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The Hongkong Telegraph.

April 28th, 1012, Temperature a.m. 71, p.m. 78; Humidity...02, 79,

No. 8772

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TELEGRAMS.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

Copyright, 1912 by the Proprieto

WEATHER Forecast.

FAIR.

April 28th, 1911; Temperature a.m. 82, p.m., 81; Humidity...72, 77.

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TÈLEGRAMS.

MONDAY, APRIL

20,

1912.

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TELEGRAMS.

THE TITANIC INQUIRY. THE TITANIO INQUIRY.

MOTOR BANDITS.

ROYAL VISITOR.

-DOUBLED THE WATCH.

GREAT, FIELD OF ICE,

STERN RESISTANCE.

SAILS FOR HOME.

MORE APPOINTMENTS.

CHINA IN TRANSITION.

THE TITANIC INQUIRY.

Amazing Allegations By Members of Californian's Crew.

SURVIVORS OF TITANIO'S CREW ARRIVE AT PLYMOUTH

[Reuter's Service to the "Telegraph,” j

Bombay, April 20, 7.25 a.ui.

Nocsivel 29, 11,50 a.m.

A mossage from Plymouth statės that a number of survivors from the crow of the Titanic havo

an wors detaine.l

arrive I there an

at the docks for examination.

Many of them bitterly resont tho

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There wero

enforce 1 detention.

many pathetic ones with ber

saved poople seeking nows of their

lost ones.

REFUSED TO SPEAK.

· KEEP IT TO YOUR-

SELVES."

Scaman Evans testifled that

women, and children were thrown

to the lifeboats as they were

aid jump. A lamp-trimmer said there were no lights on the

boats. Seaman Hemming stated

at he was asleep at the time

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Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."},

Router's.

Reuter's

[Service to the "Telegraph."}

London, April 28, 12.10 p.m.. Reuter's Paris correspondent

Router's

[Service to the "Helegraph."]

Lenaón, April 27, 4.30 p.m.

Prince Henry of the Netherlands

(From Chinase Soerom

Shanghai April 28,

The President has appointed

[Servics to the Telegraph."]

Captain Lord said he took pre The witness read a long list of cautions and doubled the watchmessages which he intercepted ¿wing to reptris received from and said he proceeded to the scene

at full speed, awaking all the slates that the polico last night lunched at Buckingham Palace Tang Kai-yui as Governor-gener- steamers two or three days prefiremen and serving out extra rum surrounded an isolated house at with their Majesties the King and al of Kweichow and Yui Man- Choisyleroi, six, miles outside riously of the presence of Ice. Hist., spur them to action. When day Paris, where the motor car bandita Quoen end afterwards sailed for

He come 10 the

wireless operator was not on duty or. Sunday night alter he sent the ice message. bridge at 10.30. An officer told him he thought he had seen light, but it had been a peculiar night and, he had been mistaking stars for lights. Then shp I came up and lay five miles from the Californian the whole night ng, but he heard nothing from her and he was convinced it was

broke he found a great field of ice, including from forly to filly bergs, some of them hundreds of feet high. He was compelled to hoist

men to the masthoads to seek a lane. A tramp was close by, and he tried to call her, but apparently she had no wircless.

had taken refuge. The latter Helland. kept up a steady fire on the polic who summoned engineers to dyanmite the house. Reuter.

TRIPOLI WAR.

RUSSIAN VIEW,

[Sorvice to the "Telegraph."] London, April-28 12.55 a.m.

-CALLED MR, STEAD, Captain Moore said that un- doubtedly the Titanic had not lixed her position properly, and must Tho St. Petersburg correspon- have been eight miles further Eustent reports that M. Sazonuff, the then the spot reported. A steward Foreign Minister, in his maiden

SILENCING SUSPICIONS.

danger of a general conflict in the Near East in consequence of Italian Turco-Italian war. The bombard

conduct of

ment of the Dardanelles was not

the

German NAVY.

NEW DREADNOUGHT.

[Service to the Telegraph.”]. London, April 28, 7.10 a.m. Germany's thirteenth Dread- rought, the Koenig Albert, has. been launched at Danzig.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. VINDICATION OF LIBERALS.

ting as director of the mint.

The League which had as its object the centralization, of the army has 1. va dissolvod.

PROVISIONAL CRIMINAL

CODE.

The Ministry of Justice has

submitted to the President's now

code for dealing with criminals

which is to be enforced provision-

ally while a more permanent form is being prepared.

of the collision. The boatswain

not the Titanic. About one in themed Cunningham described how rpeech, said Russia did not see any awakened him, saying "Turn out, morning he told the operator too called Mr. WT. Stead. who sked him how to put on a lifebelt. you fellows, You haven't half an re-call the ship, which had sent

Cunningham put the lifebolt on Mr. up several rockets, but the calls Stend, whom he never saw again. nour to live.

