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TELEGRAMS.

IRISH QUESTION.

TO-DAY'S CONFERENCE.

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OBITUARY.

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MAJOR GEN, INIGO JONES.

July 21, 1913,

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TUESDAY,

JULY 21.

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AUSTRIA & SERVIA.

ANXIETY IN GERMANY.

THE PARIS MURDER.

[Router's Service To "The Telegraph." (Router's Service To "The Telegraph." Renter's Service To "The Telegraph."

The death is announced of

London. Received July 20.

Lordon, Received July 21. The report that a conference will be held to-morrow between Major General Inigo Richmund representatives of all parties hae Jones, M.V,O: been officially confirmed.

Hopeless Confusion,

London. Received July 21.

There is marked uneasiness on

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

THE LATEST PHASE.

Reuter's Service To "The Telegraph]

Lordan. Received July 21.-

Router's correspondent at A meseaga from Mexico City Berlin says it is understood that states that General Zapata is an Austrian Note will be present communicating with a view to an ed to the Powers shortly embody- agreement with the Carranza [The deceased General, who ing the results of the investiga-party. and is hurrying south to was born in 1848, was Major tion into the murders of the secure a peaceful entry into the General Commanding the Forces Archduke and his Consort at capital. London. Received July 21.

In the Straits Settlements in Sarajevo. All parties have been taken by 1905. He was educated at Eton, surprise at the latest develop-and saw service with the Scote ments. All are plunged into Guards in the Egyptian Campaign the Berlin Bourse, attributed to hopeless confusion.

of 1885 and in the South African anxiety regarding Austro-Servian Ministerialists and Unionists War, in which he commanded relations. are suspicious of the possible Lt. Col. Commanding the Scots the Guards Brigade. He was.. outcome, but it is believed in Guards from 1903 to 1905.] many quarters that the Con- ference would never have been aummoned unless a practical agreement were assured.

A prolonged Nationalist meeting was held in the after. noon, when instructions to Mr. Redmond were discussed.

The Authority of Parliament.

In the House of Lords, Ford Courtney raised the question of the authority of Parliament se affected by the Conference.

Lord Crewe affirmed that there

BULGARIA'S DEMAND.

at

that a remark by the Crown The National Zeitung states

Prince to a German Bank Direc- to that Germany must keep her powder dry is much commented upon on the Bouras.

HOME CRICKET.

London, Received July 21.

London. Recolved July 21, Reuter's correspondent Sofia states that Bulgaria, in a Surrey beat Lancashire at the verbal Note to Roumania, de Oval by an innings and 158 mands an international inquiry runs. Last year the match into the frontier incidents.

was no abrogation of Minister- THE AQUITANIA OF 1888, ial responsibility or departure from Constitutional practice.

There could not, be said, be any intention to supersede th authority of Parliament, and ne such result would occur.

An Interesting bit of Marine History. གཡབ་ས་གནས

drawn.

was

OUR NAVY.

AN IMPOSING SIGHT.

"MME. CAILLAUX ON TRIAL.

[Renter's Bervico To The Tolograph."]

London. Received July 21, Router's correspondent at Paris states that the trial of Madame Caillaux for the murder of M. Calmette has opened.

The Court was orammed, and accused was dressed in black.

When indicted for wilful murder, she told in faltering tones of her unhappincas owing to fears that M. Calmotte was about to publish letters which would poison her life.

BIPLANE ACCIDENT.

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BRITISH OFFICER KILLED,

„London, Received July 21. An Army biplane fell a die-

London. Received July 20, After a night of storm, the King, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and Mr. Asquith, aboard the Royal yacht, led the mobilised Fleet out to sea. Soon there was a great modern Fleet under way. The Alexandra an- chored to enable the Royal party tance of 120 feet near Gosport, to watch the ships pass. It took sad Lentenant Hordern was two houre, steaming line abreast, killed and Sergeant Campbell

seriously injured." and was a superb sight.

In the summer of 1843 the Great Britain was launched, to ran

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VISITING RUSSIA.

