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had her side torn out by a gigantic Today (Whit Monday) and tomorrow TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

iceberg, causing her to sink in half an hour carrying no less than 1,513 persons to a watery grave. Apparently there were among the survivors from the Empress of Ireland some who assumed that she had met her fate in precisely the same way as the Tanto, for the first re ports stated that she und Bunk after the collision with an iceberg. It is indeed fortunate that the Captain of the Empress of Ireland was picked up by the rescuing parties, and that, though suffering from the effects of exposure, he has been

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able to give before a Court of Inquiry an account of the terrible accident. is to be gathered from the accounts that, although the weather was the collier when she was two miles off, and that apparently she intended to cross the bows of the Empres Then we gather that when a collision seemed inevitable if both ships continued on their course, the Captain of the Emprees stopped and then went astern; but seeing when the Storstadt was but a ship's length distant that a collision was still imminent, be quickly concluded that the only way to avoid it would be for the Storstadt to go astern and the Empress simultaneously to go full spoed

(the birthday of HM. King George) are public holidays.

ing from Shanghai by the Empress of The Hongkong cricket team is return- in due at 7 a.m. to-morrow:

· The Manila Observatory, reported yok". terday at 0.15.a.m. a cyclone or typhoon East of Luzon, less than 300 miles distant; noving N.N.W. by N.

Preaching at St. John's Cathedral yesterday morning, the Chaplain (Rev VH Copley Moyle) made a brief reference to the disaster to the Empress of Ireland He said that he was sure their hearts would go out in prayer to those who were bereaved, and to those who were in doubt and anxiety about the welfare of those they loved, that they might be comforted by the Holy Spirit.

The official unveiling of the status of

the late Sir Robert Hart, Bt., took place at Shanghai on 28th May, the ceremony being performed before a large gathering by Mr. T. Rauschu, Consul-General for Denmark and Senior Consul. The statue, which has been erected on the Band, was model by Mr Henry taken from a Pegram, of London. It is a striking

[DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD"

SERVICE

CHINA SERVICE.

ABOLITION OF ADVISORY

DEPARTMENT.

PEKING, May 30th. The President has ordered the abolition of the Advisory Department at the Presidential, offices. All the Chinese advisors will be employed in other post- tions, while the foreign ones will be retained until the expiration of their respective contracta,

NEW BILLS.

FERING, May 30th

The first two bills for consideration by the Tsan Cheng, Yuan are for the retention of classical education and text books in the schools of China and for the reintroduction. of posthumous titles

AN APPOINTMENT.

PEKING, May 30th. Liang Shi-yi has been re-elected

DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD!

SERVIUE.]

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL ENTER

PRISE IN CHINA.-

BERLIN, May 29th. At a meeting of shareholders of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank it

was stated that the Bank followed very liberal lines as regards credits to firms. This was proved by their amount, Tis. 20,000,000, which it had given towards financing Chinese indus- trial enterprise. The position did not look en- courging under present conditious, us the Chinese refused to grant the forination of Gorman limited companies. On the other hand, there was no inherent security in a European legal sense in Chinese companies Therefore, it was not possible to bring uny values based thereon into the German skare market.

GERMAN 'SOCIALISTS AND THE COLONIES.

Bzarın, May 29th. The Socialist party of the Beichstag propose to despatch soon a commission of several member to the Colonies, in order to

known Gorman sprlag, at half the price ahead. The account leaves us to infer that representation of the lato Inspector Director-General of the Bank at the obtain information regarding them and thus

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the advice given to the Storstedt by the Captain of the Empress was not followed. either before the collision or afterwards, when it the Storstadt, after plunging into 80,85 per dez, Pinia. $0.50 por doz. Split the Empress, had continued to go slowly

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ahead and thus filled the hole she bad abecedat, it is probable that both ships would have remained longer afloat and possibly the loss of life would not have been so great. But until the Storstadt's version has been heard fudgment must be suspend- ed. Unfortunately there is no information that anybody belonging to the Stortul has been saved. Though in a crippled condition, the collier assisted to rescue the passengers of the Emprees, and is reported to bave picked up 350, but the later information leads us to infer that she must then have foundered with all on board. According to the official message circulated: by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., the accident occurred within six miles of Father Point, so that in her crippled

condition the Storstedt would no doubt have

General and has been much admired..

A NEW LOCAL COMPANY.

Company has just been incorporated called The Central Estate, called The Buite

.new

ings. Princes Buildings and a wedge shaped block comprising the premises occupied by the International Bank, and the property on the East side of Ice House Street, formerly owned by Sir Paul Chater and the late Sir Hormusice Mody The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., have been appointed general managers of the new Company,

SILVER WEDDING.

