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The Hongkong Telegraph.

November 17th, 1912, Temperature a.. 60, p.m. 71; Humidity...72, 64.

No. 8946

TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR.

联拾初月十年子壬

TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR,

MONTENEGRIN REVERSE.

MANSION HOUSE FUND.

Router's

(Service to the "Telegraph."] London, November 16, An official massage from Con- atantinople reports that seven battalions of Montengrins while advancing towards the heights of Kakarik, near Scutari, were re-

pulsed and fled beyond Boynus, abandoning 100 killed.

TURKS ROUTED. A message from. Rieka says there was

fierce fighting on Friday before San Giovanni and Dimedus. Three thousand Turks were driven back in disorder.

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Reuter's

[Service to the " Telegraph."]

London, November 17,

"SERVIAN SUCCESS.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

Copyright, 1812 by the Proprietor.

MONDAY,

TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR.

WEATHER FORECAST

FAIR. Barometer 30.05

November 17th, 1011, Temperature a.m. 79, p.m., 77; Humidity...79, 72.

NOVEMBER 18,

1912.

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TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

DISEASE. WORSE THAN WAR, GOVERNMENT DETERMINED,

Reuter's

[Service to the "Telegraph."}

Reuter's

MR. WILSON'S PLANS. UNIONIst conference,

REVISION OF the tariff.

Reuter's [Service to the "Telegraph,"]|

London, November 16.

'Renter's

FUTURE POLICY REVEALED,

at correspondont

that Mr.

Reuter's

(Service to the Telegraph."}

London, November 16.

$36,T.Ax>U

BIOLA COPY 10 Oxs

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

TELEGRAMS.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Colonel Gore-Brown, V.C., an Indian Mutiny veteran, is dead.

Mr. Asquith his denied that

Welsh Disestablishment.

[Service to the Telegraph.3"] London, November 17.

London, November 16. Colonel Seely, Sir Rufus Isaacs

The National Unionist Con- A Mansion House fund has

The Montenegrins liave Reuter's correspondent at Con-

ferenco has concluded. It passed oupied San Gionaani and Dime- been opened in London on bestantinople states that cholera has and Mr. Masterman, who address Washington wires

than the ad meetings on Friday evening, Woodrow Wilson, the Presidenttion to give State assistance to

resolutions in favour of legisla-dua. half of the non-combatant victims now become worse of the war.

Scourge of war. The cases now insisted that the disturbance in excoed 1,000 daily and over 50 the House of Commons on the Elect of the United States, an- facilitate peasant proprietorship The Servians on Friday drove per cent are fatal. The author Home Rule question had not sounces that immediately he is and housing reform. It con- the Government intends dropping

tien' are powerless, both method harmed the Government, who inaugurated he will convoke an demned the Lagi Taxes and the the Turks. from their positique, and organisation being Incking. would not swerves hair's breadth extraordinary Session, which will payment of Members of Parlia 4,000 feet high, commanding Three thousand piliente arri- from their determination to pass be held not later than April 4th Monastir.

from San Stefano remained | the measure. DISAPPOINTED RESERVISTS. for over 24 hours in the traine A thousand Bulgarian Reser on a siding without food and vista from America have arrived at water, only four doctors being Sofia. They are disappointed at present. learning that they are nut going to tho front. Many have gone to their homes in the interior,

ROYALTY, WATCH BATTLE.

The Montenegrins renewed their desperate attacke on Soutari by a two days' bombardment, followed by infantry assaults on the plain in front of the town. which caused the Turks to retire from their advanced positions King Nicholas and his son-in-law, the Grand Daka Peter, watched the operations from a steamer on the lake which the Turks a Tarabosh shelled.

MAGAZINE EXPLODES.

ving

" SUSIE'S" TELEGRAM I

the scene had been concerted, said Colonel Seely, describing how

the Opposition Members received MONTENEGRIN SUCCESS. a codo telegram containing the A message from Reuter's cor-words Meat me Marble Arch at

next, for the purpose of revising

the Tariff.

BARR.

respondent at Rieks states that four, Susie." Though the tole THE LATE MR. ROBERT the Montenegrins on Saturday gram temporarily embarrassod occupied San Giovanni and the Governmont, he had beard Dimedua with their environs.

THE CHINESE Republic.

SUPPRESSING RUFFIANS.

An Enthusiastic Newspaper Reporter.

ment.

CROSS-SUMMONS.

Trouble at a Dinner Party.

A Mansion House Fund has been opened for non-combatant victims of the Balkan War.

The Russian frontier authori❤ ties are making arrangements to facilitate a military march to Mongolia.

Mr. Woodrow Wilson, after his

At the Police Court, this after- noon, Mr. E. A. Irving again | went into the circumstances sur- rounding the case in which inauguration, is to proceed im- E. L. S Alves, of 17, College mediately with the revision of

the tariff. Ohambers, summoned J. Carr, fitter, 15, College Chambara, for.

