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The Hongkong Telegraph.

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February 12, 1914,

2716晚八十月正年寅甲

HOME RULE DEBATE.

A BATTLE OF WORDS IN BOTH HOUSS.

MR WALTER LONG'S AMENDMENT REJECTED.

Sir. E, Carson's Intentions,

London. Recolved February 12,

(ESTABLISHED 1881)

Copyright, 1914 by the Proprietor.

FEBRUARY 12,

THURSDAY,

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

HOME RULE DEBATE.

SWEDISH CRISIS.

WEATHER FORECAST

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1914.

四興國 號二十月式英香

RELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

NEW ZEALAND.

POLICE HOAXED,

SIR. B. CARSON'S SPEECH. KING OBJECTS TO MUZZLING, ANXIOUS TO SHARE BURDENS.

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NOT.MRS. PANKHURST,

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838 PER ANNUM SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTE,

"NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

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TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

The new Chinese financial representative has arrived. London.

Mr. Walter Long's amendment to the Address has been defested by a majority of 78 votes.

| {Reuter's Service. To The "Telograph"]]{Bouter's Bervios To. The "Telegraph."} } [Rauter's Bartice To "The Telegraph"] {[Reuter's Service To The Telegraph."]

London. Revolved February 12.

London. Received February 1 'London. Received February 11′ ́

London Received February 11. The voting on Mr. Walter Reuter's correspondent at Rauter's correspondent at Mrs Pankhurst, who addressed Long's amendment, expressing Stockholm saya it appears that Wellington says the Premier of a crowd from the window of a

After further demonstrations in regret that the Government the the King refused to comply with New Zealand speaking at Teahouse in Kensington yesterday Government did not intend to the Cabinet's request to publicly soha, said the Government had evening, concluded by defying Tokyo by orowds, the excitement appeal to the country on Home modify the attitude de conroyed asked the Home authorities to the Government to arrest her and has subsided. Rule, was as follows:- in his speech towards the peas-comply with the 1800 agreement added that she was "coming out

Against

Roumania and Servia will in- ................333 ants or to inform the Cabinet to give New Zealand two Bristol in a few minutes." .For... 1240 239414

.255 beforehand concerning future type cruisers within eighteen Directly the emerged there was tervene if Turkey and Balgeris Majority againat ... 78 public utterances,"

montha and New Zealand would a wild battle between the police combine against Greece. The amendment was there fore. Hla Majesty has refused to be then pay another thousand and the suffragists. rejected.

deprived of the right to push to pounds sterling a year. No rep The detectives and their cap- the people unrestrainedly ly bad hitherto been received, I tive were once trodden underfoot Baron Geer is forming a new something was not done it would and when they reached the police be the duty of the New Zealand station it was found that they Cabinet.

Government to ask Parliament's had been hoaxed, the captive hav authority to build at least one ing been disguised to represent oraiser in a British ship-yard. It Mrs. Fankhurst. was about time for New Zealand to make up its mind how much it could afford to pay for the comTM bined naval and land defences. Ee (the Premier) believed that the Pacifio would be the storm centre of the future and they should do all that is possible to ensure naval supremacy in these wators.

[Reuter's Service To The "Telegraph."} London, Received February 11. eubmit to Purliament definite In order to emphasise the par- proposals on the subject of Ulster amountoy of the Ulster problem came as a surprise and ureates a the Opposition departed from new stitustion. It is generally. precedent, and Mr. Walter Long, assumed that the Cabinet is rizing amid oheere, moved the working towards a system of amendment to the Address. Ee Home Rule within Home Rule,

"Lord Loreburn's Views. affirmed that the departure was, giving the Protestant counties a due to an exceptional and ex- chack over the administration of

In the House of Lords, Lord traordinary position. For the their boundaries, expecting thus rebura resumed the debate on first time in centuries, he said. to create a body of public opinion the Address. He described the the United Kingdom was threat strong enough to control the ex- King's reference to the gravity of ened with civil war, which would tremists on either side.

the Bituation in Ireland as a courageous and honourable de certainly break out if the Govern- ment persisted in its present

parture, and said he considered that a Dissolution did not offer a policy. The position was no fault