DE AND UBS FRANCIS CLARK

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Clark will celebrate their silver wedding at the University today, and we are quite sure that their many friends will hope that, in the tried to make for the beach, as the Captainfulness of time, they will be privileged to $1.00 per doz. Pints, $0,60 per don Splits of the Emprasa vainly wished to do. We

celebrate their golden wedding, if not in published on Saturday defuite news that Hongkong then in the old country, she sank and we can only conclude, sizeo

Dr. Clark lias bean Medical Officer of A. S. WATSON & CO.. there is no statement to the contrary, that all Health of the Colony for the past nineteen on board perished her own crew and the years and has served on both the Legisla LIMITED,

large number of people she is reported to tive and the Executive Councils of have rescued from the Empress. Whether Government. He has during that time HONGKONG.

such calamities can ever be prevented is a taken a very active share in our social question which must be left to the techniest and educational life; thus for fifteen experts. The reports are silent regarding years he was Dean of the College of Medicino, and became Dean of the the bulkhead doore. If they were closed when the collision appeared inevitable, it apparently would bare availed nothing in the circumstances, de, according to the official report, her side was ripped open from abaft the after funnel to the propellors, as happened in the case of the Titanic, so that something more that watertight bulk heads seeins necessary to meat such dangers, The announcement that no fewer than 327 of the orew have been saved may suggest at first sight that not much of the spirit of sacrifice was abown on their part, but it is quite possible that fuller information of the circumstances will clear the crow of any reproach. An observent survivor declares that there was no panfe among the crew and that they endeavoured to help the women. So far se can be gathered, the officers of the ship nobly did their duty in what one of the passengers Hongkong Orzion: 101, Das Vœux Rain C. has described as “hopeless circumstances,”

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BIRTH.

MARSH.-On May 24th, at Shanghai, the wife of E. L. MAKER, M.B., D.P.H., a daughter.

Medical Faculty when the College was incorporated in the University some two years ago; he has been Commodore of the Corinthiau Yacht Club for the past ten years is one of the Trustees of St. John's Cathedral, and has been, for some fow years past, Deputy District Grand Master of English Freemasonry fur South China.

Baarit of Communications.

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

KAISER TO VISIT ARCHDUKE FERDINAND.

become able to form their own opinion. This means a deviation from their former

course.

YOUNG: TURKS AND: THE ALBANIAN RISING.

BERLIN, May 30th.

the

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. }

NEW ZEALAND AND ASIATICS.

LONDON, May 31st. The Daily Mail correspondent at Christchurch, Now Zealand, states that the Government will introduce legislation in June prohibiting the immigration of Asiatics NO

A DRIFTING SHIP

Sr. Jown's, B.C., May 31st. The Karink, the ship of the British scientific expedition to the extreme north- west of America, which drifted away in soms crushed ice in October last with Bồ of the crew, reports that on January the crew were landed at Wrongel Island. All

are

well.

för

GREECE AND AMERICANA

BATTLESHIPS.

tho

ATHEN, May 31st. It is denied that Grezca is negotiating. purchase of American battleships.

ADMISSION OF INDIANS INTO CANADA.

¡VIOFONIA (B:C.), May 30th. The Hindus have offered £100,000 in cash and property as bail to the owners of the Komagata Maru if they allow thơm to land pending the decision of tho

HOME TURF.

RESULT OF THE OAKS STAKES.

Losos, May 30th.

BRULIN," May 29th..

The International Commissioners at Courts. The fight will be carried to the H... the Kaiser will visit the Arch- | Valona have discovered that the Young Privy Council. duke Franz Ferdinand at the castle Turke were the instigators in

Mahomedan rising in Albania. The of Konopisht on June 12th, B.E. Admiral Commissioners demand that the Powers v. Tirpitz will be in attendance, by special make representations at Constantinoplo. invitation of the Archduke, with whom he The Prince and the Italian Government has not been acquainted before. The have again requested the despatch of in- Austrian Heir to the Throne, himself unternational troops for guarding the

frontiers and coust... expert on Naval matters, desires to confer. with the German Naval Secretary on

RUSSIAN RAILWAY PROJECT.

nautical technicalities.

THE RUSSO-BRITISH NAVAL- ENTENTE RUMOURS.

BERLIN, May 29th. The Berliner Tageblati says British Conservative circles" confirm the report, that the Russian Ambassador at Paris, B.

Iswolski, tried to induca Sir Edward Grey to conchide a Russo-English naval entente. In Russia the conclusion of such a treaty has been officially denied, but not the attempt.

THE ARRESTED GERMAN AVIATORS IN RUSSIA:"

***

BERLIN, May 29th Photographic apparatus, found on the Geran aviators arrested in Russia, has been seized. A high military offer has been despatched from St. Petersburg, charged to investigate the matter.

