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March 25, 1914,
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THE OUTLOOK IN ULSTER,
GENERAL GOUGH THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
ANOTHER HEATED DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.
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London Recolved March 2
The Premier's Callers.
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TELEGRAMS.
March 25, 1913,
MARCH 25
1914.
三拜避式月台英点券
TELEGRAMS,
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
MR. BENTON'S DEATH.
NO PISTOLS USED.
THE MARCONI AFFAIR.
LORD MURRAY'S DEFENCE.
HOME RACING.
TOM MANN.
THE LINCOLNSHIRE.
· ARRIVAL IN AFRICA.
. London. Received March 21.
London. Received March ́25.
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London. Resolved March 23.
London. Received March 25, Lord Murray gave evidence The probable starters and jock- before the Lords Committee on eye for the Lincolnshire Dandicap, the Marconi affair. He said he to be run at Lincoln to day (Wed-
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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
TELEGRAMS.
CONDENSED.
Mr. Tom Mann, the Socialist, has arrived at Capetown.
Reuter's correspondent at Cope The Japanese Government has town states that Mr. Tom Man resigned. the woll-known Socialist, ha The balance of £3,000,000 of landed. Ho was not in any way the Belgian Loan has ben issued restricted and was quiorly welat 83.
before the House of Lorda Com- mittee on the Marconi affair.
Router's New York correspon- dant anys that Mr. Percaval, Bri tish Consul at Galveston, who was they ar.lcred to investigate the shoot had sole control of the investment nesday) over a distance of one follow:-Muiden hising of Mr. Benton, reports that no of the Party funds and ho took milo, are as
Pistols were uzad in the fight the advice of Mr. Fenner, whom Erlegh (Walter Griggs), Spinial comed. which ended in the death of Mr. be entirely trusted. Lord Murray Prince (W. Huxley), Uiger (Clark) Interviewed by a Reuter's re Lorde Murray defended himself Benton, who went unarmed to declared bat when he made the Eton y (Randall), Jose Sec-presentative, he said he intended 300 Clineral Villa,
investment in Home Rails be had ond (Tugg), Bouban Rose (F. nothing bellicose; he had come no inside information which was Bullock), Berrilldon (Jellies) to solidify the Labour force. not open to the public. It never Romeo (E, Wheatley), Tuxed crossed bie mind that while the (Doanghur), Bluestone (Smythe). coal strike was on there was any Aghdos (Whalley), Mediato impropriety in investing in Home (Prou), Brancepeth (E. Huxley) Rails. He had received no infor- Cuthbert (Buckley), Ultimu mation from hie colleagues as to (Herbert), Short Grass (Mo. Ken- what the Government was doing on). Prévoyant (Gardner), Pinta- in connection with the strike. deau (Allden), nuckus Corriga (Ledson), Lull · (P. Jones), Puro (Markham), Hurge (→).-
London. Recalved March 25, Mr. Asquith's callers" to-day (Tuesday) included the Archbi shop of Canterbury, Mr. Ramay Macdonald, Mr. Churchill, Sir Edward Grey and other membere of the Cabinet,
The Conservative papers are bran made the scars goat; waxing jabiliant at what they bint at the possibility of deccribe as the Government's resignation. abj.ct elimb down from coercive demonstration in Irond to humiliating explanations in the House of Commons, because the instrument which they d thought to us broke in the hands. They also acclaim Gener- al Gough as "the man of the hour," and pay a tribus to the
A telegram from the Curragh hand of officera who saved the states that General Gough, and country from disaster. The same other oflicers have received de- papers also declare that Home finito assurances that the Army Rule is dead.
will not, te uead against Ulster The Morning Post argos the It was in consequence of these 'House of Lords to amend, thoị
assurances that the resignation Army Annual Act so as to prevent were withdrawn. the Army being used in Ulster, as the Gove' oment, though tem- porarily forced to hold its bande, might orly be biding its time.
Liberal Opinion.
the Premier indicates the failure
OBITUARY.
GENERAL SIRT. E. GORDON.
London. Received March 24. The death is announced of General Sir Thomas Edward Gor- don, KCIE, K.C.B., an fadian Matiny veteran,
Deceased joined the Army in 1849 and served in the India N. The Only Course; W. Frontier campaign of 1851; The Westminster Gazetta eon the Indian Mutiny 1857-59; the demns the asking of officers what Afghan War, 1870-83, became they would da in conceivable Major General 1886, Lieut. Gen. circumsticos. This, it exys, has 1890 and General 1893. He was
Varied Life 1906.)
