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The Hongkong Telegraph.

Juno ficha, 1912, Temperature a.m. 77, p. 79;. Humidity... 94, 93.

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TELEGRAMS.

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FRIDAY, JUNE

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Juno 6th, 1911, Toimperature am. 83,' p.m., 82; Humidity...79, 87.

五拜禮 號七月六英港香

1912.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

THE CHINESE LOAN.

THE DERBY:

HOME RACING.

HOME CRICKET.

THE HOME STRIKE.

REJ KOTED PROPOSAL

CALCUTTA SWEEP WINNER.

THE OAKS.

POINT AWARDS.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, June'7, 9.45 a,m.

Received; 9.55 .n.

China proposes that the Cùs. toms Tuotais should supergise the payment of soldiers in view of the hostility in the Provinces to foreign supervision of the Lan The internationaal bankers will not accept the suggestion.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

POLICY.

London, June 62 Rencived 11,49 aan.

In the House of Commous, Sir

(Our Own. Correspondent:)

London, June 6, 10 am.

· Received, 10 p.m.

Mr. Marcus Cotton, a merchant in Birmingham, is the lucky

winner of the Calcutta Derby sweep. He bought six tickets for £4 and when lo drow Taglie, which eventually proved to be the winning horse, he was offered £5,000 for his chance.

SHARED BY THREE,

A

London, Juno 6, 3.55 a.m. Received, 5.55 pan,

Three brothers named Cotton, members of a Birmingham firm of South Afrionn merchants, have

Edward Gray, in reply to Mr.divided the first prize of £40,000 Ginnell, said that, ponding the in the Calcutta sweep stake. final issus of the Chinese Loan Reuter.

which was now in conrao of

negotiation, His Majesty's Gor-

ernmoat had assured their ex-

Reufor's [Service to the "''Telegraph.'']

London, June 6, 3.35 p.m.

Roceived, 7, 2:49 a.m.

Oaks (to be run at Epsom on The probable starters for the

Friday, the 7th) are:-

Tagalie........(Stern) The Tylt.....(Rickaby) Siguorinalla...(Bullock) Sourabaya... (Walter Origgs) Croon Cloth...(Trigg) Proferment...(ligge) Silesia....... (Clark) Lovely Night (Saxby) Bollo Isle...... (11. Janes) Merry Maiden... (Poy) Jonny Melton (fluntory Mirakn.......

(Childe)

Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, June 12.30 p.iù.

Recaival, 11.38 p.m

receive three points for their Kont, Sussex and Hauts each abandoned matches against Notts, Derbyshire and Somerset respec- tivaly.

The Yorkshire y. Surrey and the Lancashiro v. Sueзox matches were not played.

TIBET.

Bill and Coo"... (FWootton) | (DALAI LAMA'S RETURN.

Loletto...........(Enri) Equitable.(O'Neill)

clusive support to the Hongkong THE TROUBLE IN CUBA. KING OF Montenegro.

and Shanghai Bank, the British ropresentative in the interna- tional combination, which, it is hoped, will render effective the aim of His Majesty'u Clov orament to provent any return to the former unprofitable policy of international competition Chinese Ionus.

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NO MONOPOLY. The support now given to this Bauk", Continuod Sir Edward "in no wise confers a monopoly theroon for the fsane of future loans, and I understand the Bank will admit to full participa tion British houses of established reputation.

PROPER CONDITIONS, "We have no desire to take advantage of China's difficulties. It is Chion who wants to borrow and not other who wish to press loans upon her, H Chiua enn disponso with foreign-loans it would be

n vory great relief and would put an ond to many troublesome questions. It

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clear that, in the present state of offairs in China, if money is to ba lent it must be upon proper cou.

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MORE. US. MARINES.

Rartor's

Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, June 6, 3.55 a.m.-

Received, 5.55 p..

states that four battleships have Reutor's Key West correspondent sailed for Guantanamo, where the presence of more American murines is thought desirable.

REPUBLICAN CHINA.

MILITARY COLLEGE.

(From Chinese Sources.}

Peking, Juno 6.

The inaugural ceremony of ditions; otherwise, Chinese credit the opening of the Military will disappear and emfusion and College in Peking will soon take chaos will rosult. And I cannot place.. support anything which is likely

to produce those circumstances."

AMATEUR GOLF.

