1911-12-21 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

December 20th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 66, p.m. 65) Humidity... 83, 78.

No.

8665

TELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION:

聪二和月壹拾年三萬宜

TELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION.

POWERS URGE PEACE.

NEWS FROM SHANGHAI

Our Own Correspondent,) Shanghai, Dec. 21, 19.5 a.m. On Wednesday the Consule of

Britain, America, Germany,

France, Russia and Japan' in-

terviewed Wu Ting-fang and

Tang Shao-yi,

"

They stated that their Govern-

considered

Shanghai, Doc. 20. Dr. Wu Ting-lang and II.E. Tang Shao-yi formally opened

ments considered that a con-at the conference. The first was tinuation of the struggle would the abdication of the young

be harmful to foreigners.

ABSOLUTE NEUTRÁLITY.

While maintaining absolute

neatrality, these Powers consider.

ad it their duty unofficially to

¿

call attention to the need for

arriving at an understanding

which should end the conflict.

TELEGRAMS

THURSDAY

DECEMBER

1911249

MS.

TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

WRECKED LINER:

TEST CRICKET

DEFEAT IN SIGHT.

A STRONG STATEMENT.

[Service to the Telegrapli"]

Via Durban,.Dec. 20, 9.25 a.m.

Router's correspondent at Wash.

י

Mr.

the negotiations to-day H.E. lugton states that the Senate has Yuan Shib-kai has acceded to unanimously adopted Mr. Lodge's the request of Dr. Wu Ting-fang resolution of the 19th inst. to suspend hostilities during the Loot caused a sensation by declar process of the negotiations. Yes-ing that there, were millions of the terday Dr. Wu made four demands Tear's Mongolian subjects whom the whout the United States s would not

admit, treaty or no treaty. Other Emperor. The second was the sponkurs, while desirous of uphold. establishment of a republic. The ing the rights of Americana, wore, third was the granting ofa hand-evidently anxious not to oudanger some allowance to the retired

Emperor." The fourth was to make no distinction between the Manchus and the Chinese and the granting of gratuities to the old

and poor bannormen. H.E. Tang

ins 'tolographed the text of the

The Consula were received in a demands to H.E. Yuan Shil-kai

friendly way.

for consideration and reply. The

delegatos at the conference can

ARMISTICE EXTENDED.

:

The Peace Conference, in the

'afternoon, agrood' to oxcond the

armistico until Dec. 31.

only expresk their opinions through Dr. Wu or H.E. Tang.

"Sheung Po."

crien's. trade, —(Router.)

N. Z. ELÉCTIONS.

Service to the "Tolograph."]

Vin Durban, Dec. 20, 11.50 a r

In the New Zealand electi, as the

final returni aro as. Toflow : Opposi Lion 39, Government 33, Independent

4, Labour 4.-(Router.)

REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS' QUARREL.

Summary Vengeance.

On Wednesday afternoon, says

The military governments in. Wu Ting-fang advocated the the independent provinces have the "Shanghai, Mercury

December 15, the General's yamen in the native city was the acene of a horrible affair in which a leader of the movement was

necessity for establishing a re-tolographed to Dr. Wa Ting-fang

public for which he believed strongly supporting the demand

China was fully prepared. He for the formation of a republic.

BULLION SALVED.

[Service to the Telegraph."] Via Durban, Doc. 90, 0.25 £23, A message from Reuter's oorTE- spondent, at, Tangiers saya" "that

"

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[Service to the

Telegraph."

Via Durban, Dec, 20, 11.80 a.m.

weather, and before a

Lipir growd, the match was continu-

WEATHER FORECAST.

RAIN

1910, Temperature a.m. 63, 4 p.m., 60; Humidity...94, 87.

就一十月弍槽英港香,

TELEGRAMS.

OBITUARY.

SIR JAMES INGLIS.

Biraz Cory 10 C

TELEGRAMS

WOOL SCHEDULES.

TAFT'S PROPOSALL

wool

[Service to the "Telegraph."] [Service to the "Telegraph."] Durban, Dec. 20, 8.30 p.m. Durban, Dos. 20, 8:30 p.m.

