The
Hongkong Telegraph.
November 14, 1913, Temperature am. 73, p.m. 77; Humidity.....93, 82. ̈*:
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NOVEMBER 15,
1913.
TELEGRAMS.
LARKIN'S RELEASE.
10 LIVES LOST."
MR BIRRELL SPEAKS.
NO, FOOD DUTIES,
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
HAS HUERTA FLED?
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
NO OLYMPIC MATCHES.
RAILWAY DISASTER..
Router's [Service to the "Telegraph."]
London. Received Nov. 14.
Reuter's (Service to the Telegraph."]
London. Received Nov. 14. Mr Birroll, speaking at Bristol,
TELEGRAMEN.
UNIONIST POLICY.
Renter'
[Service to the "Telegraph,”].
London. Received Nov. 14, In the course of his speech at
Reuter's
Reuter's
[Service to the "Telegraph."]
London. Reosived Nov. 15. Renter's correspondent at Mel-
骁近十月一十英港香
TELEGRAMI,
THE CANADIAN GALES.
HUGE LOSSES...
Router's
$96 PER ANNUM
·SINGLE COPY-10 CENTS,
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
It is rumoured that Président Huerta has fied from Mexico.
[Service to the "Telegraph."
London. Received Nov, 14. |
The treaty of peace between Renter's Toronto correspondent Greece and Turkey has been
the capital of Alabama, reports was cheered when referring to Norwich, Mr. Bonar Law said the Washington says there is still no boarne states that the Australian says underwriters estimate the signed.
A telegram from Montgomery,
He declared that the Government
bridge at Olayton.
and 250 injured.
The New Zealand strike sitna-"
[Service to the "Telegraph."
London. Received Nov. 14. Reuter's correspondent PR reply to the United States de now in flood. The Unionists, if mands, which called upon Huerta decided that as the team which at 3 million dollars. Eighty per The casualties are 20 killed / had not sought to interfere with they came into power in the nets to prevent an sssembly öf she is visiting England in 1918 can-cent. of the insurance is divided) tion is improving and everything.
the elections, and that Larkin was Parliament, would carry out their newly-elected Chase is not accept the German invitation among British and American is quiet.
rumoured that Huerta has fled, not released until the imprison fiscal policy. They would not It is ales reported that Mr Games, the Board agrees to the
to compete in the Olympic insurance companies. impose new duties on food, but Hale's unofficial negotiations with visit of the Rev. Mr. Waddy's Mr J. Havelock Wilson, Gen. would impose a moderate tariff General Carranas related to the team to Ceylon and the sending eral Secretary of the National on manufactured goods, and Lives lost. Seamen's Union, interviewed at would also establish the prin- raising of the embargo on the of a team to South Africa in
1914-15. Liverpool after attending aaiple of Imperial Preference. importation of arms. aaifore and firemen'e mesting. They would compensate the agri- 23 protested against Larkin's " fiery culturists for any losses owing to journalists that he does not con-
cross" declaration. Larkin would the tariff by a re-adjustment of template issuing any statement NEW ZEALAND STRIKE. bushels of wheat, is lost, and at Berlin in 1916. not be allowed to dictate a strike, local taxation. The Unionists regarding the Mexico situation would also appoint a Committee at present, but said there are
RECORD OF RECENT DISASTERS.
1905. June 22, Mentor, Chicago-
New express
July 27, Liverpool-South-
port electric eopress ....... 1906.
21
40
27
March 16, Colorado colli-
sion
191
July 1, Salisbury... September 18. Chicago,
*40
ment was considered sufficient.
Press Comments.
All the papers have editorials upon Larkin's release.
"P
The Daily Telegraph states that it is "dragging the majesty of the law in the dirt for Party necessity."
This is typical of Unionist! comments, which scathingly de- nounce the Government.
20 479
Rook Island, and Paci- flo Railway; train falls into the Cimarron river September 19, Grantham... "October 28. Atlantic City... November 12, Woodville.
ValparaisoTM
December 28, Elliot June-
tion, near Arbroath December 30, Washington
1907.
February 16, New York March 29, Cotton, Cali-
formis ...
The Daily Chronicle says that 40 the Cabinet has shown high 20 moral courage in disregarding 40 Tory misrepresentation, and re-. pairing a blunder due to the 20 inglorious traditions of Dublin
Caello.
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The Daily News remarks that May 11, Honda, California 31 the Government's repentance does July 20. Detroit
not entirely restore the credit it loat by the blunder of allowing such a prosecution. «e
September 19, Endavnacion.
Mexico
October 15, Shrewsbury
1908.
40
63
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120
May 8, Moradabad, India
June 26, Baroda, India (270
injured)...