Reuter's Service To "The Tolograph."|'|

London. Received July 21. President Poincare and M.

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NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

CONDENSED.

The death is announced of Major General Inigo Jones.

The King has returned to London.

The trial of Madame Cailloux

Viviani, Minister of Marine, have arrived at Kronstadt aboard the has begun in Paris battleship France.

The Czar, on board' the yacht Alexandra, met the visitors and

conveyed them to Peterhof.

At a banquet at Peterhof, the Czar, toasting President Poincare, said his satisfaction in welcoming the French President was doubled by the pleasure of again meeting on old acquaintance, with whom he was charmed to form personal relations two years ago. It was undoubted that the two allied countries would continue to enjoy the peace assured by the plenti

ude of their forces.

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Latest Home cricket results are given to-day.

General Zapata is hurrying south to secure a peaceful entry into Mexico City."

- President Poincare and M. Viviani have arrived at Kronstadt and been received by the Ozar.

All parties have been taken by surprise at the latest developments in the Irish question,

Bulgaria demande internation- al enquiry into the recent frontier incidents.

wish, is to preside over the Irish The Speaker, at His Majesty's conference at Buckingham Palace,

The King and the Prince of

led the mobilised Flestout to sea. Wales, on board the Royal yacht,

The Labour Party has protest ed against the Irish conference

the room, and down below thera Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Hed- was the shop of Mr. Neumann.mond state that they will obey The boy says he returned to the the King's command to the Irish

in connection with the Great DR, KRIEG'S STORY OF THE house at five minutes past one, conference.

CRIME.

Accused Sent to the City,

and that he didn't hear any noise Uneasiness on the Berlin in the house. If the murder was Bourse ia attributed to anxiety committed before one o'clock, the regarding Austro-Servisn rela- boy might be right in his state- tions.

Length, 901 feet; breadth, 97;ing Paris, by way of England, on THE NEUMANN MURDER.don't think there was a stove in as an interference by the Crown. tonnage, 47,000; speed, 23 knots; the fifteenth day. passenger accommodation, 4,210. The Britannia, the first mail steamer, of the Cunard Line, in The Aquitania, latest giantess 1840, was of 1,154 tons, 740 hora Western. The current account:

"This magnificant vessel, which of the sea, is a wonder of size power and had a speed of 8 knots. The Speaker to Preside. aud completeness, but even she The Comet; bailt on the Clyde was launched recently at Bristol,

ment, but if the murder was Lord, Crewe says there is no The House of Commons was could not impress New York with shortly after Robert Fulton's is composed entirely of iron, and

committed after one o'clock, then departure from Constitutional crowded, and excitement prevail the sense of marvel as did that Claremont made its appearance is the fargest ever built since the

the boy was in the house and practice in the calling of the ed, when Mr. Asquith announced "great" ship, the Great Western, on the Hudson, had only 3 boreo daye of Not. There are no

paddle wheals, or boxes, the The last stages of the Neumann must have heard something Irish conference by the King. that in view of the grave political which came into port seventy-six power.

The Great Western was owned Archimedean screws being used. murder case at the Shanghai What is your opinion about the question the King considered it years ago, on the 23rd of April,

An Army biplane foll near right to summon the representa- 1838, first steamship to cross the by the Great Western Steamship E800 tons more than that, being Mized Court were reached on the time of the murder?

In answer Dr. Krieg said: Gosport and Lient. Hordern was tives of the parties British and Atlantic westward and come up Company, and commanded by 2,000 tons more than that of the afternoon of July 15, says the Irish to a conference at Buck-through the Narrows out of the Lieut. James Hosken, R. N. Both Great Western. She will be North China Daily News, before With regard to the stiffness, that killed and Sergeant, Campbell

this ship and the Sirius were for propelled by engines of 1,000-Dr. Schirmer, German Assessor, comes earliest about ten minutes, seriously injured. ingham Palace to discuss out-mystery of the ass.

