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The Bang!

July 21st, 1912, Temperaturs

8844

TELEGRAMS.

EMPEROR OF JAPAN.

80 Humidity.

KAWAANTI

TELEGRAMS.

THE DARDANELLES.

TELEGRAMS

YESTABI

MONDAY

Telegraph.

WEATHER FORECAST

CHANGE

Barometer 29.04

“July 21st, 1911, Temperature am. 79, p.m., 82, Humidity...01, 83.

1912.

TELEGRAMS.

誠二廿月七英港香

TELEGRAMS

THE BRITISH PREMIER, THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.

NEWS FROM NORTH.

A SHANGHAI DEPTH.

LYING SERIOUSLY ILL,

THE ITALIAN RAID,

BEVERE FLOODS.

MR. MONTAGUE HARRIS,

GROWING POPULARITY.

NEW LOAN PROPOSAL.

CONDITION GRAVE."

(Our Own Correspondant.)

Shonglini, July 21.8.50 p.m.

Received, 9.17 p.

The Mikado is lying seriously ill with uremia, and the latest bulletin issued shows that he a unconscious.

There is a sovore swelling the abdomen.

The Empress has not left His Majesty's side since Friday, and other members of the Royal Family have boon summoned to Tokyo from the Summer Palaces.

Tho Crown Prince is reenvering! from chicken pox.

The Mikader veus noticed to be ailing on the 14th inst, but he was able to attend the State Council on the 15th.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Router's

[Service to the "Telegraph.")

Reuter's (Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, July 20, 0.6 p.m.

Received, 21 5,10.a.in.

(Out Own Conseptsitant.) Shanghai, July 21,8.10 p.m. Received, 9,17.p.m.

Severe floods are reported from The Rome correspondent of the Yangtse Valley, Southern Reuter says it is stated semi-Korea and Japan. officially that the Italian torpado hoats penetrated to the Dard- anelles but were discovered by search lights and subjected to a heavy cross fire from the forls on both sides. They found Turkish warships anchored but fully cable obstructions. Consequently, -prepared-and-protnoted by steGİ" the torpedo bouts did ant attack, but retired without sustaining damage.

VARYING, VIEWS.

Liter.

RUSSIA AND JAPAŇ,

SIGNIFICANT STEP.

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

London, July 20. Received, 21.12.25 p.m. A St. Petersburg message to tho "Timus states that agrooment has been reached bo. tween Russin and Japan pro viding for the joint defence of Manchuria and Mongolia in tho event of either Power being An attacked.

The Porte has decided not to sluse the Dardanolles, but to roduce the-width of the Channel botwoon the minofields.

Italian Note says it is absurd to suppose that five torpedo boats tried to force the Dardanolles, and ascribes the cannonade by tho foris

to panic. On the contrary, a Constantinople des- patch last night declared that after the withdrawal of the torpedo boats, which apparently were trying to surprise the floot Router's Tokyo correspondent anchored off Gallipoli, twenty-two cables that the Emperor is criti-warships accompanied by trans- cally ill, and was unconscious ports were sighted off the Straits. yesterday.

London, July 20. Received 7.16'

Pa

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Later. The Mikado is suffering from typhoid fever.

CONDITION UNCHANGED,

CONTINENTAL SURPRISE.

London, July 20, Received, 5.15 p.m. The news of the attack on the London, July 21, 12 p.m. Dardanellon was received with Routor's Tokyo correspondent Vionna and Berlin, whore it was surprise and incredulity in states that the bulletin issued last believed

cortaln mysterious evoning shows the condition of negotiations between Italian and the Emperor to be practically Gorman financiors with a view to unchanged.

promoting peace had been pro- grossing hopefully.

WORSE.

Later.

A bulletin issued at mid-day

indientes a change for the worse

in the condition of the Emperor,

INSIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

Later. Router's Home 'correspondent

who is still delirious. He is suf- says that detailed despatches

Ліноаве.

fering from serious urinary regarding the Dardanelles raid show that the damage done by the torpedo boats was insignifi- cant,

The Emperor has suffered from chronic kidney disease since 1000, and his present illness began ou tho 14th inst. wih marked nervous symptoms, albumeņuria und delirium.

CROWN PRINCE RELAPSES.

