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The Hongkong Telegraph

May 5, 1913, Temperature ata. 71, p. 77; Humidity...80, 69.

(ESTABLISHED - 1881.)

Copyright, 1912 by the Proprietor.

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THE BALKAN CRISIS,

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

THE AIR PERIL.

SUFFRAGISTS ACTIVEL

MANSION HOUSE MEETING

MISS LANSBURY ARRESTED, SIGNATURE TO BILL DELAYED

MAY VISIT COLONIES.

MONTENEGRIN DISPUTE,

Reuter's

[Service, to the "Telegraph."]

London, May 5:

A message from Cetinje says that the majority of the Crown Council having declared against the Government's standpoint on the Skutari question, the Cabinet has resigned.

ALL NONSENSE."

Renter's

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Router [Service to the Telegraph."]

London, May 5

CALIFORNIA & ALIENS. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE

Router's

[Service to the "Telegraph.”]

London, May 5.

Renter's correspondent at Saora-

Router's

SINOLA CORY 10 CIKA,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

TELEGRAMS,

THE NEWS CONDENSED,

The death is announced of Sir

[Service to the Telegraph."]Tatton Sykes, Bart.

London, May 5.

There is some improvement in

Misa Lansbury to wiren that the Governor of the Crown Prince of Germany Connaught,

It is reported from Berlin that the condition of the Duobese

Wild Scenes.

CHRISTIAN UNITY.

· Reuter's [Service to the "Tolograph."]

(Service to the "Telegraph."] London, May 5.

London, May 5. Rumours of Austro-Italian A grost non-party meeting was partition of Albania are charac-held at the Mansion House to-dayed for causing a terised in diplomatic circles, as the Lord Mayor presiding, for the bolding a mealing in Hyde Park. California has decided to delay will visit the German African

all nonsense." Both Austria and purpose of urging adogante pro-

signing the Anti-Alien Bill pend- Colonies in September on board Italy are interested in seeing au vision being made to achieve

Vi sayding whatever protests the Govern- a battleship., autonomous Albania.

complete security from air attack. A Free Speech demonstra- ment may make after the con- TheTimes" correspondent

Congratulations.

The gathering was most repretion wheld in Trafalgar quare ference between President Wilson at Cetinje says that the rosigca-

In the House of Commons, Mr. Kentative, and included Peers, yesterday. There were wild and Mr. Bryan... tion is believed to indicate that Asquith announced the Montene- M.P.'s, representatives from the scenes owing to the speakers die The law, however, requires him the counsels in favour of evacus-grin surrender of Skutari, and leading Banks, Chambora of Com-regarding the prohibition tot sot by the 13th inst. Many tion have prevailed.

Eaid:"King Nichols is to be merce and the Stock Exchange. speak on the south side of the believe that the Bill will congratulated, both in the in-

The Duke of Argyll moved a plinth. The police threw several accomplish little, inasmuch as it Vienna as maneuvres to gain of international peace.'

All the above is regarded interests if his own country and resolute that Britain should un- men off the plinths on to the does not forbid continued renewal time and lesson the ignominy of

dertake measures which will tend heads of the crowd and made of leases, at the earliest moment to give Bri-repeated charges. Many of the surrender.

tain an ample margin of air police were injured. supremacy in airships and aero- A later message satates that planes as against the Dext Miss Lansbury was fined $3 and strongest Naval Power.

the other demonstrators from 35 to £1.

A later mosergo from Cetinje j states that though the majority of the Council of War decided in favour of evacuation, the whole. question will be submitted to Parliament at an extraordinary session. which has been summon- ed for Thursday.

Austro-Italian Intentions.

In nowise will Montenegro's

surrender avert Austro-Italian military measures. Both the Vien

ua and Rome newspapers are anticipating the necessity of military intervention in Albania, apart altogether from the Skutari

OBITUARY.

SIR FATTON SKYES.

London, May 5.

Sir Edward Beauchamp. Chair- man of Lloyd's proposed a re- solution providing for the forma- tion of a National Aeronautical Defence Association.

The death is announced of Sir Tatton Sykes of Siedinere, Mal-unanimously. ton, Yorkshire.

[Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., who was born in 1820, was the fifth Baronet and succeeded lii» father in 1863. Ho married in 1874 thei G. A, Cavendish Bentinck, P.M., eldest daughter of the It. Hon.

question, with a view to restoring War" and "The New Reign of He published "Sidelights on the order out of the daily-increasing Terror in France." chaos, It is assumed in both

Ile owned capitals that Austria will operate 34,000 acres, and the heir to the on the north, from Sangiovanni estates is Lieu, Col. Mark Skyes, and Italy from the South Volona.

