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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 1914.

At about one o'clock yesterday morn- I provided no effective guarantee against

a repetition of troubles of the same ing a fire broke out at No. 111, Hollywood kind; no adequate stops have been taken Road, an eating-house coempied by one to absorb the disbanded soldiers into the Li Lun. The fire, which commenced in a scheme of productive labour. That this chimney from an unknown cause, was absorption is difficult to accomplish imme. speedily extinguished by the Fire

dintoly wo readily admit, but it is by no means difficult to suggest public works of great value and utility on which the dis banded soldiers might have been profitably employed. China's ronds-ar places where there ought to be ronds--could provide enough work to occupy an army the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. drainage of the flood areas of the Hwai

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

SCOTCH

Brigade.

His Lordship the Chief Justice yester day admitted Mr E. L. Agassiz to practise in the Courts of the Colony as a soliciter and proctor. Mr. Agassiz who has been in practice as a solicitor at Chelmsford, joins Mr. R. A. Harding in partnership.

years, the last eleven having been spent in, Yokohama.

TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS, TELEGRAMS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE HOME RULE QUESTION,

"MOMENTOUS STATEMENT

FORESHADOWED,

LONDON, February 6th. The Glasgow Herald affirms that Mr. Asquith will make a momentous state- ment on Tuesday in the House of Com- mons which may completely change tho political situation. Concessions to Ulster of the most sweeping description will be announced. They will cover practically everything short of exclusion,

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AT GLASGOW.

MINISTERS' RELATIONS.

[THROUGH RECTAR'S AGENCY.].

THE CHINESE ON RUBBER PLANTATIONS.

NO DESIRE TO LEAVE.

LONDON, February 5th..

A telegram from Kalimpong states that the Chinces officer who is arranging to repatriate his fellow-countrymen in the Kalimpong district posted a proclama- tion in the Bazar drawing attention to the time limit set for free passage" to China.

It appears that the reason for doing so.

(TUROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE BRITISH ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.

LONDON, February sth. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will accompany Their Majesties the King and Queen to

THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. Faris in April.

APPEAL FOR AN ENDOWMENT FUND. basin, which appears at last about

Mr. C. A. Fraser, of the firm of Messrs. to be undertaken, would be useful and

LONDON, February 5th. lucrative; the Grand Canal could be cleaned Findlay, Richardson & Co, at Yokoham, has gone to Hankow, to open A branch

General Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, and modernized and restored to its former of the firm in that port. Mr. Fraser has position as a main artery of traffic. All been a resident of Japan for eighteen ribICELES UNIONIST BUMOURS BEGARDING that a number who gave their names is appealing for a quarter of a million a permanrup Endowment WHISKY.this would demand money, but, if traope

originally as desirous of taking advan- sterling as

He had been disbanded at half the rate and the

LONDON, February 5th, Por Case. Per balance of the funds used to provide them

Me; Lloyd George, in the course of his tage of the opportunity are withdraw | Fund for the Boy Scout movement, From our advertisement columas it

ing from it.

publishes a letter from MR. H. the Duke of 1 Dos. Bot. with useful work China would have bren

at Glasgow on Wednesday,

Inquiries regarding this sudden change of Connaught expressing confidence that " spared the possibility of a frequent recur. will be seen that the officers and crew of speech a 817.80 $1,50

rence of the hsbandment question, and S.M.S. Tangtau cordially invite the ridiculed the Tory explanations of the would probably have found herself in a members of the Hongkong Club, their postponement at his speech on the Land show that after mature consideration they the appeal will find generous and warm- much better position for further berrowing. ladies, and the German community to a Another necessary step is the control of the farewell performance at the City Haltion to a Scottish audience, namely, China are greater than they care to face, that be and Mr. Churchill were fighting especially as they would arrive in China Whisky)

on the 10th instant at 9.15 p.in.

a duel about the Navy, and that the practically empty-handed. THORNE'S OLD VAT, No. 4,

supply and use of arms. The import. of

that We understand as supplied to the House

21.00 1.80 regulations fluit have been in force since

Cabinet were delibérating on a declara- Commoza E-WATSON'S VERY OLD

1901, and were designed to prevent the Benevolent Society has taken in hand the SCOTCH

made known by the little tion of war from Ulster. He said that the LIQUEUR

22.50 1,90 indiscriminate entry of arms aud ammu sad case WHISKY

nition, have proved ineffectual to that end, Eurasian girl at the Magistracy on Government intended to give effect by. "KILTY" LIQUEUR WHISKY,

Great Age, Very Fine ...38.00 3.25

22 00 1.85 and the necessity of stronger casures is Wednesday. Enquiries elicited that the legislation to the rating of land values. V.R.O, WHISKY THORNE'S BLACK SQUARE 23.50 2.00 obvious. In this matter, however, China girl's distressful story was true, and no

