The
Hongkong Telegraph.
December 8th, 1912, Tomperature a.. 62, p.m. 691 Humidity. 73;. 58.
No. 8964
TELEGRAMS.
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December 8th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 70, p.m.,72; Ilumidity...68, 70.
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TELEGRAMS.
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MONDAY, · DECEMBER
"1912.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR.
SITUATION UNCHANGED.
THE CANADIAN OFFER. BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
ATTITUDE OF LIBERALS.
OBITUARY
BRITAIN'S SAFETY.
THE GOVERNOR'S DEATH.
SIR GEORGE DARWIN.
A REASSURING STATEMENT.
- $36 FER ÁTTU...
SINGLE COPY 10 (C
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
Router'a
[Service to the Telegraph."]
Reuter's
Renter's
Later.
[Service to the "Tolegraph."] [Service to the "Tolegraph.""] London, December 7.
London, December 7,
London, December 7. Reuter's correspondent At Reutor's correspondent at Otto- Tho Governor of North Borneo, Vienna telegraphs that it is semi-wn telegraphs that the Liberal Mr. Scott Mason, has been killed officially declared that the inter-caucus has appointed a committes by a fall from his horac.. national situation is unchanged, representing both Houses of Par as, despite the repeated almöni-liament to formulate an amend The North Borneo Company tions of Russia, the attitude of ment to Mr. Bordon's Naval Billy express deep regret at the death Servia is still intransigent, owing Tho cancus are unanimously of of the Governor. Mr. Aylmer to the predominance of the the opinion that the Admiralty Pearson returns immediately to military party.
memorandum clearly established assume the governorship, and thea that there was no emergency chairman, Sir West Ridgway, THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, justifying a departure from Sir proceeds to the territory early in
Wilfrid Laurier's policy. The January..
It has been arranged that the Committee advocate a continu-The death of Mr. Scott Muson was peace negotiations will be gonnes of that policy, and are also reported in a special ebgram the duoted at St. James' Palace. unanimous in declaring that the Telegraph" on Friday: f
Liberals are willing to vote st toast the sunr suggested in the Admiralty, memorandum for an emergency contribution, but they JAPANESE POLITICS. believe that the vote should be made towards a Canadian naval
Router's, Sofia corresponddont wires that M. Daneff has returned from Chataldja, and is optimistic as to the outcome of the peace negotiations. The Turkish do legates at Chátoldja aro most conciliatory.
A GRECIAN RUSE,
rvice in co-operation with the Imperial fleet..
"A further wire from Ottawa statos that Mr., Rowell, the Liberal leador in the Ontario Legislature, in a non-political speech at Galt, expressed his personal regret that Cantin was not, maintaining, as
A "TIMES" COMMENT.
Reuter's
[Service to the "Telegraph."
"TRADE RETURNS.
ALL-ROUND INCREASES.”
Router's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London, December S.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
It is reported that Adrianople has provisions for only 15 days,
The death is announced of Sir The trade returns for last George Howard Darwin, K.C.B. month shove increases in imports
Reuter's [Service to the "Telegraph."] London, December 8.
London, December 7. The death is announced of Sir Colonel J. E. B. Seely (Minis- George Darwin, K.O.B., at the ter for War), speaking at Heanor, age of 66 years.
said "We are now neither weak amounting to £5,601,059 and, in The Greeks have occupied [The deceased, who was the hecand
of Charles Darwin, author of the nor powerless. We are safer atports amounting to 2,371,996 Sanii Quarants, Delvino, and
The increase in imports is Argyro Castro, Origin of Spees," was President al son than we have been for a long principally dno to an increase of
Britsh. Asso-ition in 1905 and of time. The Army is more efficient £2,488,697, in raw cotton. In Vienna reports the renewal, the Royal Astronomical Sqoisty ID 1893.
was ealed to the Ber in 1874, but and more ready than it has over exports the increnses are princis without modification, of the and devaled himself ta mah matles by responsible advisors of the manufactures ($529,125)... la er returard to Ombridge University been. I am assured to that effect pully in coat (£818,879) and steel
Triple Allianco. science, horoming Piuining Professor of War Office, who are most qualifi-
Deces, ed opored the bridge over the lie in maintaining peace. Astronomy and Experimental Philsophy.ed to judge. Our entire interests Victoria Falls in 905.J
seek no new territory."
LOCAL SPORT.