The death is announced of Router's correspondentl

Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Washington says that Mr. Taft Inglis, Chairman of the Stook recommends Congress to make twenty three cases of ballion were

quantity of. The wicket is wearing well, and Exchange General Purposes Com-material reductions on salved po-day, also a baggage.Boutor).

schedules, but refrains from pro-

MR. WILLIAM MCGREGOR.posing specilio rates.-Router.

The death is announced of Bir

William McGregor, founder of the Football League.Router.

DUNDEE STRIKE,

PROTEST AGAINST TROOPS.

Via Durban, Dec. 20. 11.59. a 10.. The Dundea strike committee have telegraphed to the Government pro- testing against the presence of troops and guaranteeing complete order if

|they aro withdrawn.—(Reuter,)

MILL HANDS IDLE.

Bombay, Doc. 21, 7.45 5.m.

At Duudse lig situation is

critical.

Many of the factories, lacking fuel, have closed, and it is estimat- od that 20,000 mill hands are

idlo in consequence of the carters*

and dockers'siriko.

Two lorries were held up by

H of the strikers; the horses in one

were unharnessed and the lorry

was hurled into the dook,"

shot down in cold blood by the A procession of 2,000-paraded Genoral's staff. The direct causes

of the tragedy are not exactly the streets.

said the people would not accept The Cantonese residents here known, but the facts are, that on any other form of government gaye a. banquet at Ning Nam minent revolutionary arrived here

Wednesday afternoon a pro-

The police have been further from Nanking by railway. He reinforced,― Reuter. than a republic founded on the Hotel last evening in honour of had taken a big simre in the úttack and capture of the city Yan Fung-kup, the commander and, immediately on his arrival FRANCE AND GERMANY. at the Shanghai-Nanking rail-

will of the people.

MANCHUS MUST GO.

of the Canton troops for the way station here, he made for the native city, proveeding to the invasion of Peking, and General Military General's yamen. What appened inside between the two

JUARES OUTBURST.

England's scure is 203 for oight wiomittee.

kets. Gunu made 62.-(Reuter.)

ENGLAND BEATEN.

Durban, Dec, 21, 8.20 a.m.

In hot weather, before only a few spectators, and on a wicket showing signs of wear, Englan

were dismissed for a total of 291, fordern captured seven wickets

for 91 runs.-Router.

OPIUM `CONFERENCE.

LABOUR TROUBLES.

UNREST AT HOME

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Durban, Dao, 20, 10.35 p.m.

4

· Labour unrost threatens to mar

Christmas on the Scottish and

CHINESE RESOLUTIONS. Welsh coalfields, where a mini-

Service to the Telograph.""]

Via Bambay, Dec. 20, 1.55 p.m.

Beuter's correspondent at the Hague reports that the Opium Dạn

ference has adopted five Chinese re

solutions demanding protection of

China' against contraband trade in

opium and other drugs, tha prohibi-

tion of unlicensed safe, and the sup

pression of dens in the foreign con

| cessións. —(Router.)

7-

CANTON NEWS.

mum wage is demanded.

"너

There is also unrest in North-

cast Lancashire owing to members

of the union objecting to having to work with non-union workers.

-Router.

TURKEY AND EGYPT.

EXAGGERATED REPORT.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Via Bombay, Dec. 20, 3,25 p.m.-

Reuter states that there are nu

[TAN “'TULEGRAPH ** CORRESPONDENT grounila for the exaggerated report

Canton, Dec. 20.

regarding the despatch of Egyptian Yesterday the revolutionary

troops to Sollum, which was publish gunboat, Kwangfak sought to capture the crow of two gunboats,ed on the 10th inst, and which is which were commanded by a man merely due to the recent decision of

The Manchus must go out. Ohu Shiu-ching, comutander-in-men it is impossible to say, but The Republicans did not intend chief of the revolutionary forces words passed and a bitter quarrel Service to the Telegraph," who was known to be secretly the Egyptian Government to estab

to drive out the. Manchus or to fer the invasion of Peking insist that the Nanking leader had

:

ill-treat thom. On the contrary

they wished to place them on a

perfect equality with the Chiness!

and to see them enjoying together

liberty, equality and fraternity.