CHAMPION BEATEN,

FOREIGN CLAIMS.

The Foreign Ministors at Poking have met together in order to claim damages from the Chinese Government sustained during the Revolution,

Router's

ÉDITOR'S ARNEST. [Service to the "Telegraph."]

Chin Ping-kwan, and Wu- London, June 6th. chun havo drastically prohibited. Received, 6.6 p.m. the papers in Poking from com- The sensational defeat of menting on the arrest of the Hilton in the fifth round of the editor." Shat Po." Amateur Golf Championship took place, the victor being Hambro by five up and four to play. The champion had previously been in wonderful form.

WONG TO VISIT HONGKONG.

Shanghai, June 6. Wong Hing will pay a visit to JOHN BALL, FAVOURITE,

Hongkong as soon as he resigns Later.

from the Resident Generalship in In the Amateur Golf Cham-Nanking, pionship being played at Wost-

ward Ho, the veteran John Ball EXPLANATION WANTED,

is now regarded as the favourite,

THE SEMI-FINALS.

Later.

Tang Sai-tok and other mein- bora of the State Council have demanded an explanation from

In the semi-finals Mitchell, the the Government as to whether the well-known Cantalupe, artisan-arrest of the editor by the police golfer, beat Macfarlane, of Bushey is legal or otherwise.

Park, by five up and three to "TERRORISTS" ARRESTED. play while John Bail beat Ham

bro by thres up and two to play,

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MABON RESIGNS.

p.m.

Three arrests of members of the "Terrorist Society" have been made in Nauking. During the

Anndon, Jane (, ( p13.

London, June:5, Rocoivel, 7, 11.20 a.m.

A message from Kalimpong states that all is bustle in the town to-day owing to the Dalai Lama's camp preparing to leave, Received, 7, 636 p.m.

Tents are being forwarded, as woll as baggage, white boots His Majesty King Nicholas of and clothes are being mado for the iloutenegro, accompanied by the return journey to Tibet, which Foreign Minister, has started for commences at the end of the Vienna aboard an Austrian battle-month.

ship

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

A GRAVE QUESTION,

London, June 6, Roceived, 8 p..

HUGE FIRE.

TOWN ALMOST DESTROYED.

London, June 6, 12.30 p.m. Received, 11.38 p.m. Router's Montreal correspond- The London "Daily Telegraph' ent telegraphs that a fire which states that the question of the started in the Lyric Theatre has British position in the Mediter- practically destroyed the town of ranean will be considered by the Cobalt. Cabinet at an early dato.

All the Government depart- ments affected, besides influential officers of the Army and Navy, regard the Admiralty decision as tost grave and only justifiable on the most urgent grounds and requiring detailed consideration before an irrevocable stop is taken.

ROYAL ILLNESS.

LATEST BULLETIN.

London, June 6. Received, 8 p.m.

MOROCCO.

LATEST AGREEMENT.

London, June 6, 12.30 p.m. Received, 11.38 p.m. Router's Paris correspondent telegraphs that it is reported that the Franco-Spanish Agreement in regard to Morocco is on the point of settlement. The nows is grooted with much satisfaction.

TELEGRAMS.

WIRELESS CONFERENCE.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

OPENED IN LONDON,

Reitor' [Service to the "Telegraph."]

Landon, June 6th. Received, 5.40 p.m.

During a disqussion on the

triko

announced

Rauler's [Service to the "Telegraph.**}

London, June 6, 3.55 .m. Received, 5.55 p..

CORRESPONDENCE.

$86 FER AN 107 O

SINGLE COPY 10 Chur

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

Telegrams.

The International Bankers have rofused to accept the suggestion of China that the Custome Tao- tais should supervise the payment of the soldiers.

Prospects of a settlement of the Port of London strike have con siderably improved.

In the semi-final of the Amateur

The town of Cobalt has been practically destroyed by fire.

