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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 1913.
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MINISTERS
LONDON, November 11th.
Government will hold the annual inspec Lord Mayor's Day was showery, but in front of the City Hall. tion of the Fire Brigade on the 21st inst the decorated streets were thronged with
The athla Observatory at 7.30pm yesterday reported a typhoon or cyclone to be W. of the Southern Ladrone or Mariana Islands, inclining N.
The Af. fresco fête in aid of the funds
people. There was an unusually fine military display, and also a representa- tion of a Lord Mayor's show in the Seventeenth Century, when the New River scheme was completed
was warmly cheered.
ascribed the leading part in this arduous and beneficent task to Sir Edward Grey, (Cheers.)
THE INTEGRITY OF ARIA MINOR,
The Foreign Offices of Europe, con tinuod the Premier, had plenty of Sir business still hefore them in connection
of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is Vansittert Bowater, the new Lord Mayor, | with Albania and the Balkans.. It would announced to take place on Sunday next in the compound of the Roman Catholic Cathedral
who constitute the vast majority of the Cathedral
Young Chinose, whether they number some. thing under or over 180,000, are still spread out over the Provinces, particularly in the Sopil, where there is permanent antipathy to control from Peking. The although the war against YUAN has
failed practically the whole of the revolu tionary element in China has a standing grievance against YUAN SHIH-KAI. The ground is favourable to future sedition. It is true that 9 per cent of the people of China are uninterested in politics and on the side of peace and quiet. But it is the few
The weekly return of communicable, diseases shows that ion cases of enteric fever wore notified (one English, Japanese, and eight Chinese), two ending fatally, and one fatal case of plague.
At the Guildhall
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TRADE AND THE BURDEN OF, ARMAMENTS. Mr. Asquith concluded by pointing out
that there were signs on the horizon portending an inevitable slackening in the volume and velocity of the tide of trude There had been an initiation almost everywhere of costly schemes of social reform, and, in addition to the waste of wealth and human material in actual warfare, there had been unprecedented aldition to both the land and sea apparatus of organised destrue tion: All that imposed a da gerour
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to say that they were satisfied. Banquet there with such a settlement as had already been attended the usual brilliant company of made, but they, at any rate, were resigned. Cabinet Ministers, Diplomats, Peers, the to it. They were prepared with a Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord goodwill and common desire for the strain on the taxable capacity and credit
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that the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey had progress
well-being. not been involved in the conflict. (Cheers) His last word that night was Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of (Applaust.) It was the Government's to ask the question, Was it not time for the Admiralty, replying to the toast.
desire that the integrity of these Statesmen and every man of business to of the Imperial Forces,
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prored twice in just as many yours, and it remains to be seen whether the PRESIDENT is able to render them inarticulate until he has carried into effect his own idens
government of the
country on a stable foundation. It is of interest to observe that the PRESIDENT in one of his Mandates reaffirms the policy onunciated in his inauguration speech and exprcases bie dotermination to instil new life into the Republican Government. When the first news was received a wok ago that the PRESIDENT had unseated some three hundred Republican members of
Dollar Co., Tientsin, visited Dalny o Nays, and said they met that night the boats of the Dollar Line may be seen 30th ult, as a result of which some of
here in the near future. He left the next day for Newchwang.
Mr. Hugh Rodger, who, after twenty years servico with the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd, is leaving to become a partner in the business of Parker, Robb & Co., was presented with a souvenir by the European members of the Dock Company's staff last week,
which takes place at Happy Valley on
The programme of the Sixth Gymkhana,
Parliament because they were retarding progress,"" it looked as though the Peusr- DENT were aiming at the entire subversion of Republican Government, since the order seemed in absolute conflict with the article in the Provisional Constitution guaranteeing to the people liberty of sparch, writing, publication, meeting and fora-& Walsh, Ltd., some specimens of the ing societies. But the fuller summary of the PRESIDENT's Mandatos, which we print to-day, puts a different complexion on the subject, The PRESIDENT's motiva is here shown to be that he regards the Kuomin. tang as a seditious organisation, and his right to suppress, voditious societies can hardly be questioned. Thus is his action brought seemingly within the limits of the Constitution, but the fatal weakness of his
under circumstances which were freer from danger to European peace, but there must be no relaxation of effort, The Estimates for 1914 showed substantial increase.
The First Lord declared that even in the region of the air the Navy need not fear comparison with any other country.
gladly offer any help or protection which the Turkish Government might invito, without forgetting the three other Powers who had special concern in the well-being and development of Asia Minor.
JAPAN AND BRITAIN.
PRUITS OF THE ALLIANCE,
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LONDON November 11th. At the Guildhall banquet, the Japanese Ambassador, responding for the diple- matists, said that the relations of the two allied countries had never been so satis- factory or cordial as at present, and they were determined to be ever loyal to the
compact binding the two nations. He General Sir John French, replying on dangers. This had been the most critical trusted that that sentiment was recipro hehalf of the Army, expressed his satis-year in the history of China. The Chinese eated by Britain, and hoped that the soldiers of the Dominions at the Army the politics of the world, and, in common faction at the presence of numbers of Republic had now taken its place among
TILE PRIME MINISTER DY THE BALKAN IMBROGIO.
