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The Hongkong

April 16th, 1912, Tomperature a.. 67, p.m. 72; Ilumidity...84, 57,

No. 8702

·一初月三年子壬

TELEGRAMS.

SHIPPING DISASTER

(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1912 by the Proprietor.

April 15th,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS."'

TELEGRAMS.

SHIPPING DISASTER:

SHIPPING DISASTER. CHINA IN TRANSITION.

HOME RULE.

HORRIBLE LOYS OF LIFE."

GREAT EMOTION.

TROOPS SENT HOME,

UNIONIST CRITICISM.

Full Story of the Sinking of the Titanic.

(Service to the Telegraph."]

NEARLY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE PASSENGERS GO DOWN Lowton, April 16, 2.10 p.m."

WITH VESSEL.

(Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 16, 5 a.m.

Reuter received an exclusive

message reporting the sinking of

the Titanic as the papers were go-

ing to press. This is printed

alongsido cditorials and special

articles expressing thankfulness for

M

The salety of the vessel and dwell-

London, April 16, 5 a.m.

Mr. Franklin, the vice-president

Reuter's New York correspond-

"

ent reports that the statement of the White Star official given out at

nine last night was to the effect

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the White Star Line, said last that there had been "o horrible loss

of life." Though not giving de night that it was impossible to

tails, this report tends to confirm estimate the money, loss, but it

4 earlier Press wireless from

Cape Race, showing that the loss

would run into millions.

the evening. Women were in

ONLY BOATS AND WRECKAGE.

Crowds besieged the White Star of the Titanic, was probably the

ing upon the marvels of science in offices at New York about ning in must appalling shipping disaster on

minimising the dangers of modern

record.

sea-going. These articles were

based upon yesterday's reassuring

despatches and interviews in New

York to the effect that it would be easier to sink a cork than the

Titanic.

DON'T WORRY.

Many liners, responding to the wireless calls from the Titanic, are

hastening to the rescue. The

parents of Mr. Godalming, the

Titanic's wireless operator, last

night received a message from

their son as follows:-Making

slowly for Halifax, Practically un.

sinkable; don't worry."

Not merely the public of New

York and London but of all the

European capitals, lulled by a

feeling of rellef over such assuran-

cas, are now confronted with an

unprecedented disaster.

tears and men were frantic when

.

| the officials admitted that little was

known of the fate of those aboard who were not first and second

cabin passengers. They believed

however that the 55. Carpathia was bringing along all the first

bin passengers.

UNDER WRITERS SEVERE-

The "Times" states that the

Titanic striking the ice and sinking

within a fortnight of the insurance

Gaming into force had not occurred

The s.s. Carpathia, it is re-

ported, reached the scone of the disaster and found only boats and

wreckage. It is believed that only.

575 of the crew and passengers are saved out of a total of 2,200,

mostly women and children.

The Titanic foundered at 2.20

troops

have been sent home.

[Service to the "Telograph."]

(Our Own Correspökident.)

London, April 16,,4.55 p.m.

Shanghai, April 17, 9.10 a.m. The disaster has created amaze- Two hundred Nanking rictors ment and dismay. Apart from have been sentenced to death, regretfulness, the people are The remainder of the astounded at the ineffiency of

watertight compartments. The newahas been received with great

emotion in the Continental

capitals and the utmost sympathy is felt as people from almost every country liave suffered. At the shipping ports Ingaare at half

must.

THE NIAGARA'S OALL London, April 15, 7:45 h.m.

Router's New York corros-

poulout states that the French liner Niagara has arrived and reports that in the vicinity of the

:

NOTABLES' MOVEMENTS.

was a mero protence to suppose.

HOME RULE.

REPLY TO MR. BALFOUR.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 16, 11.25 p.m.

Mr. Horbert Samuel, reply to

that the Irish defloit would dix- years. The Irish

(Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 10, 7.10 p.m. Speaking in the House of Com- mons, Mr. Walter Long said it Mr. Balfour, said it was expected Kiangsi that a Bill propitiating the ene-appear in ten

mies of British rule and humiliat Government would be empowered ing those who wore loyal to the to contract loans for development British log, would bring pence purposes. Mr. Balfour's arguments and liarmony to. Ireland: Thoro might with equal justice bead- was no analogy in the case of the vanced against any schome of Dominions. In South Africa Colonial Government, but it was there had been a great process of the denial, not the grant, of Homs unification, uffording no precedent Bule that led to separatist ten- tothe Government's proposals. In dencies. criticising the details of the Bil he said the nominated Sonate was atillborn and without a friend anywhere. Tho land legislation provisions would throw a great DISESTABLISHMENT BILL. scheme into hopeless confusion.