Sir Edward Carson says he solution, but merely postponed of the Opposition, who warned the Government of what had inferred from Mr Asquith's speech the question. The Bill was good, happened. The first fruits of the that the exclusion of Ulster would but a settlement by consent was Parliament Act would be that the not conflict with the fundamental better. The real danger not so Government would have to carry principles of the Bill. If exolasion much that of bloodshed and civil Home Rule by British bayonets were proposed, it would be his commotion as the prolongation of and bullets against a hundred duty to go to Ulater and imme-discontent and disloyalty in Ire- thousand armed Ulsterites. Mr. diately consult the people. If the land. He believed that Federalism Long concluded that the Opposi-overnment attempted to compel would prove a solution of the tion demanded that the Govern- Ulster to come under the control difficulty, and be strongly ap ment consult the country. It of the Dublin Parliament, ho, re-pealed to the conciliatoriness and was perfectly true that there gardless of personal consequences, goodwill of all. was grave anxiety in regard to would go with the people to the

Lord Lansdowne affirmed that the Army.. He said the Army end in their policy of resistance.

No Mandate.

everyone favoured a friendly ar- must do what was consistent with

Mr. Bonar Law said he fully rangement, but the Government their duty, What course it would take was not for him to say but accepted responsibility for count made no suggestions. Ho was a distinguished soldier had stated ensacing resistance. If ever a bound to say that the prospect ap that many would resign. It was people in the world's history were peared as hopeless as it could a foul salamny to say that the entitled to resist, Ulster, and the possibly bs. Even if Ulster were Opposition had made this a Party single fact that armed coercion excluded the axolusion would have question. Be appealed to Mwould be necessary entirely alter to be accompanied by safeguards Asquith if he had any proposals ed the situation: Mr. Asquith by of the interests of the extra-Ulster to Unioniste. The proper course to make them without delay and offering special treatment moved that it would be disastrous Ulater admitted her special ident- for the Government se Democrats to proceed with Home Rule until ity, and it inevitably followed and straghtforward men to par it was submitted to the judgment if Ulstermen were not convinced sue was to frame whatever amend- of the country."

Settlement Hopes.

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The Only Course,

THE CABINET.

COMING CHANGES,

London. Ressired February 11.

The newspapers concur that the reaalt of Mr. Sydney Baxton's peerage will be that Mr. John Burns will become President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Master- man Obancallor of the Duchy of Lancaster, retaining the chair- manship of the Insurance Com- mission. Mr. Hobhouse Post master-General and Mr. Herbert Samuel, President of the Local Government Board.

Confirmed.

London. Beceived February 12. The appointments of Mr. John Burns, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Hob- house and Mr. Samuel are con- armed.

TOKYO RIOTS:

TROOPS DISPERSH MOB.

London Received February 11,

BALKAN 'SITUATION,

LATEST POSSIBILITIES.

London. Received: February 13.

RELIGIOUS PEACE.

MR CARNEGIE'S GIFTS.

London. Received February 11. Reuter's correspondent at New

Lord Lansdowne says the pro spect of a settlement on Home Rule appears as hopeless as it could possibly be.

Natal beat MO.O. by four wickets. This is the first defeat enstained by the M.0.0. on their present tour.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given York says Mr. Andrew Carnegie two million dollars to promote has given $2,000,000 with the peace, through the churches of object of promoting peace the world.

through the Churohes of the

world part of the income to be

Mr. Asquith delivered a con held available for the use of ciliatory speech in the Ommoona Church Peace Leagues in Great foreshadowing likely concessions Britain and Germany.

Jon Home Rule,

OBITUARY.

Lord Gladstone is to resign the Governor Generalship of Africa at the end of this session, and. Mr. Buxton succeeds him.

Reuter learns respecting the GENERAL BANNERMAN. repeated romours of » Turco-

London. Received February '11. Bulgarian combination against Greece that Roumania and Servia The death ia announced of

The Commercial Union “As-" would certainly intervene in General William Bannerman,surance Co., under the will of the favour of Greece, though they O.B., Indian Mutiny veteran," at lato Sir William Dunn, has given would remain quiescent if Tarkey the advanced aged of 88.

£10,000 to the Boy Scouts Endow, alope attapked Greece.

ment Fund,

CHINESE OFFICIALS IN LONDON.

before the country. but said ite Reuter's Tokyo correspondent Londen. Bevelred February 19, principles had been fully dis-saya in a conflict which took Chen Chin-tao, the new fiuan cussed. Unless Unionists gave place between the mob and the gial representative of China, has some intimation that they were police, four persons were wound-arrived in London.· ̈ prepared to meet the Governmented with sworda. in principle, a settlement would | be impossible.

of the acceptability of his pro-ments they thought necessary ponala Ulstar should be excluded and then go to the country. from the Bill. It was in Mr. As- Lord Haldane admitted that Mr. Asquith said that if the quith's power to prevent civil this specific Bill had never been matter was to be settled by war by making the proposals general agreement it had better acceptable to Ulster or by going be settled here and now than by to the people. a general election. While he Sir John S. Simon resumed regretted that his conversations the debate in the House of with Mr. Bonar Law 'had not Commons, He laid stress on the attained an agreement he did not point that an election now would despair of an agreement being mean the tearing up of the reached. He thought the lan-Parliament Act for ever, and this gange of the King's speech would Ministerialists were determined find an echo in every part of the to resist. House.