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cannot act of herself, and the question of doubt the family, who live at No. 25, Aberdeen Street, will be well looked after. more drastic measures that will make the OTHER WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUPPLIED TO ORDER

importation of large consignments of automatic pistols impossible is, understand, being agitated among repre-

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sentatives of the Powers. At the same time, China bersolf can do much; some-

the Ladies'

At the Magistracy yesterday two women and a man, employed on a sampan, were charged with being in unlawful posses- sion of 12 Mausers, 20 Browning pistols, and 14,000 rounds of ammunition. It was stated that some little while before. the police raided the boat the occupants

by some meaus obtained an inkling of their intentions, and threw the arms and ammunition overboard, the police having to resort to dredging operations to recover them. All three defendants were fined $250 or three months imprisonment

thing in the nature of an Arus Act, absolutely prohibiting the possession of firearms (except sporting pieces) by anyone not a member of the regular army or of the useful beginning. police would be a A Presidential Manade to this effect would not, of course, be instantly obeyed with fear and trembling, but it would provide a Bound working basis for disarmament and the prevention of a repetition of that whole EUROPEAN WARDER'S SUPPOSED sale distribution of cheap lethal weapons

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG. FEBRUARY 6TH, 1914,

Tan difficulties that were recently encoun- tered in connection with CHANG HSUN's removal from Nanking and the high price that the city had to pay for the departure of his troops was but one more reminder that things were still far from right in China's array. She suffers in that direction from troubles of two kinds--the lawlessness of the. irregular troops and the sedition that still obtains in the less unorganized branch of the military machine. The former trouble has hean especially marked since the revolu- | tion; the large numbers of coolies and desperadoes who were then enrolled and armed soon found that it is easier to obtain a living by means of the rifle than bebind the plough, for the former modo might easily yield three harvests in quick succes- sion-the skilled practitioners (of whom are typical) CHANG HOUN's followers found it possible to loot a city, then levy blackmail on it as the price of departure, and finally obtain from the Government a sum of money for disbanding. Unfortunately, the very process of disbaudment has proved an incentive to others to follow in the same course indse, the relations between tho irregular soldiery under various com manders, and the Central Government, vividly recall, the periodical raids of the Danes on England in the days of the Anglo- Saxon kings, when a body of sea-rovers,

the last three years. The other part of the difficulties in connection with the army-

SUICIDE.

On Wednesday, the body of Harry Stephens, aged 23, formerly a warder at Victoria Gaol, was found hanging from a tree on the hillside above Bowen Road.

SF A

SUFFRAGETTES WHOLESALE

"INCENDIARISM.

concluded that the risks of starvation in

BRITISH CONSULAR SERVICE.

DEFENDED BY SIE EDWARD GREY,

LONDON, February 5th. Sir Edward Grey, in the course of yesterday's speech, referred to the com-

hearted support.

ENGLISH CUP-TIE INCIDENT.

WALL COLLAPSES AND DURIES SPECTATORS AT SHEFFIELD.

LONDON, February 5th. During the cup-tie at Sheffield between Sheffield Wednesday and-Wolverhampton Wanderers a wall fell and buried many people.

Sixteen

Wore renoveri

Hes in a

to critical

A WARM WELCOME TO MA. LLOYD GEDROP"plaints sometimes made concerning the hospital, and one

He described condition. British Consular service. Loxpox, February 5th.

A later message says that the wall. a. The Suffragettes greeted Mr. Lloyd the extent and variety of the work accom-

Eighty persons were George's arrival at Glasgow by wholesale plished by Consuls and declared that it new one, collapsed owing to the pressure incendiarism. They left a note inscribed was performed with great devotion and of the crowd.

warm welcome to Lloyd George," ability, The Board of Trado and the injured and three are in a critics) condi Thay burned the drawing room, contain Foreign Offes were co-operating closely tion. The match was continued. ing valuable pictures, at Aberuchill for the purpose of disseminating informa- Wolverhampton goalkeeper collapsed on Castle, near Crieff, and also the House tion interesting to British trades and seeing the accident and was unable to of Ross, a mile distant, while a house at St. Fillans, belonging to the husband of ex-president of the Anti-Suffragettes'

Society.

SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR QUESTION.

industries.

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION BILL. AMENDMENTS FOR ABIATIC EXCLUSIÓN CANCELLED.

WASHINGTON, February 5th. The House of Representatives yester day cancelled all the previously-adopted amendments to the migration Bill, providing for the exclusion of Asiatics

MB, SÄUTS DENOUNCES SYNDICALISM.