TATER

Rassia has libented both the German military aviators, who return to Germany forthwith. There is great satisfaction in Germany at the prompt settlement of the incklent.

GREECE AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS.

BERLIN, MAY 29th. The Greek Foreign Minister said in the Chamber that Greece upholds her posses.

ion of the Aegaun Islands,

THE SITUATION IN ALBANIA.

BERLIN, May 20th.

The people of Northern Albania have

⠀⠀ BERLIN,, May 30th. The Russian Crown Council have adopted a bill to connect the Trans- Caucasian railway with the main line running between Moscow and Tiflis. The cost will amount to more than 100 million roubles.

OBITUARY.

The race for the Oaks Stakes resulted

as follows:

Princess Dorrie (W. Huxley) Wassilissa (E. Huxley):

Torchlight (Stern)

There were 21 starters. Won by two lengths, four lengths separating second

and third.

In the carly stages of the race the order of running was:-- Torchlight, Lancaster Lady, Dolabella. Later Dolabella took

up the running from Lancaster Lady and Torchlight, with Princess Dorric

practic well-ally last. Rounding Tattenham corner

Dolabella and Daly Girl were close together. Then came Torchlight, Wassilissa and Princess Dorrie. The latter came through at a great pace and won comfortably. The time was:--2pin.

BERLIN, May 28th. Privy Councillor. Mauser, the known inventor of firearms, is dead,

OIL BOOMS.

In these days when we are hearing of oil booms in Asia, holdere of "Shell" shares will be interested in the following telegrams relating to some remarkable

wells of the Anglo Egyptian Oilfields, Ltd., one of the subsidiary companies of the Shell Company :-

April 7th Production, week-759 tons, being Gemenih 527 tous, Hurgada 222 tons.

April 8th the following telegram was received from Geansah this morning)

Well No. 13-drilled to 1,681ft.; have struck a gusher, telegraphing production later. Further telegram has been received tremendously; blew tools out of hole; uathle from Gemsab Welt No. 11-flowing

to shut in; compelled to lay 6-in. liue to well; all stuff ongaged thereon.""

April 10th (advice from Gemsah): Well No. 13 Hlowing continuously; gas preasure enormous; estimated minimum pinduction, 800 tons daily; only-suvad 94 toma.

yesterday owing to impossibility using boiler; making special connection Hope to have well under control to-day if north wind still

continues, otherwise mon cannot work.”

April 14th (the following telegram has. been received from Gemsah]: Production. for the week ended the 17th instant from Gemah-9,913 tons, from Hurgada-242 tons. Well No. 15 now under control; unable to restrict or to leas than 2,500

twenty-four hours owing to south wind blowing gas on to boiler, necessitating whole fold being shut down about half-day.!!

39 1-5seca.

Militant and Cascatel, did not start.. Betting: 11 to 4 against Princess Dorric; 100 to Gugainst Wassilissa; and 10 to 1 against Torchlight.

The place betting was evers Princess Dorric, the others proportionate.

HOME CRICKET.

LONDON, May 30th.. Yorkshire beat Cambridge University at Cambridge by an innings and six runs. Hampshire beat Derbyshire at South ampton by eight wickets.

Middlesex beat Worcestershiro Lord's by an innings anil 56 runs,

INVENTOR OF MAUSER RIFLE DEAD.

BERLIN, May 30th, The death has occurred of Herr Mauser,

LANDO Orten: 181, Farr Star, E.C. And the fact that something like thraa. Majesty's Navy, while Mrs. Clark in the offered their assistance to the Prince against tons daily; could only save 1,288 tons fast the inventor of the Mauser rifle.

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fourths of the crew have been saved may be capable of an entirely satisfac tory explanation. We do not yet know how they were saved--whether they HONGKONG, JU E 1st, 1914.

rushed the boats or whether they were piokod up out of the water. If the latter be THE appalling disaster in the Atlantic, the case, it can be well understood how so within six miles of the Canadian coast, many of them were eared, for, as sailors, casta a gloom over the whole civilised world the probability is that they would contrive and evokea universal expressions of sympathy to keep afloat longer than the average which cannot but be most kosely passenger, Then we must take note of the felt. No man or woman can read the statement that “the reasel lurched and

over

Both Dr. and Mrs. Clark took a con siderable part in the work of the A.D.C. soine years ago, when Sexton, Noble, Suirdale, Grace and Balloch trod the boards of our local theatre, and many a concert has been brightened by Mra Clark's tuneful singing of dainty ballade. We gather from Who's Who and other sources that Dr. Clark is the eldest son of the late Francis Mallard Clark, somé- time chief clerk (higher division) in FL.M. Civil Servico (Admiralty), whose forbeara for generations had been officers in his

eldest daughter of the late Francis Andrews, who in the early 'sixties was manager of the Agra Bank in Hongkong. On the maternal side Dr. Clark (whose mother is a daughter of the late Robert H. Roe and is yet alive) can boast a long succession of golden weddings, and the following extract from a Cheltenham newspaper of 1988 is interesting ---

