1911-04-13 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

NEW SERIES No. 8818

Telegrams.

EXETER ELECTION

LIBERAL, UNSEATED..

(Kaura's BaxvICH.)

London, April 12th.

The result of the recount on a

petition in the parliamentary election for Exetor is that Mr. Duke, K.O. (U.), is returned by a

majority of one aftor a week of

exciting scrutiny.

This is a Unionist gain, Mr. St.

Maur, Liberal, having been do

clared elected last December by a

majority of four over Mr. Duke,

BRITISH LOAN:

FOR RAILWAY BUILDING.

"Senora Po' SERVICE.]

Peking, April 22.

The President of the Board of

Telegrams.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1911 四㟖素

驎五十月三年三能室

Telegrams.

THE CORONATION.

THE ASSASSINATION.

ANARCHISTS TO BE

HUNTED.

["Bewuxo Po" BREVIOR]

'Peking, April 18. Owing to the assassination of the Tortar Gonorul Fu Che, The President of the Army Board and

the Grand Councillors have tele- graphed to the various provinces to hunt down, all snarobists.

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Alarm Spreads.

["BEAT PO"

Skavion.]

Poking, April 12, ̧

The Grand Councillors have all

increased their numbers of body

guards on account of the assassina

tion of the Tarter General

Pa Chi.

Communications his had a con- THE CANTON ATROCITY.

ferenco with the British Minister

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in Poking about raising a loan for

the development of railways in

Kiangan.

TRIAL BEGINS TO-DAY.

[Tur "TZLZORAPH" CORRESPONDENT

Canton, April 13.

The Viceroy is in receipt of inotructions from the Throne that the trial of the late Pap Concral 0683ssin should be dare-

THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. fully and strictly conducted. His

IN THE FAR 'EAST,

́ ́t“Bzzuno Po” Szavion]-

Peking, April 12.

The Grand Councillors have

recalled the 'Chinoso Minister at

Tokyo for the purpose of question

ing him about the triple alliance

between Great Britain, America

and Japan.

· CHINA'S FINANCIAL

ADVISERS.

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Excelloney has fixed to-day, for holding the trial.

The trial will take place in the yamen, with tho Provincial Tron- Burer and the Frovincial Judgo on the bench. A report of the proceedings, the statement made by the prisoner and the evidence against him, will be forwarded to the Throno at the conclusion of the trial,

Celerrums.

OUTBREAK OF PLAGUE

IN JAYA

-MANY DEATHS.

弒三十月四英港賽

"PUNCH'S » LATEST. A BUSY NIGHT FOR THE

“Vladivostock was found to be unsuitable, being sea-bound for too many months of the your to

become a first-class naval baso."" Sheffield Daily Independent.”- Southond is nearer the ideal.

In the Public Eye. * From a Router's telegram; published in Oniro:The non- agenarini Dean of St. Paul's has mr.) | resinued."

[" Basura Po" BERVIUM.]

Poking, April 12.. The Admiralty has memorializ od the Throne to despatol the eraiser, Hoi Clit, to England for

the coronation. $200,000 lins been put aside to broke out in the Malang district of Java, and was at first thought moot the expenses,

A sum of

COLONIAL REPRESENTA- TIVES. Among the representatives of the Colonies will bot

Canada-Sir W. Laurier and

others.

Newfoundland. Mr. Bishop (Membor of Logislative Council) and the Speaker. of the House of Assembly, Victoria. The llon, John Mur-

ray (Premier). Now South Wales.-The Hou.

J. McGowan (Premier) and -the Under-Secretary for

the Treasury Western Australia. The Hon.

Frank-Wilson Premier). South Australia. The Agont

General in London, Tasmania.--Sir Elliott Lowis

(Promier),

Now Zealand. -

Sir Joseph Ward (Premier), and Dr. Findlay, A.G. South Africa,General Botlin (Premier); Mr. Hull and Mr. Malau. Hongkong-Sir Paul Chater (Member of the giglatire Keswick.

RUSSIAN TROOPS IN

MONGOLIA.

