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February 23, 1914,

Hongkong Telegraph.

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London. Resolved February 21. A sensation has been caused

by the news from the American Consul at Juarez that General Villa, the rebel leader, bas ex ecuted a wealthy British rancher, named Benton. A court-martial found Mr. Benton guilty of com- "plicity in a plot on General Vills'a life, and he was executed by a firing squad on Wednesday night.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23,

BELEGRAMIS.

A TERRIBLE DISASTER,

LIFEBOATMEN DROWNED.

THE ELECTIONS.

DIVERSE OPINIONS.

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一拜 三廿月弍英港街

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

ALBANIA'S RULER,

"WHITE WOLF"

ACCEPTS THE THRONE.

TERRIBLE MASSACRÈS,

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London. Received February 21,

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London. Received February 21. The end-of-the-week electious

London. Received February 22.

London. Roosfved February 22. A Norwegian schooner went

Reuter's Washington corres- The Prince of Wied has reocÍT. ashore on the Saltes Islands, off have been hailed by journals of pondent says the Senate has rati-nd the Albanian deputation and County Wexford. A Fethard both sides as a victory, the Un-fed

without amendment the formally accepted the Throne. lifeboat was lost, and another wasionists declaring that they show Arbitration Troaties with Great the position of the Government to Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Nor be undermined. The reduction way, Sweden, Portugal, and of the Liberal majorily at Poplar Switzerland, was a crushing blow, and was far beyond the hopes of the Unionists.

stove in as the crew were board ing the schooner. It is feared that there is a heavy loss of life.

A Wexford tug, with a lifeboat, and the Kilmore lifebust, have gous to the resous.

Later.

The Liberal papers regard the results as a vote of continued confidence in the Government, and dwell on the increase in the Liberal votes. They consider

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.

PRINCE OF WIED,

TO VISIT ST PETERSBURG,

London. Received February 23. The Nord Deutsche announces that the Prince of Wied is to

that the restit at Poplar was GENERAL STRIKE POSSIBLE. visit St. Petersburg to meet the

Fourteen of the Fethard lile The execution of Mr. Bentoni has revised fears in Mexico that boatmen were drowned. Eleven Great Britain will force the Unit of the lifeboatmen were found ed States to intervene. iis alive on the rocks, in a very ex- understood that Mr. Benton has hausted condition. They clung most creditable in view of the two cousins who are officere in the to their boat until they were support accorded to the Labour oandidate on the first occasion the British Army one in the Royal washed up. All the Norwegiana Parts had invaded the constitu- Engineers and the other in the were saved. Royal Artillery. He is said to be The bodies of five Fothard life-enoy.

One journal points out that a brother of the Indian official, boatmen have been wasbed up. Sir John Benton."

Two of the schooner Mexico a many. Conservatives had in the crow were eaved from the wreck, past supported Mr. Sydney Bux- the remaining eight being landed ton on account of his personal on an island, with four of the popularity, hence the increase in

the Unionist vote. surviving lifeboatmen.

Reater's Washington corro pondent says Mr. Bryan has or dered an investigation into the killing of Mr. Benton.

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Two or three lifeboate stood by yesterday throughout the day, but

were powerless to succour thoes SIR EDWARD CARSON,

"Reuter's correspondent at El Paso says there is intense indig. nation at the execution of Mr. Benton, who is a Scotsman. He in peril. The storm grew worse left Juarez on Tuesday morning, in the evening, and it is feared saying he was going to tell that the twelve mou on the island,

General Villa what he thought of who are without food and shelter, ENGAGED TO NATIONALIST'S him in connection with the loot-will perish.

ing of his ranch. A court-mar- tial convicted him of conspiracy, and provoking and insulting General Villa. He was shot the

same day. A mass meeting of protest has been summoned at El

Paso.

The Court Martial Record..

Lator,

No Food.

London. Received February 23. The survivors of the island

shipwreck spent a terrible night. The rescuers were compelled to run for shelter. The purvivors have had no food since Friday.

EAST INDIA'DOCK.

A ROYAL INSPECTION.