(Continue from page 5). R. F. Thuire field, b Hastings A. H. Gillingham, b Pearson fl. Hancock, e Olivor b
Ilastings
10
London, Decorber S. E. A. Fowler, b Hastings. Greck diplomatic cireloa in London announce that no mis
The Times," discussing the R. Hancock, e. Swedley
Hunton understanding exists among the
political situation in Japan, says W. M. Mans, lbw b Pearson
b Allies, and that the arrangements
the issue of the struggle is un for the armistice were settled in well as giving the three Drond certain, but things must have A. A. Claxton, not the general interests of the Allies: noughts. He would like to live moved in Japan for it to have. E. Donnelly, b Hunton This loods colour to the sugges seen the Naval Agreement of happened at all. Ten years ago tion that the abstention of Greece 1911 carried out and Canada fly-it would have been inconceivable that any Cabinet could offer from signing the armistice was ing the White Ensten in her own a diplomatic ruse to make the waters and protecting the trade bold resistance to military dieta Turksconcedo more ulvantageous routes and honour and integrity tion. terms to Bulgaria, while enabling of the Empire as the” Comaian- the blockade of the Aegean Son wealth was doing in Australian to be maintained..
cratore.
SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE.
A message from Constantinople
AFRICAN OPINION.
General Botha, speaking a aays that the Vali of Adrianople in. Grahamstown, said thero was n a telegram despatelied on the 4th, need for nervousness regardlids instant stated that all the forces the naval question. Opinion in of the enemy on the night of the South Africa was divided as to 3rd nesaulted the city on four whether to continue the contri sides, but were repulsed after abution, give Drandnaughts, or terrible battle lasting for six have her own navy. It was a bours.
ifficult and delicate question It is reported that Adrianiple and he was anxious to take the has only provisions. for lifteen right course. daya.
TURKS VIOLATE ARMISTICE.
THE NEW ZEALAND VIEW;
Rele
A message from Cetinje states
Correspondent at We- that, notwithstanding the armis-lington telegraphs that Me
Ant
2
Kowloon
N. L. Railton, e Lindself, b
Edmonds
L. M. Whyte retired, 19. J. Blaskbura, retired, Capt Roberts, 6 Phillips
We
N.D.L. Ship-Building Programme.
Information has reached Perth
to the effect that the North-Ger-
For lust month British imports increased by £5,601,059, and exports by $2,371,996.
A Grook squadron of six units was sighted off the Dardanelles, straits on Saturday afternoon.
the
It has been arranged that the Baikan penco negotiations will he held in St. James's Palace, London.
man Lloyd Company have or~ Mr. Aylmer Pearson returns 20dored from the Bremer Vulcan immediately, to 32 Company, of Wegesack, four Governorship of North Borneo, 4411,000 ton steamore for the Aus- 36 tralian servico. Tho great Bromen 14 corporation liave also under cons traction at the present time, 1 among other vessels, seron Ans
tralian mail steamera and twol Australian cargo stoamers. It is a
An attack on Adrianople on the Jong time since more interes 3rd. inst, was repulsed by the ing and important information hos Turks after a terrible battle last- 12 been made public. It indicates, ing six hours..
among other things the value of
... 159 the Common wealth from's ship-
18
H. E. Goldmitt, not out,
0
G. Wolf, did not bat
E. J. Mackenzie, not qut
21
N. Croucher,
5
H. Scott
out 21
H. Overy,
did not bat
5
E. J. Edwords,
Extras 7
Extras...
Total 151
· Total Bowling,
Boxing. 0.
0. M.
M.
R. W. Edmonda
11
47
Hastings 14 Hunton
2
45
4 Bradbury
0 34
11.4
0
62
4 Foster
6
0
17
THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. Wacs
3.
0
10
Of Sara
2
0. 11
Pearson
3
0
271
2 Lindsell
2.
0
10
Leo Jones Phillips
3 0: 30
2 0.10
THE WUHU RIOTS,
[From Chinese Sources.]
Kowloon defeat Police.
Kowloon scored a win over the police on Saturday afternoon, J. playing on the Happy Valley Ground in a league match. Weaser R. for the winners proved particu
ping standpoint and the deter-
Notwithstanding the armistice,
R. Wmination of the Norddeutscher the Turks attacked the Montene 1Lloyd directorate to regain that grins at Tarabosh on the 6th., but position with the section of the the latter did not return the fire,"
Wolf. b.
Civil Service O. C. Higginbotham, e. Railton b. Scott.....
Phillips, c. Goldsmith..... Wahn, Decomber 8.. Last night, the disbanderarly deadly, taking three wickets R. E. Lindsell, b. Scott troops at Wuhu broke into riot. for 11 runa and out of 12 overs J. W. Lee Jones, run not and looted several houses and bowling seven,' maidons. The A.Foster, c. Scott b., MacKenzie
O. Sara, o. Railton, b. Wolf shops. The cause of the tronhscores were as follows:- was that the rioters had not beer' paid off—“ Shot Po,"
King
A Bradbury did not bat ... J. Spittles
Extras.........
Total........
Bowling.