Tang Shan-yi o prossed. his

readiness to accept these views

which he must refer to Peking,

TROOPS FOR THE FRONT,

Six hundred Hangehow troops

"Shat Po."

PERSIA.

ANTI-BRITISH BOYCOTT.

[Service to this "Tolegraph."

Via Durban, Des. 20, 11.60.a.m. In the French Chamber a rambling

there were undoubtedly sharp

ensued. The local revolutionaries

boon guilty of gross treachery to his troops but, on the other hand, it is alleged in some quarters that the trouble between the men was of a personal nature. In any case, the climax was quickly reached, agreement was enlivened by a sweep the General ordered the man to be

debate Од the Franco-German

cialist Juares, who declared, amid an

-

manufacturing bombs. The

་་

guard boats were anchored off the ith a frontier post at Bollub, with Band. Troops on shore assisted in the Egyptian boundary.-(Reuter.) the gunboat. As the Kwangfuk approached the guard boats the crew of the latter opened fire, both on the gunboats and the

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AN UPROARIOUS MEETING.

Via Durban, Dec. 20, 9.25 8.0.

At an uproarious mosting of doc

tors in Queen's Hall, including many

MOROCCAN AGREEMENT.

FRENCH CHAMBER

APPROVES.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Dec. 21, 7,45 a.m.

The French Chamber of "De-

puties has passed ́a vote of ap- proval in the Morocoan Agree""

ment by 303 votoa to 30.-Reuter.

ד.

WARNING TO CANADA.

EASTERN COMPETITION.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Via Durban, Dec. 20, 9.23 a.m.

A montage from Renter's corres-

pondent at Ottawa states that Minis

tor Foster, in a speech before tha

Commercial Travellers' Association,

፡፡

urged Canadian commercial'men to

be on the alert in view of the opening

of the Panama Canal, which would-

bring severe competition from China

and Japan.(Hauter.)

CHINESE IN TIBET.

TREASURIES LOOTED.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Via Bombay, Dec. 20, 1,50 p.m.

· Reuter's correspondent at Calcutta

states that the newspaper States.

man" publishes a Gyantse corYOS-.

pondent's account of events in Tibəti-

seized and calling out four of ng anti-Government attack by Bo his men ordered them to shoot him down. The tragedy was

troops aahore. After a brisk ex- enacted in a short space of time, the shooting party not even uproar,' that Germany's susceptibili change of shots about thirty of the crew of the guard boats taking the unfortunate man out

the yamon. As showing the ties had been clumsily wounded. Ger jumped overboard and were haste with which the execution was man policy was occasionally, brusque, drowned. Many others were prominent personages, a resolution The report states that Chinese sal got through, a startling accident

killed or wounded on the vessels,

was passed agresing not to accept diors of various towns, including and revolutionaries occurred during the shooting as he said, but essentially moderate, Several the "Times" states that an General's secretaries was injured, and France was now doing what she civilians who happened to be on posts under the Insurance Bill until Lhauss, rebelled and looted the trans-

It is believed that the shot which

the Bund were wounded and were

Bombay, Dec. 21, 7.45 a.m,

The Teheran correspondent of

the result of which one of the

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anti-British boycott at Shirz

caused his injuries was fired by a should have done eight years ago. He member of the shooting party

is over and that the sowars have and that the secretary must have denounced France's policy in per been in the line of fire at the

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removed to the hospital for treat their demande wore satisfied. Sir uries. They confined the Amban till

mont

Dr. Wa Ting-fang has warned

Victor Alexander H

Horsley.en

he promised a free pardon. They

have proceeded to Hankow and obtained supplies in the bazaar, time. He was injured on the mitting Italy to swallow Tripolla, and the Governor-General of Canton dosvoured to explain the moderate then impressed thousands of ponišk two shiploads of Cantonese have which previously were refused to an hospital in the native, city, said that Persia would share the fate not to stop foreign vassels carry views of the Medical Association, and mules, and they are now march.

anking

| Beuter

right shoulder and was removed

His injuries are not supposed to

ing permissible cargo so as to

svald diplomatic complications be the es ahested down=(Bantak) {ing 99xarda Ohina. –Benter)