1912-01-27 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph.

January 28th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 53, p.m. 63; Humidity...88, 84.

No. 8095

TELEGRAMS.

THE REVOLUTION:

- TROOPS-MOVE-NORTH.

統十初月式拾年三統宜

TELEGRAMS.

|| (ESTABLISHED, 1881.) 1911 by

SATURDAY. – JANUARY

WEATHER FORECAST.

RAIN.

Temperature a.m. 61, p.m., 61; Humidity...52,

January 26th,

1911

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號七月正英港香

TELEGRAMS,

TELEGRAMS.

ROYAL VISIT.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

THE REVOLUTION.

FRANCE AND ITALY.

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

ABDICATION URGED.

INCIDENT SETTLED.

STIR IN ST. PETERSBURG.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

PLEASING NEWS.

[From Chinoso Sources.]

[Service to the "Tolegraph." Shanghai, Jan. 26.

Bombay, Jan. 27, 7.35 a.m General Tuan Ki-sui has telo-Renter'a Faris correspondent

[Our Own Correspondent] Shangbai, Jan 27, 9:35 am. Three battalions of the 6th graphed to the Manchu Govorn stares that the Manoubs incident the satiafac "Division, with ten mountain and mout advising the Throno to has been settled to t

aix machine guns are proceeding, to Chefoo from Tsinanfu,

NATIONAL CONVENTION.

Yuan Shih-kat suggests that the delegates to the National Convention should represent five

districts.

abdicate.

The Imperialists of the North

ern provincos hve been directod by Yuan Shil-kai to present a petition to the Manelu Govern mont, strongly entreating the ablication of the young Emperor.

REVOLUTIONARY

ADVANCE.

IMPERIAL FORCES. The Hakuang Vicory, roplje ing to the order to prepare for "koʻutilities, stato? that he does not

think the Imperial troops relies marched northwada in

FIGHTING NEAR CHEFOO

Fighting has occurra 1, 60 miles) Louth of Choloɔ.

“ALLEGED JAPANESE MID.

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Li Yuan-hong, Vos President and G`vamor doneral of Haj ch,

captured Fun Ka-wan on the

Poking-Hankow Itailway.

A GENERAL'S ADVICE Nam Tin-wai in commud of

tion of both Franco and Italy. Rentor.

PHILIPPINE NEWS.

LIEUT.-GOVERNOR'S DEATH.

(Our Own Correspondent.),

Manila, Jan. 27, 3.25 a

Mr. Olney Bondurant, Lien,

Governor of Palawan, bas died of blackwater fever,

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jan. 26, 1.55 p.m.

Reuters correspondent at Wash-

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jan. 26, 3.33 p.m. Much stir has be trused in St Potersburg by the Visit of a depu- tation of a British prominent per ington ways the Duke of Connaught sonages..Special trains were

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provided in which tiey were con called on President Taff at the voyed from the frontier. In St Petersburg they were warmly White House-Reuter, welcomed by the authorities. The deputation Includes three Lords, four Bishops and ten Members of Parliament. The St. Petersburg papers are publishing special Eng- lish editions. A banquet at the Embassy was attended by the Promfer and Ministers,

WELCOME TO WASHING-

TON.

London, Jan. 26, 3.35 p.m.

The Duke and Duchess of Con- BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP. 'The British Ambassador, the Rt.naught received an enthusiastic but Hon Sir George William Buchanan said his Majesty the signified welcome from the crowds King, on the eve of his departure for India, commended him to ex- press the great satisfaction which the exchange of such visits betwee Russia and Greater Britain gave escorted by cavalry to White him. His Majesty liked to think House, where they were formally {this visit would creato fresh bonds

in Washington. They drove in semi-state from the embassy, being

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NEW YORK FIRE.

$80 THE AMKUM

Bingle Copt 10 Ümr3.

TELEGRAMS

AUSTRIAN `MINISTER.

RETIREMENT EXPECTED.

[Bervice to the Telegraph."]Service, to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jai. 26, 11.55 a‚m, :

London, Jan. 20, 1.58 p.m.

