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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

September 15, 1913, Temperature a.m. 78, p.m. 81; Humidity...03, 88.

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HOME RULE."

THE ROYAL AUDIENCE.

Reuter's

[Borvice to the "Telegraph."]

London. Receiver Sept. 15., Lord Lorebara's letter is still kept in the forefront by the news rapers. The Unionist papers give prominence to the prolonged audience given to Me. Bonar Law by the King at Bilmoral, üfter

No Political Significance.

LABOUR TI OUBLES.

MEDIATION AT MANCHESTER,

Heure

(Service to the "Telegraph."]

"London. Received Sept. 15.. The civic authorities of Man. chester and Salford are melting with the duckers, and it is hoped that their effort will lead to a settleident.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

HOUSE BLOWN IN AIR.

Router'a

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[Service to the "Telegraph."]" |

London. Received Sept. 18 Rotter's correspondent Coburg states that a terrifio gas explosion occurred during search for a look in a stroet,

A house in the neighbouhol was blown bodily into the sir, an six families were buried.

Firemoa and troops extricated a number of the victims from the burning debris, Ton people are missing.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS.

Upwards of 1,500 men ate the Unionist leader had conferred affected by a strike of moulder with Lord" Lansdowne at the at Sheffold, on the non Unionist latter's Scottish seat, and they question. It is feared the trouble declare that an election or a Re-will he protracted and that the ferendum must precede a Con- idle will number many thousands. forepce.

Motor Bus Trouble. "The motor-bus drivers and con The Daily Telegraph says that [ductors in Louden are threatene whon civil war is in the nearing to come out, owing to one of prospect, murely the nation may ilo Companies suspeiling 12 demand the right to say whether employees for wearing Union, it approves of a policy bringing budgén.. civil war to pass. It would be

A speech by the Railwaymen's wrong," says the journal, "to suri- bute political significance to the loader, Mr. J. II. Thomas, M.P. visit of Mr. Bonar Law and Lord in which ho condemned sym Curzon to Balmoral. The argu- rathetic and scetious strikes, meath of some of our leading "leading to anarchy," hast Party. The choice is subj-ut to contemporaries regarding possible fracter considerable attention, Itratification at a meeting of the Royal Botimi ard unwise, because is believed to refer to the ir-1

Strikes Condemned,

waymen in various, districly.

if once a Constitutional monarch responsible strike threats of rail- seoks other than Ministerial guidance, how will it be possible to know whose was the advice on which the King book action?

Will the King Act? The Standard discusses the possibility of the King taking the initiative in calling a Conference,

London. Received Sept. 16. Tillings Bus Company denis that men have been, suspended, but declines to ovognise the Union

THE NEW LEADER,

London. Received Sept. 16. Rentor's Borlin correspondent saten that the heads of the Seinist Parly have selected Herr Fritz Ebert to succeed Herr Bebel in the leadership of the

Party.

TURNED OUT.

which, it says, would raiso no THE MISSING NECKLACE. Summary Court, this morning.

question of Constitutional usage such as was involved in the recent suggestions that the Royal assent to the Home Rule Bill should boi refused.

Conference Useless.

DAMAGING EVIDENCE.

Londou. Received Sept, 18, The trial of the five en arrest. in connection with the thef of the famous pearl 1e klace has been resumed...

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Unsuccessful Peot Claim..

Before Mr Justice Kemp, in the

Ya Kan-hing sued two of his former tenants at No. 9 Balehor's Street, for the sum of $17 each, in respect of one month's reat The defendants were Leung Fuk Chuon (frat foot) and the Kwong Hing Firm aud. Chan Team (ground fluür).,

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

PRIEST ADMITS MURDER.

Beater's (Service to the “ Telegraph.""]

London. Received Sept. 15.

London. Received Sept. 18. Reuters New York correspond

The whole trade of Dublin is ent eays a sensation has been paralysed tc-day. The prices of cinsel in New York through a commodities are soaring and have Cerman Catholic priest named reached a huge figure, Riots are Schmidt confessing to the feared. murder of w Fervid girl, whose dissected body was recently All the big carriers have reas. found in the Hudson River. He ed operations and have sent their anys that when it was found that horres into the country. the girl's condition rendered con- cealment of their relations im- possible, he killed her, "because he loved her."

Schmidt was traced through a pillow, wrapped round the girl's forso, which a shopkeeper ident ified as having been sold to the priest...

It appears that Schmidt went through a form of seorst marriage with the decased girl.

DR. CANTLIE AND DR. SUN.

