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The Hongkong Telegraph.

January 31st, 1912, Temperature a.m. 51, p.m. 50; Humidity...73, 04.

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Copyright, 1917-

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No. 8899

艴四十月式拾年三航宣

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

1912.

四奔農

號一月弍英港香

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

STRIKE IN PORTUGAL JAPAN AND AMERICA.

SUGAR COMMISSION.

TURKEY IN EUROPE,

LATE DUKE OF FIFE.

AFFRAY AT COIMBRA.

IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

SERIOUS-SITUTATION,

CANADA'S-SYMPATHY.

THE

REVOLUTION.

THRONE'S DECISION.

PREPARING FOR AB

DICATION.

(Our Own Correspondent.J

Shanghai, Feb. 1, 1.55 a.m. The Wai Wupu announces that the Throne has decided in favour of peace and has instructed the Cabinet to prepare for abdication.

SOLDIERS BOMBED.. Imperialist Boldiers on the Peking-Hankow railway have been killed by bomba.

PEACE DECIDED UPON,

[Sorvice to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Feb. 1, 7.15 a.m.

Evora is quiet, but there has. boon on affray at Coimbra, the police dispersing the strikers with thoir sabres.

“CONCESSION-TO-RUSSIA-

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[Service to the "Telegraph.") [Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jan. 31, 1.6 p.m. Bombay, Jan. 1, 7.10 a.m.'

Router's correspondent At the request of the State Department of the American Brussels, states that the engar Bonato the Committes has modi-

commission has reassembled. The fod the Dillingham Bill for revis- At Lisbon a ring of troops are arresting every one within the ing and codifying immigration Germans opposed the granting of prohibited area. Soveral strikers Inwa, so as not to offend Japan. sugar concessions to Russia, but have surrendered to the solliors- The modification consists of the majority of the delegates who are surrounding the Trades the words "unless otherwise pro- |Quion Building. The strikers vided by treaty," after the favoured them in the baliof will be taken in batches aboard

proviso excluding persons "in- that it would result in a fall in warships.

Those arrested include some eligible to becoine citizens by

pricas. A compromise on the naturalisation." suspected bombors.

STRIKE BROKEN DOWN.

THE COMPROMISE.

Japan argued that Japanes. Convention as it now stands has immigration was already restrict-been effected.. ed by treaty and that it was Bonbay, Fob. 1 7.10 am, Router's correspondent at Lis-humiliating for Japanose to be Bombay, Feb. 1, 7.15 a.m. bon says that the Cabinet is sit-declared in admissible.-Router -Reater's-correspondent at Pcing, The Ministry of War has king says that the Empress telegraphed to the Provincial Dowager has informed the Cabinet Governors that the strike has that peace has been decided upon broken down owing, to the ail-

She bus instructed her Minis-waymen refusing to join.

ters to prepare accordingly.— Reuter.

TERMS OF ABDICATION.

London, Jan. 31, 1.30 p.m The ex-Regent and Prince No. Hing had an audience with the

Dowager Empress yesterday. It is understood that abdication has been decided upon in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Republicans. Imperial per- conages and nobles are to retain their titles and may reside in Pek ing or elsewhere as they please The Imperial Family will receive three millon teels annually.

Honan.

EX-MINISTER ARRESTED. The ex-Foreign Minister, Cas tello Branco, has been arrested. He is charged with endeavouring to overthrow the republic. Al- together a thousand arroзts have been made and the city is becom ing more normal: Papers are republisliing and Parliament re- sumos to-morrow,

MARTIAL LAW.

London, Jan. 31, 1.30 p.m. Reuter's Lisbon correspondent wires that martial hiw has been established. The troops have been ordered to make a clean sweep of the streets, and to make arrests en masse. One hundred and fifteen persons were arrested yesterday

HOME RULE.

· CHURCHILL'S ·PLANS.

Service to the "Telegraph."] London, Jan. 31, 2.25 я.m. After the meeting in Belfast, Mr. Winston Churchill

pro- coeds the same evening to Scotland to carry out various naval Inspec

tions.

UNIONIST DEMONSTRA-

TION.