Reuter's correspondent at El Paso says that the record of the court martial declares that Benton had counsel and was allowed to give evidence. He was charged

London. Received February 12. with attempting to attack Villa and with aiding the enemy. Vilia Thoir Majesties the. King and affirms that Benton, after a long Queen motored over to the East altercation, threatened him with India Dock warehouses this after: a revolver. Thereupon he was noon and inapeoted the cigar. seized and tried by court martial silk and ten departments, and and was shot. Villa affirme that the exbibition of Chinese, Ja.. he regarde the execution as justi-paness and Persian curios, fiable under the rules of war.

The King and Queen also in-

At a mass meeting, composed spected the stores of ivory and of equal numbers of Americane epicas at the London docks,

and refugees at Mexico resolutionė

were passed declaring that Bouton

was brutally murdered by Villa. The meeting expressed tho bolisf that the state department had persistently suppressed facts re- garding Mexico in support of its policy which was ruinous of all foreign interests.

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PANAMA CANAL.

SOON IN USE.

London. Received February 22. Router's Washington_cros Protecting the German Legation, pondent says Governor Goethals, Reater's correspondent at Vera who was Engineer-in-Chief on Oraz states that the German the Panama Canal, prediots that craiser Dresden has sent to the merchout shipping will be able German legation at Mexico Oity to pass through the Panama Canal two machine guns, and forty by the lat July.. thousand rounds of ammunition, They were escorted by bluejackets

in civilian dress.

Foreign Office Moves,

Later.

MAIL ROBBERY,

BLOODHOUNDS AT WORK.

London Roceived February 21.

The Foreign Office announces that the United States has agreed to instruct its consular representa- ives in Mexico to enquire into the Reuter's correspondent at Bir. circumstances of the death of Mrmingham (Alabama), says blood. Benton. Reuter's correspondent hounds are tracking three rob at El Paso states that a mass meet-bots who held up the New Orleans ing held in connection with the Limited express near there and murder of Mr. Benton resolved stole $40,000 and the mail baga. to denounce the weak and vacul- They escaped on the locomotive, lating policy of the United States which they uncoupled Government which is encourag-

ing the lawless leaders to commit

all kindsof outrages on foreignore.

SIERRA LEONE,

NEW MILITARY HEAD..

London Received February 22. Major-General Danioll, of the Royal Marines, has been appoint ed to the command of the troops at Sierra Leone,

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NIECE.

London. Received February 22. Sir Edward Carson, K.C., M.P.,

engaged to be married to Miss Frewen, niece of Mr. Moreton Trewen, Independent Nationalist M.P. for North-Eset Cork since

1910.

Denied.

Later:

Sir Edward Carson has denied the report of his engagement.'

The militant unionists are talk ing of a general strike.

Tear and Russian statesmen.

His New Country,

London, Roooived February 23.

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Londen. Recalved February 22. Renter's Peking correspondent says "White Wolf's" bandits maassored 1,300 persone, and are. now Backing Liuanchow, in the Province of Anhui,

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About 26,000 troops are now converging the "White Wolf's" stronghold, where 2,000

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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

Miss Marie Lloyd has married Bernard Dillon.

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The Prince of Wied is to visit. St. Petersburg.

Count Mielczynski has been acquitted.

The Prince of Wied bas xecair-

bandits, with 1,000 modern rifles, ed the Albanian depatation and are situated. The troops are formally accepted the throne." ovincing a strong disinclination to come to close quarters.

BOXING..

JEANETTE'S VICTORY'

London. Received February 23.

Joe Jeannette and Alf Lang- ferd met at Paris. Jeanette won in the seventh round.

At the end of the week, the elections are hailed by the journals of both sides as a victory,

The battleship Kron Prinz has been launched at Kiel. She will be equipped with armament of 110 12-in. guns,

Joe Jeannette and Alf Langford met at Paris. Jeanette won the seventh round,

London. Recolved Fabriary 21. Reuter's correspondent at Syd- ney says the employers are suo-

Reuter's correspondent cessfully running three- mest depots, they themselves perform-Neuwied states that the Prince of Wied was ceremoniously received ing all the work.

by an Albanian deputation led by Essad Pasha. The latter said that the deputation appeared on behalf of all Albania and asked the Prince to accept the throne of a free and independent Albania. The Prince replied that he would PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS Loene. devote himself heart and might to his new country and he hoped with the support of the Albanians

The ironworkers have struck for an increase in wages although they were working under sn award, and all the big engineer- ing works are idle.

