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TELEGRAMS,

"DER OSTASIATISCHEE LLOYD'

**SERVICE]

CHINA SERVICE.

THE OPERATIONS AGAINST

WHITE WOLF."

THE

TAI ON" PIRACY.

FURTHER DETAILS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 30ra, 1914.

HEROES MEET IN DAILY PRESS OFFICE.

THE PREVENTION OF PIRACY.

lower one of the boate, but as we were getting it out of its berth, zar enormous tongue of flame shot up from almost underneath us, and Silva was nearly THE POSSIBILITIES OF WIRELESS enveloped in it. I shouted to him to let the rope go, and this he did. The fire spread so quickly that we couldn't get at any of the boate

TELEGRAPHY.

[CONTRIBUTED.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PIRACY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE

HONOKONG

DAILY PRESA.

Hongkong, April 29th, 1914.

posible and effective precautions to cool Gia-With_reference to your leading article in to-day's issue regarding the ardour of pirates, particularly of

The Harbourmastor (Commander Basil Taylor, R.N.), who went out in the Silva was the first of the Europeans West River. To the writer of this article Another piracy has occurred on the Government launch Stanley to the wreck to jump overboard and I soon followed the details of this and previous piracies PERING, April 29th. of the str. Tai On, arrived on the scene him, The water gradually became very are of secondary importance. What really those who have received a bad shock in Eu Chien-chang's advance guard has at about 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the two hot round the burning steamer, and the matters in that it is still possible for such the last attempt and may look for

arrived at the Tung Kuan Pass, La torpedo boats-upon one of which was the

Chien-chang remaining at Kai Fong Fu meanwhile, in order to confer with the Houan Tutuh on military matters

The Szechuan troops ander General Chang Fang, have reached Weina in Shensi,

NOMINATED AS MINISTER TO

LONDON.

·Minister to London.

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

Captain-Superintendent of Polio, Hon. Mr. Mel. Messer, who was accompanied by armed guards of Marines and Police having arrived somewhat earlier. The Stanley was delayed on the way through picking up corpse which was sighted. The body who had apparent

a woman

and

ty, The Stanley then attempted to pull

cries of women and children all round us

a thing to happen at all and for the Ace Silva jumped into the added further to out unhappy plight.

miscreants to escape: Indeed, such is the After

water he disappeared from my sight, and I haven'tude of the authorities, both Chinese and foreign, that they might well post line reading something after this form notices along the river banks and coast

seen him since."

sorrow in his voice as he said this, the two There was a note of genuine regret and

guarde having been great friends.

said.

retaliation, possibly the following sugges- tions may be worthy of consideration :— (1.)--Buggage" and parcels of any size and description belonging to Chinese passengers to be locked in a store room on the ship and returned at destination in exchange for numbered slip.

1

(2.)-Male and female Chinese passen ers to be thoroughly searched by mon and women on boarding the vessel.

(3.)-Boats to be thoroughly searched after arrival at each port and disembark-

ing of passengers, ⠀⠀

(1)-A fine of $1,000 to be imposed on. any person found carrying a fire arm on board, with option of 3 years' imprison-

ment.

GERMAN CONSUL FOR YUNNANFU, hier along. The ebb tide caused &nsider surface of the water, crying piteously their work of Tooting and, if necessary (5.)~~A reward of, say, $3,000 or more to

BERLIN, April 28th. The supplementary estimates presented to the German Reichstag provide for a

-PIRACY, MADE EASY AND. EXGAPE KABIER.??: I was in the water for about six The only precautions which are taken ours, as far as I can make out Dias at present to deal with this sed state of thrown into the sen

The vessel was lying almost submerged sustain me and keep me up, and I am not West River by a few torpedo-boats and "I could nos and anything to affairs, is the desultory patrolling of the

quite close to a mudbank. A couple of

a very good swimmer." He said that the one or two river gunboats whose highest PERING, April 29th.

