1911-07-15 — Page 12

The Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED

1881.)

SATURDAY, JULY 15 1911.

REUTER'S

TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S

魏五十月七英港香

CHINESE

TELEGRAMS.

·NEW SERIES No. 8518

眺十二月六年三室

REUTER'S

TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

LIVERPOOL CUP

IN WATER TO THE NECK.

Crowds of refugees from the.

LORD KITCHENER'S

FUTURE.

TOGO AT ROSYTH

PRINCE CHING.

SPECIAL

TELEGRAMS.

HOME RACING.

ECLIPSE STAKES

(TK) “TELEGRAPH " CORRESPONDENT

London, July 4, 4.50 p..

In the race for the Eclipse

Stakes, theresult was as follows:

Swynford..

Lemberg..

Pietri

NEW CHINESE CRUISER.

LAUNCHED. AT BARROW.

[Tax "TELEAPH" CORRESPONDENT. Į

London, July 14, 3.50 p.m.

The new Chinose protected

cruiser was launched at Barrow-

in-Furness to-day. She has a

displacement of 2,100 tons and

possessos 6,000 horse-power, in

dicating a twenty-knot speed.

She is armed with two six-inch

and four four-inch guns, with

ton miller guns and two torpedo

inbox.

REUTER'S

TELEGRAMS.

HOME RACING.

ECLIPSE STAKES.

TELEGRAPH."]

Lowdon, July 14, 2.15 p.m.

Amongst the probable starters

for the Eclipse Stakes is Placidos)

with Clark up.

[SRAVION TO THE “

RESULT OF ECLIPSE,

London, July 14, 8.45 p.m. Porcupine region are standing in The betting on the Liverpool water up to the neok, awaiting Cup result is as follows:-

bonts to come to their delivery.

At least two hundred people| were drowned through becoming! bonumbed during their immer- eiou in the lakes and streams.

5 to 1 against Docision.

B to 1 Persist,

6 to 1 Eurodus Atty.

100 to 8 Star of Doon.

100 to 7-Rath Lou,

CHARLES O'MALLEY

SCRATCHED.

London, 6,50 p.in. Charles O'Malley, which was amongst the probables, with Donoghue up,

has been suratolod.

RESULT OF STEWARDS

CUP.

London, July 14, 8.45 p.m.

:

The result of the race for tho

Stowards' Cup was:—

Cigar

1

(?) Pour Ironmask II San. 2

Levanger.....

3

The betting was 100 to 8 against Cigar, 100 to 0 against the second horse and 20 to 1

against the third.

FOREST FIRES IN

CANADA.

UNTOLD DISASTER,

{SERVICE TO THE "TALEGRAFD., ']

A TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL.

The total death roll, which has been estimated at four hundred, is not regarded as being excessive in the estimato.

DEATH OF EARL

CRANBROOK.

Lomicu, July 14, 8. a.m. The death is announced of Earl

Cranbrook,

IS HE FOR EGYPT?

(SERVICE TO, THE “ TENORAPR,"

London, July 15, 12.20 a.m.

Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener

has again maden long call at the

Foreign Office.

It is believed that his appoint-

ment as British Agent in Egypt will be announced at an early

date.

It is understood this his status and emolumenta in his now post

will be increased.

SHOOTING AT BISLEY.

THE ELOHO SHIELD.

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[The Earl of Cranbrook wOR born in 1830. Ile was M.P. for SERVICE TO Tus "TELEGRAFN.**] Ryd from 1808 to 1880 in the Conservative interest and M.P. for the County of Kent from 188-1 to 1802. His hoir is Lord Medway.]

SPANISH TROOPS,

London, July 15, 12,20 a.m.

At the Bieloy Rifle Meeting, the competition for the Elaho Shield

resulted as follows:-

England

Ireland

1644

1818

Scotland............ 1583

TELEORAPI","]

[SERVICE TO THE

Dondun, July 15, 7.55 a.m. Admiral Togo of Japan pro- coded, to Fife to inspect the Rosyth Naval Base.

ON POLITICS..

'("BHAT 'Fo" SELVIOR)

Peking, July 14.

$30 PER ANNUM,”

SINGLE COPT 10 ̊ Cases.

CHINESE

TELEGRAMS.

storm of opposition against the

nationalization of railways in Huanu,

The Director Goneral has tele- graplod to the Ministry of Com-

Recently Prince Ching made a munications to report to the great speech on politics, Ho Central Government to that. spoke on almost every branch of offect.. NEW CHINESE CRUISER. politics, but lie did not touchonthe

LAUNCHED AT BARROW.

(SERVIOB TO TOD " TELEGRAPH."]

London, July 15, 7.55 a.m. The now Chinese cruiser Ying- swil, of 2,500 tons displacement was launched at Barrow-in-Fur- acas.

Miss May Lin, daughter of the Chinese Minister, who performed. the christening ceremony.

BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

BEVISED AGREEMENT

SIGNED.

subject of military naval affairs. Consequently, Princes Tsai Tsun and, Tao, and the President of the Army Board were groutly displeased.

THE PROVINCIAL

ASSEMBLIES.

("SEAT PO" SIRTICK)

Poking, July 14.

The now Cabinot intends to al- tor all the regulations governing

·

SUPERFLUOUS OFFI-

CIALS.

TO BE REMOVED.

("Sugung Po"

BERVICE.1

Poking, July 14.

