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TELEGRAMS.

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UNREST IN INDIA.

A STARTLING REPORT.

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TELEGRAMS,

BETHNAL GREEN,

VIEWS ON THE RESULT.

SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY

21.

1914.

大寒服 第一廿月式英潘赞

*FELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

WELEGRAMS..

GERMAN SENSATION.

TRIAL OF A COUNT.

BISLEY CONDITIONS,

CHANGE POSTPONBO.

ARMY ESTIMATE,

£216,000 FOR AVIATION,

FATAL EXPLOSION.

SEVEN KILLED,

(Reuter's Service To The "Telegraph.") (Reuter's Service To The Telegraph," Reuters Service To The Telegraph." [Router's Bervice To The "Telegraph." [Router's Service To The Telegraph."] [Router's Service To The "Talegraph."}

London. Recalved February 20.- Retter's Calcutta correspon-

dent at Calcutta says the English man states that on Monday night a large body of raiders crossed the frontier and attacked a block house at Attock Bridge. Armed police fought the raiders for

tired with a few casualties.

London. Received February 20, The trial of Count Mielczyneki

Landon. Beceived February 21. In a supplementary army ea timate which has just been issu-

aviation,

London. Received February 20,

London. Received February £1.

Sir Matthew Wilson, the Buc-

Colone Seeley bus dgreed to a cossful Unionist candidate at has opened. The proceedings postponement, by the.War office, Bethnal Green, says that his viewere held behind closed doors of the change in the Bisley con-ed, 3218,000 is set aside for tory was due to the people's A doctor wat beside the accused ditions until 1915.

most dejected. H sympathy with the men of Ulster who was and to their dissatisfaction with pleaded guilty of intentionally killing his wife and her nephew the Insurance Act.

but in extennation said that he

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Mr. Masterman, ia a speech to several hours. The raiders re-his supporters, said his opponents The same body on Tuesday held the sent by a minority vote. fired on the Sussex Regiment who were engaged in manoeuvres near Peshawar. The result of this attack is not known, but ambulances have gone out from Peshawar and Artillery has been ordered to be in readiness.

Greatly Exaggerated.

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Lator.

There would be another election. bofors eighteen months were over, when he was confident that the present absurd result would be reversed.

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was greatly provoked and fired on PRESERVATION the spur of the moment.

[On December 22 the following was sent by Router:-Reuter's correspondent at Posen reports

POPLAR BYE-ELECTION.

PETROLEUM

London. Received February 11.

that at Castle Dakoayokce, near Reuter's correspondent at Ot- Graetz, Count Mielczynski, atawa states that a Bill has been member of the Reichstag, hear-introduced in the Hour of Com- Mr. Bonar Law wired to Siring a noise in the night, thought mons gianting the Government Matthew Wilson his congratula-that burglars had entered the! tions, saying that bis victory e sald castle. He secured a gun, andwer to prohibit the export of not have come at a better moment. went downstairs, and finding the crude and partly manufactured There were scenes of great Un-Countess and her nephew in the Et oleum. The Premier énid the ionist enthusiasm in the House of former's bedroom, ho shot them Bill was introduced as a result of Commons when the roenlt was both dead. The Count then report- representatione made to the od the affair to the Public Prose-Government on the possibility of The Conservativo papers are vestigation. Reuter's correspon- would be necessary to preserve cutor and dompaded an in-diraumstances arising when it vory jubilant over the result and dent at Posen states that it oil for use in the defence of the proclaim Home Rule na doomed.appears that the nephew was Empire.

The Liberal papers, while dia-staying with Count and Countess appointel, paint out that Mr. Mielczynski. The Count had Seurr is n Home Ruler and, there been suspicious for some time of fore, the result is a victory, for the relations between his wife Home Rule.

and her nephew, who was the son The papers slate that Sir T. of her half-sister. Returning Roe will resign his ait at Derby from a party at four o'clock in the moraing, he noticed that his

A message from Reuter's' cor-announced. respondent at Delhii states that the report of the raid and attack have been greatly exaggerated; Some Badmashes fired several shots a few nights ago and retired when the fire was returned. There were no casualties on either side.

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MR. LLOYD GEORGE,

SERIOUSLY ILL.

London. Received February 20.