THE POSITION IN CHINA.
There were other parts of the world: confronted with special perplexities and
alliance would over contime as ♫
guarantee peace, consolidation, and mutual interest.
GERMAN TRANSPORT IN
DISTRESS.
BERLIN, November 11th.
Saturday afternoon, embraces six events, viz. :-Once round flat race handicap, five Manœuvres. This, he said, attested the with other nations, Great Britain had furlongs flat race; individual tent-growth, efficiency, and strength of the recognised
It would Legging, three-quarters of a mile fnt Overseas Army
impertinence to comment at that moment race handicap, hurdle race; and 1) mile fat race handicap..
on its internal affairs, but in view of our relations in the past and the vast interests
Minister, who was cheered on rising, its future development, they were only 4 wireless distress call was received
The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime of British trade which were bound up with
replied to the toast of His Majesty's anxious to see the authority of a stable from the German transport Whenania, Ministers. He mid that years ago they Central Government accepted by the bound for Daressalem with 300 roops were witnessing a conflict between Turkey Provinces and effective throughout China, aboard. A later message, however, saya and the Allied Balkan States a conflict
THE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO.
that the transport is safe and is making. which had no sooner ended than it was Mexico was still in the throes of civil for Lisbon. followed by an outbreak of hostilities war. There had never been, and could hetween the victorious Allies, The dash not be, any question of political inter. of arms had now happily coased, but vention on the part of Great Britain in
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the
for
The Ham, Rufus H. Thayer, Judge of U.S. Court for China, who is leaving Home this week, was the guest of
position is that there has been no sort of honour at a farewell dinner given to him thousands of lives had been sacrificed,the domestic concerns of Mexico or any
last week at the residence of Dr. Wu
Ting-fang in Gordon Road, Shanghai Among the guests were Sir and Lady J. S. Lockhart, Mr. Tung Shao-yi and others, and the retiring Judge was the recipient of many good wishes,
bocome
trustees. It was an easy task to blame Europe, but although they had shown themselves impotent to prevent or curtail
RUSSIAN MURDER TRIAL.
BEYLISS FOUND NOT GUILTY.
KIET, November 11th.
charge of murdering the Christian boy Beyliss has been acquitted on the
Revolutions or to attempt to preclude or Cushinsky, for the purpose of obtaining control Civil War.. The utmost that Christian blood for use in Jewish sacrifi- Great Britain could do was to protection was possible to British lives give what
cial rites.
and properly in times of argent danger
The jury, after two hour's deliberation, returned the following verdict: Beyliss
Judicial inquiry into the charge, and one
millions of treasure spent, vast tracts of Central or South American State, It was of the first articles of the Constitution
territory devastated, and, above all, the no part of our right or duty in that part provides that "no citizen of the Republic
inevitable horrors of war. Things had been of the world, at any rate, to prevent shall be arrested, imprisoned, tied or
done and suffered which had shocked and punished, except in accordance with the law But China is a Ropublic in name
repelled the whole civilised world. It was only. Young China has bud ita chance to At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr.
too soon to draw a debtor and ereditor rule, and has made it abundantly clear Hazeland, Mr. Dillon, of the Public account and say whether there had been, that China is unfitted pot for full Parlia Works Department, prosecuted a Chinese or would be, a balance gained or lost. montary Government. The best hopes from Yaumati for maintaining of the country are seen to is in a Pag-trncture about his premises contrary which lay on the shoulders of the States in some quarters that, at a moment when Zaitsel? Works." Counsel for the defence a Heavy indeed was the responsibility and criscs. A rumour bad found credence not guilty, bat murder was committed at an autocrat. Dr. SUYAT-SEN in his recent no authority He told the Magistrate rectly concerned for the future of the the United States were taking a line of protested against the mention of Zaitzelf DENT Vested practically with the powers of to the Ordinance and for which he had
that the defendant had been up before, populations, for whose interests, under their own in regard to Mexico, Great Works, where Beyliss was employed, as and had told his Worship that the place the row distribution of power in the Britain entereil upon a new departure of this was liable to be interpreted that the did not belong to him, but when he (Mr. Balkans, they had severally Dillon) got back to bim on the spot he admitted that the house was his. He
United States and calculated to thwart it. upon hearing the verdict, fell to the seat policy deliberately opposed to that of the crime was committed by Jows. Beylist, was trying to fool" his Worship. Defendant was fined $10 or a month, and
any such rumoar. It was the 31st of While the jury were deliberating a ordered to comply with the Regulations.
There was not a vestige of foundation in sobbing convulsively.
the lamentable effusion of blood, yet to March before the present Administration memorial Two Chinese were arrested on board the anyone who remembered the history of the in the United States had an opportunity
service for the victim, Australian liner Aldenham on Sunday Eastern Question it should be a matter of making any declaration of policy. Cathedral, which was thronged.
Cushinsky, was night for being in possession of two tins bath for surprise and satisfaction that When the British Government recognised
proceeding in the
of opium, containing five tacle in cach.