Router's correspondent at New. The Vienna correspondent of York states that the vaults of tho Beuter states that Count (Ash- Equitable Life Assurance Society ronthal's condition is not improving of the United States which con- and his retirement learded as tained the safes of the wealthiest imminent(Beuter). families and of numerous bank-y ing houses have been opened. All the contents are unscathed.---- Router.

CANTON NEWS.

(Telegraph Correspondent.)

EXTRAORDINARY”

FRAUDS.

Insurance. Companies Victimized.

A man named Poplavsky, the son of a lioutonant, has been ar rested at St. Petersburg, anya a Canton, Jan. 25.

Reuter telegram, for perpetrating President Sun Yat-sen naa series of the most amazing telegraphod to Chu Chup-shun frauda on insurance companies. informing him that ho has suc- His exploite. consisted in assum- reeded in persuading Wong ing successive, personalities, and Ohing-wai to promise to take up for years Poplavaky made the the duties of Governor General, role of a "living corpso his and asking Chu to love Hong-own. The details of his career kog for Canton in order that l:o are almost unprecedented it ori might be able to help the new minal recorde. arrival.

In 1808 Poplaveky first appear Chan King-wa, the Commised at St. Petersburg and clunged eioner for. Police, has com his identity. In the house where municated with the Banker's ho wae staying thers died a two- Guild to the effect that he was year-old boy named. Fediunin, of friendship and render still more received by President Taft. They greatly surprised over the action the child of a military officer. of the native banks in rofusing Poplaveky got possession of the The Philippine Assembly has intimate the Anglo-Russian under afterwards partook of fea with to exchange notes of issue for child's baptismal certificate, al-

standing.

rubsidiary coins. He pointed out tored the age two to thirty-two; passed bill appropriating A reception followed, being President Taft and members of the has the condition of the money and sending the cortifients to the Cabinet. In the evening they market in Canton was absolutely place of issue obtained a new P500,000 for the Philippin xattended by 700 of the elite of St.

dependent upon the issue of the passport in the name Fodiunín, position at the fair to be held at Petersburg society. Reuter

dined with the British ambassador,notes and that affairs would be thirty-two years of age, is San Francisco in 1915. The

the Rt. Hon. James Bryce. Thirty Siplomats, judges, members of the Cabinet and other notabilitles were

EXPOSITION OF 1015.

· It is reported that the Japaue. the Republican forces has arrived. aro supplying guus and muniat Chefpa and has telegraphed to Asconibly has created a Bard tions to the value of Tls. 3,000,000 the Gvernor of Shantung ad-comprising dires members and a

to the Revolutionaries.

SHARP FIGHTING.

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[Service to the "Telegraphy:”] ̈Lan len, Jan. 27, 0.25 k.m.-

Renter's corresponden' at Shanghai stain's that'sharp fight ing in proceólin ; at Hauchanfu, thehoalquarters of General Chang FunReutor:

PENOR COMES' NEARER.

Lámkou, J.n. 28, 11.55'a.p. Router's repondentat Shang mi states that the pace

vising him to go over to the Republicans.

SITUATION IN MONGOLIÁ. Uliarutai, a city in Mongolis, has declared its independenèo: nd Fai Fong, the Tartar General is

missing.

outrage.

to excipe:

His assailants managed

Shoung Po."

negotiations low qu unexpected| WELSH DISESTABLISH- improromunt

JOLEARING THE AU "Sun Yat-sen has telegraphesi to Yuan Shih-kai in the friendliest terms;#al clearing up reent mjenïdprataudingą,jamanga

The Abdication. Edict is 'ex-]

MENT

BILL OUTLINED.

secretary.

BELFAST AND HOMS

RULE.

CHURCHILL'S LETTER:

Yservice to the "Telegraphi."]

London, Jan. 26, 12.45 p.m.

Mt. Churchill in his letter to Lord Londonderry :refers to the very grave and direct personal

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TRIPOLI WAR.

TTIRES CAPTURED.

[Service to the **

**Telegraph."] London, Jan. 28, 1.55 p.m. Reuter's Bo correspondent states that * telegram from

„Volturno has arrived with 20

They were captured on board the

amongst the guests.—Reuter,

greatly strained if these notes were not quickly circulated. At the sume ime he warned the banks that if they persistin their refusal proceedings will be taken against thêm.