London, Jan, 31, 4.10 8.m,

It is provided that oxisting arrangements shall be prolonged for five years. Russia, is to be allowed a certain increase on her quots whenever exceptional cir- cumstances occur as in 1911,

[Bervice to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jan. 31, 1.30 p.m.

Reuter's correspondent at Otta- wa states that in the Commons

[Service to the "Telegraph."

London, Jan, 31, 1.5 p.m.

Affairs in Strumpitza and Uskub are characteristic of the present condition of Macedonia Mr. Borden and Sir Wilfred Laur- where the situation is growingly serious..

$36 PER ANNUK

SINGLE Corr 10 r.

TELEGRAMS.

BADEN POWELL

NEW YORIS WELCOME.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m.

Router's New York corres

pondeat says that Baden Powell.

er mede sympathetic references to has arrived there. He had a the death of the Duke of Fife, great welcome from the Boy Sir Wilfred Laurier said that the

Scouts-Reator. mourning of the beloved Royar

CHURCHES RECONCILED. A remarkable feature of the Family was the mourning of the situation is the reconciliation of whole Empire. the Bulgarian and Greek Chur- chos, hitherto at føud, to face the Turkish repression.

BOMBS EXPLODED.

London, Jan. 31, 4.50 p.m. Two bombs have been exploded"

at Monastir, but small damage has boon dono.

TURKISH OUTRAGE.

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~London, Jan. 31, 12.25 pm.

A Turkish band has attacked

LANDING CONTRABAND.

FRANCE IN. TUNIS,

.3.

[Service

CANTON NEWS.

(Tam ""TazyGrapu”. CORRESPONDENT.]

Canton, Jan. 31. Some days ago, a' componder “Jawrath.”] of the revolutionists intended to

London, Jan. 31, 2.25 a.m-fmake use of the forts at Bocen Router's Paris correspondent Tigris for housing the men under Howover, the wires that a torpedo boat flotilla is command,

is leaving Bizerta for exercises on troops who had originally stayed the southern coast of Tunis, and behind to guard the forts rofused it-is-hoped-that-this-will-check to let them in. A quarrel ønsued attempts to land contraband.

a Bulgarian Monastery in the Uskab district. Nine of the in. POET AND reportERS

mantea were led to the Churoli

The Commission adjourned till Friday to enable the 'Russian and German delegates to communi-where they wore decapitated. cate with their Governments after which the band desecrated | Router.

the Church and plundered the Monastery.-Router.

which rosulto ̈in'n sorlous,on=" counter during which shots were freely fired. The wounded wore

numerous and the oneunlties on both sides amounted to nine mon; Dec. 30 says:-Mme. Masterlinek, A Now York message date!

On the receipt of a telegram who arrived last evening by the from President Sun Yat-sen, Olympic to appear in, hor Chan Qwang-ming, the Governor husband's drama, Pellees et Gonoral, consented to retain hie Melisando," which is to be play post. He, however, changed his ed at Boston on January 10, was

quatione by the roportora about mind two days ago, when he “A PAGE FROM DUMAS." her husband, but she refused to summoned the President of the

Escape of Captain Lux

I

iacognito:

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SPY SCARE.

LONDONER CHARGED.

reveal his plans. It was recently Canton Provisional Council to his aunounced that M. Masterlinok residence and explained that bis Service to the "Telegraph."]

Irid wagered $100 that he would former intention of remaining in visit America without the know-Canton was based on the ground A Paris tolegram referring to ledge of reporters and would that there was some hope of Condon, Jan. 31, 2.25 a.m.

the escape of Captain Lux, a Reuter's correspondent at Llep French officer, from the German witness his wife's performance the successful sanclusion of the peace negotiations. Now that fortress of Glatz, says that the zig states that the trial begins to story reads like a page from has said," Mme. Maeterlinck re- has decided to lead his troops in "I believe he will do what he hostilities have been resumed, he day, on a charge of espionage, cf Dunias, and continues: Thanks sponded to querios on this point. the maroh upon Poking. It is the London solicitor and Yeomanry to ingenious stratagems devised "But I really do not know how the intention of some of the he will attempt to evade you membera to telograph to Wong officer, Bertrand Stewart, who was by brother officore at home in