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1909. January 15, Denver, Colo-
rado 1910,
FORM
21
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January 21, Spanish River January 29, Stoats Nest ... March 6 (reported), Roger's
Paas (C.P.R.)...
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June 18, Versailles January 23, Webbwood,
Ontario...
March 1,
Wellington,
Washington, U.S.A..... March 19, Green Mountain.
Iowa !...
July 4, Dayto, Ohio
ATHLETIC NOTES.
The Translation of P. Fiyan, Writing in the Sporting Chronicle of October 11, "W.L.S." 62 SBY:
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45
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August 14 Saujon... December 24, Hawes June-
tion
1911. -
January 23, Pontypridd
February 14, Courville
April 22, Blaauwkrantz
Bridge (Grahamstown and Capetown)
August 25, Manchester.
104
New York. November 23, Montreuit
Bellar MPA 1912.
May 18, Paris
July 4, Corning, New York September 17, Ditton Junc-,
⚫tion
37
42 They were both good runners. As
a stylist the Rochdale Joy is one of
President Wilson has informed
to consider the possibility of more favourable elements in the making insurance voluntary.
NAVAL COMMANDS.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
London,, Received. Nov, 14. Vice Admiral Cecil Barney bas been appointed to the command of the Second and Third Fleets; Bear Admiral C. E. Madden, V.O., to the command of the Second Cruiser Squadron; and Rear-Admiral W. O. Pakenham, C.B., to the command of the Third Cruiser Squadron.
ORED.
The German Legation at Mexico has advised the Germans at Torreon to go to the coast.
NOBEL PRIZE.
INDIAN POET HONOURED.
London, Received Nov. 14. The Nobel Prize for Literature has been conferred upon the Indian
poot Rabindra Nath Tagore.
[A character sketch of the recipient appears elsewhere on this page.)
year. Thus Shrabb's engage ment at Harvard fe not a very lòng quê.
when these wore over had laken Joba Paul Jones won the Cross very little out of himself. coantry Championship twice, and This is the sort of half-miler or yet he could do 1.54 and 415, miler I like to see. The athlete while I hear that J. E. Meredith who comes with a great rattle at keen on running for Pennsyl- the finish may seem brilliant to vanis this fall. I take it from the farman, who goes into ecstasies his that next spring the Olympic regarding the wonderful finish, champion will be sent for the
is
London, Received Nov. 14. Reuter's Wellington corres pondent says the strike situation is improving, and everything is quiet.
Death-Roll Increasing.
President Wilson says there are London. Received Nov. 15.more favourable elements in the The death-roll in the Lake Mexican situation. disasters is increasing. It is now Australian cricketers are not to confirmed that the steamer James
Carruthers, with crew and 370,000 compete in the Olympic Games.
that the British steamer Bridge- The German Legation at port has foundered in a sea-storm, Mexico City has advised Germana the crow of 45 being supposed to
be drowned. Ten vessels are still at Torreon to go to this coast. unaccounted for, with aggregate crews of 167.
The Nobel prize for literature has been conferred upon the Indian poet, Rabindra Nath Tagore.
A train fell through a trestle
London. Received Nov. 15. Router's Wellington corres-as to other Brahmins who took. pondeat states that the strike is service with the Esat India crumbling, the strikers steadily Company, the somewhat casual bridge at Clayton, Alabama, and resuming work.
to
CHARACTER SKETCH
Of the Winner of Nobel
Literature Prize.
.
Anglo-Indians gave the title of 20 persons were killed and 250 Thakor (lord), which, corrupted injured.
