1911-12-13 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

December 12th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 63, p.m. 64;. Humidity...59, 70.

No. 8858

TELEGRAMS. -

THE

REBELLION.

GERMANY STRICTLY

NEUTRAL

(Servios to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Dec. 13. Router's Berlin correspondent

says that since the beginning of the Chinese troublea Germany

has adhored strictly to the prin

ciple of non-interference.

Reports in Japanese and otlier foreign papers to the offcot that private persons in Germany, with the acquiescence of the Govern¬ ment, have taken up an attitudo pronouncedly in favour of the Imperialists is proved to be

wholly untrue.

No Gorman officers, active or

retired, age with the Imperialists.

-Routor,

NEWS FROM PEKING.

Peking, Doc. 19,

職三月胎三解實

ELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION.

(ESTALISHED

Copyright,

WEDNESDAY

TELEGRAMS.

THE DURBAR,

DECEMBER 13 1911.

TELEGRAMS

December 12th, 1910, Temperature a.m. 62, 4 p.m., 03; Flumidity.....84, 74

ENI 曾三拾月二十英浩香

TELEGRAMS.

THE DURBAR.

THE DURBAR.

IMPERIALIST SUCCESS.

· IMPOSING · SPECTACLE.

AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.

MOMENTOUS CHANGES.

Vis Bombay Doo. 12, 2.20 p.m.

Router's correspondent at Peking

states that, despite the armistice,

Sighting continues around Shishkia, hwang, where the Imperialista kavo been successful.

YUAN AND THE PRE-

SIDENCY.

at

[Service to the "Telegraph."]»

At the conclusion of the - Dur- Bombay, Dec. 12.......bur the King ganonood that he Router's Delhi correspondent would transfer the seat of govern- says that, on a perfect Indian day, toont in India from Calcutta to

Delhi

the Durbar proved a great succoss and the most brilliant spectacle

ever seen in Indias

A BLAZE OF COLOUR,

Their Majesties were greeted The revolutionary congres Shanghai offered the Presidency of with tempestuous shouts of the Republio to Yuan Sib Kai if he loyalty and joy. would join the Republicans. Yuan

Shih Kai replied declining the offer.

He says that foreign governments |

will never recognise the Republic.- Reuter,)

CANADA'S NAVY,

A NEW PAGE.

[Service to the "Telegrapit."]

Durban, Dec. 12.

for!

Hoalso announced the establisli-

ment of a Governorship Behar, Chotanngpur, and Orissa, and a chief Commissionership

fur Assam. The news' was ́ap-. plauded by the officials..

взел.

Bombay, Dec. 13.

Mr. Asquith in the Commons and Lord Morley in the Houso of Lords amid olieers road the

King's transference danounce- mont. Mr. Bonar Law and Lord

| Lansdowne affirmed the moment-

ous character of the changes but

deprecated discussion at present, UPROOTING TRADITION.

In the House of Lords Lord Lansdowne emphasised the foot

+

.

that traditions were being up-

It is hoped that the new arrangement will allay, the feel- Their Majostion' stato carriage,

ing created by the partition of in a three miles procession of Bengal, though the verdict of rooted by transferring the capital dazzling colour, then proceeded the Bengaless remains to be to Delhi. The abrupt reversal

half round the enormous an-"

of Lord Curzon's policy, by the|| phitheatre and they received

creation of a great Bengali Pro- spontaneous. homage from a

vince embracing forly millions of hundred thousand subjects and twenty thousand troops.

Their Majesties on arrival at

the Durbar, at Shamiana, were

A message from Router's "correceived by the Viceroy and the respondent at Quebec states that

princes took their seats. Minister Folletier, discussing the

The search for revolutionaries navy question, said that Admiral is vigorously carried on both in Kingsmill and Commander Repor Tientsin and Peking. Many in-agreed that the Canadian navy was The type of vessel ́nocent people have been involved, disorganised.

·

Bombs have been discovered

.

inside the Forbidden City. The members of the Imperial Family

--

are greatly alarmed, and are-now

removing out of the capital to a

pince of safety."Sheung Po,"

V

^NEWS FROM SHANGHAI.

that Sir Wilfrid Laurier wished to build was already obe.leto, and the Government had therefore decided

that it was high time to put an end

to such a situation, and to blot mut

the most ridiculous page in Cana-

dzan history (Reuter).

GENERAL SATISFACTION.

[Service to the Telegraph."]

Via Durbau, Dec. 12, 9 a.m.

There is general · satisfaction- et

"

The King was robed in In-

porial purple and wore the crown, ollars, garter and star of India. The Queen wore her Coronation robe with the star of India. On the front of her dress were jewels,

diamonds and emeralds.

PAYING HOMAGE,

After a great rolling of drums His Majesty rose and delivered

his opening spearh. The Viceroy,

people would evoke great elation

GENEROUS GRANTS.

The Viceroy, in announeing the grants, said the Government would immediately devote fifty lakka to popular education, and and cause great disappointment, further grants would be made in fatare on a generous scale.. CONCESSIONS TO SOLDIERS. and create serious mortification. Honceforth the officers and men. The word of the Emperor once

would, raise the highest hopes

and they must defor discussion.

of the Indian Army would be passed was irrevocable, however, eligible for the Victoria Crocs. A grant of a fortnight's pay to soldiers and marines was pro- claimed.

EXPERTS DIFFER,

Baron Macdonnell, of Swinford -

wholly approved of the changes,

Various grants of a local character were announced while the release of certain prisoners but Lord Curzon, speaking with was made. Small debtors were emotion, said the changes were so discharged-and-their- debts were

paid..

KING AND COMMONS.

Durban, Dec. 13. Mr. Asquith, in the House of Commons, communicated amid

startling, so tremendous, and 83 abrupt a departure from accepted policy that they demanded the closest scrutiny.