In fact, says the New York larger than any of the sailing horsepower combined. Her length and Magistrate Wong. Consider and latest about six or seven "added Mr. Asquith, hind been ac-Etening Post, two ateamera camo vessels which had thue far moncie 332 feet. She has four decks; able interest was taken in this, hours after death. It depends crowded when Mr. Asquith cepted by two representatives up the harbour that day, but the polised Atlantic trade. In speak the second deck consists of two the final hearing, and in addition partly on the surrounding teta announced that the King had each of the Opposition, the Ulster Great Western won the greatering of the excitement in the city promenade saloons. The third to Mr. Newman and Chief, Det.perature. The hotter it is, theseen fit to call a conference on. Unionists, the Nationalists and plaudits, for the other steamer, on the day that marked an epoch deck

standing.issnea. The invitation,

the Government. The Speaker, the Sirius; bad left the other side in commerce and international ing saloons. The whole of the prosecution) Captain

relations, the Herald, then saloons are eight feet three Johnson, Acting Superintendent the O person. If the person, before

of Commons ?

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The Siring was constructed for the passage of the of the engines and boilers, She

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The House of Commons was

NEWS.

General news and an article

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consists of the din Inspector Armstrong (for the sooner stiffness comes, and it the Irish question.

Hilton-partly depends upon the state of at His Majesty's suggestion, three days earlier. would preside at the conference, It was an epoob-marking day in published by James Gorden inches high, and surrounded by of Police, was also present. The death, had been muscular, shen

sleeping berths, of which there proceedings consisted of evidence stiffness would come sooner, like regarding the opening of the which it was hoped would begin New York. Throngs of people Bennett, the elder, said: to-morrow (Tuesday),

gathered on the Battery when the

"The approach of the Great are 26 with single beds, and 113 Mr. Bonar Law said he, loyally news was spread that the first Western to the harbour, and in containing two, giving 282 berth Dr. Krieg and the summing soldiers after a fight. In this Panama Canal appear on page 3.

case I thought the murder was The men who are charged in committed batween 2 and 3, and

The statutory report of the obeyed His Majesty's command. two steamships to cross the front of the Battery, was most This large number is exclusive of up of the case by Mr. Newman.

Atlantic had made port safely, magnificent! She looked black the accommodation which could connection with the murder of it would be quite the right time Central Estate, Ltd., appears in

are Wong Loh, Mr. Redmond and the Command and were coming up the harbour and blackgaard-as all the British be prepared on the numerous sofas. Mrs. Neumann are

to explain the stiffness I found this issue. Mr. Redmond, who was loudly in the late siternoon.

steamers generally are-rakish, She is fitted with patent wire rig Wong Tez-ziang, Teen Pah-tze at 7.30.

The draws for the Hongkong cheered by the Liberale, declared The Sirius, which had started cool, reckless, fierce, and forging. The hall is divided into four and Tsu Dah-shih.

Of course you are absolutely Croquet Competitions are given that he and his colleagues had no from Cork, Ireland, eighteen days bidding in their sombre colours to watertight compartments, and the Mr. Newman said that since the sare shont that? No, one cannot to-day.

quantity of coal consumed will be last hearing some further evidence te quite sure. I can only say responsibility in calling the coa- before, was the first to arrive. an extreme."

The hearing in the Hongkong. ference, and could not expresen The Herald Ship News Bureau

"These voyages, it must be about 60 tons per day. Upwards had come to light.

that not in more than six or seven and Shanghai Back fraud cass is Dr. Krieg then gave evidence, hours would stiffassa come in, be to open on Friday; there was a opinion whether the result would sent the news to the city; rockets remembered, are only experi- of 1,500 tons of iron have been be useful or otherwise. The in-

were sent up, and a crowd began/mental ones. The Sirius was not used in her construction, and that being questioned by Dr. Schirmer.cause although it was January, further remand this morning. vitation was a command, and as to colleat.

The Assessor-After the murder the elimate in China is not so cold

Log book appears on page such it was forthwith obeyed.·

steamship originally built broad gea, and came off on her is double rivetted throughout. of Mrs. Neumann, I think you as our climates. I cannot be

commercial news on page 9, und An Ignored Question.