Mr. Lloyd George, who has been suffering from influenza, loft his bed to speak in the House of Commons yesterday. Afterwards his condition became so serious

that he was compelled to take to bis bad again. His temperaturo is 102.

Better Now,

London. Rosefved 'Fobruary 21, Mr. Lloyd George is better. He has motored to Walton Heath for the week-ond.

RUBBER SALES.

CENTRAL AGENCY

to provide a seat for Mr. Master-wife's room was lit up, and hear ing a noise there he went in to

mar.

ADDRESS ADOPTED.

London. Received February 20. The House of Commons has

London. Received February 21...investigate, taking a sporting adopted the Address in reply to Sir T. Roe says he is not re-gun with him, and found the the Speech from the Throne. siguing..

торв.

Mr. Masterman III.

Later,

couple together.}

the of

THE KAISER'S GERMAN

►

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DECREASE IN LIBERAL”

MAJORITY.

London, Received February 21.

salted as follows:-

The Poplar bye-election re

was:-

*****3,548.

.8,270./

892. 278.

election

Yeo (Liberal) Clark (Unionist) Jones (Labour). Liberal Majority The result of the

Rt. Hon. S. Buxton

(Liberal) E. Ashmead-Bartlett

(Unionist)... Liberal Majority......1,822.

.....3,977.

.2,148,

London. Received February 21. An explosion has taken place in Messrs Noble's dynamite fan. tory at Ardeer, Ayrshire Saven people were killed and two injured.

Heard 40 Miles Away.

Later.

An other death has result d from the explosion at Ardeer, The explosion was terrific and shook the neighbourhood. It WAN heard fort miles away. Immedia- tely afterwards a smalt sample magazine blew up.

20,667.44. The total amount of creditors' claims was Tle. 21,848.- 77, all of which have bad paid

ia full

1889.

The New Journalism- February 16:-"Hongkong journalism has seen many vicin situdes, but it has received one of the severeat "boosts" of all this' wook. Commencing with

the Pagan New Year, an enter prising newspaper onlled the Wai San Yat Po, emulating the foreign papers has regalarly

836 PEB ANNUM, SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTE,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

The Hungarian loan has been covered.

The trial has opened of Count Mielozynski who recently shot his wife and her nephew,

Polling is taking place st Poplar where there isconsiderable excitement..

Air Mathew Wilson, the victor at Bethnal Green is assisting the Unionist candidato at Poplar.

In the Waterloo Cup final Dilwyn beat Leucory 4. The betting was two to one on the winner.

An explosion has taken place. in Mesara. Nobel's dynamite fac- tory at Ardeer, Avrábire. Seven people were killed and

two injured.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY,

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m.

A. D. O. Performance Theatre

Wednesday, February 25.

Hongkong Hotel Shareholders Meeting-12.80 p.m.

Thursday, February 28,

Annual meeting Kowloon Land

"As will be reen from the accounts before you, after usy- ment of creditors, and proviaing for the liquidators' remuneration. (as fized by the shareholders) the balance in hand was only about ordinary German parlance are, Tis. 5,200.00, sufficient to pay 17 for the most part, the most or-tael cents per shere. 21 dinary words with the most or dinary meanings-words which passed from one language to the other consequent upon the ming- ling of the peoples in war-time, a century ago, during the War of Liberation and later in 1870. Boner. While "the King's That is why the soldiers' march. There are certain shops to be English" denotes the speech of ing songs, songs that are sung to- found in Oxford street and the vast majority, it requires little day by the German regiments, Mr. Masterman is suffering the surrounding neighbourhood foresight to prophesy that "the are so full of French words. from gastritis and is to take a which label themselves" Friseur" Kaiser's German" will for many 'Globe."

ever thinks a long day remain the language nobody a long rest. It is pointed out but

referring to #them of but a small minority. It is a that it is unnecessary for chancellor of the Duchy to bo a in conversation by any other matter of common knowledge

Talany Rubber Estates.. member of the House of Com-name than that of hairdresser, that the superfluous "b" in such But in Germany a hairdresser is words as "Tur," which was

A general meeting of the actually spoken of ae a "Friseur" formerly stelt "Thur," should!

