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THE ARMY AND ULSTER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1914,

TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

UNPLEASANT REFERENCES TO THE KING

IN PARLIAMENT AND PRESS.

THROUGH BRUTENA ASINGE]

RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF COL BEELY

It is rumoured that Colonel Sealy,

LABOUR LEADERS TALK OF MILITARY ORGANISATION Secretary of State for War, has tan dered

FOR LABOUR FORCES.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

A FRESH DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.

LONDON, March 25th. In the House of Commons, the Army Estimates occasioned o fresh debate on the resignations, and there were some brated spoches,

AN ALLEGED PLOT The Conservative papers are full of

details of a "plot" on the part of Mr. Winston Churchill and Colonel Seely to coerce Ulster. They allege that the First Lord and the Secretary of State for War ordered a secret and rapid movement of Mr. L. 8. Amery (Unionist) moved the troops in combination with warships with reduction of the Vote in order to a view to surprising and disarming the emphasize the view that the Government Volunteers, profting by the outbreaks were not entitled to use the Army for following to arrest the leaders and crual party purposes He dealsrod

the Volunteers. They assert that the coup was modelled after General Sir Louis Botha's method in South Africa. GENERAL MACREADY PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO SIR EDWARD CARSON.

that General Gough refused to accept Colonel Beely's verbal assurance, and got a written assurance that neither he nor his troops would be used to coerce Ulster.

Mr Ward (Labour) seconded the motion, from a different point of view.

Liberal speakers maintained that repre- sentative government would be endanger- ed, and the Parliament Act rendered ueless, if they finally had to submit all the Bills to a Commities of Officers.

Colonel Seely deferred his statement until to-day, and the motion for reduction

negatived.

GOVERNMENT THREATENED WITH WIDESPREAD REVOLT. The Liberals are very angry at the Government's supposed yielding to the offers, and are dissatisfied with the Government's promise of a full statement to-day, as they expected an immediate explanation as to the assurances give to General Gough and his comrades.

Major-General Sir C. F. N. Macready whom the War Office sent to Belfast to confer with Count Gleichen, commanding troops there, called on Sir Edward Сагвон of Craigavon yesterday in warform, intimating that he wished to pay his respects to the Unionist leader. General Richardson, who is in command of the Ulsterites, was present,

GENERAL GOUGH CHEERED

General Gough had an enthusiastic reception upon his return to the Curragh, the troops escorting him to his quarters, where three cheers were given.

In thanking the men for their welcome, General Gough announced that the troopa would not be asked to go to Ulater (cheers) and that if they were they would not be asked to carry arms

The opinion in the Lobby, where the excitement was greater on Tuesday even-

lug tham veom na tler avok anita aluga ni

A telegram received from the Curragh the Parliament Act crisis, is that the Government threatened with wide that General Gogh and the other

opread revolt,

officers received definite asurance, that

his resignation, but it is not known whether it has been accepted.

TERRITORIALS INTENTION Lord Esher, in a letter to the Times states that if there is a movement, of troops from Aldershot to Ireland, they would be faced with the resignation of

60 per cent of the officers and men of the London territorial regiments

DAILY PRESS EXCLUSIVE SERVICE:

RESIGNATION OF THE JAPANESE CABINET,

SHIPPING NOTES,

The atr. Hokkaa aru, 4,417 tons, formerly the Vennachos, purchased by the Limited, Dairen, has been rogistered at Taisho Marine Transportation Company,

the Marina Offee, Dairen,

Tokyo, March 28th, The Cabinet has resigned in conseinst to take the final aniling from The Ugmilla Rickmers was, on the 14th quence of the defeat they have suffered Liverpool of the new Rickmers Line to the on the Naval Estimates.

Straits Settlements, China, and Japan. She will also take cargo for Vladivostock.

Count Okuma is named as likely to form the new Cabinet, supported by the Oposition and the Peers.

JAPANESE ADMIRAL RELIEVED.