CAPE TOWN, February 5th. Interest was most tense in the Assembly

not been seen since. It appears that the Government's case on the Indematy Bill. wiss stipulate deceased had been unwell recently, and the Labour member chested. The Times correspodent at Washing

the audition that so readily becomes rampant He was missed on the 3rd inst., and had when Mr. Smuts rose to set forth the and negroes, except where Treaties other.

in the ranks is of a more subtle nature

it is thought he committed suicide in a

it of despondency. His hat, with a stone

resume.

The

THE GERMAN BANK RATE.

LONDON, February 5th, The Bank of Germany has changed Cho discount rate. to 4 per cent.

THE PRUSSIAN LOAN SUCCESS.

INVITING FURTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS.

BERLIN, February 5th.

In view of the largo applications for. the Prussian Loan, the Government in

inviting subscriptions for a further redemable loan of £10,000,000 at 1 per

Mr. Smuts laid stress on the magnitude to explains that the removal of the shown that even the best paid (and there placed upon it, had been put in the of the meril which had threatened the obnoxions amendments was partly due to cent.

centre of the road, opposite the Forestry Union. They had been faced, not with Pressure from White House and partly!

From the very first, the new army, with its Japanese-educated officers, was a hot bed of sedition and revolution, and events buys

fors most reliable) regiments will take the law into their own bands at times. Since the lesson that was meted out last summer,

path where the body was found hanging on a tree.

industrial grievances as such, but with the methods of the Syndicalists. It was

CHAIRMANSHIP OF LABOUR

PARTY,

and more especially since the PRESIDENT'S HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF these methods which had to be combatter. It is hoped that this will counteract the MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD DESILES TO RETIRE,

heavy band has been felt by his opponents and enemies, this evil is, we believe and hope, showing signs of abatement, but the army has been potted and cajoled too long for it immediately to accept the position of a tool of the Administration instead of itself providing the key to the whole political situation. A recent Fresidential Mandate should accelerate the process of readjustment. President YUAN gave orders forbidding any member of the army or the police joining any political party, on the ground that "their paramount duty is to obey orders and preserve peace, and their becoming partisans would at once give rim to many abuses and do the greatest barm generally." The whole question, indeed, resolves itself into that of discipling if the discipline in and over the army can be made effective--if the army realizes that its paramount duty is to obey orders" without quibbles as to whether

On December 13th last

or

the orders COR

& GODOWN CO., LTD.

The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co's accounts for 1913 show a balance at credit of profit and loss account of $440,402.80, which subject to audit, the directors will recommend should be disposed of as follows:-

To pay a dividend of 7 $210,000,00 Write off Wharves, Lighters,

etc.

Transfer to Reservé Carry forward

105,512. 100.000.00 24,800.49

8440,402.80

Mr. Smuts detailed the history of the

movement and

gnoted whole strike speeches in which the deportees had demonstrated their anarchical character.

LATER.

The House adjourned after Mr. Stouts had spoken for three and a half hours. He continues his speech to-day.

Mr. Smuts declared that Society had not yet perfected the machinery for deal ing with the Syndicalist, who was a worse enemy than a man with a gun. No THILHARMONIC CONCERT.. invading force, could inflict greater a country than the The following is the programme of the destruction in Philharmonic Concert to be given in the Syndicalists who conspired to bring it Theatre Royal to-morrow, at 9.15 p.m. :-

to its knees, by the process of starvation Soldiers Chorus from Faust Gouned.

Howgill. through paralysing industry.

Pastorale for Orchestra

Be

March of the Mon of Harlech For unaccom The Blue Bells of Scotland panied Cheras, described Johannesburg as the Meces of Sonata for Violin and Piano Rubenstein tha hooligan and said the Syndicalists established martial law by the mob. He believed, the inhabitants preferred the

FRAU AMY LUND AND MER. GROVER!

ате "constitu- Part Song for eight solo voices. Barnby.

Rhapsody for Plano, and Orchestra

Denman Filler.

tional "the dificulties vanish, and Chiun's military forces, instead of being a menace and a burden to her, will prove a valuable instrument in the administration of the country.

The Report of the Directors of the Humphreys Estate and Finance Com pany, Ltd, recommends a dividend of 50 cents per share for the year ended 21st December, 1913.

Mr. W. S. Brown, who has been

Acting Secretary of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., since the retirement of Mr. Edward Oshorne, has been appointed to the substantive post.

Officials have burned at Kalgan six thousand ounces of opium and many pipes and gambling devices in the pre- sence of thousands of people and all the leading officials under the direction of General Ho Chung-lien. General Chang

(With apologies to Paul Rubens and others) Government's martial law. He said the country and the Government had learned

Planquette's Comic Opera

LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE,”

a lesson, and the issue between the

if which the soloists will be Mrs. Robert son, Mrs. Charlton, Miss White, Mr. Government and Syndicalism was settled W. B. Cawboy, Mr. Reginald Brown, Mr.once for all so far as South Africa is A. J. England, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Goldsmith, Mr. A. G. Macdonald. Mr. concerned. CJ. Higginbotham and Mr. R. Peyton-

Griffin Murat

Tickets are:-83, 82, 81, and 50 cents and booking is at the Anderson Music Co.