THE ALLIES AND PEACE. A message from Reuter's cor- respondent at Sofia states that it is understood that the peace con. ditions of the Allies, in reply to Turkey's direct overtures, will be

that it caused still greater em- formulated without delay and

barrneament to the married presentod to Turkey for accept

Unionist. Members, whose wives ance or rejection "as a whole.

opened it! The Allies do not intend to permit Turkey to gain valuable time by

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT-

assault and using abusive Inn- A thousand Bulgarian reser- wrangling over terras, and unless

The Welsh Disestablishment;

As reported in the "Tole-guage. There was a cross-sum-vists from America are disappoint- the latter be neceptod within

(From Chinese Souronn.).

Campaign Committee has tale- twenty-four hours, hostilities will

graphed to Mr. Asquith and Mr. graph," Mr. Robert Barr, the no-nos, against Alves, also for ed on arrival home at not being

assault and abusive language. sent to the front. be resumed with the utmost

Peking, November 17..

Lloyd Georgo their grave concern velist, died at Iris residence at Mr. Needham, of Messrs. vigour. By prompt acceptance

Prosilent Yuan has appointed at the rumours of the possibility Woldingham, Surrey, last Ewens and Harston, appeared for Turkey may possibly avoid the

Ngai Chuschning us Field Marof the Government dropping the month. He had been in ill- Alvea. entry of the Bulgarians into A Turkish powder magazine shal. It will be his duty to sup-Welsh Disestablishment Bill.

health for so:ue-timo,・・ Constantinople. It is believed has exploded outside Salonika, press the rufluns who are creat

London, November 17.

Robert Barr was supposed by that Bulgaria does not object to destroying several houses. Eightying trouble in Kiansu, Anhui,

Mr. Asquith has replied to the Turkey retaining Constantinople Turks were killed, and in addi- Hunan and Shantung provinces. Welah Discstablishment Com- most people to be an American and the Dardanelles.

tion 15 Greek tronpers quartored-Shat Po."

mittee that the rumours that the who had come to Englanil. He OUTPOST SKIRMISHES. in adjacent barracks were killed

Bill is to be dropped are un-was, in fact, a Scotsman who had There are many rumours is and 30 wounded. Many arrests

spent the impressionable years of Sofia regarding the situation at have been mule. Ohatalija. One newspaper re- ports severe fighting and the capture of six forts, two of which Ricks states that General Vuko are most important, with heavy ties has arrived near Lako Sculari losses, but it is officially declared and was to march on Sunday to that up to the present no serious join in the siege si Seutari, where engagement has taken place, but the Servians are also expected. merely out post skirmishes and the when combined action on the capture of three villages bolone Albanian coast is anticipated if

COMBINED ACTION. Reuter's correspondent

IN HARNESS AGAIN.

Shanghai, Novembor 17.

founded.

British Cabinot Ministers in woek-end speeches announce the determination of the Clovernment to carry Home Rule.

A witness named Silva sail was at the dinner party given by Alves at which the troublo took place. He saw Carr pass by the door, and then return and kick A party of Suffragettes con- the door, at the same time using oluded a march from Edinburgh bad language. Curr afterwards to London by presenting a peti- ladies and on the clothing of people present. Witness blew a whistle and Mr. Alves blew it afterwards. defendant ohallenged witness to fight.

The State Council has approvod | MR, REDMOND UNDISMAYED.his life in America, Born in Glas. struck Mr, Alves, and spat at the tion to the Premier.

of the reappointment of ex Premier L Ching-choung as Minister of Foreign Affairs. new Minister assumed office the 16th inst.

ADVICE FOR RUSSIA.

on

The Chinese Minister in Paris reported to have advised the Russian Government to cancel

his

The

Carr said that he was assaulted,

and Alves called upon his friends

is allo

European Constable 111 depos

In a fight between American and Dutch bluejackets at Shang- bai an American sailor' named' Willie was fatally stabbed.

Heavy firing had been heard from Constantinople, and it is be

the lines, north, south and centre. the negotiations" between Austria the Treaty, with Mongolia, and the Welsh Disestablishment Bill school at Windsor. in Canada,ed to being called to the house lieved a general engagement ia

China.

TREATY PROVISIONS. The Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg na tolographed to the Central Government that the most important articles of the Treaty concluded between Rassia and Mongolia are to the following.

King Ferdinand is now at Kirk and Montenegro fail. It is stated to arrange a new Treaty with and Kilissel, but is reported to be pre that the first condition of the paring to start for Chataldja, The armistice is the immediate sur- railway is now in full operation render of the Scutari district to from Kirk Kilisseh to Tolorkess-the Montenegrins. keui, the second station from Meanwhile hostilities before Chataldjo.