TOKYO, March 85th. Admiral Matsumoto, of the Kure Naval Station, has been relieved.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

HOME RACING.

THE LINCOLNSHIRE.

OTHER INCIDENTS, included the Archbishop of Canterbury,

The callers upon the Premier yesterday.

Churchill, Sir Edward Grey, and other Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Mr. Winston

Cabinet Ministers.

Milner are among the speakers at a The Right Hon. Welter Long and Lord demonstration to be held in Hyde Park

coercion of Ulster. on the 4th April to protest against the

TRADE UNIONISTS AND

OPPRESSION,"

LONDON, March 25th. The probable starters and jockeys for

Lincoln to day the Lincolnshire Handicap, to be run at

distence of one mile, are as follow

(Wednesday) over

A miners agent, addressing colllers in Cumberland on Tuesday, said the time was ripe for the formation of a Trader

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Cigar

Walter Griggs: Earby. Clark Randal

Trigg

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Bullock

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Huxley.

Buckley. Herbert

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Aghuce Braucepeth Cathbert Ditfmus

Union Defence League, ready to take up to arms and fight to resist, oppression from

any source.

PEACEFUL INDICATIONS. Their Majesties the King and Queen have gone to Cheshire to visit the industrial centres, and to open a Museum, Town Hall, etc.

In view of the improvement on the political horizon, Console spurted up to 76%, and are now at 75%. Home Stocks similarly jumped up on a bear soramble

THE LORDS MARCONT ENQUIRY,

LORD MURRAY'S EVIDENCE

LONDON, March 95th. Lord Murray, the former Chief Liberal Whip, giving evidence before the Enquiry Committee of the House of Lords concerns actions, said that he had the sole control ing his part in the Marconi share trans

THE LABOUR MEMBERS AND THE the Army will not be used against Ulster of the investment of the Party funds, and

ARMY.

The feelings of the Liberals were evidenced by the tumultuous cheering of a remark by Mr. John Ward (a Labour. Member) that the question at issue was whether the people are to make laws absolutely without interference either. from the King or the Army. Addressing the Opposition he exclaimed

It was in consequence of these assurancs that the resignations were withdrawn.

VARIED PRESS VIEWS.

took the advice of the stockbroker Fenner, whom he entirely trusted Lord Murray declared that when he made the invest

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The batting is as follow: 7-1 Brance peth; 100-12 Tuxedo; 10-1 Cigar; 100 Aghdos; 100-7 Bonbon Rose 18-1 Knuckna Corriga, 20-1 Prevoyant.

ORAND NATIONAL.

The betting as follows:-10-1 Cover coat and Lutrear III 100-8 Jacobus; 18--1-Rory O'Moore, 22-1 Couvrefen I

THE DERBY.

The betting is 9-2 Tetrarch.

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CHINA SERVICE.

THE FUGITIVE REBELS.

PEEING, March 25th. Sun Pao Chi, the Premier, is discussing with the Foreign Minister the conditions for the extradition of the rebels from foreign settlements.

The first steamer from Shanghai to enter Newchwang for the present year was the China Navigation Co.'s str. Chang Chow, which arrived there on the 8th inst, She was followed on, the same afternoon. by the str Kunming, of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, from Bhanghai. Both discharged motton yarn, cotton cloths, etc.

The totul revenue of the Austrian Lloyd Last year amounted to 43,524,000 kr., show- ing an increase of 3,780, 130 kr. over 1912. The total distance travelled by the Com pany's steamers, showed an inorcaud of 17,100 miles. There is said to have been specially favourable development of the ast Asiatic trado.

Japanese steamship owners have com bined in making a representation to the Government on the subject of the imposi- tion of tonnage dues on vessels registered at Dairen. It appears that the Govern- ment propose to make the tax 30 sen per ton gross. One shipowners' union has asked for it to be reduced to 35 sen per net ton, while another group has suggested that if a tax must. be imposed at all it should be 30. sen per net ton instead of gross ton.