[SHAT PO" SERVICE.)...

Poking, April 12,

A Chiness Commissioner in

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Mongolia las telegraphically re-

quested the reinforcement of the

The wife of the lato Tartar General has repeatedly wired up to Poking urging the Throne to have tlie assassin punished 45 soon as possible, and has asked recruits in Kanan. He stated in the Viceroy to arrest all the cowardly body-guard, who fled the telegram thint the Russian when the Tartar-Glenoral was

number of troops in Mongolia.

assassinated; also, to cause an Government has increased the enquiry to be made into their conduct, and to inflict severe punishment upon the culprits. The body-guards have been de- tained in custody ponding in- quiry.

View of the “Times.”

Singapore, April 18, 12.13 p.m. Recently a mysterious disease

to be a severe form of malaria.

The doctors, however, luve now decided that it is plague.

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There have been 100 cases re- ported, and 75 deaths.

The Java newspapers declare that the medical yiew of the

epidemio is gloomy.

The doctors and the civilians are conferring

a view of

framing rules and instituting

measures to prevent the diseaso

from sprouding over the whole of

the island.

PARTITION OF CHINA,

18 Day ¤KKYRK]

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Poking, April 12.

On hearing the newe of the par- tition of China, the Prince Regent lae instructed Princes Tao and Tsun, and the President of the Army Board, to get the army

and navy prepared for any emer goney without delay.

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BOARD IMPEACHED.

*(" Shaved Po” Bravia)

Peking, April 12. Censor Chu Ping Lan has

The telegram from our well-impenched the Board of Foreign The policemen who arrested informed Peking Correspondent, the assassin have been rewarded. The one who chased the assassin and held him fast was rewarded with $200 and the others $50 encl

says the "Times," should tend Affairs for neglect of duty. Prince to mitigate the uneasiness natur-

PEKING ALARMED.

OVER NATIONAL MOVE-

MENT.

("Batung Po" SERVIOR)

ally caused in many quarters by Ching and H. E. Na Tung were so the latest Russian Note to China.

It reduces the significance of that angry that they dismissed him

document to its real dimensions.

POLICE COURT.

The Note, lie assures us, is not from the censorate instantly, looked upon as an ultimatum either by the Russians or by the Chinese in Peking. It may of course be followed by an ulti- matum. Whether it is or is not so followed depends upon the unviedom or the wisdom of the Chinese.

(" Batuzo Po" BERVICE]

Peking, April 12.

This terms of office of the

superintendents of finance, des-

patched by the Board of Finance.

to the various provinces, have

expired. The President of the

Board of Finance considered that

these superintendents have per-

formed their duties to the satis-

faction of the Board, and in some fooling among the people, eases they have opposed the ec- the Poking Clovernment hos tions of the governors and viceroys telegraphically instructed the

in dealing with financial questions. viceroya, and governors of the

Accordingly, the Presidont hos various provinces to prevent memorialized the Throne repom them from forming territorial mending the re-appointment of corps, volunteer corps and other

jons for national defen e, their diplomacy,

Peking, April 12, Owing to the intensity of

Ly

It will be seen that Router doon not specify the nature of the Dean's present or of his previous fall.

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Charivaria.

Wo hear authoritatively that opinion as to whether Mr. Champ there is so much difference of Clark's annexation proposal was joko or not that it has been pro- posed that a great conference of editora of comic papers be called togothor to decide this vexed question.

There is nothing like soizing an opportunity, and we admire Lord Lansdowne's shrewdness in offering Rembrandt's "Mill" for sale at a moment when everyone bread-making. is so interested in the question of

Judeod we shall not be sur prised to hear thint a certain enter prising newspaper has decided to present the picture to the nation on the condition that the title be Mill." changed to "The Daily Mail Ideal

Welson have been asking that there shall be some emblem of the Principality on the new coinage. We understand that they would bo satisfied with the addition of the head of the other George (Mr.).