Keep it to your were, not answered. They were selves." Other scamen testified while rockets that she sent up, but

Mr. Franklin, vice-President of accompanied by acts showing that

DISPUTE SETILED. nut those indicaling distress. He the White Star line, recalled, was Italy had departed from the idea hat they were not warned and hed a faint recollection of a cabinted by Senator Smith if after of restricting operations, so it did

Regarding the friction which boy, at four o'clock, saying some they learned of the loss of the not affect the interests of neutrals. received big majorities, and tho has existed between Tang Shao- nany were skylarking after the

thing about the ship still standing lanie, the company, re-insured The closure of the Durdanelles had Liberals have captured. Charters accident. Mr. Franklin, the While oy, but soon after she steamed denied that they did such a thing,terests and Russia had - remon

her, Mr. Franklin emphatically affected Russian commercial in Towers, Mount Morgan and Gym-ri and Chiu Ping-kwan over the

Thio mon refused to speak until the representativos of the Son-

farers Union were admitted. A

stoker rolated his adventurous star Company's agent in New

Joubt that the investigation would

escape upon a floating door. A fork, re-examined, said he did not steward says that the Carpathia

passed one ing-lve extending for

twenty miles. IMPORTANT RECOMMENDA-

TIONS.

result in legislation affecting the

number and status of wireless

perators in ships.

SENSATIONAL ALLEG-

away.

100, FOR ROCKET STORY.

pointing out that all insurance was rated with Constantinople. handled in New York. and not. In

London, thus silencing suspicions LATE JUSTIN M’CARTHY.

inted at in the sensational Ameri-

an Press.

Evans, the wireless operator on the Californian, said he advised

· BRITISH ENQUIRY. the Titanic of surrounding the

The British. enquiry into the Californian. He received the reply Titanic disaster opens on Thurs

Shut up. You have jammed mo

doy. The #ssessors will be working Cape Race." He went Admiral Gough Calthorpe, Captain Clarke (Board of Trade Inspector!,

to bed and was awakened at 4.30

THE FUNERAL.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] London, April 27, 4.30 p.m. Tho funeral of Mr. Justin Carthy took place at West Hampstead. Many beautiful

ay the chief officer, who said he Commander, Lyon (Assessor to thewers were sent and there was a

Admiralty Court and Professor Biles.

The Liverpool branch of the

ATIONS.

The witness had seen rockets.

Boamon's and Firomon's Union

called the Frankfurt, who answered Sensational evidence was given

RELIEF FUNDS. informing of the loss of the ・・・ has recommended that members by Gill; a donkey engineman on

Evans added that theThe total relict funds now l'itanic.

amount *o £280,000. The the liner Californian, who declared Bailing from Liverpool should in-

Canadian Government has cabled that he desired to prevent any crew were talking about the sight- Bist upon the right of inspection captain neglecting to aid a vesseling of rockets and Gill said he $10,000 to tho, Mansion House

fund.

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of lifeboats by reprosentatives of the Union, an increase to £4.10 por moath for camoa and

£5 for firemen -Reuter.

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expected to get a hundred pounds from some newspaper for the rocket story when he landed.

SURVIVORS DUE,

London, April 28, 4.45 a.m. Survivors of the crew of the

lurge assemblage of political and Horary friends, including Mr. Red and and a number of Nationalists,

RAILWAY UNIONS.

FUSION FAVOURED.

n distress from hushing up the

(Service to the "Telegraph."] matter. He alleged that several of

London, April 27, 4.30 p.m. the crew were afraid of losing thel;

Seaman Ruley, of the Titanic,

The Railway Workers' Union obs and had refused to testify. He

was most testified that another steamer was Titanic are due to arrive at Ply in favour of the fusion of the rail- has voted, by 15,986 against 110, said "I say the Titanic plainly going at full speed at 11.56 sighted when the Titanic sunk.month to-day on board the 8.8. in the evening, when the, Caller ights kept the lifeboats Lapland. They will be detained away unions. It is understood the the docks till they have beer signalmen and pointsmen's society examined by the Board of Trade favours the scheme. representatives, Extraordinary pés cautions have beou taken to prevent the Press and the public from gain. ing access.

lornian's engines were stopped together in the idea that she was owing to the drifting Ico. Ten coming to their assistance, and minutes later he saw a rocket ten icot the passengers left on the mies distant, then another. Helitanic quiet. did not notify it to the bridge be- cause it was not his business He turned in and awakened at 6.40. in the morning, when the Cali.

NO GROUND FOR .

COMPLAINT.

London, April, 27; 1 50 p.m.

A Washington message states that on the resumption of the Titanic enquiry, Senator Smith, the chairman of the commilles, re-fornian was proceeding at full

speed to assist the Titanic. He ferred to the British criticisms as heard one officer tell another that to the conduct of the enquiry. He the captain had been notllied of the rockets. The entire crew talked

seld he had sent for officers of the uiout the disregard of the rockets.