GERMAN NAVAL POLICY, to lead Albania to a glorius

MORE SHIPS ABROAD.

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COUNT MIELCYNSKI.

ACQUITTED ON MURDER.

London, Received February 22. Count Mielcynski, charged with the murder of his wife and her nephew, has been acquitted.

GERMAN NAVY.

NEW BATTLESHIP.

says in the debate on the Navy Estimates, Admiral von Tirpitz said the number of ships which, according to the Navy law, should be serving in foreign waters had not yet been reached. It would be their aim in the next few years to reach that number: He declar ed that stronger naval represents- tion abroad was not only a political and economic necessary, Fut also a military meccsalty, He was firmly convinced that the whole of the Gernian people realised the political necessity of giving effect to the Navy law.

Herr Bassermann, leader of the says the battleship Kronprinz has National Liberals, said that been launched at Kiel, though Anglo-German relations armament includes ten 12-inch had improved, an alliance must guns. Reuter's St. Petersburg corros-remata a beautiful dream." pondent says the Imperial Coun; They would not allow the building has resolved to institute programme to be disturbed. lectures in the schools, pointing out the lamentable consequences of alcoholism. ·

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ALCOHOLISM.

A RUSSIAN CRUSADE.

London. Received,February 22.

NINE-YEAR-OLD MURDER.

Case Resumed this Afternoon.

The case was again resumed

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London Received February 22,

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Interesting Point in Encroachment case.

AMNESTY BILL ADOPTED.

London. Received February 23, Reater's correspondent at Lis- bon states that Congress has adopted the Amnesty Bill.

N.D.L. AND H.A.L.

A SETTLEMENT REACHED.

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Major-General Daniell'of_the Marines, has been appointed to command the troops at Sierra

A Norwegian schooner is as hore at Saltees. One Fethard life-boat has been lost and an. other stove in.

Their Majesties, King George. and Queen Mary, motored to the East India Dock ware-houses and inspected the oigar, tạe and silk departments.

NEWS.

Log book appears on Page

London. Received February 28.to-day. The negotiations between the

Hamburg-Amerika Linie and the

The Hongkong A.D.O; present-

Norddeutscher Lloyd, which have led three episodes at the Theatre taken place in London, for a set-Royal on Saturday. tlement of the differences, have been successfully concluded.

as the hillside. The Government Her complained and they subsequent

ly cleared away a tremendous lot of this stuff from Crown land at the expense of the previons contractor, and left a lot there. The previons contractor paid ED nearly $3,000 to the Govern-

ment for the removal. Then the present defendant came along and has made this tank, which the Government themselves wanted, as there was no sewer. The plans were passed and those

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of the alleged murder, She subsequently ided tiffed the pige at Yaumati Police Station.

Prisoner denied stealing the pigs, and added, "This witnese At the Police Court, before plans necessarily implied that the has been asked to come up and Mr. J. R. Wood, this morning, deposit which was on the bill had give evidenco ngainat ma.

Dore, contractor, was to be moved aside; and that is Chinese constable 244 stated charged with depositing surples practically all that has been done. that on February 3, this year, he material on Crown land at Pokfu- It has been moved aside so as to of get the tank on firm ground, at the Police Court, before Mr. arrested the prisoner in Kowloon ium. Mr. R. O. Master;

and The defence is that this man only Hazeland this afternoon, in which Taai village. When witness seized Messrs. Johnson, Stokes

moved what was already there, Chu Loi, alias Chu Teoi, is charg- him, prisoner struggled and at. Master, defended. ed with murdering Sin Ting at tempted to get at something hang- Wong Nai Wu village, Yaumati, ing from his (prisoner's) waist, of the Public Works Department, been settled.