*

TELEGRAMS.

VARSITY RUGBY,

'OXFORD'S GREAT WÍN,

[Service to the Telegraph."]

Bombay, Dao. 13.

The Oxford-Cambridge Rugby

match resulted in a win for the

!

BIBLE COPT 10 Om.

TELEGRAMS.

NAVAL PRIZE BILL.

REJECTION MOVED.

[Bervios to the "Telegraph."}

Durban, Deo. 13.

Lord Selborne in moving the rejection of the Naval Prize Bill,.

in the House of Lords, described the proposed prize court as per fectly preposterous.

former by 10 points to 0.

There was a large crowd pre-

sent. The ground was hard. ́

Oxford proved to be in sur-

He ridiculed the idea that the

prising form. Poulton, Steyn, British Empire should have only the South African, and a Rhodes the same representation: as

Scholar named Bullock scored Central American Republic.

trios in the first ton minutes, Router.

Oxford lead at the interval by 11

points to 0.

After the rosumption Cam- bridge played desperately but

their efforts proved unavailing, Dingle scored another, try which

was converted, and more points

were added by a try which re-

sülted from a forward 'rush;

Router.

'KUALA WRECK.

FOUL-PLAY SUSPECTED.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] Via Bombay, Dec. 12, 2:20 p.m., A message from Reuter's dorres- pendent at Aden states that the re- maining five Europeans and thirty- four native members of the crew of! the steamer Kuals, which was, wrecked on November 26, are re

The subject then dropped.

ported by the natives of Socotra to have been taken off by a ship east- A FEVER OF EXCITEMENT.

ward bound. The ship has not boen Beuter's correspondent at Delhi reported anywhere, and foul play at states that there is a fever of Socotra is feared.

excitement over the transference

Shanghai, Dec. 12.

The revolutionists in Shantung

have been much irritated on ac

count of the Governor, Sun Po

Ki, cancelling the declaration of the railway settlement, which the independence, and have occupied axecutives of the four railway unions Chin Fat Shan, where they are yesterday evening approved: As the climax of a great day. strongly entrenched and have recent ballet of the men la believed GRANTS AND CONCESSIONS, mounted twelve guns prepara- to favour a strike, there is some The King commanded the tory to opening hostilities with anxiety regarding the power of the Viceroy to advance to the front

the Imperialists,

Chang Ngan Hong has declin-

RAILWAY COMMISSION Frinces, anil citizens then paid cheers, the King's announcement

homage to the King and Queen. Jut the Durbar,

Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of This picturesque ceremony con-

the opposition, considered that cluded, their Majesties drove in the announcement containe procession to the Royal Pavilion, changes of, the utmost gravity in of the capital. The Princes are nscended the steps, and stood in the government of India. He apparently delighted. The est:- was sure that Mr. Asquith would front of the throne before the

mated cost is four millions, and be the first to recognise that they assembled people. This was the ought to be discussed. He had much of the expenditure

doubts, however, whether discus-

nection with the Durbar will be sion now would be of public advantage, because, with His ueful in this connection. Majesty in India, it was very undesirable that there should be any discussion even seeming to executives to control the members, of the throne, there to announce criticise His Majesty's personal

ed the Governor-Generalship of

i

but the leaders are confident of

their ability to do so.-(Renter)..

places north of the Yang EX-SULTAN'S JEWELS. tze Ching Tak Chuen, ex-

the grants and concessions which

act..

Mr. Asquith-agreed as to the the King was pleased to bestow. necessity for discussion but re- The final scene was the regarded it as undesirable until the members had d_had_emple sumption of the procession round

opportunity reading the

Governor of Kisagen and now [Service to the "Telegraph the second half of the emplüthea-document and considering all the

Governor General of the same

province, harsatreated Mr. Cliang to relais his post ~'Shai Por

Via Durban, Dec, 12, 9 am, This sale of Abdul Hamid's jewels En Paris realised a total of £279,286,

tre. Their Majesties

ceived with renewed orations and

waa

His Majesty WOK.

CREW ALL SAFE,

Durban, Dec. 13. Reuter's correspondent at

RUSSIAN FISHERIES.

A DROPPED OLAIM:

[Service to the Telegraph."]

Durban, Des

Reuter's correspondent at St.

Petersburg states that, owing to

protests from the Powers, Russia

has dropped her claim to a twelve-

milo territorial limit in the White

Sea. The Government has de-

cided to aid. the fisheries in other

ways-Router:.

ROYAL. BIRTH.

SPANISH PRINCESS.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Durban, Dec, 12.

Reuter's correspondentat

Madrid.announces that the Queen

of Spain has given birth to daughter. Reuter.

Singapore states that all the AMERICA AND RUSSIA. in con-officers and members of the crew of the Kurla arrived there, on Deo. 6, aboard the Russian steamer Meteor-Reater.

MR. ROOSEVELT.

NOMINATION SOUGHT.

NAVAL DISASTER.

EXPLOSION ON ORION.

SPIRITED PROTEST."

[Service to the Telegraph

Durban, Deo, 13,

A message from Washington

states that the Foreign Committão

of the House has unanimous)

[Service to the "Telegraph,"] (Service to the “Telegraph."]

Bombay, Dec. 13. During the progress of some adopted a resolution directing the Via Durban, Dec, 12, 9 am. Reuters correspondant at Wal-electrical tests on the Orion an

| immediate abrogation of the concerted explosion took place in the

there

الله

on foot to secure the dynamo rount. A slicet of flame Russo-American Commero

enveloped those near,

treaty owing to Russia's refu Three Admiralty officials, four cus officers, and thirteen others were terribly injured-Beuter

Mr. Roosevelt as

candidate, for

-Renter