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The Hongkong Telegraph.

December 18th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 82, p.ni. 65; Humidity...78, 72.

No. 8971

TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR.

GREEKS' PLUCKY ATTACK.

Reuter's

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[Service to the Telegraph."] London, December 10,

From details received from Astorachon it appears that the

晚九初月一十年子壬

· TELEGRAMS.

PEACE CONFERENCE.

TURKEY'S NEW ATTITUDE.

Router's

[Service to the "Tolograph."]

London, December 16.

TELEGRAMS.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

1912 by the Proprietor.

WEATHER FORECAST

FAIR Barometer 29 OS-

December 16th, 1911, Temperature a.m. 65, p.m., 65; Humidity...07, 72

TUESDAY,

DECEMBER 17,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

1912.

THE BOOK WORLD.

More Stevensonlana,

THE CHINESE LOAN,

SATISFACTORY PROGRESS,

Reuter's

TELEGRAMS

THE NEWS CONDENSED. The Conference of Ambassa [Sorvico to the "Telegraph."] dors is expected to meet in London

London, December 15 today. The "Standard" says that the Six-Power Group again met on

The Purte has telographed to

After a desperate bitle, the the delegates in London cancell- Turks were strongly entrenched, ing their instructions not to meet Saturday, and unanimously de- Greeks cccupied Paramythin, cided that, subject to a modifica south-west of Janina, on Satur and were supported by 30 guns the Greeks. Ascending the steep slopes in face The meetings of the. Ambarion in the details, the proposals day. of a fierce fire, 200 Greeks fell indors are expected to begin to forded a suitable basis for a few minutes, but the attacking morrow. force pressed ön undaunted. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting in the trenches followed, the Turks finally retiring. The Greeks captured seven heavy gaps.

A message from Athens states that the Greeks on Saturday occupied Paramythia, to the south-east of Janina, after desperate battle which lasted throughout the day.

AMERICAN RAILWAY

ROBBERS.

Train Stopped By Burning A

Trestle Bridge.

negotiations.

SIX POWER LOAN:

THE LAW OF PUBLIC COMPANIES.

A Definite Agisement Impending. The question of amonding the law relating to public companies Peking, Dee. 3.-In spite of has been discussed at a mesting the oyster-like demeanour of the of the directors of the Glasgow

re to a trestle near that the pitcipals in the group

mains that cape to an untimely

colle mints which it was in ended they should report upon.

The Six Power Group bas approved the proposals advanced for a bineza Lein as being a auitate basis for negotiation.

The Poite has can led the instractions to the Turkish dole- gates not to meet the Greek dele- gates in the Peace Conferencs.

After courag ously fecing a

LOCAL.

"A meeting of the Sauitary Bord was held this afternoon. The business wae light.

Phe orders for day for Thursday's meeting of the Igis lative Council, printed oltawhore, nclude the new Bill to deal with boycotts.

little prose po3m,,

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$86 TER ANERK;

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TIMES

The First John Walter.

"On Monday at Teddington, in

Dumas' "Intrigue et Amour," THE FOUNDER OF "THE an adaptation of "Kalal und Liebe," evidently pleased Steven con greatly. By the Lord Mr. All Stevensonians will be grate. Sekiller, you are the man," as I fal that a change of residence, have never sad the original, 1 with its atacant hofors of oun do no more than ory: Bravo!

age, Joha searching through old peers, has that is the way to make a play the 74th year of his caurad Sir Sidney Colvin to disaitor all. No wandering: straight Walter, Esq." This bald and cover some hitherto unpublished to the merk like a bullet, and you formal announcement, hidden lettors and fragments of "IES." ripe with excellent detail."

But we must make an end,away among other notices of There are published in the current

Sobner's." It is very difficult after just one more quotation, his deaths in a corner of The Lin Tour St. Times" of November 18, 1812, to deal with this new glearing in criticism of the space of a few pragraphs; it Jaques":"It smells and thates was the only mention made by is hard to resist the des re to of Fawdust; it is worn to the this journal of its founder at the quote and quote until one has thread. I have read two acte,

and O! suffer me to read no more time of his death. No tribute of given the whole.

