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TELEGRAMS.TAI ON" DISASTER.

IDER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD”. SERVICH.)

·EUROPEAN SERVICE,

THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

“MEDIATORS AT WORK.

LONDON, May 4th.

mediators between America and Mexico to bring about the abdication of both the Mexican partisan leaders and recognition of a Provisional Government, which is to conduct the affairs of State until the election of propor President. It is likely that Huerta will accept this pro posal as his situation has become anten- able since the occupation of Vera Cruz.

Carranza, shows

OFFICIAL ENQUIRY AT THE MARINE COUNT.

(master Sungliang).

THE N.Y.K. AND THE BUDGET.

EFFECT OF STOFFAGE OF: BUBSIDIES,

of

the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH, 1914,

wooden covers of the boats, and throw officers and guards returned the fire. use the arms, as he had been trained he them overboard for the support of the During a lull, the master and the maten soldier in Portugal. When the trouble Bred rockets. Shortly after witness went began he was just abaft the foremost people in the water. The passengers had out on the bridge ho saw a ship pass on grille. He heard a sound of rushing feet been jumping overboard in numbers from the starboat side, going up the river. He forward, and shots from the direction of THE RUMOURS OF AMALGAMATION WITH T.EX. the time the flames first baret forth. could not see people hanging over the the bridge. Then he saw a man climbing GRAPHIC STORIES BY SURVIVORS. Witness saw no junks or sampans any recognised the vessel as the Lintan. She side, and shot him. The door in the points relating to the business policy of side looking at the Laz On. He over the bridge rail on the starboard In connection with several important

The official enquiry into the circam-

_______ where about Before the firing ceased kept on her way. The rockets were fore grille was closed after the fring the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mr. Kato, stances attending the disaster to the and the ship caught fire, and while he was bursting right above her, and she was commanced Witness started firing at Vice-President of the Company in Tai On began at the Marine Court still bring rockets, ho saw the lights of the firing. No shots were fired after the he hired aft at the people who were firing As to the question of an increase of close enough in witness' opinion to hear people climbing over the fore side of the reported by a Tokyo news agency to have

bridge, and be shot, five of these. Then made the following statement:- yesterday, before Commander Basil ship on the port side, about two miles off ship had been set alight. The On Lee from the after grille. None of the pirates capital, it must be remembered that Taylor, R.N. (Marine Magistrate, Presi. Her stern lights and deck lights alone passed the Tai On just before the latter dent of the Court); Lieut. T. D. Sharp, were visible, none of the regulation lights sight the whole time until after the Tai On, deposed that he was in the it impossible to embark upon new and

got to Mawan Light. She remained in got through that grille,

business companies are compelled to Wong Him, the third engineer of the increase their capital only when they find R.N. (H.M.S. Tamar); Messrs. T. F. showing. Witness thought she must have attack commenced, and was still in sight engine-room when he heard some shots profitable work with the existing amount It is the aim of the South American Wheeler (master Rumennn); J. W. Evans voel bound for Macao. or she was perhaps not near chough to have coming from forward at about 10.15 p.m. of capital. In the present and nose was frustrated by the fames. The rafts the rockets and flares. She did not turn engines. Long afterwards he could not no necessity for increasing its capital, heard the firing, but she should have seen to stop, and he accordingly stopped the development of the Company It Ands Robert Henry Wetherell, master of the | were stowed on the skylight abaft the back. Both signal rockets and bombs say the time the telegraph signalled to and the question has never been discussed Tai On, deposed that he left Hongkong officers' cabins. The flames drove them were fired when she was in sight. Wheit go ahead again with both engines. Heat directors conference bound for Kongmoon at 7 p.m. on the forward to the bridge, but they could not lifebelts, the former could not find his by armed pirates. About 10 minutes through the Dist just closed, including the mate and witness went for their did not comply, because he was prevented "The non-passage of the Budget 29th April. The On Lee left her wharf a stop there, as witness' cabin and the He told witness ho had not got one there after the vessel had stopped, three pirates among other items the estimate for the few minutes after witness' vessel, and was wheel house had caught fire, and were Both then went to the cabin to look for came down and pointed revolvers at shipping subsidies, is indeed a serious closo astern of the Tai On in the Central soon ablaze. The officers climbed down over the belt, but the smoke drove them out witness. They told him to stop the blow to the NYK. and other shipping Fairway. She must have passed him the fore side of the bridge, and found and witness replied "Yes, a little." The stopped. One of them told the fireman on account of the non-passage