Former Hongkong Doctor on

the Revolution.

One of the strike leaders, named Connolly, who was sent enced to three months' imprison ment, has been released. "He refusad food for nine days, Foroible feeding. WBB not attempted.

The builders Inbourers in Dublin have joined the strike Five thousand are affected.

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FUTURE OF

NEWSPAPERS.

Editor of London Paper

as Prophet.

Reuter's

Professor Vambery the famous

[Service to the "Telegraph." philologist, and linguist is dead.

London, Received Sept. 16.

Arrangements are being made The death is announced from in Peking for the Presidential Buds Past of Professor Arminius election. Vambery, the famous philologist and linguiat,

The latest Press opinion on the [Professor Arminius Vambery suggested Home Rule conference O.V.O., was 80 years of age. Hebad

is given to-day, been for many years Professor of University, and in his day he had. A Dublin strike leader has been Oriental Languages at Buda Pest

travelled widely and taken an released from prison after refusing active part in the defence of food for nine days. British interests in Asia. In this connection he earned the good.. will of Queen Victoria, King has been paralysed by the strike, The whole of Dublin's trade

in 1902 was made C.V.O. He was Edward and King George; and and riots are feared, a frequent contributor to the columns of the "Times.

Mr. Devlin says the talk of a

the author of many standard question by consent is not sincere. Oriental questions, sud was also settlement of the Home Rule works 1

on

The chief competition to the aational newspapers of the future will not be from other newe- papere, but from other methods of disseminating news. At the people's recreation baila, with the ainematograph and the gramop- hone, or some more agreeable instrument. of mechanical

The heads of the German Boo- islist party have obcaen. Horr Fritz Ebert as the new leader of the party.

The Home Rule Council is organising an aatume campaign in which Nationalists and Liberals will take part.

The new Chinese Premier do-

Aterrific gaa explosion in speech, all the news of the Coburg resulted in a house being day will be given hot from its blown bodily in the air and sir source. People may become families buried. too lazy to read, and news will be laid on to the house or office just as gas and water is now. The clares that there are too many occupiers will listen to an account adventurers in the public services, of the news of the day read to and in future merit alone will them by much improved phano-count. graphs while sitting in their gar-

Dr. Cantlie, of Harloy-street, who is a close friend of Sun Yat- sec, expresses his conviction says the Daily News, that the famous

Mr Donald, editor of the " Daily relutionary's fall from power is Chronicle," has taken up his par- only temporary. "Even if his hond is cut off," he said, "Sun able on the future of news Yat-sen's party must prevail. Yuan papers is a Mancha pro laction, and, is

If I were to attempt, like Dr den, or a householder will have Two Japanese cruisers have ruling in the Manchu way, but the Manchu will have to go. Rutrell, to forecast the future, his daily newspaper printed in left Sasebo for Nanking; the Tho plaintiff 1708 re-"We had a letter fron Saa and prophesy what newspapers in column form by a printing press and public do not consider Mr.Price, representing a firm presented by Mr G.R. Heywood Yat-sen recently, stating that be of twenty or more years hence are machino in his hall, just as we the Government demande drastie

D'Almada's office) had just lost his daughter Annie,

have tape machines in offices now enough, with insurance assessors acting on be-(Mr Leo half of Loyd's, testified the two the defendants being unrepresent who was taken ill in California, likely to be, I would say days after the reward of 21,000 ed.

where she was studying with her some confidence that daily newa- two brothers and sister, and in it papers will be fewer, the tendency towards combinations will in- occur these paranges:---

The aspect of things here orease, and colossal circulations (Shanglini) is very grave, and it will continue to grow. A paper seems that the lives of those who

which has not. at least stragglo for the Republican

half-million readers will cause have been sacrificed in a vain. Yaan has secured the not be 'considered seriously as an

The Morning Post endorses Sired Edward Carson's speech and in expressing the opinion that a Conference must be abortive, he was speaking not only for the Irish Loyalists but for the vast majority of the party.

The Government's Duty.

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wae offered ho received a letter His Lordship, referring to the The Daily Chrouile anys thai from M. Quadrastein and M. firat care, said the question turned Sir Edward Carson has "banged, Brandglatter, diamond brokers on the the acts of the plaintif

the door on Mr. Price subsequently supplied ent nollector, whom it was barred, and bolted' on Lord Loreburu's proposals. Mr. that expert jeweller, M. Spanier, necessary to call.