The fitom in order of Bar I should dearly enjoy seeing appreciation or commemoration publication, says the "Clube," isa it very badly acted by a local was paid to hitn, such as was duly

"A Sammer comedy company? That Inst Night, one of a series inspired sentence gives one more idea of paid to his soveral successors in by the study of Baudelaire. Noe piers than a column of or the position of chief proprietor of

dinary dramatic criticism. The Times. The o

omission may fregment of Stevenson's but re-

perhaps bonccounted for partly by veals the mist in happy phrases,

the involats secrecy in which it was A DARING ESCAPE the me vellously successful seeker

the fixed policy of his second son, after the mot justs, and this sketch bristles with pregnant sentences.

On the 11th iust. lou primera and successor, to enshroud all the suggestive alike to the eye and to confined in Sinza Polies Station private concerns of the newspaper the mind. Two may be give made a daring daph for liberty. which he made the first in the Sextuple Group during the laat/Chamber of Commerce in connecherco fire from the Turka at/bei,—“I‚«ri-ht wird sea four were successful in gati-| world, partly by the fact that the three weeks, it transpiros, write ion with a remit to consider and

"N. China Daily News" cor/inquiro into the subject. Mr. J. Aetoraction, the Grke drova and whispers ong the vaconing out of bounds, but before modera "obituary notice", was "ospondent, that the general cut. Hedderwick said it was of the the Duoniy from the trenches by stt; the "leases go slog many minutes had passed two very rare phenomenon in the

lierce band to hand fighting,

along the pavement with a loos, were recaptured. The other two newspaper of those bygone days.

"And dutie uueaay noise":

are still at large, says tho "N. But we cannot allow the bun lines of an agreement upon ternis greateat importance to the come

awoke with the birds," the last ro-China Daily News."

dredth anniversary of the death of a lean, of £20,000,000, have munity that the law should be so

miniscent of a wonderful phrase Theout break occurred at of the founder of The "Times" beta reached with the Finance imendo as to onable a public

in "Woir of Hermiston."

about a qualer ta' five o'clock, to pass without making some Minister, and have been submit prosecutor or a member of the community with little expense to

Sir Sidney prints for the first when the customary inspration attempt to supply the omis ted to the Legatione concerned.

John Walter Whe It is understood that objection himself to bring about a close ox-

time two lettera to Si Walter the colls was being made, sion. amination of the affairs of com is likely to be raised by some Ministers on certain points, which

Simpson, the "Cigarette" of the hese cells open upou the station no ordions man." Hin carcer "Inland Voyage." In the first of compound, some twenty or thirty was a veritable romanes. Suo RLS. incidentally ex-yards from the galo, and they are ressively merchant, underwriter, will necessitate further neguin end, in order that where, there lind been misdirection or wrong,

presses his wonder what is provided with a heavy on grat hankrupt, printer, publisher, and Thron youthful inbbers have tion with the Clinop. When an held up a south-bound Missouri. agreemont is finally attained, dful dealing the parties involved Kang, and Texas train south of erms will be telegraphed to Lon should be brought to book. Mr. The police report that some respondent does without regularing in which is at the door. Ar bookseller, and withal a bold and Missilonly two theories of existence the inspection of the cells was being innovator in the art of printing, Eufants. They compelled the endous for consideration by The John A. Spens said that on the parts of the Colony are still in a habits of work. "Tam capable of the time mentioned, the morning persistent, albeit unsuccessful. industrious worker's, the proest made by a foreigaliceman. he finally became the founder, in gineer to detach the express and bankers confornuce, at a mesting particular point Mr. sdderwick, very disturbed stato.

or's; all baiaren seems blank to P. U. Shapland, accompanied by circumstances the most adverse baggage care and run them aloud, to be held in London on Friday and raised he believed it would throwing hus been renewed.