Talang Rubber Estates, Ltd. (in because it is impossible to call be banished. him anything else unless you em

The present writer was not at liquidation), was held on the 9th ploy the would "barbier," and that time so familiar as he has inst. at the offices of Messrs. Lowe, sent a long robed individual to even then you will still be talking since become with the Prassian Bingham, and Matthews. Shang the Police Court to report the Royal-0.15 p.m. No Englishman who has been French and not German. And if State l'ailways, sud so is unable hai Mr. Eric M. Ross, C.A., who, ceass heard there. He sits apare in German a sufficient length of you wish to mention the pavement to remember whether in these in conjunction with Mr. O. Cfrom his red-haired colleagues, time to allow him to become con- you have to call it a "trottoir," or, daya the notice "Tar schliessea" Dunman, A.C.A., bas acted as with a stub of pencil and odd vergant with the more common if you fly, the town and desert was affixed to the doors of each liquidator, presented the follow bits of paper, and takes the cases from the Chinese evidence. idiome and forms of speech will the narrow streets for the broad compartment, but he has often ing report:

The liquidation having now have failed to notice that foreign high-road, where are you? On taken delight in considering the DISCOUNTED.words constitute an unexpectedly the "chadasee."

joy that would bave filled the been completed, I have called Sawling characters like smashed heart of the indefatigable Uncle this meeting for the purpose of We are not in a position to cookroaches with amazing facility. large part of the ordinary Ger-

Attempts At Elimlcation' * London. Received February 20. man's vocabulary. Many of these It will be seen that the dificul Joseph in Stevenson's "Wrong laying before you accounts show criticise his contributions to our At a meeting of the Rubber words which by one process or ties which boset, the path of any-Box had that worthy old gen-ing the manner in which the contemporary, but we have it on

op-winding up has been conducted the authority of a very fair and Building Co., Ltd.-noon. Growers Association in London, another have been assimilated one who determines to learn to tleman been given the

echolar -- Inspector Mr. Noel Trotter, who presided, into the language and grown speak German thoroughly are not portunity of calculating exact and the property of the company Chinese

inatoncse said the suggestion for the estabfamiliar in everyday conversation confined to the irregularities ly how many

of disposed of.

Stanton that it is amusing read- As you are aware the coming from a Western point of lishment of a central selling are of English origin, though the of the grammar or the involved repainting the edict for the agency otherwise than by a sys- novel methods of pronunciation to nature of the construction, But apart from the considera-pany was in financial difficul-view. We have yet to see how Royal-9,15 p.m. tem of collective bargaining was which they are subjected general This problem of the avoidance of tion of what it might have done ties early in 1911 owing to the new journalist will wrestle fraught with such difficulties as render them extremely puzzling if the use of works which are not for one imaginary individuals, the lack of working capital, and with a two-columa judgment by would render it commercially not wholly unrecognisable, to in reality German at all and decree hus effected little that on the failure of the proposed de- Mr. Pollock, but we will bet him impracticable.

those of us who should naturally should, properly speaking, have would not, according to the mass bonture issue in July, 1911 H-

in two feet of one of the matshedä, be the first to welcome and ap. no place in the language, is one of opinion, have come to pass in quidation was decided on, and a pair of cheap chopsticks he

and had it not been promptly preciate them. The word bluff, of the most important, a fact the natural process of evolution, the appointment of Mr. O. C.

ertinguished by Inspector Swan6- for instance, is a great favourite which is recognised by a certain while causing considerable con Danman, chartered accountant,

ton in all probability every erec- with the political leader-witers section of the German public. fusion in the minds of the lesser Singapore, and of myself as joint

tion on the course would have. of the Fatherland, and may b For some time past a movement educated classes and the leading liquidators, was confirmed at an

been destroyed in an hour, while relied upon to put in an appar. has been ou foot to secure the to the omission of the "h" in extraordinary general meeting of ance in any discassion of politic elimination from the language of words which, properly spelt, the company held on August 7,

February 20:"The Victoria possibly there would have been 1911. affaire between a German and foreign words, and particularly should contain that letter.

Recreation Club was qui en some loss of life among the crowd of French words, and for the sub- The results likely to nccrae

fete last night, on the occasion of of Chinese who slept in them last Sale of Estates for Tis. 36,000. Polling is taking place at Po-Englishman.