ordinary-sized steam launches, sent out Liang Tung-jén will eventually go as by the owners of the vessel, had cut her seus depicted by the glare of the fire speed is about ten knots. This is well- cable, and were endeavouring to tow her, was beyond description; terror-stricken known to the river pirates, who generally but found their task one of great difficul-Ins, upon which the light of the fines board the steamers as passengers, wait one with weird and ghastly effect, were until they have passed the patrols and to be seen struggling just above the then in comparative safety they set about

Save life" Dias was ultimately picked of killing The succes with which they the party giving information beforehand up by a boat sent out from the Shun Lee meet is the severest condemnation which that an attempt will be made on any Dias is an old campaigner, and has could be brought upon the present system vessel. The reward to be paid after seen active service, possessing three war of sifeguarding life and print of bed verifying, the truth of information by medals for angagements in Africa. He there is always the danger of others port,mmediately after le is a crack revolver shot, and it la suld seeking to sinal mixtes, until that practically every one of his shots who must have been attended with fatal results oventually we shall have as aach trouble to the recipient. He was formerly with this type of cut-throat as gardener. to Mr. F. P. de V. Soares, of Wolf" and his followers are giving in the P. & O. Company's Hongkong office other parts of this rather dull gem of the As a result of the affair; he has been East rendered destitute, all his property being Yet we have at hand the means to rid destroyer. Even the clothing he was the whole coastline.of this pest in a very wearing was given him by Captain short time, if only the Governments Somerville, of the Shun Ter.

concerned would co-operate in compelling the various steamship companies to spend a little money in properly equipping

make

able inconvenience, and it was only with great difficulty that the vessel managed to tow the Tai On down the channel. A long line of fishing stakes stretched across the course, and the Stanley had to detour to pass them. However, the launch managed to bring her burden as far as San Chau, an island some dis tance above Lantau. Here what remained of the Tai On was anchored and left for the night, Commander Taylor fading it next to impossible to proceed with the wreck any further.

the successes of those

are professional ?”

"White

leaving

that they be blown to pieces at the mouth (6)-Penalty to be paid by pirates of a field piece.

The above points have been well thought police nor expense, and Hongkong would. out and will not cause much work to the

probably have no further cause to regret such loss and attempts as the recent cne..

DSENSE, TRAVELLER.

“Consul de carrière" at Yunesofu.

GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY.

BERLIN, April 28th. The Budget Committee of the Reichstag has had a debate on Germany's foreign policy. during which the Foreign Secre tary, Herr v. Jagow, emphasized, amid essent from the members, the cordiality which obtains within the Triple Alliance and the maintenance of the old and friendly relations of the Bussing and yesterday, said that they German Governments, notwithstanding the greatest difficulty in towing the any undercurrent. He also inde con hull of the ill-starred stemmer. Her to lapse. Captain Wetherell bad a stamp ither the vessels or their crews, but fidential reference on the negotiation, helm was hard to starboard," he said; collection on board which he valued at the use of a much more potent agent local Pregs, of the piratical outrage on

(not yet concluded) regarding inter- national interests in Asiatic Turkey and said Germany would accept the agreement regarding prize-courts and the declaration f maritime law. Germany, he con- cluded. viewed the third Hague Con ference with sympathy,

THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

HUERTA AND MEDIATION"

THE HARBOURMASTER INTERVIEWED.

The Harbourimaster, interviewed by representative of the Daily "l'ress found

المسلم

All the officers, in fact, have install they possesseul. The Captain's effects had been insured for £100 until last month when, he unfortunately allowed the policy

and the Stanley, when her helm was about £200, and this was lost with the

counter act her. Then we met the fulf hard to port, was not always able to ship, force of the food tide when coming to wards Hongkong, and could not make headway at all."

Questioned as to the condition of the bull, Commander Taylor said that it was terribly burnt.