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Lord Chesterfield las, we jour the fight with the Commons,

We are glad to hear that there Member who fails to catel the An enterprising publishor pro- Speaker's eye boing catored for. poses to bring out a journal which will be devoted to the specches which Members have in their pockets, but are never spoken. He hopes to recoup himself, not by the circulation, but by the foes which he would charge the contributors.

in some chance of the Privato

Six sampan masters were fined $3 each for having their boata in Causeway Bay without pre- mission.

By the Marchi Army Orders the identity disca issued to officers and men in war time are in future to be inaned to the former in peace time. Our German friends,

FIRE BRIGADE.

$36 PER ANNUM BIOL COPY 10 cents.

The damage dono must be very extensive, ne the cargo in the two holds was deluged in wator, At the time the fire broko out thero"

S. TELÉMACHUS ABLAZE. was no steam up on the Tolome

chus, otherwise the firo might The Hongkong Fire Brigade in have been got under with greater all its record has perhaps never expedition, for instond of pump- had a moro busy night than Insting operations having to ho stop night. Froin 8 p.m. yesterday danger of the ship capsizing sho ped when there appeared to be a till 9 am today, the Brigade has might have been run on the mud had its full energies called into and kept on an even koel whilst action. Its entire strength, too, tho holds were flooded,

The Telemachus, was bought from the Blue Funnel Line. The by Chiness about six months ago. agouts aro Messrs. Wo Fat Sing and Co.

taxed to the uttermost, and unfortunately not without bodily injury to the Corps, for two of the members-Tiromon Lanaghan and Murphy-mot with accidents which occured on board the 8.8.brigado was Iney on board the whilst assisting at the serious fire

Telemachus lying in the harbour. Tolomachus a second party was curred during the night, the firstin Wing Lok Street which had No-fower than three fires oc- ongaged in dealing with the fire boing at West Point.

broken outsimultaneously, This

WING LOK ST. FIRE, Whilst one section of tho

The alarm was given at 8 pm. fire ocontred on the second floor from No. 116 Second Street. The of u three storey building, the Brigado lost no time in turning ground floor of which was used out and extinguished the blaze in its a piece goods store. less than two hours. Thio fire hydrants wore quickly brought Four occurred on the top floor of the into play and the fire was got building, which was occupied by under in about two hours, The tea merchants: The second and second and third floors and the ground floor were occupied by roof were burned down and the rickala coolies. The first and bottom floors and their contenta second floors were destroyed and the roof foll-in. The amount of daniage done has not yet been as cortained. When the flames hund been, got uuder the Brigade re turned to their stations, leaving low men to stand by in case of emergency.

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were greatly damaged by water and breakage. So far the amount of the damage is not known.

Brigade that they were able to. It says a great deal for our Fire cope so successfully with the three outbreaks-ong of them of a very Borious nature-which occurred HARBOUR FIRE,

during the night. Practically the whole of the brigade was in fire had broken out on board a the Central corps away on the Next the alarm was given that action at the one time, for with alip lying in the Harbour. The Tolemachus, the Eastern and two floats were at once got under Westeru detachments had to be way, but some difficulty was ex-called to the Wing Lok Street out- perioncod in finding the distressed break. The Centrale Bean ofte vore guided to the steamer fire had a good long 8.9. Tolomachus by the spell of hard work and they are all supposed to be ready for a clanging of her ship's bell.

No time was lost in getting freeh call this morning had such ascertained that the fire lind unexpected that happone, and it on board, and it was then a thing occur. It is often the

No. 2 lower hold amongst a hands are fully engaged at one- broken out and was raging tin may be that some night when all

brigade were setting to work, still another fire may bronk out cargo of bran. Just as the timo, as they were on thisoccasion, Commander Beckwith, R.N., who in a remote part of the city which was in charge, had his attention has been left unguarded or un- called to the signs of another out-der-handed. Great credit is due broak of fire in the direction of to the members of the brigade the land but apparently amongst for the way they worked at all the shipping. To cope with this threo fires, Firemaster A. Lano now danger, a squad of men wore was present at the Telemachus detached and sent to lend assist fire as well as the one earlier, în ance. This fire turned out to be the evening, in Wing Lok Street,