Hondes," My ferisa Chiners constable, when the and discouraging, of a journal. and then riff the express safe Although the conditions of the sot bo difficult to suggest a

Somo French gentlemon are

a gloomy state, anil has the yellow formor was assaulted, rendered which oven at the time of his bors got several thousand dollars closed, it is obvious that large al wido. It was decided that be-staying in Hongkong with a view fling at the peak, or the fore, or hora de combat for the moment, death was without a rival. Es Company officials believe the rob-proposed loan have not been disremedy, but the remit was on The "New York Evening Post vaders are required immediately for dealing with the subject to purchasing a passongor bint wherever it should be; and he bas giving the prisoners a chance to lived from first to lost a life of

further the directors should for constal work in fuk Chinn.

just emptied some melancholy escape. When he had entered strenuous enterprise and unceas thus describes how it was done by the Chinese Government and

receive some indication of the

vials on me; I am also, by way of lube call one of tho men strucking adventure. He founded "The change, apitting blood. This some-m violeut blow in the pit of Times" at the age of 46, when th the bandits bad are confronted with, the diffienlic no trouble in flagging the train of financing China out of the

what clouds the termination of the stomach with a bed plank, with a wife and six children to

note."

and then the four bolted through support, he had already made a to a halt. Although the flames own resources, at a time when thr

In the letter to Colvin, there the door and out at the gate fortune and loat it, in circum threatened to destroy the trestleb-political outlook in Europe is

is the following reference to They sot off hot foot along the stances entirely honourable to fore their work was accomplished deeply overcast.

"Kidnapped ""I have been street, but immediately the hue himself.

"The Times was founded on saving my hand as much as and cry was raised, and the blow- possible for Davy Balfour; only ng of whistles worded all the January 1, 1785, almost by ac- this morning I was getting on constables patrolling the district.cident; for Walter had never first rate with him, when about By this means two of the four been either printer, publisher, or half ast nine there came a prick were quickly run to earth,

journalist. It was only after his in the middle of the ball of my Two of the men were being de-bankruptcy, and after rainly thumb, and I had to take to the lained in the station under re-seeking an official situation under This morning in the Summary left hand and two words a minute, and from the Mixed Court, Government, that he found a vent in these eircumstances may live he had ever had to deal with. Court a claim was made by the fear I slightly exaggerate the while the two others had been for his irrepressible energies in were awaiting the development and strenuous speed of my left hand, about a sentenced, and to be deferred for an indefinite The child Catherine Barwise, Victoria Boarding Honee While one robber held the lino period, and the consortium canno! twelve years, of 14, Golborne over $36.25 from George word and a half in the minute transportation to the Municipal advocacy of what be regarded sa an invaluable improvement in the of employees the other two un-fancy the prospect of putting out Street, died in that institution Wilson of U. S. S. Wilmington. which is dispiriting to the last Claol.

degroo." coupled the engine, baggage, so much ready cash pending the from the effect of burns. It was

The same letter express

art of printing, which he had pur- and express cars from the conches. time when the money markets stated that she overslept herself, Argument was continued this contains an account of his figur-

chased from one Henry Johnson, its original inventor. The Times They then forced the trainmen will be favourable to the issue of and lier father, who is totally blind, afternoon in the case in which an ing as "the local celebrity into the cab and ordered the China bonde,

said, "Never mind, Kate. You injunction is being sought in a dogged about the deck by a dim

The case in which a Chinese is for ten years provided him with engineer to open the throttle.