There were the remains of what must have been about 20 people on board," said Commander Taylor, “but it is impossible to say with any degree of certainty bor many people the remains represented. They were merely bones, with the exception of me ghastly mass of flesh lying in a heap. This appeared to be the bodies of three or four persons.

DEL, April 25th, President Huerta has accepted the mediation of the South American States, which was recommended by the Powers.

Ninety Germans have left Mexico, although no acts of violence have as yet I only saw one skull aboard," he been committed against Germans. Those went so the fire must have been Germans who reside on the frontier extraordinarily fierce, and the heat tre. districts of the North have found security | mendous," at El Paso.

on,

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Commander Taylor further mentioned that the owners had sent out two launebes Gorman refugees arrived at Galveston have thanked H. M. the Kaiser for the of opinion that they would find the task to bring the Tai On into port, but he was

assistance rendered by the cruiser too dimeult. From what I have seen Dresden, in saving the refugees from the and know, they will have to get a power moh.. Amerion papers are honestly ful tug to get the hull in," he added.

their vessels to meet such emergencies, The remedy I suggest is not the arming

wireless telegraphy

THE GALLANTRY OF THE`S TAI ON'S GUARD.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PREAN."]

INTIMATIONS

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CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,

WATCHMAKERS

AND

JEWELLERS.

SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL

INSTRUMENTS.

Hongkong, April 29th, 1014, Sin, For deeds of heroism the tragic narrative, 80 completely related in the

The fitting of the vessels aced not be the str. Tui Ou will hold its own against Our report yesterday represented that either expensive or cumbersome and with any in the thrilling annals of the sea. the Fat On but only two Portuguese piratical friends would and themselves British captain and British officers an

a little organization in working, our guards on ber eventful voyage instead of rampletely checkunted, whether they tained the glorious traditions of the four as usual. This was not correct, made their attack from within or without, mercantile marine. While extremely There were four Portuguese guards on the The equipment I suggest might be modest in relating the parts they played constructal somewhat on the following upper deck, two being on watch and two plan. bullet-proof house could be built in the terrible ordeal of Monday night, in their room below. There was also a somewhere on the superstructure, close to they were full of praise for those who Portuguese guard on the compradore's the bridge for preference. This house unflinchingly stuck to their posts and staff on the deck below,

should contain the complete installation and sleeping accommodation for the obeyed the commands of their superiors operator. The overhead wire would of to stand and do their duty in the face of ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS. course be connected through the roof cortain death details of the installation, but I would It is hardly necessary to go into the suggest that the power be supplied either with Captain Wetherell) to the services from a small gas-engine working an of the Portuguese guard, he praised them alternator at about 50 volts and thence through a transformer, or as an alter-highly and said it is to them that the

European officers largely owe the pro- SILVERAND PRINCE'S PLATE. native, a battery of thirty 2-volt servation of their lives." accumulators in series, working an It was feared yesterday that watchmen induction coil.

ANOTHER PIRACY."

A report was current in the Colony yesterday to the effect that the steamer Americain, running between Macao and Kwongchauwan, had been again attacked by pirates,

By the adoption of either of these methods the telegraph office would be entirely self-contained and immune from vessel's dynamos, distant attack such as disabling the

Your graphic report relates that “when reference was made. (in conversation

SUN GLASSES,

Representatives

Our representative called at the officers of the agents, the Wo Yick Company, yesterday afternoon, and was told by the compradore than the report was untrue. He was informed, however, that a junk contamen, und boor, stacked by containing cargo just transhipped from pirates, who got away with their booty, and the nows had just been brought to the The piracy occurred some ten days ago.