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Turning to the investments in American Marconi shares, Lord Marconi" emphasised that Sir Rufus Isaacs made it clear that
L'or. there was an abalu e distinction between the English and Ameri-W. Luxley rides Bluestone.
Sarby rides Spanish Prince and can Companies, that it was a good investment and unaffected thoir position as Ministers.
Lord Murray then detailed the
Betting.
The betting is na follow :-7~) Tuxedo
The Liberal papers say that the fact that Mc. Acquith is still put bath the officers and the the author of several works, in absequent purchases of Ameri. Brancepeth, 100-12
Government in a false position.luding The Roof of the World, Such a question could not be 1876, Persia revisited 1996 and Acan Marconi shares on behalf of 10-1 Cigar, 100-9 Agbdte
the Liberal Party end pointed out
100-7 Babon Rose, 18-1 of the Tory attempt to cause a asked unless the offic ora were
that he did nothing to secure any Kauckna Corriga, 20-1 split in the Army. They ale entitled to answer as fre agents,
preference in allotment. There Prevoyant. declare that the limit of patience The only coures for the Gover
as absolutely no truth in the JAPANESE SCANDALS. report that he endeavoured to pré- The Daily News aaga if the mont was to fame orders, and, if Army 19 to be used as a Tory instant disciplinary measuree I those were disobeyed, to take institution to exorcs the Houss of Commons the Litorals must appeals for conciliation on broad democratise it as they demcara-linos in order to raule the whole tised Parliament.
ma'tar by constitutional rezon atraction.
has been reached.
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Another Heated Debate.
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
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London, Received March 24..
vent the contract coming on fur
that
Jiscussion. He admitted that he did not volunteer to give evidence before the Doncs of Commons Committee becauss he hoped it Reutar's Tokyo correspondent might not be necessary to make The Daily Chronicle Baya that it
says an Imperial Elict has been public the transactions for Party would have tzen much more la the House of Commons the suddenly issued proroguing Par-funda. He concluded agreeable to the Liberals if the Army Estimates occasioned alisment, which is debating the throughout the transactions he offending officers had fresh debats on the resignations. Naval scandals. The prorogation was never contcions of doing beu sent about their business. Hested speeches were delivered. means a loss of £6,500,000 to the anything an honourable man The Government had delayed. Mr. Amery, Usionist .P. for Navy, as the former Badget now could not do or ought not to be too long in dealing with indisol-South Birmingham, moved a becomes operative. plino.
Freduction of the Estimates 12 According to the Pelfast papers emphasis the view that the
Lancers Congratulated.
the Dungannon Volunteers wired
Government was not entitled to
use the Army for party purposes.
done.
Government. Resigns.
London. Received March 25.
Router's correspondent at Tuk-
to the 10th. Lancers congratulate declared that General Gough yo states that the Government has ing them on the firm stand they refused to accept Cal., Sealy's resigned. had made in preventing the loyal verbal assurance sul got a written minority of their countryman assurancs that neither he nor his troops would be used to scarce
from being wiped out.
The only excitement in Belfast yesterday was that crowds were in the streets reading the special editions of the papers containing reports of the debate in the House of Commons.
Ulater.
Mr. John Ward; Labour MP. for Stoke-on-Trent, sezonded from a different view-point.
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VANCOUVER STRIKE.
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MINERS SENTENCED.
London, Received March 24,
RESTLESS ALBANIA
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
America's Duty as an Ex- Governor Sees it.
Grand National.
The testing is as follows:-
THEIR MAJESTIES.
A VISIT TO CHESHIRE.
London. Received March 25 Their Majesties the King and Queen bave gone to Cheshire to visit industrial centroa and open a Musoum, Town Hall, etc.
·BELGIAN LOAN.
A FURTHER ISSUE..
London, Received March 25,
Messia. Baris have issued Three Per Cet Belgian Lau of £3,000,000, the balance of the £8,000,CCO mentioned on Febru-
10-1 Coroat and Latteur illary 5, at 82. 100-8 Jacobus, 18-1 Rory O' Moore, 22-1 Coayre fan Second,
The Derby, The betting is 9-2 Tetrarch.
The probable starters and jockeys for the Lincolnshire Handicap are given to-day,
Latest betting on the Lincoln- shire, the Grand National and the Derby are given to-day
Their Majesties have gone to Cheshire to visit the industrial centres, etc.
General Gough bad at enth usiastic reception by the troopa on his return to the Curragh.
Consols and Home Stocks have spurted on an improvement of the political situation.
The miners concerned in the August distrabinessin Vancouver have been cautenced.
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A motion to reduce the Army Estimates, on the resignation of ulicers, was negatived in the Commors.