On the 14th inst., the Taske Maru, 12,000 tons, was succesfully launched at

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the Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe, where she CHS. J. GAUPP

has been built to the order of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha,

& CO.,

rain continuing all the time.

Punctually at 8.30 the ceremony began, A brass band played a few minutes, and then Mr. WATCHMAKERS

Matsukata, President of the yard, named the steamer Yoake Mary, after the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, simultaneously catting a cord which smashed a bottle of champagne against the bows of the ship, the usual red and white paper ball over the bows opened, and released a clond of confetti, and the vessel glided down to the water.

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The Yasaka Haru has a gross tonnage of 12,000; she is 445 feet in length with AMERICAN WATCHES. a beam of 58 feet, and her contract speed

is 16 knots. She will be completed by the end of October next. The new ship will

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be driven by triple-expansion engines, AMERICAN HOWARD WATCH. with twin screws, The Fanaka Maru, which is stated to have been constructed entirely with Japanese materials, is the built by the Kawasaki yard. The now largest of the mercantile craft hitherto

liner is to be put on the European rus

While the Daily Chronicle avers thatment in Home Rails he had no inside General Gough rejoined unconditionally,

information which was not open to the the Daily News says that it is most

public, and it never crossed his mind that important that the nation should know while the coal strike was on there was the conditions on which General Gough any impropriety in investing in Home THE CHINESE PRESS AND BARON of the N.Y.K.

returned.

Rails. He had received no information

SHIBUSAWA

PEKING, March 25th

If you want to force my class to fight you to

The Times saye that General Gough from his colleagues regarding what the morrow, wo Trade Unionists must now

received a written assurance from the. consider the establishing of a military Government that the troops would not be with the strike.

Government were doing in connection The Chinese Press greets with mixed Turning to the feelings the impending coming to Peking organisation."

used to coerce Ulster,

investment in American Marconi shares of Baron Shibusawa, who formerly The Daily Mail says that General Lord Murray emphasised that would rather resign and take the issue to Gough telegraphed to the 16th Lancers Rufus Isaacs (now Lord Reading the Chinese Japanese Society of Industry Siz founded, in common with Dr. Sun Yat-sen,

that all the officers who had reigned the Lord Chief Justice) made it clear The Press warns Baron Shibusawa not

that there was an absolute distinction to hunt for concession, between the English and the American

Mr. Beck (Liberal) said many Liberals

the country immediately than let the House of Commone be dictated to by the oficers of the Army:

would be reinstated without loss of Prestige..

Mr. Thomas (Labour) pointed out that if the new Unionist doctrine with

The Morning Post states that high officers at the War Office and throughout reference to the Army were to stand it would be the duty of the Railwaymen's this Army, threatened to resign if General Union to uso half a million of their Gough and his comrades were penalised funds for the purchase of arms and and adds that Staff resignations are still

ammunition.

THE PART THE KING PLAYED." The Liberal papers give prominence to The speeches of Messrs. Ward and Thomas and describe them as marking a turning point in the social history of the country. They also declare the cheering of bir Ward's reference to the King to have been unprecedented in the House. There were shouts of Buckingham Palace when Mr. Beck referred to officers calling ́nt the War Office.

probable

All the Conservative papers declare that General Sir Arthur Paget was made a scapegoat, an hint at the possibility of his resignation.

The Westminster Gazette condemas the king of others what they would do in conceivable circumstance, as it puts both the officers and the Government in a radically false position. Such a question could not be asked unless the officers were entitled to answer as free agents.