Mr Heywood remarked that the Asquith's duty is to go straight with ten marked 1,000 franc notes, forward and set up in Ireland and eight of these were fouad in defance in each case was that a system of government "broad-the possession of n of the they were turned out. based upon the people's will,"

Intimidation Resented, The Daily News. Boys that the

prisoners.

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Government will keep the door ALASKA SIBERIA FILM

open to a reasonable compromise, but will not yield to intimidation, and will not insult the country by asking again if it meant what it said in 1910.

Rule.

In evidence the rent collector denied that ho demanded "shre money from either defendant.

His Lordship: Where do you ecme from?

Withese: Caton..

Is "shoe money never charged

in Canton ?-NĮ,

PHILIPPINE POLICY.

money, which is a much as to organ of the people.' The weak the Ригрове any that he has unlimited- power,

The Aerial Derby.

From 6 pilots last season, the number of aviators who fly at the Washington, September 6 London Aerodrome, Hendon, has President Woodrow Wilson and now increased so 24. These air- Secretary of War Garrison men represent six nationalities, are in daily conference for and the machines which they use of formulat include practically all the latest cannot ing a Philippine polioy to be ear types of the monoplanes and and he takes advantage of that newspapers" which very power to further his dea-spend huge sums on news, fea- ried out by Governor General Har-biplanes. A great proportion of picable motiver.

tures, and on circulation, will, of rison. The fecretary of War is the Hendon sirmen have entered making a close study of the for the second aerial Derby, over Ho deliberately diemiared those Tutube and officials who course, be squeezed out, and the records of the bureau of insulars course of 100 miles around. luxury or for a affaire and conferring with London, and are "now training Uolonel McIntyre 00 the assiduously for the race, which subject.

takes place on Saturday, Septem- ber 20.

protested against his uncon paper run as I You have never heard of it?itutional dings and who stood mission, and not as a business lave not been dealing in that for justice and fair play.

But, in spite of the present enterprise, will become too ex- line of work before..

critical period through which pensive except for millionaire Chios is passing, we hope that idealiste..

hingamay turn out satisfactorily. "It is not the only case," com.

THE FIRST CASE.

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DINNER TO AN OLD GERMAN RESIDENT.

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President Wilson is overse to making any material changes un-

Arthur Newton's Appeal. til. Governor General Harrison shall have been able to study the

The appeals of Arthur Newton, situation on the ground, and re- and Bernard Berkeley Bennett, port thereon. The president has who were sentenced. respectively turned a deaf ear to the plainte to three years' penal servitude and of would-be office holdere who 18 months hard labour will

have depreciated the work done

come before the Court of Criminol

Wonderful Pictues at the

Bijou Cinematograph. To-morrow night the wonderia! film-six thousand feet. in Mr. Devlin's Views. London. Received Sept. 10.length-depicting the sigh's seen Mr. J. Devlin, Nationalist M.P. by the Carnegie Alaska-Siberia Mr. Heywood pointed out that for Belfast West, speaking at Expedition will be screened at the both defendants had paid rent. Listowal, said the Nationalists Bijou Theatre. The exhibition after they received the notice, to

The national newspapers will were ready for any concession is for five nights, and there will the owner, and they could tliere- short of encrificing Ireland'sales be a matinee on Saturday. fore easily have complained me ted Dr. Cantlie, of the wrong not contain less reading matter, horse being backed. But Sun but the pages will be smaller. nationhood, but they did not be- Yesterday afternoon, by the about it then. lieve that the talk about a settle-courtesy, of the management, we' His Lordship Enid he was Yat-sen from whom I have not ment by consent was sincere. Its were enabled to attend a private entisfied that plaintiff did torn bear since that letter, will surely They will be printed better and real object was to destroy Homia view of the new film; and it is no the defenduals out before the come into bis own agnin-either neatly stitched, and will, of course in the islands and put forward Appeal on Monday, October 20..

exaggeration to say that seldom, expiration of the month. Thin-he or his party, which numbers include pictures in colour. The claims of being able to do better. The appeal was down for hear The Unloaded Revolver." if over, have cinematograph pic-tiff's own notice demanded posens of thousands of Chinese," fartare methods of distribution The Westminster Gazette em-tures contained as much that is session et an earlier date than he

It is the general belief liere ing last month but owing to Mr. Dr. Cantlis added that the will be quicker, and ciron's, that the persistent campaign Justice Ridley, who presided at phatically declines to support the absorbing and instructive. The eculd have demanded it. Thore understood that the party finances tions will cover greater areas. waged by the Manual Quezon for the trial at the Old Bailey. baing demand for a Dissolution, and first real shows the leading for would, therefore, be judgment were stable.