0 Australian travelling public pat-
Oronising the mail route to Europe,
The Times" says the issue of
vin Suez, which it once enjoyed the Japanese political struggle is The advent of the P. and O."" uncertain, but things must havo class of steamers, and the moved for it to have happened at splendid new fleet of the Orient all: : Company have affected the posi- 3tion of the German boata as
Canadian Liberals believe the serious competitors for passenger naval vote should be towards a patronage, while the vessels of Canadian naval service working 1 the Fronch mail lino have in co-operation with the Imperial
for a long time consed to be Qeet.
23 seriously regarded at all by the GBritish lines nu rivals in the com-
Col. Seely saya Britain is now. Dmercial sense. The class of ship wafer at sen than for a long time, with which the North German and the British army is far more Lloyd Company have been con efficient and readier than ever it tent to carry on their Australian has been.
Κοπίους,
J. G. Douglas not out....
F. Sutton, b Kerr ...
10
N. H. Edmond not out
W. E. Dixon, b McLennan.
6
€
7
... 3
-13
0
29 Goldsmith
Scott
Overy"
2
Robertson
... 2
0
MacKonzie
3
Wolf
1
Blackburn
80
RUGBY FOOTBALL.
On Saturday afternoon a Friend-
Imperial German Post-master-
W. L. Woaser; b Burlingham L. F. Townend, c Pitt, b Bur-
lingham
ELECTIONS BEGIN.,
Shanghai, December 8.
J. Mend, h McLennan The election of the members A. R. Raven, b King for the Chinese Senata began H S. Rouse, run out tico, the Turka at Tarabosch Massey, the Prime Minister, in a attacked the Montenegrins, who, speech congratulating Canada. been erected in the different parts J. P. Robinson, c Cooper, b
yesterday. Ton matsheds find B. D. Evans, b King. however, did not return the fire.aid that Now Zealand's contri of the City for the electors to
"GREEK OCCUPATIONS.. bulion ensured the presence of
vote. The public took great in Reuter's correspondent certain warships, but these were terest in the election and n Athens wires that the Greeks not fighting ships when compared tronble of any kind occurril, from Epirus have occupied Santi with battleships. Quarants, Delvino, and Argyro-Minister for Defence returned
From London, the Governme
would declaro its naval policy If more monoy was necessary be was confident that New Zealan-not to publish the movements of
the Chinese troops. lors would respond worthily to the call,
castro.
THE GREEK SQUADRON. The authorition at the Dar- danelles report that a Greck quadron of six units was sighted off the Straits on Saturday after.
noon.
It is reported that tho Servisne have mounted several battoriea on
the Danube opposite Orsova.
A RUSSIAN COMPLIMENT.
Wlien the
"THE WORLD'S CLEARING
HOUSE."
***
P. W. Wilkio, b Burlingham MILITARY SECRECY. The gondarmos at Poking have W. Curwen, not out
Extras observe the strictest secrecy ani! written to the native press in.
**
Total
Bowling
0. M.
O. M. R. W. 6 1 11.1 5 3 5 2 20 9 0 09.0
2 0.5 1 2 1 2 1 10 2 0
The New Zealand Premier says if more insney is necessary for naval defence he is confident New Zoulanders will respond worthily
to the call.
mail and passenger service is almost as out of date as the French 44 Vessels-that is, when comparison is instituted with the British vessels. They are of one class, of which the "Scharnhorst" or *Seydlitz" may taken as examples. They have larga
A halief exists that the Greek cargo carrying onpacity, bus comparatively limited passenger abstention from signing the accommodation and a sufficient armistice was only a ruse to make speed to enable them to keep the the Turks concede more advanta liberal time allowance specified (geous terms."
in the mail contract with with the
General Botha says opinion
Iv. match was played between the General in Berlin. It has to be in "South Africa is divided as
W. Rugby section of the Hongkong remen bored, however, that the to whether to continue the con-
8 1. 27 1 Football Club and the Navy, and prosent contract terminates in tribution, giyo Dreadnoughts, or
2 resulted in a win for the latter by about 12 months time, and it is have their own navy..
5 0 23
6. 1.20
3
MONGOLIANS RETIRE. The Tartar General of Kwar lun hans telegraphed to the Central Government that the Mongolian Reutor's correspondent at Monruffians have fled back to the treal wires that Baron Rothschild frontier of Hai-l district- has telegraphed his congratula, Shat Po." A message from St. Petersburg tions on the gift of Dreadnoughts, states that the Grand Dukedeclaring that London would be Nikolai Mikhailovitoh has left for the clearing house of the world Bucharest to present King Charles while the British dag was with the baton of a Field Marshal supreme and universal peace of the Russian Army. AUSTRO-ITALIAN WARNING Renter's correspondent at Rome wires that the Foreign Minister has announcod that Italy and Austria have informed Greece that they will never comsent to the Bay of Valona or the Island
Kerr ... McLennan.... King:
4 1 Burlingham...