Colony by the compradore of the Cheong Fa, sister ship to the American attack. In this connection it is interest-vernment recognition at an official The latter ship is now under the cowho patrol the West River are fitted with crew from the wreck of the str. Powan ing to note that one of the torpedo-boats ceremony at the Tung Wa after their splendid rescue of the passengers and

Frenchman, who was at one time Harbour far as the writer of this article knows,

It is scarcely a year since Miss Dunk master of Kwongchauwan, and she flies only one of the river gunboats. For the

sake of speedily exterminating pirates as the recipient of a travelling clock the French flag.

they should all be fitted. At Canton there and a letter of thanks from the Colonial There are only three steamers running is a Chinese Government Station, which Government for the part she played "in

appeasing the pirates on to. Kwongchauwan," said the compradore should be brought into requisition. ill-fated str, fai On

and each of them was pirated last year. Another should be built further up the Today, as record for gallantry is The cargo on the pirated junk was river. Arrangements should also be made various, and of no very great value heat. Hongkong and Macao, and the as brilliant as any. It is just possible that his case, because of his humble organisation would be complete.com

The working of the system would be position, may be lost to public attention. For this reason, I encroach upon the comparatively simple. In the event of a captain having his suspicions raised he courtesy of the Press, with an expression would at once endeavour to get into of hope that the brave fellow (whose communication with one of the patrol belongings have all been consumed in the

Dias and Silva were among the missing, Fortunately for Dias, he was rescued and is now in Hongkong, but the worst is feared, for Silva's fate, whose distraught MAPPIN & WEBB. wife, mother and relatives are anxiously awaiting news of the young fellow, So much for the equipment of the ships. It will be remembered that the coxswain

mediatuly they received a report of presented with medals, and received The next point to be considered is that of and crew of the steam launch Tak Kee stations which could despatch assistance were given a public demonstration, either a suspicious circumstance or an

pleased with the conduct of Captain HEROES OF THE PIRACY MEET IN mand of Captain A. S. Balison a wireless telegraphy apparatus, and off Mawan about eight years ago, a

Koehler, commandant of the Dresden,

The Berlin Press comments very favourably on the offer of mediation on the part of the South American Republics: This is considered to be a step of for reaching importance, even if it should

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.

The Chief Engineer of the Tai On (Mr. McCartney) and the brave Portuguese guard, Dins. inet in the Daily Press office yesterday for the first time since their hair-breadth escape ivom death in the occurences of Monday night, and hands were clasped in a hearty shake said. FALSE VERSION OF A LETTER BY The narrative of the Portuguess guard

not bring sucOEBS.

THE KAISER.

BERLIN, April 28th.

An animated debate took place in the

is a thrilling one. He was on duty on the starboard side of the bridge when he heard the Chief Officer, Mr. Evans,

• round suddenly shout. Turning

drilled a bole through the

CHINA OR ROME!

"RIVAL' FASHIONS IN THE NEW SPRINGTIME

MODES..

the

saade

LTD..

LONDON,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CHATER ROAD.

CALDBECK,

(ESTABLISHED 1864),

vessels or a shore station, reporting the terrible holocaust on the sea) might MACGREGOR&C. The two popular influences in dress for circumstances and his position. In the receive the meed of recognition that le

bis due ATRA Prussian Lower House, on the falsification sharply to see what had caused this, the the spring and early summer are the silks event of an attack an urgent signa I may state, lest my intentions ba of Chinese design and taffetas striped in would be made similar to the famous misconstrued, that Diae is not personally guard saw a Chinese chambering up on Romana colourings, reimarks a Lenton 5.0.S. distress call. Either signal would known to me. I have, therefore, no sxe of the Kaiser's letter. The trustee of deck and fring a pistol indiscriminately. paper. The two rivals are equally distri- bring assistance with the utmost dispatch Cardinal Kopp's will, Herr Porsch, has Dias's revolver was in his pocket, and bufed at the moment, the one being used and piracy would no longer be the fine to grind. I am impelled to advocate cedents that have been established and on declared the Government's statements to within a trico he had drawn it and, as in the evening and the other in the day paying fun that it is at present for the recognition in his case from the pre-

pirates that be correct and affirms that the circulated he said,

A Chinese gown, shown in a West End However, I do not believe that it would the principle that almam qui meruit

ferat Yours faithfully, versions of the letter are in fact falsifica man, The pirate dropped in his tracks, showroom, is carried cat in shades of often be necessary to make signals, for and his weapon fell on to the dock from blue, red, and yellow, the Chinese drapery there are few greater cowards than those effect being reinforced by embroideries in poor wretches who comprise the majority his nerveless fingers. In order to prevent. Oriental colouringe,"