While it is satisfactory to re have a good breakfast", bat she dispute over a partnerabip be inative Hebrew with a kodek, the The locomotive, pulling the two cord that agreement as to prin- cleaned her clogs, fed the dog tween two building contractors. click of which kept time to my charged with being in unlawful abundant opportunities for fight- car shot cross the burning bridge ciples has been reached with left her breakfast, and ran

progress like a pair of castanets, possession of 1,000 ounces ofing and enduring on its behalf. What remained of the structure China, the Sextuple Group my all the way to the school.

and filled up in the captain's coosine, and is defended by Mr.At the end of that time he fell into the water a minute after have observed a number of ob She afterwards complained of

room on iced ohampagne at 8.30 Marous Slade, K O., instructed by gave up its management to the cars bad passed. The passen-nolas yet to be overcoms before illness, but made no complaints of

of God's morning. The captain Mr. Lewis, of Mesere. Johnson his eldest son to be succeeded

a few years by ger coaches were left standing at the required Bnancial assistance her parents She was advised by

in question

is a great Stokes and Moater, and prosecut-in the brink of the stream.

cessful younger brother-and isalaally obtained.

a neighbour to tell her mother, The "San Francisco Chronicle, obaracter, like the side of aed by Mr. P. M. Hodgson, the more celebrated and more suc Half a mile on the other side of

but she said, "She has enough according to Reatere correapon honge and the green-room of Assistant Crown Sulioltor was the bridge the bandits ordered

As regards Article XIV. Mr. trouble already." At dinner-time dent, announces that the then music hall, but with all the again brought before Mr. Huzs- finally retired to the house at "intending," se he records him- the engineer to stop.

Bach Crisp's agent here, Majher father asked her to stay at Shell interests of London, headed saving qualities of the seaman." land, at the Police Court this Teddington in which he died, safe in the express car Was

Defendant said his family self,to enjoy the few years. I dynamited and ransacked. Their Barnos, has fall power to con-home, but she said: "No. 1 by Sir Marcus Samuel, have com- Bat this letter should be read in afternoon,

clude on arrangement with them nearly thirteen. I don't want platad a deal for the taking over fall; it is an epistolary gem of

house was at Lower Lascar Row. have to live in otium sam dig- work completed, the robbers flad

By Mr. Hodgson; If he was nitate." He had well earned the to the wood covered hilla with Chinese and has been negotiating to miss my mark, and I want to of the Union Oil Company and the purest ray. their plunder. The alarm was fr some time with a view to ob go and work for my mother." the outputs of the General Petro The concluding portion of this

As early as 1786, only a year taining monetary compensation The following morning the child leum Company, and independent trouvaille is an exceedingly in wanted on business he could hense for which he craved. son given, and possos wern sent from Crowder and Enfaulo. Other in exchange for the onncellation had a fit of dizziness and fell on the producers. The deal involves 'eresting series of annotations to found there and nowhere else.

the plays of the Elder Dumas He was not in partnership with after The Times was founded, of the second portion of the Criep kitchen fire, und bar clothes were £1,000,000.

fa regard to "Antony" he writes: anyone in his broker's business. Walter was convicted at the posse laf: an hour later on spécial

loan agreement. The amount of Hot on fire. Her blind father

The Company of which Sir Antony is psychologically false. He did not do a big business. Guildhall for a libel, at the suit traing from McAlester and

the compensation, however, gives altompted to put the homes ou Marcus Samuel is chairman is the but dramatically be is a devil of On a transaction like this of re of Lord Loughborough, ind Muskogee.

rise to differences of opinion. Be with his overcoat, but he was und Shell Transport and Trading lively fellow." Of the "Tour moving twenty bales of paper he ordered to pay damages of $150. Walter was just the man to gat According to the descriptions sides which, the Chinese are not, successful, and before he could which has a subscribed capital de Nosle" his opinion is "Well, would be paid $3. givon, each of the bandite was presumably, desirous of foregoing summon a neighbour the girl was less than 25 years old. Eye-wit-the leverage which they suppose badly burnt, The father had in 1897, and since January 1. you know, that is how to do it. Thoman for whom he was work into conflict with the law of I defy the world to lick that ing as a broker lived at 40, Dee those days by nothing worse than nesses say they saw one of the Artiolo XIV. given them in been proetrated aince the accident,

appears toe robbers make two trips from the dealing with the Sextuple Group and was unfit to attend the in- 1007, it has had amalgamated melodrama." His enthusiasm for Voux Road Central, but owing to an outspoken independence. In

