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The Hongkong Telegraph.

March 28th, 1012, Temperature a.m. 71, p.m. 78; Humidity...90, 80,

No. 8747

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HOME POLITICS.

HOME RACING.

AMERICAN POLITICS.

AUSTRALIAN TYPHOON.

THE "SYNDICALIST" CASE.

STARVED TO DEATH.

A PIQUANT SCENE.

LIVERPOOL CUP,

WOOL REVISION BILL

MISSING VESSEL.

£200,000 ADVANCED

TELEGRAMS.

COAL CRISIS.

COAL CRISIS.

LOAN TO PERSIA,

(Service to the "Telegraph."}

London, Mar. 28, 3.30

p.in,

A number of deaths are recorded

(Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Mar. 28, 5.10 p.in.

Tom Mann, who was arrested in connection with a charge of in the Potteries, due to starvation. inciting to mutiny, has been Earl Brownlow has consented to

romanded.

the cutting of trees on his estate at Grantham, and distributing them to

the pour»'

Bail was allowed, the magie trato obtaining a written guaran teo from Manu not to repent the statemente inciting soldiers to

mutiny.

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SERIOUS RIOTS.

Strike riots against the miners

who have resumed working have

LABOUR LEADERS' APPEAL broken out in the Midlands. Sol-

London, Mar. 28, 7.20 p.m.

The leadors of the Labour.

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diers have been sent.. It is stated

that ten thousand troops at Alder:

[Service to the "Telegraph."].

London, Mar. 28, 9.10 p.m...

There was a piquant scono in the Ilouse of Commons doing the discussion of a Private Member's Women's Franchise Bill called the Conciliation Bill, Mr. Asquith, as an individual, strong- ly opposed tho. Bill and Sir Edward Grey replied to Mr. Asquith's arguments with equal vigour.-Router.

[Service to the "Talegraph.") Bombay, Mar. 29, 1.40 a.m. The race for the Liverpool Cup rosulted as follows:~~

Subterranean....... Protestant Boy..... Adam Bode

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[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Mar. 28, 11.55 a.m. Router's correspondent at

[Service to the "Telegraph."}

London, Mar, 28, 11.55 a.m.

Router's correspondent at Porth

[Service to the Telegraph3]

London, Mar, 28, 7.20 p.m.

A message from Toleran states

Washington states that the Demo states that the Koombana has not that in view of the satisfactory

crats have again introduced the Wool Revision Bill which was votood by Taft in 1911. It makes

The tatting was 11 to 2 legislation affecting wool duties Subterranean, 100 to 7 Protestant impossible bofore the elections. Boy, 100 to 7 Adam Pade. Nine-Reutor. tren ran; won by a lengthy and a CHINA ON TRANSITION. half; a longti separating second

and third.

ESTABLISHING A CODE.

Royal Hackle was hidden by Jelliss, and Bryony by Robbins. Helot did not compate, but came under the starter's orders.-

THE NATIONAL. The betting for the Grond

Party have issued an appoal to Shot are in readiness to proceed to the seven northern provinces have National is as follows:-

the strikers to refrain from dis- the coalfields. Five hundred of order where mon are resuming the West Yorkshire regiment at work, otherwise they will licnato public sympathy and strengthen

the opposing intercats.

WILLING TO RESUME.

Lichfield have gone to the Lyttleton

colliery at Huntingdon in Stafford-

shire, where, in spite of the appeals

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[From Chinese Sources]

Shanghai, March 28. The provisional assemblies of

sont delegates to Tientsin, to at- tond the conference on the ques tion of the confederation of the provinces, and to draw up ro- gulations for the election of Governors General.

SHUM'S NEW APPOINT- MENT.

It is reported that Shum Chun- hean, ex-viceroy of Canton will be appointed as High Commis

Reports from the districts in- of their own agent, several thou-sioner of Agriculture and Forestry.

dicato that the inon will volo sand strikers throw missiles into the

for na early resumption. Four pit to prevent the reascending of su, hns telegraphed to President

eighty men who were sent down to

effect repairs. The strikers set

thousand troope are in readiness at Aldershot to leave at a

moment's notice. Trains are in

waiting in the siding. Ton thousand troops can rapidly be the road and did much other dam- placed on the coalfields.

LABOUR SPLIT. ·

London, Mar. 28, 3,30 p.m”, -

fire to two sheds, threw tubs into

The police made baton ego,

charges but were powerless. Ono

at

third of the Suffolk regiment Aldershot has been ordered to

A MODEST REQUEST. Sing Wan, ex-vioeroy of Kon-

Yuan Shih-koi asking for a grant |of $2,000,000 to pay his soldiers,

whom he means to dirband.