Tho Prosident and Vice-pre- sident of the now Cabinet havo requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do away with all supor fluous officials.

the provincial assemblica of the THE PEAK DIRECTORY various provinces.

-

PRINCE REGENT.

TO ATTEND REVIEW.

("SHAT PO" SMEVION.)

Peking, July 14.

London, July 15, 7:55 a.m.. The revised Agreement be tween Great Britain and Japan, signed in London on the 13thinst.,

contains in additional clause that

"should either Party conclude the limperial boly guards at the Treaty of general arbitration coming review in the Autning. with a third Power, it is agreed

:

London, July 14, 11.35 p.. Five hundred more Spanish roops have been landed at

Liracle.

THE WELSH REJOICINGS. that nothing in this Agreement Incidents

concerning the

shall entail upon such Party the Spanish and French relationship

obligation to go to war with the continue to be of daily occurrence.

Power with whom such Treaty is

in force."

TROUBLE PENDING.

London, July 14, 8 a.m. From Ottawa it is reported that the forest fires (consequent upon the heat wave in America) have caused the greatest disaster for half a century in the history of the country in the new mining tain his servant's release, ountry in Northern Ontario,

Canadu.

At Alcazar on Wednesday tho Spaniards arrested a sorvant of the French Consul on his master's doorway,

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Ton lon, July 14, 12 30 a.,

The result of the race for the

Eolipse Stikes was as follows:--

Swynford

The area affected by the fires Lemberg

extends to several hundred square Pieti

miles, which have been swept by The betting was 10 to 11 against famos, fanned by a sixty miles an Swynford, 9 to 4 against Lomborg hour gale. and 100 to 6 Pietri.

Seven started.

2

3.

The race was won by four

lengthis, and there were four

TRAPPED LIKE NÁTS.

The Consul was unable to ob-

·

A CALAMITY.

[SANVICE TO THE “TRLNORAPH.")

London, July 14, 1.25 p.m.

During the rejoicinga attendant upon the Investiture of the Prince

of Wales, a tar-filled boat was pre-

maturely fired at Llandudno,

One man was drowned and two

were injured, one of them criti-

BRITAIN AND JAPAN, cally.

THE AGREEMENT.

The modifying clauss men- tioned in our telegram of date 11th inst, is the only important alteration to be made in the Anglo- Japanese Alliance.

AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO.

WIRELESS" STARTED.

[SERVICE TO TAK TRINGKAPU,"']

Londou, July 14, 1.25 p.m.

A system of wireless telegraphy

has been established between

lengths between second and third.eupino district have been trapped in time of war shall be made os and Tangier, the Sultan of

Many of the miners in the Por-it the Allianco, whereby the clause [Britain proposed a modification providing for mutual assistance inspplicable when either Power.js other has concluded an Arbitration Treaty Japan agreed.]

Swynford got first away and led like rats in the wooden shafts of fighting a nation, wherewith, the Morocco being the first to send a throughout.

;

the workings,

message.

The preamble says that the English and Japanese Govern-

ments, having in view them portant changes in the situation that have occurred since the

Agreement of 1905 was made,

believe that a rovision of ita

worms, responding to such changes, will contribute to general stability'

and reposo.

The Agreement will come into

force immediately and will re-

main in force for ten years.

Theronre noother modificatious

'

in the Agreement except that the artislo recognising “Japan's para mountcy in Koren is omitted.

The Prince Regent will inspect

AGITATORS IN PEKING.

•

BOARD.

We observe that the Govern- ment are housecleaning generally, and a commendablo practice it is... The latest move being the general renovation of tho Peak Notice Board, over which there has been erected a roof to cover the board" as well as to protect from the rain and the sun the scoker after knowledge as he studios the naines and addresses of Peak ro- aidouts, on this board.. This is

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most useful directory, oven though usually out of date. To be thoroughly useful the names and addresses should be rovised. at the end of each month. The absence of the board at, prosent, leads us to conclude that it is now being revised and now names· added to replace the old ones, many of which had become

SUSPECTS ARRESTED. illegible.

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("Saar Po" SHEVICE)

Peking, July 14. The Ministry of Interior has

sent out many officials to search the boarding houses in Peking for

agitators, and saveral persons in foreign garb have been arrested on suspicion.

TRE RAILWAY

QUESTION.

DIVERSION OF ROUTE TO

BE ADOPTED, AS

("BEAT PO" SILTICE)

Peking, July 14,

H. E. Tuan Faug, the Director General of the Sze-chuan-Han-

kow and Canton-Hankow Rail-

ways, i roposes to build ti e trunk The first forecast of this year's rice-harvest in Formosa estimates line from Hankow to Canton by the output at 2,421,984 koku, an

estimated increase of 33,810 koku way of Kiangsi Province lasfend as compared with the harvest of SKYN ast year.

of Human Province, owing to the

A RICKSHAW STAND.

was

0

It has been brought to our notice that rickshaws are no longer able for the use of pedestrians and others coming from the higher levels, whose rickshaw at the junction of Garden custom it has been to engage a Road and the entrance to Head- quartor House. To be able to engage a rickshaw at this point grant convenience much appreciated by the public. If the reason for the recent change be, that it is not and never has been a legal stand, could not the matter be so arranged that in futuro rickshaws may be had at that point? If His Excellency the General Commanding the troops offers no objection, we are quite sure Captain Lyons, the Captain Superintendent of Police, whom we have always found ever ready and anxious to serve the public, will offer none,

The Weather Forecast.

CHANGE

SPRAIN

FAIR

VERY DR