KEEP OUT, Titanic, who had assured him they

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Captain Lord, of the Californian, had no grounds for complaint. The denied Gill's allegations. He said

that at 10.15 in the evening he Committee, he continued, had notified the Titanic, then 19 miles distant, of the presence of ice. He emple powers and were endeavour-

received the reply, "Shut up ng to get the truth, which the keep out." There was no further mmunication with the Titanic.

and

Tho enquiry was adjourned.

RESULT OF INQUIRY.

Senator Smith, interviewed, expressed the opinion that, the im- mediate rosult of the inquiry would be stringent American legislation regarding ships carrying wireless installations.

THE PHANTOM SUIP,

The evidence on Saturday con- cerned the so-called phantom ship

whose lights were seen by sur vivors.. The chief witness was Captain Moore, of the Canadian Pacific S., Moun: Temple, whose evidence refuted the allegations-in- the Press that the Californian and a Mount Temple were negligent In regard to assisting the Titanic. 1lo did not receive any distress Captain Moore mentioned that he British people wanted. Ho was

call till six in the morning, when

passed an unknown schooner and a five thousand ton framp steamer confident that adequate legislation the Bots from the Virginia or

did not, see the Titanic or which must have been near the herpignalson the Sunday evening: Titanic when shin sank

bythe Senate would follow.)

PORTUGESE COLONIES CONDITIONS OF LABOUR.

HOME RACING.

GUINEAS BETTING.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] London, April 27, 3.33 p.m.

(Service to the "Telegraph."] Lonion, April 27, 6.15 p.m. The Brisbane Correspondent cables that so far in the elections forty-three Liberals have been re turned and twenty-nine. Labour candidates. All the Ministers have

jue.

TROUBLE AT FEZ.

SERIOUS FERMENT.

[Service to the Telegraph."} London, April 28, 12.55 q.m. Both France and Spain are large- reinforcing their troops in Microsco, where undoubtedly there

|matter of appointing officials the President has taken a step which should settle all differences for the present from usurping Chiu's prerogative in the appointment of officials.

QUIXOTIO ÍNTENTION.

Chang Yun-tang the Chinese is serious ferment, as exemplified Minister at Washington has tele- in the uprising at Fez. There is graphed to the Republican disaffection among the foreign drilled troops elsewhere and a marked revival of activity amongst the Riffians.

The Paris correspondent says) General Lyautey has been ap pointed Resident General in Morocco.

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U.S. AND MEXICO.

AMERICANS FLEE.

Government stating that it is the intention of the United States Government to enter into an al- liance with China and to advance loans to her without interest.

WONG'S ADVISORS..

Wong Hing intends to appoint Wong Yun-man former acting Viceroy of Szechuan and Shum [Service to the "Telegraph."]

Ping-kwan former Governor- London, April 27, 7.25 a.m. Owing to the insecurity of lives general of Kwangsi na bin" and property arising out of the

advisors.-Shat Po. chaotic conditions in Mexico, Americans are fleeing from the Interior to the ports. In response to urgent appeals in Washington the Government has sent a trans port down the West coast to pick up refugees.

NEW BERTH FOR SAH,

Luk Ching-cheung has made a recommendation to the President to the effect that Sah -Yu u-tao former Chinese Minister at St.

The beting on the Two Thou: TAFT AND RO ́SEVELT. Petersburg should be appointed

sand Gulrcás now runs:-

7 to i Jingling Geordle.

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100 to 6, Lom.

2 to 1 White Star.

On the Derby:-

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, April 27, 6.15 p.m. The Lisbon correspondent wires that the Minister for the Colonies has introduced bills regulating the conditions of labour in Sao Thome | was:- sha Principe.

(The two Islands named are in the Gulf of Guinen, off the West

coast of Africa):

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RAJAH OF SARAWAK, LEFT FOR HOME.

[Service to the Telegraph."] London, April 28, 7:10 a.m. The Rajalt of Sarawak has left for Marselles, en route for Sarawakka

-4 to 1 Lomond.

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PRESIDENT INDICTED.

advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] London, April 27, 7.25 a.m... The St. Louis.correspondent

YUI ON TOUR.

Yai Yau-y is pror-eding to

The betting at Sandown Park gates that Roosevelt has won in Russia vis I" on a tour of napoo Star and the Missouri. Republican Convention. It is also his intention to

Evens White Lomond coupled.

BOXING.

MCFARLAND DEFEATS

AVELIS.

tion.

travel round the world before returns to Chinel

ASSEMBLY POSTPONED.

London, April 28, 7:10 am. Roosevelt, speaking at Wor cester, Massachusetts, vehemently | replied to President Telt, declaring "He has been not merely in

The meeting of the Peking thought, word and deed disloyal tour past friendship, but he has Assembly has been post been disloyal to every capon of until the 2016 London, April 27, 4.50 a.m.

ordinary decency and fair dealing. The New York correspondent 11s said President Tall had yielded fros that in a ten rounds boxing to the bosses," and had convicted match Packy McFarland easily himself of insincerity defeated Matt Wells on pointe. signed the Payne Aldrich trin.

[Service to fie "Telegraph,"

the

offic