France it is doolared` that he. interviewers Thero is one thing Ching-wai asking him to return arrested at Braman on August owes nothing to the complicity certain he will not coms-with-to-Canton-es-Governor-General.

list. The trial has been de either of Germans or of a British layed owing to the rush of espion- fellow-prizouer-Daptain Trench out his bulldog Goland. That is Others are thinking of tele graphing to President Sun age-prosecutions. The trial will Captain Lux found steel files and can say,

The reportera acaroled the Yat-son asking him to make ground at Rotasi simullinenasty probably be secret, but the German German gold piéces concealelin Olympic from bridge to ataorage, another appointment.

his wookly budget of correspon.

On the 20th inst, a meeting of dence sad in the binding of vola-but did not discover any one

resembling M. Maeterlinck, or his inabors of the Cantón Provi minous books on bistrical and dog Instructions have beon, tel c-sional Council was held, when a kindred subjects-among them on graphed to reportera at all poris motion was put firward by one Napoleon the study of which to watch for M. Maeterlinck, and of the members for the early die- was his chief recreation. The stout it is now a trial of detective truction of temples, monasteries string, with which these parcels skill. between himself and the and other places of worship as were fastened was stored up until ubiquitous American enough had been accumulated tó serves useful purpose. Codo mess-

It is stated that a Unionist

evening and sent on board war demonstration has been arranged ships.

to take place on the agricultural

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TROOPS BOMBED. Liang Pi, the general whose life was attempted the other day, is BOMBS THROWN. dead. It is stated that many soi-

A message from Reuter's corre diers have been killed in bomb ex-spondent at Lisbon states that the with Mr. Churchill's meelling - plesions In the Imperialist troop declaration of martial law was Reuter. Trains between Slaokam and decided upon by he Government as the result of a bomb being thrown at the cavalry Republican guard In the streets of Lisbon.; Reinforce ments are being brought into the capital, while detachments of Shanabai, Jan. 31. Yuan Shih-kni has wired to the troops are being sent in Alde Republican Govorament askingalega. Molta. Setubal and towns for a further extension of the in the vicinity. The Administra- Armistles for two weeks. The or of Moite has been cul to pieces Republicans have not yet given by a mob, who were armed with him a reply.

THE ARMISTICE.

REFUTING A RUMOUR.

Yuan Shih-kai has telegraphed

to the various Generals and Com-

manders of the Imperial Army

Axes,

OBITUARY.

denying the report of his having | ́· FLORENCE ST. JOHN, serotly communicated with Dr. Wu Ting-fang regarding the abdication of the Throne,

THE PEKING EXPEDITION,

Vice President Li Yuan-hong

has despatched deputies to con-

[Service, to the "Telegraph."

London,-Jan. 31, 4.10 a.m.

The death is announced of

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KING'S HOMECOMING,

OVATION AT GIBRALTAR.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

newspapers are already publishing imaginary detalls of the alleged acts

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of the gentlemen, spy," whom they represent to be the head of

a great conspiracy to sell naval

secrets to Great Britain.

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PLUCKY PRISONER. “

COOL REPLIES.

Masson's great works on

viewers.

iator

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a means of putting, an end to superstition. In the opinion of the mover superstition would

ages smuggled into his private let" DIAMOND DICK DEAD." tend to retard the general, pro-

tors advised him of the night upon which a motor-car would be in

London, Jan. 31, 6 30 p.m.

gress of the country. The motion Reuter's correspondent 4

Another of the heroes of the was, however, rejected on the London, Jan. 31, 2.25 a.m.