DIPLOMATIC COMMISSION.

President Yuan has appointed Szo Shiu-ki as Diplomatic Com- missioner for the Fengtion pro vince.

REVOLT IN SOOCHOW. The troops in Soochow have rovolted as he result of a theatri- cal performance which they witnessed and aro firing and looting the houses. In this they ara being assisted by the soldiers who have recently returned from Naoking. The situation is

It is expected that the miners Shrewsbury. A fourth of the serious and the city gates have

ballot will decide in favour of a re-

sumption. Mr. Asquith made a

Royal Fusiliers at Lichfield and a

speech to-day to the members of detachment of the Warwickshires the mining constituencies, and it

was in the nature of a manifesto, and Shropshires have gone

to

hoping they would give a Chirk, where intimidation has lead to the miners' decision.

?

The "Times" says there is greatly lessoned the number of

's serious split between the workers.

trade unionists and the Socialists

LORDS AND THE BILL.

The Lords have passed the

in the Labour party. The former are mostly miners, who were re- sponsible for the decision of the party to oppose the third reading of scoond reading of the Coal Bil

the Bill. Mr. Macdonald says the Socialists are favouring abstention,

The subsequent stages of the B

and this may lead to a definite have been postponed till today to

schism. The railways will aus- pend the goods traffic from the 3rd

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been closed.

IRRITATION IN TIENTSIN.

The officials and inhabitants in the native city of Tientsin are irritated by the action of the Japanese in taking over control of the constabulary, which they consider an infringement of their | national rights.-:"Shat Po."

BANK ROBBERS.

POLICE ACTIVITY.

(Service to the Telegraph."] - London, Mar. 28, 4.45 a.m.

A message from Paris states that

a reward of four thousand pounds sterling is offered for the discovery enable the Governmetit to alter the of the motor bandits who robbed the bank at Chantilly, under sen-

of April to the 9th, with the excepwarding of a technical ainend-sational circumstances. Deteccs

3 to 1 Rathnally (after 100

Lo 30 taken.) (5 to 1 Jerry M. 10 to 1 Rory O'Moro. 100 to 9 Caubcan. 100 to 8 Carssy. 100 to 7 Jenkinstown. 100 to 0 Covert Cont.

-Reuter.

NATIONAL PROBABLES.

London, Mor, 28, 5.55 p.m. The following are the startera and jockeys in the Grand National:-

NEW ZEALAND.

"SIR J. WARD RESIGNS.

[Service to the Telegraph.")

London, Mar. 28, 5.40 p.m.

Reuter's correspondent at Wellington states that Sir Josoph Ward has resigned and that Mr. Thomas Mckenzie has assumed the Premiership.-Router.

WALFISCH BAY.

THE CESSION RUMOUR.

[Service to the "Telegraph']

beon heurd of. She carried 48. passengers and 77 of a crew.-

Reuter.

HEAVY DEATH ROLL,

London, Mar. 28, 4.45 a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Perth, West Australia, reports that thirty- two whites and forty coloured peo- ple perished in the typhoon of the 25th inst

SLEEPING SICKNESS.

Important Investigation,

accom-

roply of Persia to the joint note, England and Russia have each advanced Persia one hundred

thousand sterling-Reuter

· NOVELIST AS "SHOP SLAVE.'

Mr. H. G. Wells' Story of His Early Days..

Mr. H. G. Wells contributes a brief but striking preface to Shop Slavery and Emancipa tion" by Mr. William Paine.

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of

"That seventeen-mile tramp, without breakfast, to deliver that

"Mr. Paine," says Mr. Wells, paints the dismal miseries In view of the discovery that the 'living-in shop assistant slooping sickness in man may be none too dismally to that I can caused by the bite of anothor bear witness.” species of tsetse fly besides that "For a wretched couple of years which has till quite recently been in my boyhood I lived in one of regarded as the sole carrier of these abominable dormitories ho the germs, a Commission appoint-describes, ate the insufficient food ed by the Government, and under supplied, and acted as drudge in the control of the Royal Society, the shop. has been despatched to Nyasa "Then, when I was fifteen, land. Sir Daniel Bruce, who has ran away one Sunday morning to acquired considerable experience my mother, and told her I would in to investigation of the causes rather die than go on being, of the disease in Uganda and

draper. elsewhere, is in charge of the operations; and he is panied by Lady Bruce, Captain Hamerton, RAMO.. and Pro- ultimatum is still very vivil" fessor Newstead, of the Liverpool my memory.

"I felt them most desperately School of Tropical Medicine. The inquiry, it is expected, will wicked, and now I know it was

in my life: London, Mar. 28, 5.40 p.m.extend over a period of not less nearly the best thing I ever did

than three years.