Scuturi have again been suspends

· IMAGINARY STORIES. ad on receipt of a telegram from It is beginning to be under-Sufin that Turkey is suing for stood that the history of the war will have to be considerably re- CONSTANTINOPLE ALARMED.

peace

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MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.

It is said that one of the first

Mr. Redmond, speaking at

gow in 1850, he was taken York, said that the recent ocour- Therence would somewhat delay the to Canada at the age of four, Government's programme, but and lived later in the Uni what was a low days, or even ted States. Be first earned months, in this fight? He and his living at some manual trade, colleagues would shrink from but this did not last long. He encrifice in order to help pass was headmaster of the public

until 1876, and then he drifter of Alvas by the blowing of a in progress near the city, other British measures.

inte journalism, joining the ali whistle. Mr. Alves complained. torial staff of the Detroit Free of having been assaulted by Carr. Press. He was a very enterpris- Witness then called Carr out and RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA.ing reporter. On one occasion he ho said he was assaulted by Alves, conditions of an armistice is that isesi to have rifled the Canadian Witness did not know what to the Soutari district be surren mail bags in the pursuit of some make of the trouble so he took lered to the Montenegrina. copy for the formal delivery them all to the station. None of the of which he could not wait, parties were the worse for liquor. and to have bolted with it, run- By Mr. Needham Carr did not ning the gauntlet of the revolver complain of being assaulted by Reuter's correspondent at Shots of the custodians. On an Alves, but said he was assaulted daily, more than half being fatal.".

other occasion, says the "Times," by a man uained Silva. he crossed a frozen river, more than a mile wide, leaping from door of defendant's apartments Ourr in his evidence mid the

Arrests are being made at the ice-floe to ice-flce, in order to give was slammed in his face. This front of officers and others charg his paper early und exclusive in had been done many formation about a sensational previously.

times ed with an attempt to restore Abdul Hamid to the Turkish murder on the other side of the His Worship dismissed both Throne. frontier. He also, at this period charges * of assault but of his career, accompanied the fined Carr $5 for using abusive Hon. Thomas White, the language, saying that he did not Canadian Minister of the In-think Carr had any reason to go terior, on a mission to conolude a banging at Alves door six times treaty with the Iroquois Indians; inside a month. He would, not and the Iroquoia showed their es bind the parties over but be hoped

onst. The" leithpost's" accounts Reuter's correspondent at Consident General in charge of

(1). Russia will appoint a Re-

religious and administrative affairs.

(2). The Minister of Army stationed in Fulon must be a Russian.

(3). All the mining sites in the whole of Mongolia are to be

of the tremendous battles after stantinople, wiring at 11.30 on Luleburgas and the furious pur- Sunday evening, says heavy firing suits to the Chataldi lines aa boon audible throughout the appear to be largely imaginary.eity since very early in the morn- The special correspondents are ing. It would seem that a general now pointing out that the Bul-engagement is in progress. garians were strangely dilatory There is considerable excite- after the victory at Luleburgas ment in the city, and many explored by Russians. and missed an exceptional oppor-bousetops are 'orowded with tunity of destroying the anetay. people listening anxionsly. Nevertheless, the fact alone that No information is available as golia will be terminated.Shat

Turkey has applied for an armis to the nature of the engagement, tice confirms the belief that alie but it is believed that the Bul- is dangerously weakened and can-gariane are attacking Bojaktebak- not sustain a prolonged defence. maje,

A POPULAR PRINCE.

(4). By this Treaty the re- lations between China and Mon-

Po."

London, November 17. Petersburg states that a Cossack force is being sent to Urga. Ite strength is not stated.

The Russian frontier authorities have arranged for storing tents and supplies at varions stages on the march to Mongolia.

OBITUARY.

SECRETIVE METHODS,

Shanghai, November 17.

:

honorary chief of their tribe and them having trouble, bestowing upon him an Indian name of which the English trans lation is, "The White House."

President Yuan called a meet COLONEL GORE-BROWNE,V.C. teem for him by making him an he would not hear any more of Turkish warships have bom-ing of the Cabinet Ministers and Router's correspondent at barded all day long the Bul- the representatives of all, the Belgrade telegraphs that the garians at different points of the provinces, at which the Pre- Servian Crown Prince, who is coast of Marmora, proceeding to Monastir, arrested his progress at Prilep on route, and was given a most enthusiastic reception, the inhabitants of the

Cholera is increasing rapidly, and many patients have been placed in a mosque.

London, November 18, The death is announced of Colonel Gare-Browne, V.C., J.P.

RESERVE.

The effects of cholera are worss than those of war in Constantino- ple, over 1,000 cases occurring

The King of Montenegro and his son-in-law watched the Mon tenegrin attack on Seatari from a steamer which was fired on by the Turks.