Conciliatory Language,

Sir Edward Carson, who was received with salvoes of cheers, considered that Mr. Asquith's

Mr. Asquith, dealing with the statement was absolutely disap Ulster question as it affected the pointing. He should have out- House of Commons, said, that lined the actual proposals. The

hey

LORD GLADSTONE.

ABOUT TO RESIGN.

London. Resolved February 12. In the House of Commons,

BOY SCOUTS.

The mob subsequently began to disperse, apparently overawed by the calling out of the troops,

London, Received February 12. Renter's Tokyo correspondent says the excitement has now an- tirely subsided.

AVIATION FEAT.

London. Received February 12, Beuter's correspondent at

It was Low Yuk-tin, the Chinese Minister, who was received by the King on the 10th, inat., when the former presented his new creden- tials from the Republic."

Fruitless Visits, In an interview with a Globe representative Mr. Foss told an interesting story of the way in which "Magic" came to be write ten and produced:

"I had never met Mr Chester- ion," he said, "until it was ang.

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NEWS,

Yesterday's football is covered

ander the heading of Local Sport.

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play was transformed into some sort of stage coherence. After that all was comparatively plain sailing, although a considerable time elapsed before I received the A report of an 'entertainment finished manuscript.

by the, American Boys appears "When that period arrived I to-day, was unfortunately ill, and the manuscript before it reached me of the birthday of President An article on the anniversary came into the hands of my Lincoln appears on Page 4 secretary and reader who was

naturally interested in a play A report of an entertainment from which we anticipated so much and which had taken such by the American Boys appears

today. a long time to secure. He glanced through the manuscript eagerly,The Hongkong Hotel Company bat the singular form in which is paying a dividend of $7 per it arrived scribbled haphazard share on the old shares and

prejudiced

"Our Contemporaries" appeare on Page 2 and general news and a report of the Shanghai tragedy on Page 3..

on scraps of paper in many cases $3.50 on the new issue. blotted or covered with wine stains apparently him against it.

“A Masterpl£o,” . "Extremely despondent he warned me not to read the play

An appeal on sa 'action to until I was stronger. I was dissolve the Partnership between get him to write a play. Having naturally cast down, and it was Charles Alexander Tomes and obtained an introduction, I fre some hours before I ventured to Robert Shewan commenced in the

look at the manuscript, but even Fall Court to-day. quently visited his house Beaconsfield, and urged him to what lay before me was a master- one reading convinced me that attempt the only medium of literary expression which he had piece of a peculiarly new and not so far essayed, but for a time vital Bort.

was unable to make any pro came into being; and as for the That, briefly, ia bow Magic' "Mr Chesterton seemed to look Presentation of the play on the apon the matter as a joke, and stage, no author could have when I pressed him he declared

been more trusting than Mr.9.16 How Magic was Wittten and line, and that having refused so hands, and amply repaid me for that plage were quite ont of his esterton, who put the entire organisation and casting into my Produced..

many managers he did not see why he should make an exception been only too glad to be put by all the trouble to which I had of one.

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G. K. CHESTERTON, DRAMATIST..

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY. Vistoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. The Idol's Eye. Theatre Royal,

p.m.

TO-MORROW. The Idol's Eye Theatre Royal 9.15. p.m.