Mr. ara, building inspector about which all questions had on March 11, 1805, also with which was afterwards found to be stated that the defendant was After evidence had been called, wounding Sin Ting (deceased's loaded revolver.

and had defence to say it was an old father) at the same time and attached to his girdle under his engaged in constructing a septic his Worship asked it it was

tank at Pokfalum place an 1 with being in posses- clothes, Witness took it from him deposited waste

material on deposit? sion of one, revolver and siz Inspector Terrott deposed to Crown land there. He had no

Mr. Master-It was there rounds of ammunition. In pec- deceased's father pioking prisoner permit, but had stated that the before. tor Terrett prosecuted.

out from a party of twelve, parad-architecte had given him per- A brother of the deceaseded at Victoria Gaol, for identifi-mission. etated that deceased was shot by cation purposes; he did so without He any hesitation, as also did pig-stealers nine years ago, was in the house at the time and deceased's brother,

The case was again adjourned, the first he heard was some-one calling out "Steal pige." Shortly after, he heard a shot, Then his father went out, and later witness heard another shot. He then went out and met his father, who came limping back to the house.

Mr. B. W. Locker of Messrs, He had been shot in the foot, Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Har- Witness then want out to look for aton, arrived back in he Colony his brother and found him orpù- to-day after an absence of about ching in a field. His brother sixteen months. Mr. G. O. Moxon had a wound in the bowels, and of Mesars. Moxon and Taylor also witness assisted him back to the arrived to-day,

Arrived Back.

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His Worship:But does i' not become an offence when you move the deposit?

General news and some infor mation regarding White Wolf appear on Page 3.

Some reflections' on the raceN

to-day.

ppear in the form a special article

DON'T FORGET,

TO-DAY;

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

Wednesday, February 25. Hongkong Hotel Shareholders Meeting-12.30 p.m.

Roup of Ponies at the Fountain, opposite the City Hall, by Mesars, Enghen and Hough.

Thursday, February 26, Annual meeting, Kowloon Land and Building Co., Ltd. noon.

Auction of Antique China and Curios at Sales Boome, by Mr. Geo. P. Lammert-2.30 p.m

A. D. C. Performance, Theatre Royal 9.15 p.m. mui

Thurday, February 26.. Noon-The Kowloon Land and Building Co., Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders.

Auction of Antique China & Curica at Sales Rooms, by Mr. Geo: P. Lammert-- 2.30 p.m.

Three Episodes by The Amateur Dramatic Club at the Theatre Royal-9.15 p.m.

Friday, February 27. The China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., Meeting of Shareholdera-11:30

Replying to Mr. Master, Mr.

Mr. Master: If an offence, it Sara said the plans for the septic

only a technical offence. tank had been passed by the

Mr. H. W. Bird, the architect Public Works Department.

concerned, was called, and in Defendant was not the only

replying to his Worship he said. contractor who had been it was a very slight deposit and building on the lot. There was he did not consider any harm previously a large deposit on the

aside, seeing it was already there. site, and the septic tank could would be done by spreading it not be built without the removal Perhaps he should have asked for of the deposit which was already

a permit. there.

Mr. Master argued that the His Worship: Is your defence passing of the plans practically that another contractor should constituted an implied authority, have been summoned ?

Mr. Sara said if a permit had

Saturday, February 28. house. He said to witnesa "Chu Chinese Minister Arrives. Mr. Master: This is a Blind been asked for it would have been Auction of Antique China and London, Received February 23, Teci shot me." Later witness's There arrived from the North Home at Pokfulum Road. A refused, because it wasobatruoting Cusios at Sales Rooms, by Mr. Reater's correspondent

Geo. P. Lammert-2.80 p.m. at brother was removed to the by the French mail steamer previous contractor made the site the watercourse Portland, Oregon, sava Miss Government Civil Hospital, where Magellan to-day, His Excellency for the Home and nearly ficiebod Hie Worship id he would Tuesday and Wednesday, 3rd. Marie L'oyd, the well-known he died,

Mr. Kao, Chinese Minister to Italy, it, and then the present defend record & conviction and defer be and 4th March Hongkong actress, was married to Bernard A Chinese woman was next accompanied by family and ant took up the work. The pre- question of a penalty so as to give Horticultural Society Flower and Dillon, the one-time crack jockey, called, and she gave evidence to

to party numbering fifteen. They rious contractor excavated and an opportunity for negotiations as Vegetable Show at the Botanic

Gardens. yesterday.

losing three pige about the time are bound for Marseillou,

deposited a lot of soil and stones, to what would be required,

MISS MARIE LLOYD

MARRIED..

Auction of Antique China and Curios at Sales Rooms, by Mr, Geo. P. Lammert-2.30 p.m.