Airships and aeroplanes will be immediate independence has a member of the Court of Appeal, says that Liberals absolutely re-tures of the run from Seattle to for the defendants with costs.

used for the most distant contres; done groat barm to the it was adjourned. fuse to be intimidated by "Sir Alaska, not the least interesting

cause of a national government Edward Caraon's unloaded roof which are a series of totem poles,

electric trains and motorplanes,

for the Filipinas, and that the volver." It expresses the opinion and wal and bird rookeries." Tho

running in special tracks, will new policy, whatever it shall be, that the Unionist admissions that second reel is devoted mainly to

also be used. In all the chief will be governed by 10tual rather a change in the government of Eskimo life, and concludes with a Ireland is necessary, constitute fine representation of the Behring

On Saturday night, at the centres of population papers will then by alleged conditions. proof that the Unionist stalwarts Sea in a storm. The third part

German Club a complimentary be distributed by electric or" Cablenews American are already shifting their ground. is concerned with the polar bear

dinner was given to Mr. Emil pneumatic tubes. The morning Mr. Hoggarth, on behalf of the Niedhardt, late of the Medical and evening newspapers will be Home Rule Campaign. a seen in Wrangel Ieland and The Home Rule Council an the fourth with hunting the opiam farmer, made au applica Hall, who is retiring after, forty merged, and editions will come out ·U, S. Navy Export Lent to nounces that it is rapidly commonntain sheep and the moose, tion to bir. Geoffrey Norman one years in the Colony.

Quatemala, plating arrangemonia for an ex-In the fifth reel the walrus is Oro, at the Police Court, this The chair was occupied by Mr. almost every hour, day and night,

Upon request of the govern- tensive nu'ump campaign in dealt with thoroughly, end the morning, for the opium concern Backer, who in a happy little News will be collected by wireless

ment of Guatemala, Chief Electri- England in conjunction with the picturas showing the exciting ed in a case in which a man was speech presented M Niadhardt telephones, rod the reporter cand. H. Watte, of the U.S. Liberal Associations. Mr. John inoidents experienced in hunt fined $2,000, yesterday, to be on behalf of his compatriole with Hedmond and other Nationalists ing this monster are among handed to the opium farmer. with a handsome silver tray, and will always have a portablo tole Navy, has been detailed to assist will tour the country, supported the

phone with him, with which he in perferting the wireless service interesting

Mr. King, Assistant Superin- crystal beer frosptacle. by Liberal M.P.B.

a remarkable series. The final tendent of Police, said the police

cap communicate with his paper of the Guvemalan army. Sar goaut Reevor, of the U. 8. Army, The Council asserts that the film gives further detaile, in bad soized the opium which was

without the trouble. of Guarding a relle from trippers.

is already in the Guatemalanarmy. compaign will convince the elec- cor nection with the polar bear. the usual procedure in these cases.

Mr Hoggarth said this was the An armed guard is to be going to a telephone office, It is also announced. torate that in the absence of an An informal lecture, or running

messige. Maj Elmond Whitemever,Twen- alternative proposal it is in the commentary, accompanies the firet case under a new section of placed at the famous Castle of or writing out a interests of the Empire to pass the showing of the films and adds the Opium Ordinance, and the Chillon in Switzerland, to arrest At the other end the wireless ty-seventh Infantry, has been de-

tailed for service in the organiza-noon. Bill promptly. It adde that it is tremendously to the general opium former did not want the all visitors attempting to cut their disposed to agree with Sir Edward interest. We cordially recom- Government to interefere with his names on the walls. The castle telephone message will be deliver tion and instruction of the Cuban is already disfigured by nearly ed to the sub-editor printed in army, succeeding Major Gatley, Caron's view thist Lord Loreburn's mond our readers to make a point monopoly,

relieved. The application was granted. 50,000 signatures of this kind, column form. proposal is impracticable. of seeing these pictures.

most

of

Seized Oplum Handed to the Farmer.

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DON'T FORGET,

TO-DAY.

Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Bijoa Scenio Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Fillia' Circus Causeway Bay-

9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW, Victoria Thostre 9.15 pm. Bijou Scoaic Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Friday September 19. Twenty-fourth half yearly drawing of Debentures, Hongkong Club 11 a.m.

Saturday, Septembər 20, Meaera Gande Price and Co. Extraordinary, General Meeting

Wednesday, September 24. The Douglas Steamship Co. sanual general meeting-noon.