· JAPANESE RELIEF FUND;

ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.

THE NAVAL HOLIDAY SUGGESTION.

BELLIN, February 5th.

V....

In the Committee of the Reichstag con

Herr The Japanese Relief Fund Committee sidering the Naval Estimates, gratefully acknowledge the following. further contributions:

Jagow, the Foreign Secretary, said Previously announced

Germany's relations with Great Britain" Mr. H. M. Namazee-

could be described as very good. A E. H

The

·rupprochement was progressing RAG

relations between the two Cabinets were in every way marked by matsal confid

tal on the 5th

Total

$930 100

20

20

$1,070

RUGBY FOOTBALL..

Owing to the inability of the Navy to and Mr. E. W. Thwing were present. raise a team, the Cup match. Club

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because of the realisation of the danger- ous folly of the previous amendments.

bad effect which certain speeches in the House is reported to have exercised over. Japanese public opinion.

LATER.

The Immigration Bill, providing for a literary test, but without the Asiatic Exclusion amendments, which had been previously eliminated, was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday.

THE GREEK PREMIER'S TOUR.

AUDIENCE WITH THE CZAR.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 5th. M. Venizelos, the Prime Minister of Greece, was granted an audience of the Tsar, who conferred upon him the Order of Alexaudernewsky.

M. Venizelos alio visited M. Kokovtaeft, the Russian Prime Minister; and had &

long conference with the Servian Prime Minister, M. Pasica

ITALY AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS.

LONDON, February 5th. Router's Agency learns that Italy is

LONDON, February 5th. The Daily Chronicle says that Mr, Rainzay Macdonald desires to retire from the chairmanship of the Labour Party.

A BUSINESS FAILURE.

LONDON, February 5th. Messrs. Fry, Miers & Company, well- known in the Brazilian trade, announce suspension of business,

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

Mexico City, Feburary 5th. Many Americans are preparing to start for the coast in conséquence of the removal of the embargo on the importation (of. arras, Two hundred American marines are leaving Puerto Rico for Vera Cruz.

THE SHEWAN-TOMES APPEAL

The appeal in connection with the action between Mr. C. A. Tomies and Mr. R. G. Shewan will be heard before. the Full Court, at the conclusion of the Chinese appeal case which is now being heard. In the Original Court the action was:

up,

(1)That the partnership between the still negotiating direct with Turkey re- garding the retrocession of the Aegean plaintiff and the defendant, under the Islands. At present the pourparlors style of Shewan, Tomes & Co., be wound relate to the Italian desire to obtain com

(2)That an account be taken of the pensatory concessions in the region of partnership dealings between the plain- Adalia, Asia Minor, where these night tiff and the defendant. conflict with Great Britain's interests (3)-Payment to the plaintiff of the and prejudice British rights in view of

sum found due to him on the taking of such account. railway extensions, but the matter is the subject of friendly. discussion between Italy and the British Company concerned. RISING IN PERU

REVOLUTIONARIES ATTACK PALACE AND - CAPTURE THE PRESIDENT.

(1.Appointment of a Receiver.. (a)-Costs,

G-Further and other relief. The motion was beard in Chambers and the decision given in favour of the defen- dant, Mr. Showan The motion which will come before the Full Court is that au order that the judgment dated 20th Jury, 1914, of his Horote the Chief- Justice on the summons dated ath October, 1913, and the order, if any, signed pursuant thereto, be reversed, and that it might be judged that the appellant is entitled to have the business of the going concern, and for an order that the Palace, and is expected to form a new

respondent pay to the appellant the costs Government.

of, and occasioned by, this appeal, and President Billinghurst was taken to for such further or other order as the

Court might think ft. Callao, and will be seat into exile.

LIMA February 5th.. Military Revolutionaries attacked the Palace and captured President Billing Admiral von Tirpitz, the Secretary of thurst A fight ensued, and the Premier, State for the Navy, emphasised that Great Senor Varela, was killed.

Dr. Augusto Durand, the ex-Revolu- Britain's ratio of 18 to 10 was still

Any positive proposals the Club will play the Association section received, however, would assuredly be

examined in a spirit of good will:

after being bought off at their own price, General Chang, addressing the crowd, Navy, fixed for to-morrow has been post acceptable, but a Naval holiday could notionary leader, is in. possession of the firm of Shewan, Tomes & Co. sold as a

returned at the first possible opportunity said that the burning augura a better day poned till Wednesday next at 4:43 p.m.

for opium suppression in Kalgan and the Tomorrow, at 4.30, the Rugby section of be realised. vicinity.

in greater force to extort a larger ransom.. So far the disbardment measures have

in soccer

game.