TURKISH GUNNERY

BLAMED.

Later.

The Italian newspapers, in announcing the withdrawal of The Crown Princo was recover the torpedo boate intact, thanks jug from chicken pox, and on the bad Turkish gunnery for fail bearing of his father's illness heing to sink them after they had relapsed.

TOKYO'S GRIEF,

(Independent News Agency),

Tokyo, July 20th,

The whole city has been thrown into terrible grief at the newa that H.M. the Emperor, who has been ill since the 14th inst., is now in a serious condition.

His Majesty has high fever, his temperature standing. ut 105 His illness has been diagnosed as gluco-suria.

ABAD SIGNS.

penetrated twenty miles up the Dardanellos. Those heroes, the papers say, have written the most glorious page in the naval history of the world.

THE OLYMPIAD,

AMERICA LEADING,

London, July 21, 2.50 am,

Received 0.30

pan.

(Our Own Componen

Shanghai, July 2

Reater's

[Service to the "Tel

Received:

raph."]

London, July 21. Received, 5:59. p.m The death has taken place. from scarlet fever of Mr. Mon-Mr. Asquith was busy yesterday tague Harris, B.A., the well-receiving doputations and visiting. known barrister, and a member Everywhere he was ovated. In of the firm of Hughes and Harris, the evening he spoke at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, the crowds outside and inside being in a frenzy of onthusiasm.

BISLEY.

KING'S PRIZE WINNER.

Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."} London, July 21.. Received, 12.25 p.m. Private Fulton, of the Queen's Westminsters, won the King's Prize at Bisley.

Later

Private Fulton is son of the Queon's Prizeman for 1888,

POLICE RAID ON NEWSBOYS.

Owing to the arrest of one of our news- ne wi boys by the POLICE yesterday afternoon, many of the boys became frightened and returned to this office with their papers unsold... £

As a consequence of this arrest and fright, we NOW OFFER to all bona fide NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the "HONGKONG TELE- GRAPH," whose names are enrolled during the month of JULY, the SPECIAL RATE of $1.50 (half price) PER MONTH,

If the action of the police prevents the paper from being sold on the streets by news-.- boys, we will sell it direct from this office as well as deliver it to all our subscribers, old and new alike.

Hongkong, July, 2, 1812.

THE INSURANCE ACT. NOTED WRITER'S DEATH.

DEFIANT DOCTORS.

MR. ANDREW LANG.

Reuter's [Sérvice to the Telegraph."]

London, July 21. Received, 22, 10.50 a..

The Committee of the British Medical Association has decided by 185 votes to 21 to recommend the profession to break off the negotiations with Mr. Lloyd George with reference to the In- Aurance Aot.

Router's Stockholm correspon. The recomiendalion will be dent states that the official sabuittod. to the annual meeting. return of points scored by the of the Association on Tuesday, nations at the Olymplad, exclud- which between 4,000 and 5,000 Tokyo, July 21,

ing yachting, is as follows:- His Majesty the Emperor is America, 129; Sweden, 125; Great

| delegates are attending. now in a comatose stató, and his Britain, 70; Finland, 48; Germany. temperature stands at 104, h:ia} 47; France 29; Denmark, 17; South pulse registers 109 and his new piration in 32.

J.

Later,

1.

1

AFRICAN VISIT.

Africa and Hungary, 16 oach; Canada, Italy and Australia, 13 GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. each; Belgium, 11; Norway, 10; Austria, 6; Russia, 5; Greece, 4; An official bolletin issued at 9 Holland, 3. It is expected the o'clock in the morning stated that Swedes will head the list on the there was no improvement in the conclusion of the yachting, in Emperor's condition. The fever which there are no American or has fallen from 40.5 (centigrade) British datries:

London, July 21, 2.50 a.m. Received, 6.30 p.m;

Reuter's [Service to the "Telegraph."

London, July 21. Received, 22, 10.59 a.m.

The death is announced of Mr. Andrew Lang, Hony D. Litt. (Ozon), the famous writer, at the age of 68 years...

RURAL TRAGEDY.

MURDER AND : SUICIDE.

TIT FOR TAT..-

From Chinese: Sourcin}]

Poking. July 21.