LOCAL.

The Fire Brigade had a rehear

sal of the drills and display work to be given at the annual inspec tion.

sident's policy towards Mongolia was made known. All present

He never took up his position HONGKONG VOLUNTEER among them as a White House, [The deceased Colonel, who was on but he was able to render them were satisfied, but Yuan's pro- proposed action is kept in the the retired list, was born in Ireland in an important service in later "ARREST OF TURKS, greatest secrecy..

1850 and educated at Trinity Collage; i A message from Sofia states YUAN THE FIGHTER,. town strewing flowers in his path that the arrest of Young Turk

Dublin He Was gilted to the 33rd years when an Iroquois chief The Volunteer Reserve, have to England to came

sook boon asked to take part in the Sang. Lee, 'who was the contrac President Yuan has expressed Light Infantry in 1885 and was one of WITH THE GREEKS. leaders is continuing; and there his intention to lead the troops the Lucknow. garrison from Jace to redress of grievances. The chief Field Day on Sunday morning tor for many buildings in the The Greek fleet has occupied

November 1857, was twice wounded called on Barr at the Detroit Free the 24th." November in conjuno Colony, has secured the contract. are also many arrests at the front on the maroh upon Mongolia. the peninsula of Omant, in Athos of officers, alemas and hedgas 'THE WAR SPIRIT. and rapentedly mentioned la general Prces office in a white man's suit tion with the Hongkong Volun- for the Tytam-tuk reservoir.

Fighting has commenced out charged with a propagands to

The Governor General ofrders. He was promoted to and straw hat and complained teers and Scoute. The operations side Monastir, but a decisive restore Abdul Hamid to the Shansi and Eupeh have tele-pany, for service in the field and was that he could get no one in au- will be in the neighbourhood of

The body of a Chinese was battle may be delayed by the

graphed to the Central Govern-arded the Victoria Cross, the Matlay thority to recognize his oreden- Fan-ling and Taipo, and will he

tials. Put on your chief's dress," over at an early hour. Members found hanging in a house at floods, which are impeding the

No official war news has been ment suggesting the opening of medal and olsspa.].

said Barr, "and then I'll take you who are able to attend are reques. Cheung Chau. A similar case was movements of the troops.

received in Sofia from headquar-hostilities against Mongolia,

to the House of Commmon ted to send in names to the reported from the same distriot a tere for five days. It is presum-

· MEDIATORS.

The Indian with his m-c- President by to-day, as it is hoped few days ago. casins, engle's feathers, and that it may be possible to have

SIR EDWARD GREY BUSY. London, November 17.

Throne.

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

London, November 17,

17.

ad that either little progress is The Japanese, French and being made in the attack on German Ministers at Peking are

tomahawk, out such a figaro in uniforma ready for those attend- An Indian has been sent to Chataldia or that fighting has reported to have come forward to

the Distinguished Strangers' ing. His Excelleney the Gover: hospital suffering from a wound A letter from Sir Edward Grey altogether ceased, pending the act as mediators regarding affairs

Gallery that Mr. Gladstone and nor will be pre-out and hopes the on his head, alleged to have been was read at a meeting at Alnwick negotiation of an armistice, in Mongolia. They promise to

A party of Suffragettes conclud-Sir William Harcourt sought an Reserves will turn out as strong as inflicted by two other Indians in which he asked his absence to

THE ALLIES PLANS. give a reply to China in a fort

ed a six weeks' maroh from Edin-introduction to him, listened to possible,

now in custody. be excused. It had been im- It is announced in Belgrade night.pone.

As the operations will com- possible for him to leave London that the Servians have lately heen CHINA'S CONGRATULATION: burgh to London by holding a history, and promised to see for the past, two or three weeks, investing Adrianople, preambly

President Yoon intends to meeting in Trafalgar Square on justice done.

mence early on Sunday morning and it would be some time before while the Bulgarians have been despatch Chan Kam-tao to Saturday evening. Two ladies Barr was often to be met at the Roses will learn Kwloon This morning in the Supreme he could get more freedom, al concentrating at Chataldia, and Washington to congratulate the carried a petition, numerously the Devonshire of the National Railway Station at 10pm Court this trial de noyo was com though the prospects of a favour that since then there have been newly-appointed President of the signed en route, to Mr. Asquith's Liberal Clubs. He was a most Saturday night for Tai Po where menced of Torghan- able solution to the European toro sorties, both being repulsed, United States of America, Sai residence. There was no distur- genial companion and an eroepslesping accomodation will be charged with the murder of Suba dar Alf Bhats on the Shameen fionalig onterfeiting rddouteur. question were not unsatisfactory, the Turks sustaining heavy losses, Kai Kung Yik Po.

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