Bishop arged the congregation The men appeared before Mr. F. A the ac of conflict had been so circum-Sener Huerta as President ad interim of
conform to the Court's decision. All the azeland at the Magistracy yesterday,scribed
afternoon the streets were thronged, and Mexico, the Government did so because, the police dispersed numerous gatherings. their own personal use. His Worship The Prime Minister emphasised that having itself neither the will nor the Detachments of Cossacks were stationed he means the Parliament to be more of a said that it would be very hard for the for a generation past it had been the power to intervene, it was bound to deal in the Jewish quarters. The Governor deliberative than a legislative body, and were not allowed to smoke on board.
men, provided they were smokers, if they one main pre-occupation in European with whatever was for the time being the convened a meeting of representatives of the experience of the past two years Defendants affirmed that the Opium diplomacy to prevent the re-opening of de facto Government, and because there the Jews, and assured them that all has shown indeed that the time has not yet Farin people had told them that that question in the belief that it could arrived when China can form at Parliament they were allowed to
appeared no clement except Huerte which attempts to provoke disorder would be fitted to discharge, the functions and tacle in th
have five not be revised without the certainty of offered any prospect of a restoration, of immediately suppressed by armed force. in their possession. In reply belong to legislative bodies in the West. It to his Worship, Mr. Hoggarth, of
open dissension and grave risk of a stability and order. That was on the Beylias remained the night in the pricon. is unlikely, of course, that this view will be the Oplum Farm, said it was quite prob-posible war between the Powers them-31st March Since then there had been
apologia, in the form of a letter to a frisad at Peking, acknowledges that Yuan Sun KAI has great ability, deep knowledge, and rich oxperience," but laments that they are all of "the old staff of the despotic age A WREK has now passed since the Fifth of unsuitable for the civilized age of the new November, when President YUAN SHIK-KA administration in China, But Dr. SUN's threw his "bomb" at the Houses of opinion no longer carries in Chins the Parliament at Peking. By a stroke of the weight it did two years ago, and it is patent pen the PRESIDENT Unscated upwards of to all that YUAN SEIN-KAI cajoys to-day a three hundred members of Parliament, and lager measure of public confidenes than he proclaimed the dissolution of the party has had at any time since tho overthrow of to which they belonged. As it has been the monarchy. While he has taken special claimed that the Kucmingtang (or Opposi pajus to make clear in his Mandates that he tion party) had a membership of something is not seeking to suppress Farliamentary like 600,000 throughout the country, the institutions, it is nevertheless evident that PRESIDENT'S Coup d'flat seemoi to us one. likely to increase rather than diminish the difficulties of government in Chica. Perhaps it is too early yet to feel confident that the step taken will be to the ultimate benefit of Chint, but it le terre denne bort lite worthy circumstance that the PRESIDENT'S action has evoked no storm of protest from any part of the country. This may be due
to some extent to a knowledge that the
and declared that the opiam was for
THE POWERS IN ACCORD.
shared by the politicians against whom the employee on the ship was practically in history during the past year, over which Government.
able that they had been told so An selves. The one feature of international
PRESIDENT launeled bis thunderbolt, but the same positions & passenger, if he
Sol
OBITUARY.
The
to
no change in the policy of the British Great Britain gladly. smilitary forces of the country are prepared if YUAN SHIR KAI is able to maintain were an opium smoker. Inspector Kerr
LONDON, November 11th. it was possible to look back
with
assumed that the United States policy to deal with anything in the mature of a peace and carry out the progressive policy remarked that each passenger
The death is announced of Sir Richard revolutionary rising and, again, to the
admiration, was that there would have regard to the legitimate." was unqualified to which he is committed, he will retain allowed five mace per day. If the full apprehensions had been completely falsi-commercial interests of Mexico as well as
G.C.MG., K.C.V.O KC.B., knowledge that the Press of the country the confidence of the great bulk of bis amount was absorbed, the opium would
High Commissioner for the Union of countrymen and of the Foreign Powers, and only last ten days, Mr. 4. 0. Lang (of bed. It was true that events resoly their own. An exchange of views with the the historian of the times will have little Mesars. Gibb, Livingston & Co.) said themselves sometimes in a fashion whiUnited States had been marked
South Africa
01010 cause in a full review of the circumstances he did not know if the crew were allowed seemed
indirectly the perfect cordiality, and nothing could Bar at the Inner Temple in 1879. He was [The Into Sir Richard was called to the to condemn the unconstitutional character to smoke opium on board. If they did,
susceptibilities or interests of particular happen to disturb the common resolve Attorney-Genera, for the Transvaal front they were not likely to allow their
1002 to 1907, and Agent General for the interests of progress.
discharged the men with a caution.
sented South Africa at the Delhi Durbar ja
has heou "advised to be careful" in dis cussing the PRESIDENT's orders, and that lis telegryjih offices have been forbidden to nocept messages in code. A day or two
thunderbolt, the Chinese Post Office at
menace
with
prior to the launching of the PEEIDENT' of the step the PRESIDENT has taken in the officers to see them His Worship Power There had been moments of to maintain a friendly and gympathetic Transvaal from hence till 1910, He repre
grave anxiety, but by the exercise of understanding. (Cheers.) None had 1931.]
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