Unionist M.P., for Hull]

Austrian Alarm,

NOT FOR SALE..

TOPSY TURVEY DOM.

Bomb Among Letters.

A QUESTION OF AGE.

Allerød Larceny of Press Copy Letters.

WAS

A Hongkong Appeal.

The following open letter is teing circulated in the Colony To ALL CITIAN PEOPLE IN THE

Follnding the decision to uate Skutari, the Montenegr Cabinet bus rosigned.

Austro-Italian

pauition: Albania is described in. circlea asali uoneenee."

The Crown Prince of Germany intends visiting the ori African Colonies in September.

COLBY OF Hozezono, Hongkong, April, 30 1913. : We, the undersigned, repre-

Mr. Dickinson's Suffrage Bill senting different Christian com- has been introduced, and there, it munities working for our Lord in much party confusion over £1 this Colony, veature to appeal to matter.

you to further the cause of Unity, which you all have at heart in a A great non-party meeting

been held at the Mansion Hou definite and effective manner.

Raddrin

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The case in which Antonio dos Remedios is charged with the

We invite you to join in united to arge provisione All the reaplutions were carried ing a nitro-glycerine bomb was a telegraphic call, the property endom, at your respective places

An unaddressed parcel ontime larceny of press copy letters and prayer for the Reunion of Christ Britain from air attack. discovered among, letters being of H. Craz, of Messrs Cras of worship on Whit Sunday next,

The manager of the firm which Eorted at the South Eastern Dia and Company.

again May 11th, at the principal morn- formerly printed the nowspaper trict Post Office. The bomb waa

Mr 0. brought before

Ding service, and in your private "Saffragette has been bound sufficiently powerful to blow up Melbourne, at the Police Court devotions on that day.

over in a sum of £1,500,000 the building, in which more this afternoon.

We in no way regard our exist several hundred men.

Alabaster, instructed by ing divergencies as unimportant President Yuan has shown hij Printing Manager Bound Over Mr. L. D'Almada prosecuted and or likely to be easily healed and determination to suppress the

Mr. E. C. Jenkin, instructed by we have no authority to net for Revolutionaries, and great indig The suffragists on remand Mr. Orow, of Mars Hastings and our respective churches in the nation is felt in Shanghai appeared at Bay Street Police Hastings, defended.

matter of Reunion. But we re- Court to-day

The Governor of California hes Chang Wab said he saw the member that our Lord prayed London, May 5.

Mr. Drew, the manager of the defendant out the leaves out of the that his people might be one, in decided to delay signature to sug According to the Government's

Company which printed the Wong Man told him so on order that the world might believe Anti-Alien Bill for the moment, promise when the Franchise Bill newspaper." Suffragette", apolog: February 11, but be did not tell that the Divine Father had sent pending Central Government

ised and promised not to prints when he came back Him. was withdrawn, Mr. Dickinson to- day introduced his Bill in the He was bound over in a sum of Mr. Or did not, take him to We are sure that His cause in the render Skutari has given goal

any more suffragist-ublications because in Ends nothing about it. £1,500,

to be in one visible fellowship. Montenegro's decision to sur |L. D'Almada's office," "

FRANCHISE CONFUSION.

six million women.

The foot that a Liberal intro- duced the measure and a Unionist

seconded, while the rejection will be moved by a Unionist and so onded by a Liberal, indicates the complete confusion on the ques- tion.

.

A portion of the Austrian Press TURKISH BATTLESHIPS. House of Commons enfranchising is alarmed at the possible results. There are fears that Austria may find her forces divided the moment she wants to age all her strength in Central Europe, and it declares that Austria will have all the hardest work of deal-

London, May 5. ing with the warlike tribos in the Reuter's correspondent at Con- North. It is improbable that the stantinople wires that that the

It is expected that Mr. Asquith two countries would willingly Porte denies intention of selling will speak against Sir Edward leave Albanis when they are once to Britain the two battleships now Grey who favours the Bill. there. Italy would then retain the being built in British yard. Con- The division to-morrow night South, giving command of the struction is proceeding on behalf is certain to be close. Adriatic, while Austria would of the Turkish Navy. only have the North, the poorest and most uncivilised territory "in Europe.

French Opinion.

ASKED FOR CUMSHAW, DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT

European and the Chair Coolie

London, May 6,

At the Police Court, this morn- The Duchess of Connaught has ing, Charles C. Sterk was charged had a fair night, and there is some before Mr Hazeland, by a chair improvement in her condition. coolio, with assault.

The "Temps" most emphati- cally declares that Austria and Italy must not be allowed to claim a European mandate to violate Europe's decision that Albania must be autonomous.