The mate asked witness if he could swing, Longines; he said they were already companies. If the subsidy is suspended later, as he saw no more of bor. Witness some of the passengers and crew on the mate said that he was all right, as he was to stop the dynamo he refused, and the Budget, the Company may be driven out turned in when past the fairway buoys, forecastle. He dropped the starboard a strong swimmer. The last witness saw pirates then struck him on the head with of the fold of competition. The new

certainly will

not overlook handing over the ship to the mate and anchor then, in order to get the vessel's of him was after he had jumped into the a revolver. Another pirate asked witness Government

water, resting with both arms over the the way up to the Captain, and he showed this

this matter. the No. 1 pilot. He did not sleep-in fact head to the wind. The wind and the tide: cas, drifting astern with the tide. There him the way to the boat deck. They then. Various rumours are in the air about he never could sleep at that time on the were in the same direction. This gave were two vessels at anchor standing by went up, but could not get at the Captain. the amalgamation of the Company with BERLIN, May 4th.

at the Mine, and another under way from The pirates returned and asked witness the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. It must, how- vessel-but lay down, and smoked. them about half an hour's respite, for Hongkong Witness was about 15 for the key of the door leading to the ever, bo remembered that an amalgama- The reports of the imponding resigna- Near about 10.10 p.m. he heard yells, the wind drove the flames back. Finally minutes in the water before he was picked boat dock. There were many doors to tion of two rival companies is not an tion of Huerta are strengthening; it is shouts, and shots coming from both sides I had to jump for their lives. Some up by a ship boat, belonging to the ethe engine room, but they were all kept easy matter Some argue the necessity said that he intends to leave the country of the boat deck, where his cabin was. I time before this the Mate and the Chief hovering about for some time before wit Witness told them he could not give them Canal, but no one wall acquainted with This boat and another had been locked except the two on the lower deck of joining hands by our shipping com

where the third-class passengers were panies on the opening of the Panama from Puerto Mexico on board & French Witness immediately jumped up, and Engineer said they had seen the Linton ness jumped, but they refused to come the key, as the Captain had it. There the shipping world will fail to realise the or Spanish cruiser.

seized his gun-a 10 bore shot gun loaded pass: They talked about this for a while. Witness swam to one of them, and was upon they told witness to take them to fact that it is futile to attempt to cope and take the Captain and himself off. with duck shot and rushed out by the The vessel did not come close to and picked up. He naked the crew to row to SUCCESSFUL CONSCRIPT LEVY IN after door. As he got out, he was going communicate with the Tas On, although the Tai On to take the Captain off, but over to starboard when he was met by a the firing was still going on when she they refused to do anything except take Chinese, who at once turned round and passed. When the officers left the bridge, picked up the quartermaster of the Tai him to the In Kny. This boat also ran back. Going over to the port side witness saw three ships standing by, the On. witness found a Chinese struggling with nearest being about half a mile off. the Chief Engineer, He did not know Witness was picked up by a boat belong whether it was then or later that the ing to the oral, and at his request Chief Engineer told him that he was

was transferred to à Hongkong bound vassel--the Hoi Sang. Before the officers left the ship the flames had got at the rockets, which were going off. The mate, Mr. Evans, became alarmed and jumped overboard with an oar to support him, but no lifebelt.

He was fully dressed. This was the last witness saw of him,

witness was the last about 20 minutes

His adversary, inclination to yield.

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GERMANY.

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BERLIN, May 4th. The levy of conscripts in Germany of the class of 1913 has shown a surplus of 38,000 able-bodied men over and above

MOBILISATION IN ALBANIA

BERLIN, May 4th.

with large Western companies merely by a combination of our small concerns." Japan Chronicle.