President Yuan intends raise a foreign loan for the pur-

pose of the relief of the flood

sufferers.

WISE ORDER.

President Yuan will give or dere to the provincial authorities to bind themselves to compliance

$86 YER AND BAG-

Bixous Jeff 10. Ümers,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN,

Telegrams,

Mr. Montague Harris, the well- known Shanghai barrister, has died of scarlet fever.

The German Crown Pripes is projecting a visit to the German Colonies in Afrion.

Private Fulton Westminster, find won Prize at Bisley.

There are indications at Con atautinople : gravo political developments ar per

Excluding yachting, Americs load the way in the Olympia events, Sweden being second and

A meeting of suffragettes with all Treaty' stipulations con- held at the Customs House foluded by the Manchu Govern- Great Britain third, WAS broken up by mobs ment.-"Shat Po." who threatened to throw them

Britain and America are. in.

of the ill-treatment of West Indies natives on the Peru rubber. plantations.

into the River Liffoy. Police, VICE-PRESIDENT RESIGNS. complete accord on the question with truncheons drawn, removed the terrified women in tramcars.

Vice-President Li Yuon-hong HOME RULE.

has tolographed to Peking and opposition cannot wreck

Mr. Asquith said a chaotic tendered his resignation.

the JAPAN AND MANCHURIA. Home Rulo Bill, which will go to the House of Lords bofore Christmas. Whatever the Lords from her possessions, colonies, Japan is exhibiting products did, they were no longer able to and dependencies, including over-ride the judgment of the Southern Manchurin, Koros and people. Home Rule was the Formosa. Wong Tai-slick, Chin- first stop in Imperial re-organi-

Three hundred Chinese coolies

Banka have rioted, attacked the tin mines in the island of employed on Dutch Government

manager's office, and deflod the

troops.

sation, of which it was the only e representative at Tokyo, has solution. He was in nowise telegraphed to the Ministry of critically ill with urinary trouble, The Emperor of Japan is embarrassed by the threats of Foreign Affairs stating that and the Crowa Peinoo, who was civil war and he did not believe domand for an explanation recovoring from chicken-pox, there was any prospect of it. The should be made British people would not tolerate Japanese Government,

from the hug had a relapso on hearing of the attempt of a minority to frustrate a great international JAPANESE EMPEROR ILL. settlement in which the Govern. ment had the sympathy of all the

His Imperial Majesty the Em- Dominions,

peror of Japan is seriously ill.

Four male suffragists were ejected from the meeting.

AN IMPERIAL, TASK.

་་

CIVIL V. MILITARY. Wu Han-man, Governor Gen- eral of Canton, has telegraphed to the Central Government ob.. Mr. Asquithin & speech at jesting to the idea of the paras Liverpool, said his reception in tion of the oivil guvernment from

unparalleled

Lator:

Dublin WAS 611 demonstration of enthusiasm, the military government, showing that Home Ruls would

PRECAUTIONS: add enormously to the strength

his father's illness. ..

Mr. Asquith hos received markedly fervent ovations nt Dublin. In a speech at Liver- pool he declared that Home tule will add enormously to the strength of the Empire.

It is reported that an agree mont has been rangled hetween Russia and Japan providing for the joint defence of Mongolis and Manchuria in the event of either Power being attacked.

of the Empire. Ho doclared that There has been a rumour air- no leader ever enjoyed greater culating of a rising against the devotion from his colleagues nor provincial government of Hupeh. The Committeo of the British more strenuous support from his Vice-president Li, in anticipation Medical Association has decided followers, all co-operating for of trouble, which may involve by a huge majority to recommend the common purpose.

the foreign concessious, has call-the profession to break off negotia ed the troops into readiness.tions with Mr. Lloyd George re- "Shat Po.".

garding the Insurance Aot.

BACK TO LONDON.

Later. Mr. Asquith has returned to London.

PERU ATROCITIES,

ANGLO-AMERICAN UNITY.

•

London, July 20, 3.20 am.

CABINET TROUBLE.

Shanghai, July 21.