On Monday last the golden wedding of Mr. Robert H. Ros, of Fromefield, and Mrs. Roe, was celebrated at Christ Church Lodge, Cheltenham, the residence

of their daughter, Mrs. W. B. Masefield, and was attended by

It may be interesting to mention that both the father and grandfather of Mr. Ros lived to celebrate their golden weddings; the

Eesad Pasha,

ROYAL DUTCH FETROLEUM COMPANY'S DIVIDEND,

HERLIN, MAY 29th. The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Ltd, have declared a dividend of 48% agunit 41% of the previous year.

DISASTER TO AN EMPRESS " LINER.

BERLIN. May 29th. Canadian Pacific Line, sank after collision The 5.9 Express of Ireland, of the

presumably with an iceberg. Details of the disaster are awaited. The vessel was of 14,000 tons reg.

BEELIN, May 30th

details of this terrible calamity, by which everything was hurled into the sea. The a thousand persons were suddenly crew, who would be at their beat stations, doomed to parish in the darkness of the would in all probability be among the first night, without shuddering at the horror of it to be hurled into the sea by this lurch, all. While upwards of a thousand persons while the majority of the passengers performer, the late Mr. Robert Boe, of Free- are asleep in their berths, the huge cara-hapa were still in their cabins hurriedly mont and Newton, Mount Kennedy Co., Lt cansarie on which they were travelling is dressing. These are questions which will, Wacklow, on the 17th April, 1954, and with an iceberg, but with a suddenly crashed into by a collier repro- no doubt, be thoroughly investigated by his wife, Mary Legge, grand-daughter of collier on the river St. Lawrence. A senting probably a deadweight of about the proper authorities in due course, and the Right Hon. J. Bilson Legge, Chandere fog prevailed at the time. About ten thousand tons, and the great passenger meanwhile we car but patiently await the cellor of the Exchequer in the reign of 350 survivors were landed at Rimouski and liver in sunk in nineteen fathoms of water pronouncements of the experts and trust George the Second, and the latter, has cre than 600 were drowned. The steamer in the short space of less than a quarter that the enquiry into the circumstances grandfather, Mr. Robert Roe, of Seafia, sank within 10 minutes. of an hour. One is irresistibly reminded of this terrible calamity may suggest still King's County, and, his wife, Grace of the memorable dimster of April 15th, other reass than those which exier to Hodgson, niece of the first Earl of Rosse, 1912, when the White Star liner. Titanic safeguard the travelling public from such whose golden wedding was celebrated in while on her maiden voyage to New York appalling tragedies.

the year 1818.

April 15th" (the following information bas been received from Gemsak); "Well No. 13 saved yesterday 1,729 tons; now fairly well under control; actual production restricted to about 2,200 tons.

SUBJUGATION OF FORMOSAN

ABORIGINES.

20,000 MEN READY FOR ATTACK,

Subjugation operations against the aborigines are about to take place on a patch to the Asaht states that General huge scale in Formosa, A Tapeh dia

Sakuma, with his staff, left Taipeh on

JAPANESE ABROAD.

LARGE PROPORTION IN UNITED STATES

AND CHINA..

The latest official returns show the number of Japanese abroad to-day to be 331,362, which is an increase of 28,639 Ñ the figures for the preceding year. The largest number is in the United States, including Hawaii, which is 105,188, and the second largest 1a 112,650 in China.

The following is a table giving tha distribution of the Japanese in the principal locatione The South Seas ...

Location India Singapore

Manila

Sydney

Batavia

the 14th instant for Gokanzan to assume command of the troops for the subjuga- tion of the aborigines. The troops and police who are to take part in the grand North America The Empress of Ireland did not collide from various parts of the islands The battue are concentrating at Horisha

Seattle Canadian Korenko contingent, consisting of 7,400 police, will be shipped by five steamers between the 22nd and 26th instant. This contingent will be divided into two, and South America operations will be commenced under the command of Inspectors Nagata and Ma- tsuyama respectively The total number of combatants against the warlike abori- gines is put at 16,000, and adding to this Mexico camp-followers, the total will come to over Canada 20,000 The battue is expected to com- Europe mence in grim earnest within a week or Asiatic Russia,

Ching two-Japan Chronicle.

Authentic reports fix the loss of human life in the wred of the Empress of Ireland at 954. 433 were saved, amongst whom are half of the crow

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2.589 15,024

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12,441

Portland Hawaii

5,861

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56,276

2,637 87,251

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Brazil Peru Chifi

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3,076 7,367

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Argentina

240

2,672

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