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A Fresh Identity. As Poplavsky he insured his life for £1,500 in the Urban-As- urance Company and as Fediunin for £3,500 in the New York Life Assurance Company, Ayekr

A serious encounter between the newly trained troops and the later he wont to Pekoff (171 miles away) with an old school-fellow rovolutionary soldiers of the Yun who was ill, and whom he inscrib Massowa reports that the gunboat THE LIBERTE DISASTER. regiment took place on the Bunded in the focal regteters as For a few days ago. The Governor lavsky. He himself masquerad General endeavoured to quietoned as Fediunia. In a few days Turkish military men as prisoners. The Court-martial appointed to the men but without effect and

try the officers of the Liberte, the newly trained troops retir. "Poplavsky" died and “Fodiu- - armed with the death certi- steamers Africa and Fregens the French, battleship which re-ing for a time to the barracks, ficato and other necessary doon.. Those taken from the latter includcently blew up in Toulon harbour, returned with re-inforcements, monts, obtained £1,500 from the ed the Major commanding the fort held its first sitting on December surrounded the barracke of the Urban Company. But he had at Hodeida, who fred on the 21 at Toulon, Captata Janres, Yun rogiments and threatened to still to obtain the 28,500 from Volturno on October 2nd.-(Reater). The commander of the vessel, who demolish the buildings with field the New York Life Assurance was on leave at the time of the guns. Though the fighting was

GERMAN, ELECTIONS,

PRISON TO REICHSTAG.

[Service to the Telegraph."

London, Jan. 26, 5.15. Hum. Idebknecht has been elected for Potsdam. He recently completed a lengthy term of imprisonment for his`anti-militarist viewz,

MORE SOOJAIST SUCCESSES.

est possible care.

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nio,

À BOMB OUTRAGE.

disaster, gave evidence. He de- continued until the next day, the Company. This he succeeded in clared, that the flooding valves threat was never carried out and doing by getting hold of the dentit certificate of the boy Fe- Field Morahal Lau Che-kit, of

The the trouble ended with the arrest diunin and making a few alter- wore in working order. magazines were looked after and of some of the revolutionary force, ations" in it. the Oth division of the Imperialists, responsibility falling upon Lord

He was now drad in two char- sides,

acters and hail to. And a fresh has been wounded by a b mb Londonderry, if there is serious

kept in good order with the great-There were casualties on both rioting in Belfast on the 8th of

In the course of his examina- The working of the Canton idontity. So he went to Narva tion, Captain Jaures explained Flankow Railway for 1911 shows (100 miles. from St. Petersburg) February. It has, the letter says, become of importance to public liberties that the meeting shall take

that when he went on leave lo that the popularity of the under- and posed as M. B. Kunitzky,

aw Commander Joubert, his taking is growing. The total re- timber merchant doing business pace at Belfast, and he intend

second-in-command and told him ceipt for the past year amount to on a vast scale. Under this to hold it there.

to take bis place. As he had leave $50.000, an increase of $100,000 name he insured his life for London, Jan. 26, 1:55 -3.1. for nine days only, he thought as compared with the previous £3,500. He picked up at St. Pe- REDMOND'S OUTBURST.

Reuters Berlin correspondent that Commander Joubert, could twelve months,

torsburg the acquaintance of a. Mr. Jon Redmond, wires that the 33 final second ballots de daty for both of them.

Canton, Jan. 20. man who was dangerously ill, and newspaper artide ridicules the took place, poeberday. The Bock

Admiral Li Chun has telegraph whom, under protext of oliarity, idea, and says "it is the insolentalists won ten seata. The combined. The President of the Court- bluff of Orangemen and a noisy Pertini on the Right finally in mber martial declared that the arrange minority of Protestants in Ulster. 199n the rombined d'arties on fements made by Captain Jaures ed to Wu Han-man thanking him he took with him to Starya Bu Lak 206, Including 110 So isl st As were absolutely irregular and in for his kindnessin giving publici. He registered the patient "Englishmen," he says, "would the middle Party, the Taberals hold complete disagreement with the ty to the secret history of the fall Kunitzky and used the sick man'

of Canton which was published in passport for hiniself. When he fools and poltroons if they the balanos of power. The other service regulations.