A gamekeeper, who was under notice to leave, shot his master, Mr. Watt, a well-known land- owner of Newport Pagnell, as the lattor was returning from ohurch with his wife. The gamekeeper then committed suicide. ·

LOCAL

On the 19th inst., a meeting of the members of the State Council was bold to nominate members for the new Cabinet under Pro- Received, 3.55 p.m. mier Lu, Chau Obse-chat obtain- Reuter's Washington corres-ed 35 voles for the Ministry of pondent states that the British Finance, Chang Chung-cheung and American Governments are had 38 votes in his favour for complete accord in their the Ministry of Justice, Wu Wai- attitude on the question of the ill-tak secured 38 votes for the famous dramatic oritio, is in treatment of natives of West

in

Mr. William Archer,

the

Indies on the Peru rubber planta Ministry of Communications, Hongkong and has a good word tions. The United States have Shum Ping-kwan received 37 to say of its beauty. He sails dospatched, as a special agent, votes for the Ministry of Labour for India on Wednesday. Mr. Fuller with instructions to and Commerce, Wong Yun-man see that Peru. carries out her obtained 41 votes for the Minis- promise to punish the guilty.

HOME CRICKET,

FIVE DRAWN GAMES.

London, July 20, 6.5 p.m. Received, 21, 5.19 a.m. The Australians drew with Leicestershire, at Leicestor.

Northamptonshire and York-

Northampton.

Foar American bluejackets ap-

try of Agriculture, and Sun Yuk-peared at the Police Court, this kwan was nominated for the morning. They stool charged with Ministry of Education with 11 breaking a window, valued 817, votes in his favour. However, at 59. Wyndham Street, last night, these nominations were not ap and behaving in a disorderly proved and as a consequence the manner. The charge was with- Government is uneasy, and 'Pre-drawn. mier Lu has expressed his inton-| tion of resigning.

Three men and a woman were FORMER VICEROY DEAD. charged, at the Police Court, this morning, with stealing 72 lbs of shire played a drawn game. at Biu Ching, former Viceroy of peanuts valued at 86. Mr. Hupah during the Revolution, d'Almada stated that there had Sussex and Hampshire drew died at boarding house in been a series of thefts from cargo Shanghai."Sai Kai Kung Yik entrusted to the care of the de- fendants. Mr. Kong Sing said that this kind of thing had been going on for hundreds of years.

reman was granted.

at Eastbourne,

The game between the South | Po." Africans and Kent, at Maidstone, was drawn,

The Gentlemen and Players {also drew at Lords.

PORTUGUESE AFFAIRS..

PRESIDENT'S ADVICE. President Yuan entertains the London, July 21, 9.15 p.m.

members of the State Council to-day and will advise them to Receivel, 22, 0.20 a.m...

expedite their decisions on the

The death occurred this morn membership of the new Cabinet, ing of Mr. A. O. 8quair, account Mr. Watts, a prominent land-

ant in the "South China Morn A RECOMMENDATION."', owner of Newport-Pagnell, in

ing Post" offices, in most tragio The Kwangel Provincial Coune circumstances. He had been un- Buckinghamshire, was returning The Berlin' correspondent of from churals with his wife when It is expected that Sweden will is 39.3, and his pulse from 104 to head the list at the conclusion of Reuter states that the newapa he was shot dead by a gamekeep- Reuters Lisbon correspondent appointment of Shum Chun-morning he was found in bath

cil has telegraphed to the Central well for some weeks but had re- 100, though the latter is very the yachting, in which there are projecting a visit to the German or who was under notice to leave: states that a millory plot against hen, former Viceroy of Canton, room in the Royal George Hotel Government recommending the turned to business. Early this pora say the Crown Prines in irregular,

His Majesty is still in a coma no British or American entries,

colonies in Africa, and may re- The gamekeeper then commit the Republie has been discovered tose state, though occasionally he points list that the British Empire Ing of the Int mootion of the Mr

[It will be seen from the above present the Emperor at the opened sulalle.

at Evora (capital of the province in Commissioner of Interior for where he was staying, with hi becomes delirious?

Watts la s sister of Tady of Alemtajo.) The leaders have Kwangat province. Flat Kal throat out. Be died, some sottr totals 118)

Tanganyika Railway in 1914. Jo

been arrested,

Kung Tik Po

ANOTHER PLOT.

London, July 21, 2.50 a.m. Received, 6.30 p.m.