The Government have ban. Golf Championship, Mitchell has in the Hous0 of quoted the delegates to the beaten Moofariano and Ball over- Commons, Mr. Lloyd George International Wireless Confer-come Hambre, the last-named

that the National enco in London. Transport Workers Fedoration Samuel, welcoming the delegatos, Hilton,

Sir Herbert having previously accounted for had passed 1 resolution spoke in French, German, Span endorsing the principle of aish and Italian, and expressed Joint Board with the provision of the hope that the conference Spanish Agreement regarding It is reported that the Franco- monetary guarantees by both would bind clower the interna- Morocco is on the point of sattle- sides to ensure the observance of tional relations, agreements.

nont. For the first time the Port of London owners had a substantial guarantee that, the men would oarry out their bar- gales, and he thought the men wore entitled to ask the owners to offer a similar guarantee. Ho appealed to the owners to do thoir best immediately to form a còm- prehensive Federation and to the worknien to resuine meanwhile, because the formation of such u. Foderation could not be completed in a day, or even a week... PROSPECTS BRIGHTER. Lator,

mon.

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[The opinions expressed by our cortes pondents are wit necessarily thing of the Hongkong Tolegraphs."

A Word of Praise.

To the Editor ofte Hongkong*

Telegraph."

:

Sir:-Permit me through the medium of your widely road paper to make publie the following facts:-

There are fiftcon probable startere for the Oaks, to be run at Epsour to-day. Tagalio, the Derby winner, is being ridden by Stora.

King Nicholas of Montenegro paying a visit to Vienna.

In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Grey has made an im- Chinese loan question, stating portant pronouncement on the

in China it is clear that if money

Ninety ships wore being un- loaded on Thursday afternoon; and the prospect of an early s014.20 p.m, my wife boarded a

On Tuesday, the 4th instant, at that in the prosont stato of affairs. tlement of the strike is consider. ably advanced. There have been from ear at the end of Tin Loks to bo lent to Chins it must be renewed conferences between the Lane, Praya East, and occupied a upon proper conditions; other Government, the in stora and the ite number. She alighted from appear and confusion and chaos wiso, Chinoso" crodit would dis- first class sent, without noticing Thorò is still trouble at Til- it at the Hongkong Hotel about be the result.. bury, and the police have been discovered that she had loft a new a suit against four big shipping pm. Shortly afterwards sho The U. S. Government has filed compelled to use their truncheons umbrella in it. Next morning I Companies, alleging the existence in a charge on the mob.

wrole to the Hongkong Tramway of a Trust monopolising the trade CANTON NEWS.

Co., Ltd., informing them that an botwoon the United States and umbrella bad been loft on a car Brazil. The Oplum Trade.

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the previous afternoon. Yester- The Calcutta Swoop in con- day at 4.20 p.m. I received nection with the Derby has been (The "Telegraph" Correspondent.) tolophone message informing mo

that the umbrella had boon found. Cotton, membors of the Birming- won by three brothers named Canton, June 6.

This is a piece of smart work, ham Brm of South African mor- The Prepared Opium Dealers' Guilds in Canton and Honan have considering that the number of chants. It is worth £4,000; applied to the Police Department No doubt the umbrolla was found the car was unknown to my wife. for the withdrawal of the order through good management and Labour M.P., has rosigned the Mr. Abraham, the well-known regulating the sale of prepared the faithfulness of servants (Chairmanship of the S. Wales. opium to thoir customers on the mean the conductor and ticket: Minors Federation.

gound that the dealors hayo a

large stock in hand. The Com-ollector.) The public will ba Mr. Roosevelt has won all the missioner of Police, in reply, hand to ligar of this incident and Republican delegates in the South refused to comply with their e of the energy shown in re- Dakota primarios. requests and his reprimanded covering it. I may add that

the applicants for having mado

I went to the Co;'s office this The question of the British posi--

auch an application. Ile further morning and mot Mr. A. Courao, tion in the Mediterranoun is, says to be who is in olargo. He informed the Daily Telegraph"; reminds the dealers that he iei

considorod Last wook shortly resolved to take drastic aetion of another case. against the secret sule and smok-a European lady lost an umbrella Cabinet.

in one of the cars. A Chineso ing of the drug.

woman was sitting by her side,

"Squeeze,

by the

LOCAL.

Some time ago a Society for and when this woman left the car

Tho foromanof the special jury the Preservation of the Agricul- the ticket-collector noticed that tural Industry was formed in aho was carrying two umbrellas. in the large fire insurance oase Canton, and it has now been Not having any suspicion, and made a request to-day, on behalf represented to the Governor balioving that the umbrellas be- of his colleagues, that the court General that the society should longed to ber, he paid little heed, should rise at lon minutes to one be dissolved as the members use On discovering her loss the lady every day, and that on Monday this organisation for farthering at once reported to the collector, Lia Lordship should rise at noon.