8. Another Chinese others from cooning up from below, Dias robe for the evening, draped in graceful of piratical bands, and the mere fact of effect is in Oriental blue and red, which knowing that the vessels who trade on fred a few other shots, afterwarda joining preduces a soft sunget effect. Chinese the coast-line and river are no longer the the Captain (of whose conspicuous cour beads are festooned prottily about the helpless detached units that they have age and determination he speaks in the bodice. Chinese embroidery in gold and been in the past would deter the vast warnest, torms) and his fellow-watchman shades of blue adorns a beautiful robe in majority of them from taking the risk for the 2,000 Guineas which was Brun

shot-blue and gold eloth.

tions.

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

BERUN, April 28th, The bealth of H. M. the Emperor Frauz Josef has made further improvement.

NEW PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN SENATE.

BERUN, April 28th. The Italian Ambassador to Paris, Sig Tittoni, has given up his post and becomes President of the Senate at Rome. RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER TO STOP. PUBLICATION.

Silva, and the Chief Officer and Chief Engineer on the bridge.

REMARKABLE PRICE FOR CHINESE PORCELAIN.

of capture:

Of such obvious details as fitting alarm erouits between the telegraph offer and various parts of the ship of charging the I had a revolver in each hand," he

accumulators at the end of each voyage,¦ told our representative, and I used

ste. I have made no mention, nor hove them both. The Captain and Silva shot

The following New York telegram I dealt with the commercial utility of down a number between them, and 1 Exceeding $1,250,000 in his expenditures These are all points which would be dealt appears in a fan Francisco paper Marconi's invention in River trading. myself shut somewhere about 12 of them on art this season, P. AB. Widener of with practically as they arose. The object The pirates took rofuge in the calcon, Philadelphia has acquired twenty-five of this article is to point a simple, superb pieces of Chinese porcelain for but the Captain thought it inadvisable to $200,000. They are from the collections economic, and officient remedy for an go down there, considering it better to of Richard Bennett and George R. Davies ancient evil which becomes more evil as it grows ancient. It is difficult indeed to of the believe that the public will be content to stay on the bridge. We could then shoot of London, The most important HERIIN, April 8th.

twenty-five pieces just acquired by The official Rossija is going to reuse

any pirates who attempted to come up Widener is an apple-green beaker formed et matters go on as they are doing, “Then fire broke out below, and there vase, for which he paid $100,000. It is rusting life and property to the mercy publication on May lat, as its tendencies was a great commotion on the lower deck twenty-nine inches high. On one side is of any needy mob who care to lay hands have not been identical with those of Silva, and ayself unmediately went to the sacred pearl, and on the other it is pious masker.

the dragon in splendid yellow, watching on it, and for punishment muttering a

A ROMAN

the Government în many instanceS,

portrayed in aubergine.

J. P. BRAGA."

HOME TURF.

THE 2,000 GUINEAS,"

Following is the list of probable starters

yesterday

Sunny Lake (H, Jones) Corcyra. (O'Neill). Kennymore (Stern). Hapsburg (Rickaby), By George (Hnutes) Black Jester (Randall). Evanedale (W. Huxley).

Bir Eager (Clark)... || Carrick Fergus (Fox). Courageous (F. Bullock), My Prince (William Griggs). Saint Cyr (Walter Griggs). Trois Temps (Whalley). Sergoi (Piper), Land of Song (Donoghue); Anglesey (Saxby). Cincinnatus (Wheatley), St. Gathlac (R. Stokes), There is as yet no jockey for Part lion.

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