Saturday, February 14 The Idol's Eye Theatre Royal

achemes and suggestions for speaker emphasised the "unpar Mr. Harcourt, Secretary of State settlement were in the air. The allelled gravity" statement in the for the Colonies, announced that exclusion of Ulstor had been men-King's Speech, and said that the Lord Gladstone would resign bis FLIGHT OVER MONT BLANC, gested to me that I should try and tioned. He was not going to Bill was condemned on the position as Governor General of pronounce any final judgment Government's own confession. South Africa at the end of the thereon, or any other solution, Something had undoubtedly been present session of the Union but even those who suggested ex-gained, and now perhaps Colonel Parliament, The resignation Geneva says M. Parmalin aerop clusion regarded it as a pis aller Seely would cease telling bis con- was due to domestic reasons and laned from Geneva over Mont (last resort). Aúy, steps which stituents that Bir

Edward and had no connection whatever Blanc, descending at Aosta. y take in the way of suggestions Carson Was insane. He with recent events. The at not be construed as an ad- believed the Government were Mr. Sydney Baxton succeeda mission on that Bill, which had been manoeuvring (Loud Cheers.) Lord Gladstone. which begged, was defective. They They were making the position of under two taken as the price of Irish Unionists intolerable by with much it meant by the price of asking them to sit quietly and satisfaction w system of Irish gov-vote on the Estimates while the nouncement arting in an atmos- situation in Ulster was daily bo- the Commist fair chance of work-coming more difficult. Ulster did upon their repsfully. He agreed did not want concessions; she

BENEFIT BY WILL.. published in matter which should desired to be left alone. Sir El-

In the recent history of the mission was ap delayed and affirm-ward declared with emphasis, London. Received February 11.

stage there has probably never

remarking after the first night-9.15 p.m. ly to inquire was no justification"You laughed at the Covenant; The Commercial Union Assur. been a play produced in more "However, I was not in the that he hardly recognised his own Half yearly meeting of Share admission and asion that the Gov- laugh at it now."

snce Co., under powers entrusted remarkable conditions then Mr. least dismayed, and whether I play, and than I was nothing holdes Hongkong and Shanghai Ang in the was trifling with the

Mr. Lloyd George said the to them by the will of the late Sir G. K. Chesterton's Megio," was welcome or not, I continued more nor leas that a magician Banking Corporation-noon. matter or seeking to gain time. Government would go to every William Dunn, has given £10,000 which has just obtained a new to visit him, until I believe for who had clothed the passing fancy Humphreys Estate and Finance The Government would endea-extreme compatible with the main towards the boy Scouts' endow lease of life at the Little Theatre. very boredom of my presence he of his brain with dramatic flesh." Co. Ltd annual General meeting

11.30a.m. vour to put forward suggestions purpose of of the Bill, hat they ment fand. which he believed would be could not and would not betray regarded by all fair-minded men the majority of Irishmen. After as an attempt to reach an the proposals has passed through agreement. Consulting the sus the House of Commons they would ceptibilities of all concerned, the go to the House of Lords, over Government, would close no which they had no control. The avenue, however unpromising, responsibility for whit would towards arriving at a settlement. happen there would reat with the

A New Situation.

Opposition. If, after doing every- thing possible to allay the legi- Mr. Asquith's speech caused a timate fears of Ulster, the Govern- sensation in the Lobby. While a ment quailed before threats of conciliatory tone was anticipated, violence, they would violate their the decision of the Cabinet to trust

M. C. C. BEATEN.

A FIRST REVERSE..

London. Received February 11, Renter's Darban correspondent says Natal has beaten the M. O. C. by four wickets. This is the first deleat of the M. O. C. during their tour in South Africa.

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For Very Boredom.

In Mr. Chesterton's pass the had at last to consent. Even usual order of things was reversed. then the time when he would Usually the aspiring dramatist write the play was in the dim has to write numerous plays be- and distant future," and many. fore he is able to get one prodused more fruitless visits to Beacons andy

years often elapse boforo he is field had to be made before I lucky enough to parauada a West could get him even to give m' a End manager to accept one of his suggestion of the plot. msnugxripts; but Mr. Chesterton, "His ideas on the drama were however his visits to the theatre, quite vague, and it was nct until by the way, are infrequent--was after prolonged discussion-in approached by seveni West-end which, I should like to say, he managers before he finally con proved himself the most courteous sented to write a play for Mr. and considerate suthor with whom Kenelm Foss

I have had dealing that the

NEWS FOR BUSY Men,

TELEGRAMS. CONDENSED,

M. Parmelin has aeroplaned over Mont Blano,

The death is announced of General William Bannerman.

Further Cabinet changes are foreshadowed in a telegram to-day, The debate on the Address has been resumed in the House of

ords

Monday Fobruary 18, Jockey Club Race Meeting Happy Valley.

Mand Allan at Theatre Royal 2.15 pm.

Tuesday, February 17, Maud Allaa at Theatre Royal 9.10 p.m.

Concert Seamen's Institute. Wednesday, February 16. Moad Allan at Theatre Royal 8.15 pm

Tharaday, February 19, Ball at Government House. Saturday February 21,