French Intrusions.

stilation of what may best be from the example now set by the

the presentation by the memt are tight. Mr. Wodehouse very pro- plar where there is considerable

may be But of the many foreign words described as home made worde. German Emperor

"Stops were at once taken to of an addren and claque in the farly fined the foofs ton dollars excitement Sir Mathew Wilson,

current in German the giant It can hardly be said that regarded as equally small, endeavour to obtain offers from Hon. Sec., the Hon. J. H. Steroit-each," the victor at Bethnal Green is

the use of London, Singapore and Shanghai Lockhart, who is shortly to be majority are French. So com-German werde grow. Where an Any attack on mon are they, indeed, that an English or French word shoote French words in Gorman eareci for the estates, and in the meantime married. The gymnasium was Englishman, who is a fairly up like a young plant, a German ally when it is specifically ap further advances were obtained bandsomely adorned with bust- fluent French conversation-word is deliberately piled upstorey provod by the Emperor and pro- from the Hongkong and Shanghai ing and devices formed with oars, alist, on fading himself on storey, like a New York sumably carried on among the Bank to meet the necessary ex-foils, lanterns, etc. Major Tripp

February 20:-The Raors open- stranded in Germany with ekyscraper. The leaders of this educated classes, seems very unpense incurred. in keeping the presided, and a large number of only a limited vi cabulary at movement are now congratulating necessary. For it must be re estates clean.

members presided. After the ed on this date. Of the nins even bis command will almost imune themselves on the statement that membered that the French in- "On October 9, 1911, the proatation, the chairman took on the card Mr. John Peal on distely acquire the habit of first the Kaiser has expressed his fluence now discernible in the estates were sold in Shanghai, for tranalating the English word he satisfaction at the compaign they Gorman language did not gain Tle. 36,000.

Fall particulars of the case in then giving the French word a bimself banished German form. And as often as vocabulary of his household all merely through, intellectual and Mr Arthur J. Israel (the vendor), not be will hit the mark. There foreign words that have an equi-social intercourse.

have appeared in the public press. is a very large class of Gormanyolent in Gorman. It is aleo! The French words which are "Though there undoubtedly verla which form their ending in atated that he has given strict in-now ourrent in Germen were not was shortage I regret we were

Pao Sbing won by a length, "such as 'ieren,"

marschieren." structions in this regard to all his adopted by the litteratuurs of a unable to establish our claim to

but no description of the race is 'parieron,' "dictieren," all of domestica, and particularly to the century ago in the manner in the eatisfaction of the court. February 20:-"The Races had given Indeed the races get very which are directly derived from cooks, whose duty it is to prepare which present-day phil 90 phors "The legal and other expenses a near shave of haing postponed short shrift on the whole, only the French. Nor is it uncommon the menu card for the Royal table, translate and adopt new words in connection with the action to-day for want of sheds for visithe bare result being given. On to find in ordinary usage in Ger The Superfluous " H." with specific moanings from Barg- amounted to Tis. 5,840.07. tors. Last night two gambling-the eecond day Mr. Buroy had London, Received February 21. many French words which in The Kaiser has thus set up a son or Nietzsobe. On the con- "Tho principal creditor was house keepers from Kowloon four wins and Mr. Peel three. The Hungarian loan has been England are only seen and not definite standard, and in doing so trary the French words which the Hongkong and Shanghai started a joss-pidgin bonfire of They did not leave much to be

hoard,

has noted in a characteristic, are now to be found covered,

in Bank for advances made: Tls, paper, quite Ave feet across, with divided amongst the other owners.

POLLING AT POPLAR.

MUCH EXCITEMENT.

London. Rocolved February 20.

assisting the Unionist candidate.

WATERLOO CUP.

THE FINAL.

London. Received February 23.

In the Waterloo Cup

final

Dilwyn be at Leucory. The betting was two to one on

the

winner,

HUNGARIAN

LOAN COVERED.

wishes to express into French and have inaugurated, and that he has ita foothold, as happened in Eng-

from the land and some other countries, the United States Court against

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dan't do it."

Presentation.

A. D. C. Performance, Theatre

The Races.

the opportunity of saying good-three and Mr. Buzeys like bye to the members. He was number, but, the latter included about to leave the Colony for the Derby in his list. The Derby Shanghai.

resulted thus **** Mr. Barey's Pao 'Shing Mr. John Peel's Challenger... ? 3 Mr. Burey's Busybody

A Narrow Shave.