Leipzig, says that Stewart awaiting to convey him noross the" Penny Dreadfal" has just died ground that the new goverment alert and self possessed and frontier into Austria, While the at Kansas City in the person of was in its infancy and the time Reuter's correspondent at Gib-

answered frankly and unhesitat-vigilance of his jailers, whose Mr. George B. MoClelland, known was not ripe for the adoption of raltar says that their Majesties have ingly a prolonged and singular numbers appear to have been through the Wild West" as this measure, Besides its adop reduced by Christmas leave, was "Diamond Diok" Mr. MeClelland, tion would probably lead to riot landed there, and were ovated by interrogation as to his means relaxed, the prisoner broke who was 60, died from injuries re- and disorder by the ignorant the crowd. The King replied to relationships and capacitipa.. through two doors, filed the iron ceived in being rundown by a train. people. They contended that bars of a window, through which" Diamond Dick" was one of that progressive nations like Italy and an address from the Chamber of

He said that bad an incombe crawled, and after descending hardy band of western pioneers Japan, still permit osthedrals and Commerce,the Catholics, and

of £2,000 a year and a private by an improvised rope ladder into who rode "pony express," and temples to remain in their coun- Hebrows, referring to his former fortune of £12,000, He admitted an inner courtyard made his way conveyed stage conches on the tries; therefore it would be at

over a wall into an outer court-days when a man kept his scalp wise for Canton to do anything; that he know the differenga between a cruiser and a meryard and finally under the very solely by his prowess with rifle so drastic at present.

nose of a sentinel over railings into and knife and the speed of his The Canton Governor General interests of the subjects of that chantman but said that he knew the open country, where the horse: Witli Deadwood Dick," is in receipt of a telegram from

nothing of naval offairs."

motor-car was waiting. The rail-"Buffalo Bill," "Wild Jack," and Lau Han-chi, the chief adviser of READY TO FIGHT.

way journey through Austria, "Texas. Jack," he toured the the combined forces in the march When the Judge said that evory Italy, and Switzerland was un-world some years ago in a "Wild upon Peking, to the effecr that West," show, and while of a more although the Republicans were German child knew that mor- eventful. chantmen ware attached to the Captain Lux's friends supply reiring nature than some of his rewarded with success in a battle Navy Stewart congratulated the the Press with most of thoro comrades he has frequently admit- with General Chang Heun at Hea Germans upon educating better particulars. He himself is bound tod that; hair-raising as were some chow, that the strength of the "adventures", in the Imperial army in the north was than did Britain. He expressed to silence, but he emphatically of his

associations with Gibraltar. The

for with General Tuan Ki-sui Florence St. John, the actress.--small but famous colony were no

who went over to the Republi- | Reuter. oang, about the joint march pon Peking. "Shat‍Po. ".

A. PRIZE COURT. The Republican Government] has expressed its intention to Lestablish a Prize Court of War in Shanghai with Wen Teung-yao as President and Ting Yung and Choy Chul' as his assistante,

VICTIM OF BOMB..

less dear, said his Majesty, than those of populous countries, from whence they were returning,

TOLSTOI'S WIDOW.

PENSION GRANTED.

- A KINGLY WISH.

London, Jan. 31, 1.30 p.m.

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[Service to the "Telegrapli."] By the King's wish there is to London, Jan. 31, 2.25 m.x, be no alteration of the arrange-! A message from St. Petersburg ment for the reception of their

a strong desire to fight against repudiates the German, imputa-"Penny Dreadfuls" they are not cortainly not weakened by this the Judge's distinguished countion thing he ought to have con- very far from the trath-Mr. defeat and it would not be a mat sidered himself on parole. He MeClelland earned his nicknameter of a few days to drive the try if she attacked England.

was not ne a matter of fact on of "Diamond Dick" because of Manchus out of Peking The STEWART'S APPEAL,

HEATRES PAR parole, but was ordinarily gasid- the large number of diamonds he Republican troops were now short The remainder of the proceeded wule the utmost vigilance. wote, sud he made it a boast that of arms and ammunition to cor mader of Imperial body states that the Tsar has granted Majestles at Portsmouth and Don-ings were held in camera despite The popular enthusiasm for Cap-no "hold up" man had ever re on the operations unless the

Stewart's urgent appeal for tain Lux and his daring feat is lived him of any of the jewels. deficiency was met with girirds, who was seriously injur- a pension of twenty thousand den, or in the service at St. Paul's publicity in view of the false increased by the fact that he is a He was one of the finest shots, united; provinces, the ed by a recent bomb onirage, is roubles a year to Tolstol's widow.

hoods of the prest

with a rifle ever seen in the West, oapturing Pekin dying Bheang Po."

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It is rep that the excom