Hongkong Police. Pitt, a and b Wesser RELEASED FROM GAOL.
McLennan, b Dixon... Shanghai, November 8.
Booker, b. Dizon Man Fook-wn was released Barlinglaro, b Dixon from prison after several years' Grimmett, c
Weaser, b Dixon imprisonment on the 7th inst. Wodehouse, b Wenser will be remembere that this man King, o Dixon, b Weaser was the would-be assassin of Cooper, b Dixon Wong Chi-chan, Governor of Foster, not out, Kwangsi, and he committed the Korr, & Wilkie, b Dixon orinio while the latter was at Cookle, b Evans Shangbai.
asured.
ANOTHER RAILWAY
STRIKE.
THE MONGOLIAN QUESTION. It is reported that Russion troops have advanced into Fulon
of Basono bolonging to Greece. THREE THOUSAND MEN OUT. in contravention of Treaty. Pre-
There are grounds for hoping that the question will be satis- factorily settled.
London, December 8.
Bowling, 12
11
11 0
2
0
3
a goal to a try. The game provedregarded as possible-indeed
3 an interesting one throughout, highly probable-that the Ger Three thousand North Eastern and, as the reault shows, produced an authorities have conveyed a railwaymen are out owing to the
a very keen struggle. In the first hint to the Bremen directorate |
engine-driver convicted at
2 half the Clab had decidedly the that if the contract is renewed it company's refusal to reinstate an
better of matters and a fine run will have to be on the basis of police court of drunkenness.
O by the 3/4 line ended in Chapman vessels at least approaching in
O scoring between the posts, but speed and passenger equipment
7 the try not being converted, those owned by the two British
Club had only the mail Companies.
11 the
"5 lead of three pointo at
7 half time. Shortly before this
Wallman, a Navy half, was injur- The Late Mr. Sheridan Read.
9 ed and had to retire, but was re- The Hon. Sheridan Pitt Road,
3 placed by Mees while the Club lost recently American Consul at
a forward. The second half pro- Tientsin, died in London on
had been chosen by President
LOCAL
Mr. Kouzmingly, the Russian aviator, gave an excellent exbibi tion at Macao yesterday.
Come excellent" boxing was
55 duced even a keener struggle but November 1 at the age of 51, witnessed at the City Hall on was altogether in favour of the Mr. Read rendered distinguished Saturday night and is described Weaser sident Yuan has, for this reason, Dixon
3 Navy who were pressing practi- services in China as Consul. He to-day. 418cally the whole time, although it expresssed his intention to hold
Evans
1 was not until quite near the end Cleveland to lend the Szechuan The Feast of the Immaculatė a conference at Peking and to Three thousand railwaymen in ask all the Mongolian Clans to be Kowloon "B". v. Civil Service. the try being converted, they main 1894-6, and made a trip through the Catholic ohurches of the that they managed to score, und Investigation Commission in Conception was observed in all the service of the North-Eastern represented. Railway are out on striko, owing
Kowloon "B" were at home on tained the lead of 2 points until the heart of Ching of over five Colony yesterday. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. to the Company's refusal to rein
A BANK “RUN." The Chinese merchants in Saturday to the Civil Service O. C., the finish.
months' duration, attended by state to his former position an Tientsin are continuing to make a poor game resulting in a draw, The Olub will play the Army engine-driver convicted in а a "run" on the Russion Bank, in which all the honours were instead of the H.M.S. Kent on police court of drunkenness. The The Russian Minister at Peking with the home team. L. J. Wednesday. next at 4.45, when an train service has been curtailed has written to the Ministry of Blackburn, 44, was top scorer, other close game should result, by more than half the usual nuth- Internal Affairs to suppress this while Capt. Roberts, 38, and ber of traine.
trouble, On the 8th inst., the L. M. Whyte 32 oleo did In consequence, a sioppage is Ministry of Internal Affairs con- wall. For the Civil Service A threatened at the collieries, and a sulted the Chamber of Commerce Foster secured 23 runs, no one number of football matches have on the matter Sai Kai Kung o'es on the mile reaching double been cancelled..
Tik Fo."!
Sgures, The soo res were! *****
RENEWAL OF COMPACT.
London, December 8. Reuler's correspon lent at Vienna says the Triple Alliance has been renewed without modi floation,
military guard from the Chinese The judgment on the points of Emperor, and settled the claims law raised in the trial of Ibrahim, in a manner which won the praise for the murder of All Shafa st
of the Government. He also Canton, was delivered to-day. won high praise for his services
Trespassers.
during the China-Japan War We learn with regret of the Three men found trespassing when doyen of the Consular Body death of Captain Palmer, Assi on the railway at Yaumati were He had just completed his reant Harbour Meeter at sach fined $6, at the Police Court, miniscences of "▲ Consul In The deceased was very This morning,
Waswa in Mongkongi
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