Conservative papera declare that General Paget has been nade the scapegoat of the Irish resignations.
General Gough "asys "troops will not be sent to Ulster, but if they are, they will not be asked to carry arms.
"We must either go ont and do our share of the world's work or vegetate and go to sleep within our continental boundaries." Sixteen German workers have.
Touching
on the
Japan been drowned through a ferry- Ecre," Mr. Osborn said:"Ia boat being sunk efter collision my mind there is nothing more with a tag at Koɔjanick. ridiculous than the bogey of Japan... We should not seek war
Lord Morley promises à fall with any Power, nor, on the other statement of General. Paget's hand, should wo fear it. A vacil.structions and the conditions ating, wenk or cowardly police whereon the ollicers have retutaed" in the Philippines or elsewbert to
a
their posts.
NEWS.
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DON'T FORGET,
TO-DAY.
Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m... Biju Theatre 9.15 p.m. Auction of Land at bowkowan
Messrs. Hughes and Hoogh-
impossible. In the foal analysis, he said, it would be merely question of staying or going, with no binding ties which later might cause entanglement; and added that he could see no reason will do more to invite war than why the United States should will anything else. On the other leave the islaude.
hand, a bold, manly and caura- "A red-blooded American policy geous national front, such is needed in the Philippines, and America has always presented to in such a policy there in nothing the world, effere the greatest The Hon. Mr. Chane 8. Osborn, inconsistent with friendship security of peace at all times, A special article dealing with former Governor of Michigan. justies or kindness to the people "We have not so softened that sport amongst Chinese appears who was recently in Hongkong. The Army, the Navy, the Civil we have yet become that soft, fat-in this issue. Liberal speakers maintained
holds very decided views on the Governmont and civilians, church headed, mollycoddle boby in the bat reprezentative government
Philippine question, and before influences and education, have school of the nations who cowers. Replies were given to Mr. Bow The Ulster Volunteers,
was endangered. The Parliament It nter's correspondent at Vic-he left he expressed these to the done more for real liberty and whimpers and covers his beadley's questions at Fraterday's Interest attached to the first Act was asless if they finally toris, British Columbia, says the Telegraph Mr. Oaborn bad pro progress in the Philippine Islands with his arm at the approach of meeting of the Sanitary Board. appearance in the streets of the had to submit Bills to a committe miners of Valeuver who takviously visited the Philippine during the last 15 years than have little brown bully or any other Ulster Volunteers, who, io of officers.
part in the August, disturbances Islands in 1902, and contrasting all the centuries of their previous bully. military khaki uniform, were Colonel Scaly deferred his were sentenced to-day. The le conditions as they were then with contact with western civilization. "We ought to know better marching to take up their guard statement until to-morrow, and der, Joe Anglo, was sentenced to what be saw a few weeks ago, he "More necessary now than at than the Filipino himself what at Craigavon, where Sir Edward the motion for a reduction of the four years, and eight others to a in convinced of the great advan-any other time is a definite state his real needs are. We must first Carcon is staying.
Estimates was negatived.
year's imprisonment. Forty-six tages which have sprung from went as to the permanent policy of all be generous and kind and There were the usual parades In the flonse of Lords, the others were bound over because American occupation of the of the United States in these not exploit him, but if he needs and drills at the Curragh yester Uniocists demanded full informs they pleaded guilty to unlawful Islands.
islands. There can be no com. a dose of osstor oil we must give day under the Coamsuding tion as to General Paget's in assembly.
"I was bewildered," he said, promise. We must either remain it to Lim, and spank him if he Officere, including some of thoes atructions and the conditions
to sea that so much had been here and control these people for becomes so bad that he cannot be who had previously resigned. whereon the officer: had return-
done in so short a time. Of course, their good and for ur own, or we controlled in any other way. Our Effect on Stacks.
ed to their posta."
we have had the colonising must get out. There can be no attitude should be that of Consola spurted to 781, and,
examples of the whole world protectorate without some check loving parent to a child, and it is now are 75.7/8.
before us to learn from, and I on the Government here, not for the latter to tell the parent think it can be said that we have otherwise the people might what to do. learned as much by elimination plunge themselves into inextric- Respects to Sr E. Carson.