INTIMATIONS

to the Captain, Witness told them that is had to attend to the dynamo, or the light would go out, so they fold the other two firemen to take them to the pirates had asked for from its peg, and Captain. Then witness took the key the

Pada threw it into the crank pit. The robbers Captain Wetherall was recalled, and did not see witness do this, as they had said that there were 38 of a crew on the then gone to find the Captain. Just to these there were 10 cargo coolies, four ahead again, but a man who w articles, including himself. In addition afterwards the telegraph was put to tally men, and an snknown number of standing in the doorway from the third runners and cargo brokers. There were class directed his revolver at witress and CHS. J. GAUPP

Soon after this also probably some extra cooks and boys, forbade him to do so..

witness saw Hames coming in from the main deck, through a crack in the door. He then went on to the lower deck and went forward to the grille and shouted to his fokis to get out. Then he jumped overboard through the cargo port, which WATCHMAKERS was open, being picked up by boats off The second engineer of the Tai On, Wong Chin, was called at the request of

not on the articles, AA, AAAA

those already required for auginentations wounded Witness shot the man who was tackling the Chief Bugineer, and he dropped over backward-dead. Witness then went on to the bridge and saw a Chinese on the rails of the starboard side, either climbing up or down/ Witness shot him also. The Portuguese guard 10,000 men in order to suppress the oust have fired at him at the same time, He was the first to go from the bows, and He ran out into the second-class saloon, the Shan Lee three hours later.

The and the man dropped on to the forecastle. response to the call for volunteers is very The Chief Engineer came into witness' later-the Chief Engineer having jumped out what was the matter. The pirates Captain Wetherell, who said he desired i cabin, and he began to re-load for him out just before witness. Both witness and came into the saldon, and went into wit to know why he did not come out of his |

The Prince of Albania has mobilized

bandits in Southern Albania.

aatisfactory.

THE ALLEGED ESPIONAGE BY GERMAN AERONAUTS.

BERLIN, May 4th. The German aeronauts at Perm have ben released on bail and have returned

to Germany,

BERLIN, May 4th.

Witness picked up two loaded revolvers which were in his cabin and went out to the grille, which was made of expanded metal, with-barbed wire. He fired a few shots into the pirates, and then went forward to the bridge and shot another man whom he found there. He secured his shot-gun and Bred alternately star board and port side at the people aft. He kept on like this, dodging from side

to

firing. Witness did not know how he

the Chief Engineer had climbed down to the rubbing streak. Mr. Evans went from the forecastle head, and landed in the way. The flames had got right for the water quite clear, striking nothing on ward to the bows when witness and the Chief Engineer climbed on to the rubbing treaks. The top sides against which they clung while on the rubbing streak became very hot, and they had to jump into the water.

The compradore of the Tai On, U Sui Sung, deposed that when the pirates rose he was in his office on the starboard side of the main deck, the door of which opened into the second class saloon. He rat heard shots coming from forward.

and lay down among the passengers. He was frightened, and did not try and find

The

cabin and assist in the defence of the

& CO.,

AND

JEWELLERS.

he was asleep in his cabin when the SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL trouble arose, and was awakened by a shot near his cabin.

The President--Well, what did rou do?-I lay down. I got up when I heard the noise, but lay down again.

Why didn't you go out and assist those

INSTRUMENTS.

who were defending the ship 1-1 could ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS.

Why not?-If I had come out surely would stop me, and kill me. there would be somebody outside who

news' office and ransacked it. He saw ship, as he was armed. Wong Chin said about five or six of them, but he did not think he should recognise them as he robbers wore dark Chinese clothing, and could not see their faces well. were apparently of the middle-class They threatened to burn the ship, and told some of the passengers to call upon the muster to surrender. The passengers refused to do so, so they shot some of them I did not see them shot," he a blanket. One bullet passed close to my said, as I had hidden my head under legs and hit one paisanger. There wer on to these there were about 80 run the Hoi Seng (now transferred to the ten extra cooks and boys, and of crow Sur), said he was on the deck of the and not know how many were saved. He making 613 souls on board all told. Ho Har Sang after leaving Wangmoon, He saw rockets fire from the fai On as they jumped overboard, and hung on to the neared her, and he noticed that she was rudder till he was picked up.

Wetherell said he did not see the Get

In answer to Captain Robinson, Captain

reached Wangmoon about 15 minutes shead of the Tai On.

You were armed, were you not1-Yes. however, in my cabin.

SUN GLASSES,

* BILVER AND PRINCE'S PLATE.

cope with many others.