The requests were acceded to. their own ende rather than for and he said that he saw A the promotion of agriculture. Chinese woman carry away two An important case, which is The members were charged with umbrellas. By scurious chance, likely to come before the Puisno having compelled the farmers and shortly afterwards the same wo-Judge, is one in which an allega agriculturists to pay contributions man, who took away the umbrellas, tion of negligence is being made

A message from Montreal PREMIER AND SEA LORD. for each acre of land and instead boarded the same car, and the over the carriage of some dental states that the evening bulletin concerning H. R. H. the Duchess of Connaught says she is com- London, June 6, 12.30 p.m. fortable. During the day dis quieting symptoms developed but

Received, 11.38 p.m: the patient had improved Mr. Asquith and Mr. Winston materially during the last twelve Churchill

have arrived Gibraltar.

hours.

ALLEGED SHIPPING

TRUST.

BIG U.S. PROSECUTION.

London, June 6, 3,55 a,m. Received, 5,55 p.m:

A telegram from New York

THE FEZ SITUATION.

of making use of this money for collector, recognizing her, told goods to to. Hanoi. The plain- the promotion of agriculture, they her to return the umbrella, as he tiffs in the case are the Pacific appropriated it themselves. had seen her take away two. Mail S. S. Co., and the defendant Enquirios have conti med the She denied that she had taken is A. B. Marty. The amount charge, and the Governor General the umbrella, but the conductor claimed is $251.71. at has now ordered the police to threatened her and said that if the umbrella was not returned he have the Society dissolved,

Raising Funds,

would have her prosecuted. The umbrella was rotarned,

Yours, etc.,

M. F. R. Hongkong, June 7, 1012.

Not so Unusual in Hongkong.

In order to swell the "patriotio funde" the troops in Canton have decided to make proportional contributions monthly, while even the disbanded officers of the revolutionary soldiers havo volun- Larily waived the allowances granted to them. However, there For the first time in the history are a great number of the of the San Francisco polics de diabanded revolutionary soldiers partment a Obinose was under in the province who hold cer- arrest recently on the charge of tificates for permanent pensions, pocket-pioking. Ah Chong is the SUCCESS.finance is in such a strained state policoman wrestling with a Greek and now that the provincial mat. He was soon by a passing

London, June 5. Received, 7, 11.20 a.m. The situation at Fox has im- proved, and the Sultan has gone to Rabat.

trial of the prisoners it came out states that the United States ROOSEVELT'S that Chang-wu, Commander of Government has filed a civil suit The Artillery Corps in Nanking, in the Federal Court against the Prince, Lamport and Holt, Ham- burg-American and Hamburg.

“Londʊn, JunoTM9;3:55′′xm.

-Received, 5.55

is the ring loader of the con- Mr W. Abraham, M.P. ("Ma.spiracy, Chang hoa boon arrested bon") has roalgned the chairman and detaine.l. Great precautions ship of the South Wales Miners' are being takon in Nanking. Federation,

"Sai Kai Kung Yak-Po."

South American Lines, alleging

London, June 6th. Received 6.6 p.m.

A Chinese cook was olurged this morning at the Polios Court with assaulting a European lady from Kowloon. A fine of $10 was inflicted.

Eight men and a woman were brought before Mr. Melbourne this morning, charged with robbery on the Soshu Mara. A remand was granted, bail being allowed for the woman only.

Chinese Hospital for Kuala Lumpur.

it has been decided that the pen-in the street. In his possession,-A Chineso Maternity Hospital, sions cannot be paid in fall. By says the "Vancouver World," was with Dr. Gerrard, as Honorary S a Proclamation, these disbanded the gold watch the Greek claimed rotary and Towkaya Khoo Kong

"grand larceny" was written Tong and Choo Cheng Kay se soldiers and officers are advised had been lifted' from his pocket, Hooi, Loke Chow Thye, Ten Soow opposite Ali's name in the book at Committee, will shortly be estals- the city prison.

lished at Kuala Lumpur,

that there is a trust monopolising In the South Dakota primaries that, commencing from June the trade of the United States Roosevelt won all the Republican 1, the ponsions they are on with Brazil

{delegates.

beredwood by half,