"And all the brotherhood of At present, says a writer in a Home paper, there is a direct man lled with me that morning conflict of opinion on the subject, out of the house of mean bondage Mon like Livingstone, Stanley, to life and opportunity, sing

"But such a lot of us before it Baines, and Selous have recorded from their own experience a belief is too late will not rather die, in the theory that big game har and there you have the secret of bour the taotao, while others all the tale of pitiful degradation notably Mr. Owen Letcher, that Mr. Paine recounts so bitter FR.G.S., who has traversed the ly" whole of Northern Rhodesin with the object of collecting data as to the geographical distribution of big game and the alleged depend-assistant, according to Mr. Paine, ouce of the fly on the larger is one of desperate, squalid, mamunale-take un opposite view.starving wretchedness. There is For instance, he has never seen a only one type of man who can Laotsa fly at a height of 4,000ft, draw profit from the system, and or more above sea-level, no matter that is the type which is expert how plentiful the gaine may have in the art of getting on.

And how is the draper's assis been, while in many districts where the flies wero abundant tant to get on. The author there were no buffalo. He also explains the nature of the process "I remember in the Exatér found that the regions which were by a striking analogy :-- most favourable to both fly and gamo are ominently annituble Theatre fire of 1887-of which I for colonisation by white people was an eye-witness-a burly Quite recently, however, Dr.brute, who forced his way out of Kinghorn, of the Chartered Com- the gallery by scrambling over. pany's Sleeping Sickness Con- the heade of those who are mission, discovered that the suffocating in a bend of the stairs disease muy be caused by the literally ploughed his path tsatse ly (Glossina morsilaus) through the congested mass of Bantams: W. Allen, Polytech-which has been supposed to live human beings, beating back, or exclusively on the blood of gripping faces and hands to aid behind the nic; and Wye, Columbia, naimals, and hus, therefore, been his oxit. The like is analogous

regarded as not dangerous to of getting on

counter." Featherweights: Baker, Hen-man. If so, this goes a long way The shop-assistant merries, at

Replying to questions in the House of Commons Sir Edward Jorry M.-Piggott,

Grey, Becretary of State for Bethnally-Chadwick. Jenkinstown-Payne.

Foreiga Affairs, said that he was Rory O' Moro-Mason.

unaware of any grounds for con- Caubean-Noway,

templating the cession of Wal- Bloodstone F. Lyall. Mount Prospect's Fortune-fisch Bay, Reuter. Kolly,

Glenside-Ussher.

Carsay-Drake,

Ballyhackle-J. Morgan. Kilkeel-Trudgil!

BOXING.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONS.

[Service to the "Telegraph.]

Fellar's Pride-G. Lyall. Sir Halbert-Smith. Regent T. Morgan. Bridge IV-Poole. Covort Coat-Walsh. Axlo Pin-Anthony. White Lagi Farrell. Great Cross-Lawn.

The following wore the winners Papcentor-A. Aylin, Icomardy-Owner (Mr. Win the Amateur Boxing Champlou Vaoneill).

ships at the Alexandra Palace:-

Gold Beal 11-Finn. Glenfinder-Foran. Sane Pour-Kay.

Beutár.

KAISER'S VISITS.

London, Mar. 28, 3.20.m.

don; and Rayson, Polytechnic

Lightweights: Marriott, Stains-

CORFU

are scouring the country (z kid.

peating rifles

rifles Intended to perfo, ite Biller the tyres of fleeing cars

police force of Paris is to be in- cressed by 1800 men-Reutere

[Service to the Telegraph."] Mar 28 T.40 p.m.

The Keld has arrived at Corfu,

fiold; and Grace, Etön,

Middleweights: Stock Exchange; and

Hendon

Heavywe!

politan

lee and

tion of the traffic in food, which ment. The ballot of the men les mobiles armed with big game- will be conducted on two lines.

They have

excursions.

ncelled the Easter sens the urg

Reuter

The

Chandler,

Thrower,

Métro

to confirm the view that game

"Getting On.".

The condition of the average.

Bole as a reservoir of the germs, his peril often at the peril

and condubes largely to the losing his situation:

apread of the disease. Still, theAnd, in any

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of tho

point is not quite free from ron will be poorer

doubt, so that great importance his home will be future. attaches to the work of Sir David his mind will be Bruce and his colleagues, sion of the,

Mr. Paine thinks What the authorities really fear is that the disease may abolition of spread south to Natal and Zulu- tem would land, where there are large lords he looks of domestic cattle, and it in,

therefore, hoped that the Com- mission will and come, cure, o alleviation for it.