London. Received March 24,
as by adoption.
able entanglements into which we Major General Sir Ceoil F. N. Router's correspondent at Mr. Osborn is not in favour of too would be drawn. Macready, Director of Pors. nal Athens reports that 52 Albaninus evacuation of the Lalande by "If our sense of administration done and how good economically, While the Daily Chronicle avere Services at the War Office, whom including 25 gendarmes were America. "We have started is not higher than is theira, it is, physically and intellectually this that General Gough bas rejoined the War Office sent to Belfast to killed and many were wounded schools, we have done grand work they who should be giving us the has been for the Filipino, and how unconditionally, the Daily News o n'r with Cant Brigadier and 17 Epirotes were wounded in sanitation and hygiene and in lessons. The fact that in the good morally and ethically for
Monday March 30. Bays it is most important that the General A. E. W. Gleichen, com- in a four hours' battle at Andrit- the prevention of disease, and we United States we have developed ourselves, we should attack the
Ordinary Annual Meeting of nation should now the conditions maan ling the troops there, called suna which ended in the route must carry it to completion. If that trusst form of government future hopefully and courageously. whereon he has returned.
on Sir Edward Carena at Craigs- of the Albanians. Many bande of we must give up the Philippines, which gives to its citizens, both We should not shirk our part of sharobolders-China Sugar Re- The Times says Garers Gough von to-day in uniform, intimating Epirotes are marching to Koryizs, we shall also have to give up individually and collectively, the the oivilising work of the world, fining Co. Ltd.-11 a.m.
short time ago Ambassador Ordinary Annual Meeting of received a written asurance from that he wished to pay his respects which the Albanian gendarmes every other external or segregat noblest and purest independence, the Government that the troops to the Unionist leader. General have abandoned.
ed possession we hold. What demonstrates that we are able to Page at the Court of St. James, abareboidera-Luzon, Sugar Re- will not be used to codice Ulster.
we hope to do there is to be help the people of the Philippine at a meeting commemorating the fining Co. Ltd 1118 sm.
departure of the Pilgrim Fathers K and Whumus Dook The Daily Missarts that
absolutely unselfish, and when Islands. General Gough he telegraphed
Welcomed Back.
we cannot give the Filipino more "If it was not the intention of from England, referred to them Ompany ceneral meeting noon, A... tranf Grown land at Ngau General Gongli revived an to the 16th. Lancere that all the
than we take from him. then the United States to participate as God-led Englishmen and 1 officers are reinstated without loss enthusiastic reception on bis
will be the time for as, to leave in the great international, com wish to apply that thought to the Shi Wan, P.WD-8 p.m. return to the Curragh, the tecops:
not before. "att
mercial and other activities in the Philippine Islands. I believe Auction of Crown Land, Bowen of prestiga.
The Morning Post states thist escorting, him to his quertore
After remarking on the duty Pacific, what reason then washat our people who went thore, Road, P.WD-3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 31. high officers at the War Ollies where three cheers were called
which the United States has to there for the construction of the who started and achieved the and throughout the Army h vo for and given in his honour.
foreign business interest in the Panama canal ? A policy of work that has been done, and have UK Rope Manufacturing Co. threatened to resign if Generst General Gough, in returning
Renter's correspondent at Ber-Philippines, the E-Governor abandonment of the Philippine given such great promise for the Ltd., annual general meeting Gough and his comrades are thanks for the welcome, Announc penalised. It adds that Blaffed that the trops will not bolin states that a tug collided with particularly emphasised the point Islande would opel as, if not future, were 'God-led Americans, noon. resignations ars B'ill probable. Inake to go to Ulster-(Chrors and sink furry boat at Koepenick, All the Conservative papers but if they were they would) uos currying 22 workmen and work
women. Quly six were saved. declare that General Raget has be saked to carry arms,
The heme atooks were affected Bimilary on a bear scramble, in view of an improvement in the political horizon.
More Pro's Comments.
Lord Morley promised that the papers would bi laid on the table and a full statement made to-
morrow.
Richardson, commanding the Ulaterites, was present.
SERIOUS FIGHTING.
FERRYBOAT SUNK.
GERMAN WORKERS
DROWNED..
London. Received March 25,
that it was necessary to make inconsistent, to also abandon some clear declaration of purpose Hawaii, Samas, the Aleuti in in regard to the future, and that islanda, Alasks and Porto Rico gamyzomik mesaures would be all of our external possessions,"
"When one considers what has been done and what more can be
moon.
Bandmann Opera Co.-Theatre Royal 9. p.m.
Friday March 27. Bandmann Opera Co.-Theatre
Royal 9. p.m.
Saturday March 28. Oxford and Cambridge Dinner, Hongkong Hotel-8 p.m.
There is no reason why ve H.K. Club, Half Yearly Draw-
H.K. Olub Anzual General shoull leave these islands, and ing of A5 Debentures-11 am there in every reason why we
Meeting 15 PM should remain.
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