"Le Debate" urges the dis- The defendant said he took a patch of French and British blue-chair at the bottom of Flower jackets to Skutari to prevent Street and went to Robinson isolated intervention.

The Blockade.

The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph 31.

at Cettinje

states that the blockade is begin ning to be felt. The electric light

has failed owing to the exhaustion

of the naphtha fuel. Butter, fruit, and beer ore giving out.

"

Left To The Powers.

Road. He gave the complainant fifteen cents, but the latter WAR

THE BANK CASE.

We believe that He meant`me

protesta.

More Hunger-Striking. Mr JenkinDid you see My World will be mightily strengthen-satisfaction, and in the Commons Mrs. Drummond and Miss Remedios put anything into his ed thereby. We observe that there Mr. Asquith congratulated King Kenny were refused bail. They pocket ?-Yes, I'aaw him put a laagrowing respect for each other's Niobolag. shouted that they would go on pair of scissors into his pocket. motives and opinions, and we hunger-strike,

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A CHINESE PUZZLE

Intromissions which are:

Difficult to Follow

This morning in the Summary Court, before Mr. Junice Kemp, Wong KwaiTam, of 28. Aberdeen St., aped Cheung Taun King, 9. Gough St., claiming the sum of | $750 being the amount of money lent by the plaintiff to the defend ant on March 7, 1912.

Mr. W. B. "Hind of Mesars, Brutton and Hett, appeared for

Did you over tell Mr. Oraz that are convinced that the Holy Among letters being sorted at Mr. Remedios bad stolen his presa Spirit is at this time graciously the South Eastern District Post copy letters ?-I did not, moving His people all over the Office in London was found

powerful bomb.

Do you know Mr. Gracia ?-world to desire and pray for parcel, unaddressed, containing don't know him.

What age is he; is he not be tween thirty and forty years of Age ?-How do I know? 1 don't know him

You know, didn't you, that someone was working in the office, during Mr. Cruz's absence, on the books? Yes someone batween 16 and 17 years.

Was he a Portuguese of Chinese?-Portuguess.

Was he the only man that worked on the booke during during Mr. Ortiz'e ábsence? Yes the only man.

And is he the only man who

unity.

We therefore call you to prayer in bomble confidence that He is gaiding us to do so.

(Signed)

LOCAL.

The Anglo-American Players

G.H. Victoria, Bishop; Copen their season at the Theatre Bone, Supt. Wealoyan Mission, Royal.to-night. J. Kirk Maconochie, Minister

of Union Church, T.W. Pearce, An article dealing with the Secretary of the London working of the Kinetophone Missionary Society, O.Schaltze, appears in this issue. Secretary of Baale Mission,

Fredrich von Probst, Seo of

Berlin Mission. C. Maus, opened yesterday, and results The Shanghai race meeting

Rhonish Mission.

Some facta concerning the

the plaintiff, and Mr. Leo d' continued to work on the books resident in Hongkong to the Oberniavskys, the famous instru-

Almada e Castro for the defendant. Plaintiff in the witness box said he waS a school master.

last he entered into negotiations

dissatisfied with the fare and fol-Action Ariaing Out of a Compra-Some time during the year before has worked on the books? Yes. My dear Lord,

You had no business to,

dore's Mortgage.

kind

mentalists, are given to-day."

An appeal for Christian, Unity

in Hongkong, in the shape of an the Colony. open letter, is being circulated in

The Hon. Mr. C. H. Ross, bead of the firm of Meanre. Jardino

DON'T FORGET,

We append a copy of a letter are given in this issue. from the Roman Catholic Bishop until Mr. Oraz came back? Yes. Bishop.of Victoria"

Roman Catholic Mission. And he is still working on the books and is the only man who Hongkong, 9th April, 1913.

lowed him. He asked for more

Well now, recollect; don't you I beg to thankfully acknow. money and eventually caught defendant by the arm. The com-

for the purchase of the Wait a recollect that the man is called ledge receipt of your friendly note plainant was in a filthy condition affairs of the ex-compradore of the purchase the newer for and forty years of age and not of you, indeed, to communicate to

The action arising out of the newspaper. He had reed to Mr. Grevin and is between thirty dated 4th inst. It was very and defendant objected to being Hongkong and Shanghai Banking $3,500 and subsequently paid sixteen 7-It is not so,

me your intention to appeal for caught hold of. He lost his tem- Corporation was continued this $400 sa bargain mod and later Do you know your master has united prayer towards the Re-Matheson and Company Ltd., in per, and struck the complainant. morning in the Supreme Court, he paid $1,000

sworn that Mr. Gracia works, in union, so eagerly longed for by all His Worship: Did you blacken before the Chief Justice, Sir Wil Before he had paid the fall his office, on the books, in the sincere Christians, of all Christain China, left for Home to-day, bis left eye and bruise his chest? liam Bees Daries K.O., aitting in purchase price, the defendant was same way that Mr. Remedios communities in one fold under -I struck him twice-only twice. Original Jurisdiction, in which introduced to him, because it was did?—I did not know him. one shephered.. A later message states that

You have put it quite aconrate-- King Nicholas has notified the

Lau E 8am is the plaintiff and the known that plainti hnd not You did not know his name Powers that he places Skatari in was only given fifteen cente for Corporation the defendante.