What sort of arms did you have?-A revolver

Witness sproceeded that he heard a lot of noises in the No. 2 pilot's cabin. The

Representatives

TRIAL MOBILISATION IN RUSSIA side, and the pirates also kept on after leaving the bárbour the generally 353 passengers who paid fare. In addi. It was not in my pocket, though. It was,

tion in two districts, and the calling up went on to the bridge, and saw there were

The Czar has ordered a trial mobiliza escaped leing hit. Bubsequently witness Mr. Albert Prince, Chief Engineer of ners, 16 cargo coolies, aix cargo brokers. Why didn't you got it-I could not of the reserves in two further districts of no more pirates there. He told the mate Southern Russia.

to guard the bridge and not let anyone get up forward. Meanwhile, he had got the doors in the foremost grille shut and firm fore and aft They anchored In answer to Captain Wetherell, wit to the bridge, but sting him to take them MAPPIN & WEBB, locked. The two Portuguese watch between her and the Shun Lee and Shiness said he did not notice anything were two or three shots fired, after which

· LTD.. On, which were already on the scene. He suspicious or unusual about the passen it was quiet in there. He time; deither did he see anyone jump he could see, but he did not take much the usual quantity of luggage, as far as

LONDON. overboard from the Tas On. Boats were notice. The grille barring passage from

GENERAL v. LIMAN,

BERLIN, May 4th.

General v. Liman left for Smyrna on duty as Inspector General of troops.

LONDON, May 4th.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL

The death of the Duke of Argyll, son- in-law of the late Queen Victoria and unele of HM the Kaiser, places the German and

Courts into

H.A.L. AND N.D.L. AGREEMENT.

BERLIN, May 4th..

he refused. Then there

were on either side of the foremost grille did not see any boats in the water at the gers in the second class, and there was joined the European officers. Mally

They were firing at the people aft. They were each armed with a .38 revolver and 迅 Winchester repeater. The Chief

Engineer was in witness room all the

lowered from the Ho Sang, and about the main deck to the third class and that

nothing about any difficulty in manning ters were locked. The keys were in the eight persons were picked up. He heard from the third class to the crew's quar the boats. The Hos Sang got under way hands of the watchman who accompanied again at sam., being the fat to leave witness round,

Shun Lee, was next called. He told the Mr. J. P. Somerville, master of the Court that he left Kongmoon on the evening of the 27th, and passed Wang- Wangmoon they met the Lintan coming moon about 8.30 p.rs. After passing up. The master hailed him, and told him that the Tai On was on shore further

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while loading for him, Unfortunately the shot gun became jamused, and be hed to use a Winchester for a time. Directly to be native craft. Some of them wero as he could gather, the pirates travelled three miles south of the Bwashway Light. He saw flickering lights, which he took Captain Wetherell explained that as far down. The Shun Lee was then two or the first rush had been repelled, witness quite close to the Tai On

rash and second class, and passengers in He had met the On Lee about 12 minutes and the mate got out the signal rockets

Captain Wetherell explained that be these classes usually carried more or less earlier, also after passing Swashway and fired them at intervals in the threw some lights overboard, and thought luggage. He wanted to know whether the Light. British

She made no communication to that these were what witness saw. shooting. The pirates were firing at the

witness or his assistents knew if any of him. At that time the Tai On was not mourning.

officers from aft all the time. The star-Engineer on the Tai On, stated that he Inspector Gordon,in charge of the eight minutes after passing

Mr Thomas J. D. MacCartney. Chief the passengers carried no luggage. visible. He saw her rockets later, about the Lintan, The late Duke was President of the board rocket tabe burst at the first was sitting down before the forecastle Water Folice, said the hull of the T's and saw the lights of the vessel some five British German Friendly Society.

grille on the port side when he heard shots n was towed into the Harbour about minutes later, and then anchored in 18 round, and witness was hit in the and shouts on the starboard side of the 10 p.m. on the 1st inst. There were re-feet of water, about four cables from the chest, He fired the remainder from the bridge. As he rose from his seat, a man mains of 17 bodies on board. From the Tai On The Shun Lee drew D3 feet of port side. He added that the vessel was fired at him from the centre of the bridge, amount of white ashes on board, he water. He might have got closer to the about a mile to the north of the fishing at he was shot in the right hip. Witness should think that many more were con- Tai On, but the pilots refused to take her MACGREGOR&C.. fell, and the pirate, who rushed at him, med. The Shun bee brought back to closer. About 10 minutes after anchoring Negotiations begun between the Ham place. Witness did not think the engines to get up, but the pirate held on to his The Shu Du brought 52 Chinese, the On, and realised that it was