TIM HEALY APOLOG ISES.

(From Chinose Sosrons.)

Shanghai April 16.

Wong Ching-wai and Kan Cheong loft Shanghai for Canton

to-day.

THE LOAN DEADLOOK.

As the Chinese Government

Mr. T. M. Henly made a strong

HOME POLITICS.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 10, 4.55 p.m. Mr. Asquith announced in the

cannot most the demands of the appeal to the Unionists to bo cone appeased. He suggested six powers intorested in the loan that half of the Senate should be House of Commons that the

the latter havo refused to hand nominated by Protestant bodies Disestablishment Bill will be. und that the Sonate should be introduced on the 24th inst.- over any part of the loan con-empowered to voto appointments Router. tracted for.

Titanic disaster on Wednesday Luk Ching-choung has recoin- night she was constantly brush-mended to Yuan Shih-kai the ing small floos. A thick mist appointment of Wong Kwang-ki prevailed and spoed was reduced, as vice minister for foreign affairs.

Finally a sovore shock was ex-

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on the morning of the 15th in lati.perienced and diners were thrown

to the floor while dishes wore tude 41.16, longitude 50.14.

scattered. The captain sent out

a wireless cull of distress which

at was subsequently cancelled when

SEARCH ABANDONED.

London, April 16 0,25 p.m. Renter's correspondent Halfax states that the Parisian

camed through much ice during ho found that the damage was ita soarch, bat did not discover loss serious than he first thought. rafts or bodies among the wreck- ago which covered a large ares,

Tho Virginian, necording to ¡ underwriting world were approach-wireless messages; is proceeding Liverpool having givpn up tho 89archi,

to the insurance market as a

reasonable.possibility, hence none

of the past vicissitudes of the

able to this in severity. The cust

of the building of the Titanic was

- 1,175,000, though the value was

placed in the policy at a million.

The whole of this is uninsured

because the British and continental

WELCOME PREPARED,

Now York was preparing to give

the Titanic a welcome greater!

AVIATION RECORD.

FIRST AIR-LADY.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 16, 12 p.m.

The first lady to fly the Channel

PREMIER'S STATEMENT.

London, April, 16,.4.55 p.m. Speaking in the House Commous amid profound silonco, Me. Asquith read the latest news concerning the Titanic. He said he was afraid they must brace is Miss Craig, an American, who

themselves to coufront one of

TANG'S FINANCE.

The people in Peking, Hansa Hupoli, and Kaingau, supported by two very influential newspa- pers are ovincing, strong opposi- tion to the methods advocated by Tang Shao-yi in raising foreign loana-Shat Po."

NEW DIPLOMATIC COM-

MISSION.

Shanghai April 10.

· Chan Yi-fan has been appointed diplomatic commissioner Shanghai,

PROPOSED HUGE LOAN.

at

CANTON NEWS,...

over 500. Ho criticised the de- tuila of the Bill and warmly sup- ported it generally. He apolo- gised to Mr. Asquith for over (The "Telegraph" Correspondent.) having expressed doubt regard- ing his sincerity.

BILL NOT FINÁL.

London, April 16, 11,25 p.m.

Mr. Bonar Law wid it was im- | possible to rogard the Bill is a final settlement because it gave constitution to which none of the self-governing Colonies would submit for a week.

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Canton, April 16. The Public Works Department hore has drawn up a schedule of regulations governing the dimen- sions of wharves to be erected for dealing with the river traffic.