Companies, that it was a good investment, and that it did not affect their position us Ministers. Lord Murray ther detailed subsequent purchases of American Marconi shares on behalf of the Party,

and pointed out that he did nothing to secure any preference in allotment. There was absolutely no truth in the statement that he endeavoured to prevent the contract coming on for discussion, but he admitted that he dit not volunteer to before the offouse of

the

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On 25th alt, a steamship of uncommon interest was launched at Sunderland, he is to be employed in the transporta tion of oil, and her power will be derived from that which she carries At the launching ceremony

Airey, the wife of the general manager christened the Teutonian by Mrs. Richard

Teutonien, which is 389ft. in length, with of the British Petroleum Company. The

abreadth of over 50ft, is divided into 14 compartments, and is provided with two cofferdams, to enable three gradza of oil to be carried. This boat will be used to convey "Shell" motor spirit to the United Kingdom from the East. The tanks are of the regulation size, and comply in every The engines and boilers have been built by respect with the Suez Canal requirements MACGREGOR&C.

Meeers, Dickinson, the former being of the latest, tripla expansion type, and a speed of 11 knots an hour can be main- tamed when the vessel is fully loaded. The boilers are fitted for burning of fuel. All the latest auxiliary machinery has ON been installed, and the cargo weight le

6,750 tons, which can be discharged at BLENDERS IN THE EAST. the rate of 500 tons per hour. In the accommodation for both officers and men

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

THE KAISER AT VENICE

BERLIN March 24th. H.M. the Kaiser has arrived at Venica, preparatory to his embarking for Corfu. The King and Queen of Greece go to Corfu to greet the Kaiser.

THE ULSTER SITUATION.

LONDON, March 24th. The crisis is alleviated at present, as

the Cabinet has viven way to the ferment a

Commons Committee, because he hoped the Army and recalled the measures it right not be necessary to make public already provided against Ulster. All the the transactions for the Party funds. He officers who had tenderel their resigna- concluded by saying that throughout the one have been reinstated. This means a whole of the tranfections he was never very important defeat of the Government, and the Conservatives ars jubilant. Profound calm reigns at Belfast.

* The Daily News demands to know the part played by the King during the last few days; also what Lord Roberts and the Archbishop of Canterbury had only course for the Government was for

*** conscious of doing anything thức, in

been doing.

The

them to issue orders, and then, if they

The Daily Citizen (the Labour organ) were disobeyed, to take instant dis openly accuses the King of interfering for months past, and says the Court has ciplinary measures. The journal appeals been a Conservative committee presided for conciliation on broad lines in order over by Lady Londonderry

IN THE UPPER CHAMBER

In the House of Lords Unionist Peers demanded full information concerning General Paget's instructions and the con- ditions upon which the officers returned to their posts.

Lord Morley promised that papers would be laid on the table and a full statement made to-day.

to settle the whole matter of Constitu tional reconstruction

FACTION ROW IN BELFAST

honourable man could not do and ought not to have done.

BELGIAN SIX MILLION LOAN

LONDON March 25th. Bariog's house has issued £3,000,000, balance of the Belgian three per cent. £6,000,000 loan, at the price of 80.

BERLIN March 25th

There, was a faction row in Belfast on FATAL COLLISION IN GERMANY Tuesday night. Stones were thrown and revolvers were fired, but the policz promptly quelled the disturbance number werd injured-mostly women-

and four arrests were made.

A

A tug at Koepenick collided with and Bank ferryboat which was carrying twenty two workmen and work-women, of whom only six were saved

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At a meeting at representatives of the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS

majority of the Hongkong rife teams it The annual inspection of the Hongkong was decided to arrange a competition at Volunteer Corps hy the General Ollor an early date for the Hongkong rifle commanding the troops takes place on

championship, and that the competition- Saturday April 4th. The volunteers should be held under Bisley Rules, 1913, King's First Stage. Other details, such parads at Volunteer Headquarters at 4

as prizes for highest aggregate for open The Lagard Cup Comperation was wonsidered and agreed to. A further meeting

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on which the competition shall be held, The Blake Shield and Corps Chat and also the range further particulars pionship will be fired on Sunday April

th at King's Park Range commencing can be obtained from Mr. F. H. Williams, at 9 am Entries will be received up to Chief Constructor's Department, H. M noon on Saturday April 4th.

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