stakes off Ki Au when the attack took fell over him in the dark Witness tried Hongkong on the 28th ult. 120 survivors, he saw flames springing out from the Tait berg-Amerika Linie and the North were working after the fighting; he could wrist, so he dragged him forward between Chief Engineer, and Portuguese watch piracy de inmediately ordered the

the German Lloyd with the view of re not hear them. The engine-room tele- While they were souffing the pirate held Chinese and the Master, and the Was lowered. He saw no native craft in the the wheel house door and the shield. on. The Hot Saun brought eight boats out, and after some delay they were graph rang up while the fighting was in a putol at witness head, and at the sameling brought two more on the 30th ult.

dosastor of the vicinity establishing their joint working of the

progress, and witness telegraphed Full time how two heads and two pairs of He had heard that 12 bodies were picked Shu On, said that he met nothing coming

Mr. A. Wetherhead, the Master North American and East Asiatic traffic, speed ahead," but got no reply. At the aux caning up over the rail on the port up on the 28th ult. and landed at Ki Au, up the river while he was on deck. Ho have resulted in an agreement.

same time he ordered Helm hard a supposed, to tell the not to fire. The Tung Wah Hospital authorities. On at 11 p.m. by the Mate, who told him that side pirate shouted to them, he being subsequently brought here by the went below at Wangmoon. He was called part," but the wheel could not be moved master then came out of the cabin with Monday 37 more bodies were brought in. the Linten had hailed the Shiu Un, to THE KAISER LEAVES CORFU,

owing to the steering gear having been put a gn and fired close past his face into He had also heard that Dae Portuguese say, so far as he could hear, that surde- out of order. The pirates stopped the was not very deep, but was painful at the Yat. On had been reported an having deck, and saw distres signals from the the man, who fell dead. Witness wound watchman and 11 others who were on the thing had gone ashore. He went up on BERGEN, May 4th

dynamo while the firing was going on, time Tas master took witness into his reached Macao and Heungchow. HM the Kaiser leaves Corfu on the and all lights went out. After about 30 cabia, and he had to lie on the deck, as

ship. He went on slowly, uccasionally Antonio Diaa, watchman on the Tai stopping, until he made out that the Tai minutes the fire slackened aft, and then lo could not stand, and remained there on stated that he was stationed on the one waalf to three cables from the Tai PILSENER BEER he On on He anchored about two ceased. When the lights went out, the pirates continued fring from aft, and the rifle and a revolver. He knew how to On. They had no trouble in getting so Chief Engineer lit an oil lamp in witness' room, and came out of the bridge, bringing out a supply of ammunition. About five minutes after the firing had ceased, witness noticed flames bursting out just before the funnel, and heard much shouting and yelling down below. It appeared that the ship had been set alight in two or three places. Witness unlocked the door in the foremost grille for the mate and Chief Engineer to get their lifebelts, which were in their cabins TURKISH PRINCES TO JOIN THE abaft the foremost grille. Mr. Mac-

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Cartney secured a lifobelt, but the mate did not; he did not know why. By this tune the flames had burst through the Four Turkish Princes will enter the skylights, but the officers' cabina had pot

8th inst, and will pay a short visit to HE Baron Mumm v. Schwarzenstein, cx-Ambassador to Tokyo, at his castle near Portofino in Liguris.

THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN

SQUADRON.

BERLIN, May. The British Mediterranean Squadron, visiting the Austrian Adriatic Ports, met with an extremely cordial reception."

German Army

BERLIN, May 4th.

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close, and no difficulty with the crew in getting out the boats.

The enquiry was then adjourned until 9.30 this morning.

SURVEYORS REPORT.

The Kwong On Steamship Co. have

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now received the repart of the Surveyors, POSSESSING ALL THE DELIGHTFUL which states that the cargo shipped by the

Tai On on her fateful trip, with the ex CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH BEERS. ception of a few packages of ironware,

has been completely destroyed by the fire.

and that nothing now romains on board.

but charted debris, which it is recommend- PER 1 DOZ. QUARTS. $3.00 ed should be deatroyed.

The statement that the guard Bilva has reached Macao appears to be incor- rect. The guard who has recobed Macao is Jose Conceicao, one of the men who was off watch at the time. He was picked up near Chinaan, and has bren admitted to the hospital at Macao, suffering from three shot wounds.

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