these columns. In his message he Kunitzky died Poplavsky in flue allowed themselves to be diverted Parties of the Left are do Liberals

Commander Joubert confirmed | said that he was aliraye ready to course received £3,500, and 50 Hadicals, and of the Right

His Last Venturesofszen by stupid, hollow and unpatriotic as Onservatives, 93. Centre, 15 what his senior officer had said. render his fullest services to his

When Poplaveky's funds were bellowings from the great policy Poles, 10 Alsatians and Gasiphs. He stated that during the absence country and the 'new government pecté i before Jan. 29 when the [Service to the "Telegraph." binding Ireland to the Empire." The festure of yesterday's election of Captain Jaurés lie spent the when they required him. He exhausted he married a romant was the Bocialist Fistory as Potsdam. night with his family. The Pre-remarked that since the publica-woman and, insured her life for lent reproached him with hay- tionof the secret negotiations that $1,500, and going to a hospital Armistice ands. Heuter, {

ing also acted contrary to the led up to the declarations of took out a female patient whom

independence in Canton the illhe described as his wife, Th Lieutenante Garnier and Bingon feelings, evinced by the rovolu-woman died very soon and he explained the measures taken by tionary soldiery towards him, bad received the insurance, money them when the explosion,pcour entirely disappeared. Emboldened by his success

Small-pox has broken out in plained another, venture of the The Teldo correspondent of

Lord Londonderry has replied

rd. Witnesses were also bosrij Reuter cables that a Chinese Relishment. Bill. It's proposed to disto Mr. Churchill that the main [Service to the Telegraph."who gave evidence of the hero-Canton and is responsible for a kind. He visited Helsingt objection of the Ulster Unionist London, Jan 20, 10.10 is displayed by both officers large number of deaths daily. bintand, and insured his

The Chai Kwang Hospital han for £1,000, subsequen publican envoy has arrived there

Council will be removed if the

Youll om Tramanía, gwaensed shoe and men.zone "With the object of securing Japan's

of ita mesting is held outside those magh with the Englil forts Admiral Bellae, commanding published notices to the effect turning to Petersbu cognition of the Republic. A

districts, which passionately re-in Ane but dull Weather, before a the Mediterranent Squadron, de-that they will perform vaccination making inquiries for valid. By this time. motion to that end Introduced in annual Income, which will resent Mr. Churohill' action, moderate attendance of spectators. clered, that the normal services free of charge. K the Diet byoked much difference of

"INTENSE FEELING. The wicket was in good condition, were assured on board. the On Wednesday a fire broke out the motives of his aff soled The Council, he says, would The home, adoy, made only 124, Liberia, but he thought that in a roast meat shop, and in a anthropy had excite strongly deprecate any attempt Heame rapture three worketa for Captain Jaures committed a very short time the chops, sur-cion of the polies, to interfere with the mesting but 19 rans, and Hitch four for grave mistake in not also up-rounding to the number of twenty investigated, and ho In view of the intense feeling .CO3 passed this score very com- pointing a second officer to take were involved. Only the heavy ed. The prisoner, ma which ling begatimuved it canot fortably, and with, 191" on the board over the command in flore of rain that was falling at the time to deny Recept any posibility nils had lost only one wicket Woolley Comust;nder Joubert in case of proves tds most serious conflagraefae curr reference to the reply, doen do sored 19 nack Blades 1-Route

JAPAN'S NON-COMMITTAL.

London, Jan.-26, 5.15 a.m.

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London, Jan. 28, 5.15 sim.

[Reuter.

-Beuter

Mr. McKenna, speaking in Lon LONDONDERRY'S REPLY. M. C.G. IN AUSTRALIA. regulations.

don, ontlined the Wolah Disestab.

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endow the Church of £181,000

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pur

opinion, and the debate was ad stored denitely ker national journed." "It is semi-officially

stated ihaleh is at present not poses. Existing incumbents will prepared to recognise the Republic,

The Okura Company has con fracted with the Chinese insurgents

be allowed to retain a 'lite inte

Bombay, Jan. 27, 7.35 a.m..

HEAVY BOORING. --

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