The coolis now stated that he Hongkong and Shanghai Banking enough money to complete the was Gracia? I have never seen ly when you state that our Lord their hands. This will be formally the ride.

purchase. Defendant paid the a man thirty or forty years old in in his prayer that His people The claim which is set out balance of $2,100. The defendant my master's office.

might be one, in order that the announced at a Conference of Am- bassadore this (Monday) after isn't it?

His Worship: That is enough, under thirteen headings, arises agreed to buy the newspaper from Did you ever tell anyone that world might believe that the Di- vine Father had sent Him, meant out of questions as to the validity plaintiff for $3,500, and to pay. Mr. Bemedios had stolen press The coolie said he asked for of a mortgage made between the him a commission of 10 per cent, copy letters ?-I never told any us to be in one visible fellowship. A communique issued by the another five cents cumshow.

and we, too, are sure that His cause Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Defendant had, in all, to pay body. Foreign Office, after expressing His Worship remarked that he Corporation, and Lau Pan Chiu, 83,850. He had already paid to Why did you not tell anybody? in the world would be mightily great satisfaction at the decision had not to ask for cumelaw.

Complainant said he asked for the compradoreship,

as part of security on taking up plaintiff $400 bargain money-Because that had nothing to do strengthened by a visible and of Montenegro, says the Powers

effective unity of all those who leaving a balance of $3,450 and, of with me. will now consider what arrange- twenty cents and got a kick. He

Mr Jenkin said that his submis-profess Christianity ments shall be made in future called a constable and the defen- Mr Baavis, of Messra Wilkinson $1,400 to the owner the news- sion was that there was no case look of their duty to pray for this

Mr F. G. Jenkin, instructed by thatsum, plaintiff had already paid

For my part I will remind my regarding Skutari. The Ambassadent then give him another blow and Grist, appeared for the paper, and this money witness to answer. There was no need dors will reassemble on Thursday. in the eye. A lukong came and plaintiff, and Mesars H.E. Sharplant to the defendant,who.com for him to deal with intention, and it will be very

took the defendant's name and K. O, and M. W. Slade K.O., pleted purchase by paying over the academical definition of gratifying to us to know that, at Royal told the complainant to take out a instructed by Mr H. J. Gedge, of $2,100. At that time defendant latroony, as there was nothing in your request, the other Christian 5.30 A later message states that the summons. Complainant denied Messrs Johnson Stokes and Master, owed him $1,000, the 8400 bar the evidence which would sup.ocmmunities are joining us this Ambassadore have been busy ex-catching bold of the defendant.for the defence,

gain money being returned to the port lasceny: or come within the year. 30

With sincere thanks and kind changing visits prior to to day's Defendant in the witness box The case for the defence was defendant. In addition to the four corners of the definition of Conference. It is understood that said the coolie caught hold of his concluded this morning, by MM: $1,400, there were 3350, owing larceny. There was no evidence are Sir Edward Grey at the Con- arm.

W. Slade, and the Court adjourn for commission or $1,750 in All even of press copy letters having I beg to remain, my dear Lord, ference announced. Montenegro'a His Worship-I think you ed until to-morrow at 10a.m. Theres now $750 pwing, been found.

Yours very sincerely, submission, which created the used more violence than was when Mr. Jenkin will reply on The cab was fourned until The case was proceeding as

(gd) A.D. Pozzoni. Vicar greatest satisfaction"

necessary; you will be fined $10, behalf of the plaintiff.

Apost

11000..

General Satisfaction.

"

' we went to prem,

TO-DAY, 1991) The Anglo-American Players. Theatre Royal 9.15 p.m. ⠀ 1997

Bijou Theatre 9.16 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.. wurde The Anglo-American, Players; Theatre Royal 9.15. p.m.

Bijou 8.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.mj! Wednesday May 7

Extraordinary General meeting

Hongkong Golf Club.

p.m.

Saturday, May 10 Grand Orchestral Concert, Oatholic Union Hall 9 p.m...

Saturday May 17.

Bankruptcy Court,

Wednesday, May 21, Canton Insurance Ofor Tad. Meeting 11:45 8.12.