into Tagore, became the accepted
surname of the family. Wealth
Frank Wootton, the jockey, is
game to them with the building retiring at the end of the season of Fort William, and as the eight and will become a trainer of eenth century draws to a close horres in England. we see the Tagores playing an increasingly prominent part in
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Mr Bonar Law says the Unionist the civic and intellectual life of fiscal policy will not impose new A Router's telegram appearing Bengal. Some take to commerce duties on food, but a moderate on this page announces that the or the law, some are faithful to tariff on manufactured goods. Nobel Prize for Literature has the ancient ways and devote them- been awarded to the Indian poet, selves to the service of traditional ** CHURCH SERVICES: Rabindra Nath Tagure. The learning. One especially is hon-
St. John's Cathedral, Hong- following character study of the oured as a patron of Sanskrit poet, contributed to the Man scholarship and founda a Sanskrit kong 60th November, 26th San chester Guardian during his visit library in his house. Others are day after Trinity. Holy Com England last year, will be read quick to see the possibilities of munion (8.15 a.m.) Matias (11 the new learning, that has comes.m.) Matine (11 a.m)(Full with interest:
The position of Rabindra Nath from the West. It is among the Choir.) Responses, Ferint, Venite, Tagore in modern Bengal is with Tagores that we find the first Kempton Paalms, of the 16th It is to be hoped that the even when the performer lies half-mile and the mile instead of out a parallel. He is a man in Indians to acquire a liberal morning. Te Deum, Smart in F, officials of Salford Harriers will goaping for wind at the track for the quarter-mile and the half the prime of middle life, and for education in the European sense Benedictus Hayes in F. Anthem, 48 deal jadiniously with young H. Ride. Give men lad like Whitting mile, and those who know him a quarter of a century his in-more than one of them while Lord God" Goss. Holy Com Whittingsow, their recent slow who steals quietly through best declare he will make a great finence and renown have been Europe is still a closed book to manion (11.45 a.m.) Kyrie, Smart 60 quisition from Tintwistle Hurriers, his field, pegging back here one miler. He is such a strong young growing. It is impossible, of the Eset, attaining a mastery of in F; Hymns, 197, and 157. Even-
so that he may not have his heart and there three or four opponents, fellow, with such a powerful fin-course, for one unacquainted with English and French and familari
song (5.45 p.m.) Responses, broken by long grinds across snatching at the opportunity to ish after taking so little out of the Bengali tongue (in which ty with Western thought and Ferial; Paalma, of the 18th even- country on all sorts of going and get the inside for a score of yards, himself through his races, that he alone the port writes, despite the knowledge. In the nineteenthing; Magnificat, Tuzle, (23rd in all conditions of weather dur and then winding round another is bound to do well. I should tradition of his family in English century the chronicles of the evening); Nane Dimittis, Elvey set of runnors, all the while carvnot be surprised were Ted scholarship and bis own fami- family are still more striking, for (23rd evening) and Hymns, 292 12ing the winter months.
This athlete I regarded as the ing out a nice position for the Meredith the hope of the United liarity with our language and while some of its members set 300 and 12.
'St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, When that has been States in the 1,500 metres at Bar literature) to speak of his work themselves to preserve and revive 11 most promising of the north last lap.
save by hearsay. One can only the musical and other culture of 26th, Sunday after Trinity, 16th 18 country halfmilera during the reached he has not in his big races lin in 1916.
past senter. Some preferred required to put in desperate work; And here let me say that Melvin record the judgment of his coun-old Bengal, the immediate ances November, 1913. Morning Prayer D E. Gorton, his club mate and his indicions manoeuvring bas Sheppard looks as though he will trymen. That, however, is al-tors of Rabindra Nath Tagore (11 m.)-Responses, 30 great rival of the last eross-country been serviceable to him, and go on for ever. He did 1.57 the together unequivocal. His name is achieve the conquest of regions Venite, Crotch; Psalms, As Bet.; BRON, but the last-named was people have wondered, "how did other day on a heavy track in the a household word in the Bengali hitherto unexplored by men of Te Deum, Blissett; Jubilate, 3 laid off sick for a considerable he get there?"
Metropolitan Championships, and speaking world. His songs are India race.
Hayes; Hymne, 332, 370, and the heard everywhere from The poet's grandfather was the 821. Evening Prayer: (6 pm).- Nor has Whittingslow been seemed to run splendidly. 22 part of the term, and it was no
to Burmah, His celebrated Bengali public man Hymn, 277; Responses, Ferial: possible to form any accurate well off as regards training. He Moderate work will not kill North-west 13 estimate of their relative merite, is (or was) resident in Mottram, Whittingalow or Gorton, but I poems and dramas, stories and known to his contemporaries as Fealms, Asset Magnificat where there is no track, and his hope that neither will ho run essays, printed in the Indian "Prince" Dwarka Nath Tagore, Barnby in D. 18th morning running necessarily has been stale or happen apon accident magazines or circulated in cheap the most magnificent citizen of Nane Dimittis, Wickes, 10th event 15 the pretiost movere in the country, rough and ready. But withal beat the winter sport. We have editions, count their readers by Calcutta thres generatione ago, ing: Hymns, 333 265 and 477.
good tens of thousands. He is the ac- The first Indian to establish Sovenfold Amen. 30 bat Whittingslow was mightily has thriven on it, and while it is not many very
St. Peter's Church, West Point; effective, and his "doubles" and quite possible be may rise to even half-milers in the north, and I knowledged master of Bengali mercantile firm on the modern 15" singles
were spread over the higher honours. than the minor do want to see the Mottram boy literature, bonoured as artist, European model, he was also a Sunday, November 18th. Holy thinker, and teacher, as a builder pioneer of steam communication Communion at 8 a.m. Morning entire mason.
position he occupied in junior given a chance.
of barmonies, a maker of new between India and England, a Service and Holy Communion st Now it is just here that a little cross-country circles last year, P. Flynn at New York,
By the way, one distance run-forms, as the writer who more free press and of the jury system, 11 am. Evening Service, at Sea- bit of judicions advice may be I abou'd like to see him given one useful to Whittingslew, and in good chance on the flat. He has zer has, as I expected would be than any other has revealed the a social, educational, and religi-mena Institute at 7.30 p.m.
