor-General Colony scarcely a year ago after a period Lung ordered the Chai Kwan to make a of service here as Command Paymaster general search, at all the hotels, board and Treasury Chest Officer.

ing houses and schools, for suspicious. While in Hongkong Lient-Colonel Stacpole spented characters. As a result over a hundred to enjoy excellent bealth and though close arrests were made, but later in the day upon sixty years of age he was an enthu

most of the victims were found to be innocrat and released.

slastic tennis player and was frequently announced to have died very suddenly.

a player on the cricket field. He is

of the Catholic Union.

CONSTANTINOPLE, September 18th. The discussion between the Turkish and i Bulgarian delegates, at the meeting

LONDON, September 18th. Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot and Captain Eric Back ran 100 yards et Portsmouth on Wednesday in fulfilment

About a dozen ro-day, will be chiefly concerned with the of a wager of £2 made twenty years ago.

Captain Back won in. 12 1/5secs.

Admiral Sir Hedwerth Meux was the

of them are still detained for the purpose possession of Demotiku. When an agree- of further examination, Two smer. arrested in the Sam Fick boarding house, ment on this question is reached, the who had in, their possession anacrons delegates will examine the demarcation of judge.

to the the frontier, fixed by military assessore.

BANKRUPTCY OF MR. E. SANDEMAN,

that he

hands.

never

conceded.

Modermott, the American favonrite, qualified with 80/81,

Betting favours Vardon, with Ray a close second.

HOME CRICKET.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, September 18th.

The death is announced of the noted Socialist, Mr. Harry-Quelch.