Meanwhile, the outbreak on

it will be remembered, were put the Telemachus was discovered to considerable trouble recently to have secured a very firm hold

in identifying two of our oflicers who were engaged on research in their country, and no doubt a complaint line been lodged with us as to this,

It seems an astonishing thing that no one should have thought of dispersing the rioters outside the Theatre Francais by the use of

According to Professor Thomas C Chamberlain, of Chicago University, the world is now 100,000,000 years old. Wo con- sider that when it ranches its 500,000,000th year some sort of celebration ought to take place.

upon the lower decks in the fors- hold and the hold amidships. The two powerful floats pumped huge quantities of water down upon the smouldering cargo, which sont, up dense clouds of blinding smoke that made the firemon's task-all-the-moro- dilli-

cult.

The Weather Forecast.

RAIN

W STORMY

GHANGE

VERY DRY

FAIR

Whilst attempting through the the hose. Apres moi-le de-smoke to get close to the seat of luge," would have been peculiarly the outbreak Firemen R. Laring- appropriate.

han and T. Murphy were struck by the jet from a hose-pipe and were knooked down an open On the 13th at 11.55 a.~Tho" hatchway into the hold, where barometer luns risen generally, were already over ten feet of water particularly over N. China and Owing to the smoke in the hold, the Son of Japan. it was almost impossible to see or A high pressure ores, which is breathe. For a few anxious mo- central over Maneiraria, covers N. monts they were in great danger, China and the Sea of Japan. but ropes were lowered to them "and they were drawn to the deck.

Both were extremely exhausted. the N. part of the China Sea.

Frosh E. winds may be expect By this time so much water fed boen pumped into the hold thatod along the S. coast of Chian the vessel began to take on a very Hongkong, rainfall for the 24 heavy list; so much so that hours ending at 10 a.m, to-day, Captain Fraser became approbion 2.36 inches: sive that she might turn turtle, and the pumping was stopped until she righted horself, which she did slowly.

*Marriage," says "The Mirror," "is cheaper than being engaged." That, we suppose, is why enga gements.not infrequently lead to matrimony.

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They are powerless to resist tho Wong Hi, contractor, was fined armed strength of their great 860 for blasting stone without neighbour, and, what is perhaps having it properly cavered at yot more important, they are, our Matakok. The stone went as far correspondent, Dr. Morrison, ne- as Inspector Ward's quarters, sures us, well aware that they are some distance away from the "Is Spring-cleaning ascess powerless. The course which the quarry,

ary? asks a correspondent Chinese ought to take in their | A number of shop Keepers, in "The Express." We think own interests is plain enough rickalia and chair coolies were so. Our Springs and even They should not with promptitude charged this morning with our Summers have beon vory and with straightforwarduoss. caualug obstructions in the public dirty in recent years, They should accept without delay street. They wore all find: and without equivocation those of the Russian demands which they The mortality returns for Sin do not mean seriously to contest, gapore, issued by the Registrar of and they should negotiate in Birthé and Deaths, so that earnest about the others. Unfor- during the week ending April 1 tunately that course is not in there were 234 deaths, wings accordance with the tradition of ratio per mille of popartion of

Pressure is relatively low over

Forecast District, 1.-Hongkong and Neighbour- hood, B.' winds, fresh, rain at first, improving later.

2-Formosa Channel, same

as No. 1

B-Bouth coast of China, be-

Ladders were now lowered into the hold and the fire. Burglars who broke into the men descended and fought tho Cobham village olub took a bath fire at close quarters. Great dif- before leaving. At the risk of ficulty was experienced in getting hurting their feelings we feel at the flames which were blazing tween Hongkong and Lamooks, bound to say dust they probably underneath the deck, part of which some as No. 1 could not have thought of a more had to be cut away, it was some South coast of China be effectual way of rendering them-six hours before the conflagration tween Hongkong and Hainan, Lwolves unrecognisable,

was got under

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