First Church of Christian like manner to Gorton. If they too much pace to be aaorificed the case, become lost to this capacities of the Bengali language ous reformer. He was, moreover, are allowed to follow their bent over country-in the meantime, country and may be seen sport for imaginative and philosophical among the earliest Indians of Scientist, Macdonall Road-Sun- high caste and public position to day, 11.15 am.; Wednesday thry may go and tear themselves at any rate."
ing the "stare and stripes" in expression.
This personal achievement visit Europe, Honoura came to 5.30 p.m. to bits o'er plough and fallow,
the Stadium at the next Olym and when next Eastertide arrivos But this does not mean that piad. This is Pat Flynn. He would of itself be sufficiently re-him alike in Paris and in find themselves lacking pace. Whittingslow should cut cross went over on the Celtic-appro markable; bat it so happens that London, and, dying in exile, he London, Received Nov. 14. It may be argued that in country running out of his priste name which conveyed Mr Rabindra Nath continues and lies buried at Konsal Green. The the interval the pair may take training altogether. Far from it. Nat Cartmell and young Earl falfile a great family tradition by son of this impressive personage, The Sportsman states that high honours soross country, and If the work be easy he will do Patterson back to the United virtue of which the Tagores con- and the pret's father, was the Frank Wootton will be retiring the orifice of speed may have himself no harm by running with States. Down at the dock he was stitute the flower of the intelleo Maharabi (Great Sage) Devendra-9.15.p.m.
Consolidated the at the end of the season. He will been awarded accordingly. This Sulford Harriers in their spias, met by Eddie Owen's great rival tual arisicoracy of Bengal. The Nath, who spend a holiday in Australis prior may be quite possible, though granted these bo not too hard or of the mile championship of 1912, stook furnishes a truly astonish-Theistio Church of Bengal (the to becoming a trainer in England. there is an even higher chance of too long. Last Saturday's dis. R. Hales, with whom Flynn used ing record of hereditary genius. Brahmo Somaj), and who, dying Tradition carries the Tagore an in Calcutta eight years ago at a much shadow and no substance. tance would appear to have been to train in their native village
A Fine Judge of Pace,' much further than the officials is it Bantoor and by this time, cestry back for more than 800 great age, left a name as scholar I am a great believer in Whit-had estimated.
Take it, Flynn will be a full-yeare, and it is certain that during and saint that is revered through. several centuries, members of the Hindustan by millions who could tingelow. When I saw him win- Take as instances the runnere Hedged Irish-American, ning his first prize of last season of the United States universities. Moreover, he will bon genuine, clan have taken the lead in prac not have understood; still less I declared ho would be a-fae The half-mile and mile perfor and not a so-called Hibernian tical affairs, in literature and the have accepted, bis purified ration ruauer, and lo! I was assured mers are not above taking a turn such as the Meateckye, the Frig For the establishment of the Such is the ancestry of the
arts, in learning and religion, alistic greed. that he was "a good enough at the autumn game. Of course, yes Mezeis, the Grijsesls, the runner, but likely to turn it up if the work is not nearly as difficult Ponurakis, the Woropkaffs, the material fortunes of the family we distinguished man who, in the tackled. I watched him re- as is the regulation oross-country Elizarote, the Konchnikoffs, the need not go back heyond the maturity of his powers and the peatedly, and after he had gained running in the United Kingdom: Pompognes, the Kolalimainens, middle of the eighteenth century, fullness of his fume, is now in London, Received Nov. 14. rare triumphs at Huddersfield The Inter-collegiate course is the Rosenbergers, "the Kiviats, when the head of the house England, and receiving, though Steam Fisheries Co. Ltd. meeting
correspondent at those were not his last it was only six miles, and after Novom- af d the Meyers, none of whose migrated from the interior of without publicity, something of noon. Realer's
Extraordinary General meet- Athens says the Fures-Greece patent that an incorrect estimate ber 20, which is the date of this forebears was a King in Con-Bengal to the spot on the banks his due measure of recognition pence treaty was rigued at mid- bad been formed of this lad, who season's championship, cross- naught.
site of modern Caloutta," To him, letterg.
Steam Fisheries Co. Ltd. 12.16.- used his head in his runs, and country running finishes for the night,
November 10, New Orleans
1919. *September 2," Aisgill Moor
FRANK WOOTTON,
TO BECOME TRAINER.
BALKAN AFFAIRS.
PEACE SIGNED.
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