The Shanghai Foreign and Ohi ness Roliof Society for adminis toring aid to the sufferers from famine in Kiangsi and Anhwei, has sent an urgent telegram to the Governor-General asking for If it wore neccssiry, and pos- support. According to the mes- : siblo, ho would give Ireland the age 2,000,000 people are suffer- same powers as Canuda, because ing from famine in the North, and so hard are they pressed that they then there would be a chance of

are eating bark of trees and grass a friendly Ireland.

roots. On receipt of this toló- Under the present Bill, when- gram the Governor-General direct- over things went wrong, all thead the Finance Department to blame would be placed on the remit $20,000 to the society to Imperial Government's restricaid the work.

tions. The agitation would thus

Following the example of the romain, the only difference being members of the Seventy-two Mer- that the grant of the Irish chants' Guild, thecommittes of the Hung Hi-ling, Minister for Parliament would give it lover-nine Charitable Institutions has Finance, has telegraphed to Pro-age and make it infinitely more telegraphed to President Yuan, asking him to instruct General sident Yuan Shih-kai asking his dangerous than it was at pros-Lung Chai-kwong to remain in opinion as the raising of a foreign' loan for $500,000,000. Foreigners

even than that given to the niarkets were not big enough to oso terrible events, the order of crossed from Dover to Hardalot who have been consulted on the i

Olympic in 1911. The passengers swallow the sum. The rate paid

include many distinguished Ameri- was very low, less than ono per

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Providence, which baled, fore- sight,and which appalled imagina- tion. He could not say more at admiration that the best traditions proscut other than to express

cans, who waited over in Europe cent. It is believed that much of In order to enjoy the experience of

the cargo is high-class material of the sea soomed to have been voyaging homewards by the

observed, that willing sacrifices]

from the Far East, transhipped in were offered so as to give u chance of safety to those least

world's greatest and most lux- urious liner.. Altogether the souls England. There is one consign-able to help themselves. He ox- -on-board-number-2,358.—-

ment of diamonds, possibly worth pressed_the_nation's_heartfelt sympathy with those bereaved (sympathetio cheers.)

The insurance effected on the

hull amounts to a million sterling,

carly a million, and the under-

but there were at least fifty tons writers are lucky if they have no

bf rubber aboard, much tea, con- lines on ostrich feathers.

The

gments of diamonds, and valu.

ulue of this pearls carried by one papers. The estimate is a million sterling in bonds and jewels American lady alone is belleved

to be £120,000,

sno.

-Reuter.

AUSTRALIAN DES-

TROYER.

ont.

Canton. They urge that hisservices cannot be dispensed with in view of the large number of ruffians scattered all over the province. They further add that the sen tence meted out to the lately executed editor was perfectly justifiable. President Yusn in a

ULSTERMEN READY. Mr. Bonar Law concluded by saying that Ulster's opposition subject have expressed the opin-made Home Rule: impossible ion that before such a loan Ulstermen were ready to lay down could be floated it will be neces-their lives. How could their re-reply gives it as his opinion that sary that China's financial. ad-sistance be overcome? He reiter General Lang should remain at

ated that the Government was his post. introducing the Bill against its convictions and because it was dependent upon Irish votes. It was Mr. Asquith's debt of honour.

ministration shonld be under the direct supervision of foreigners.

SEDDON CASE

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SUCCESSFUL TRIAL.

NO REPRIEVE.

...

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 16, 12 p.m. REICHSTAG'S SYMPATHY.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] Reutor's correspondent at Syd- Router's Berlin correspondent

London, April 16, 12 p.m. states that the Reichstag stood as ncy states that the locally construc- The application for the reptiove a mark of sympathy with the

ted destroyer Warrego has made of the death sentence in the Sed Titanic disaster, The President expressal sympathy with Britain a successful trial, doing twenty doi polsoning case has been re-

three knota an hour.

and the other naitons involved.

fused.

Some time ago considerable argument arose between Chan Yi-li, director of the Sunning Railway Company and the mer chants in Kongmoon over · the A DEBT OF SHAME.

alteration of the route of the rail- Regarding the reform of the way. The matter was brought House of Lords he said that they before the Commissioner of Com- must wait till the debt of shame munications for decision. The was paid to Mr. Redmond. The Commissioner in turn left the Bill could not be carried without matter to the Chamber of Com- submission, to the people,

BIRRELL'S RETORT.

merce at Kongmoon and the Magistrate at San-mui, to inspect the line and report. Their re- port did not give any satisfaction Mr. Birrell said that the speech to the directors and an experienced Bouse. Les sooviclent and engineer will now be engaged to impudent. The Liberals were survey the line. content with their Prime Minister Dr. Sun-Yat-sen has informed and did not envy the Opposition the Governor-General that he will their new leader.Beuter,

go to Canton within six