The jury returned with it the Royal Dutch Petro Paul Jones" is considerably the landlord asking for the house 1789 The Times" express safe, each time with his until complete agreement an queat.

leum Company. For 1909, and arms piled high with sealed pack regards conditions has been at verdict of accidental death, and again for 1910, it paid a dividend lens, and he is moved to the fol- he then left and lived at the Tai have said that the rejoicing of the lowing somewhat Elizabethan On boarding house, and later Dukes of York, Clarence, and passed a vote of sympathy with ages of currency. Posse rentained,

of 22 per cent, but since then oriticism Poor John Paul, to went back to Canton. This was Cumberland at the King's, ro found the outer wrapper of one

the parents,

ite profita have been reduced by have come to this; for where will after handing him the documents covery was insincere. For this a severe rate-cutting competition into which it entered with the you find me in all literature such of delivery from Holt's godowns, Walter was prosecuted for a libel

Nor dreary bitch?

was and after defendant had been by the Duke of York, and he was Chinese Divorce in New York, American Standard Oil Trust Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle" one arrested. His friend gave him the this time condenned to pay a

The first divorce suit in New It is suggested that the present

A kind of conâdence trick." After on the 15th ult at noon. He had imprisonment in Newgate, to York country in which both deal may be an outcome of the of his favourites: This play is delivery papers or bill of lading fine of 250 to undergo a year'a parties were full Chinese was anti-trust proceedings which three attempts to read through it, not boon taking onquiries cop-sland in the pillory for an hour. tried on October 16, says the have been taken against the he confesses he could never get cerning the contents of the and to give recognizances for

Standard Oilad Manila Timos," before Supreme

o the end of "La Reine Margot" bill previous to the 15th good behaviour

'some special distaste chokes He knew nothing about what was years. During his imp Court Justice Headrick, who an A managing dircolor of the nounced that be would grant a Shell Compiny, on being asked me off while "Une Fille du to be removed until ho got the ment he was again con

Dukes but one decree to Mrs. Lily James Lee in if the report from San Francisco Regent is characterised as papers from his friend, of a libel not ma

Patent A.D. and Co. none The caso had not concinded of the same

when we went to press.

the Prince of Wales as wel her sation against Loo Hoo Soon, was true, siid he had no remark who keeps a restaurant

oikere genuine.

the robbers moved deliberately: Loan May be Deferred. Covering the engineer and fire man

ny

Even though the greator dan with their revolvers they ordered them from the locomotive cab. Per of an important wir A. Dolna, the train's conductor, isappear, there remains the cer tainty that the Balkan States. leaped from a coach, and he was

Turkey and Italy must be henv

ONE OF A CORONER'S

SADDEST CASES.

hold

The trial of Ibrahim for the Shinmeen murdor was concluded yesterday. Sentence of death was Mr. J. Parker, the Lancashire passed, but will stayed until His country coroner, anin-Majesty's pleasure is known. lined up beside the engineren borrowers in the near future. The guest in the Preston Infir mary on a child whose caso, he' A porter also fell a victim to his curiosity, and was made to stand flotation of a large Iran for China said was one of the safest cases beside the conductor,

The

of these packagea which had con-

tained $3,500, and was consigned by the South-western National

The Crisp Loan,

Bank of Commerce of Kansas Hankow Merchauts and Oplum, City to the National Bank of The Opium Suppresion Bureau Greenville, Tex

has come to an agreement with One of the robbers made Con the opium merchants Hankow ductor J. A. Dolan turn over his The merchants have promise papere and pures, which contain-not to import any more of the ed $10 Lafer the money was drug when their present stocks turned back to the conductor are exhausted. Officials are now with the assurance, We don't taking stock of the quantities at wish harm to any of you train present hold" Central China

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THE COCAINE CASE.

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