Oar Contemporaries" on page for British river and coastwise expedition almost impromptu, The ship is fitted with very made a report which we have in Mr. Ginnell enquired whether travel. She was the smaller of the and crossed in 18 days, on 11 of powerful pumps, which can our records. Today I want to quite sure, but I think the mur In summing up, Mr. Newman there was any precedent for the two ships, of only 700 tons, and which foul winds prevailed; yet throw off 7,000 gallons of water ask you a certain question. What der took place about 2 or 3 o'cicek.g

time was it when you got to the said the Court had now heard all Correspondence between the 320 horsepower. She was comin the 18 daye she ran 3,519 per minute."

The agents of the Sirine were house? Premier advising the King to place manded by Lieut. Richard Rob knots. The Great Western was

the evidence which the prosecu- Chamber of Commerce and the himself at the head of a conspiracy eris, R. N., and owned by the built with more preparation, and Wadsworth & Smith, of 4 Jones Dr. Krieg About half phat tion had been able to procure. It Government regarding the need to defeat the wishes of the House British and American Steam has, therefore, accomplished her Lane. The agent for the Great

was comparatively rarely that the of a Hongkong quarantine station At that time, was Mr. Neumann Courts of the Settlement had to is given elsewhere. The question was ignored and Navigation Company of London. object more speedily; but the Western in New York was Hick-

asme company was then opinion now is that the distance ard Irvin, of 98 Front Street; in his house already ?-No, ho deal with cases of murder of

Was in the 'street.

Europeans, and still more rarely debate on the matter postponed. building the Royal Victoria, which can and will be run in ten or twelve his grandson, bearing the same

And you went upstairs and had the Courts to deal with eases Labour Protest.

entered the transatlantic service days when everything is arranged name, still carries on the firm. and calonlated for the purpose.

Richard Irvin was of a family of found the body. Yes, lying on of murder of Europeans by ister. The Labour party held a'

Glasgow merchants. At the age the stomach. Then what did you Chinese. The case had presented The Great Atlantic Race.

of twenty he joined his uncle, da?-I tried to turn the body meeting in the House of Commons She Would Look Small Now. and unanimously passed B

Closely following the Sirius, "great race across the Atlantic latter having established himself found it was already quite stiff.

In August, 1889, ccourred, the Thomas Irvin, in New York, the round, and by turning it round I very grave difficulties from the outset, chiefly because the mar- resolution protesting against the

derers, whoever they were, took conference as an interference by the Great Western steamed up the between the Great Western and there about 1787. Richard Irvin What sort of weapon do you the Crown which was calculated harbour. She had been built ex-the British Queen. The papera of was one of the first to become think was used to kill Mr very great care to leave behind them no definite or tangible to defeat the Parliament Act, and pressly for the voyage, and, leav: Bristol, Eng., published the report interested in the subject of the Neumann?-On the throat it must regretting the inclusion of two ing Bristol, England, fifteen days of the race from the ship's daily Atlantic cable, but had grave have been a long knife; it was a clue which the police could at onde follow up. The police had doubts as to its practicability, long ont. On the other part of been very actively engaged in members, practically rebels, as before, had made the more speedy record:

The Queen careers over the chief among them being the ap the body there were short onts, following up what seemed various indicating that henceforth the crossing. She had "four maste organisation of force would be and a huge bait was 236 feet, mighty waters in a turning at a patio ad i picking up the ends and a kind of axe must have been clubs from the time of the murdas

length over all was 230 feet of majesty, anginos running at a cable and and breadth 35 fast (including the tremendous rate."

in oase of a break.Frances Irvin.

The police have taken photo-to the present date, and it was paddleboxes, 59 feet 8 inches); In spite of this, however, the her drought, loaded, 16 feet 8 Great Western was the winner,

graphs, and it seems to me that not until the beginning of June Mrs. Neumann must have lost enabled them to lay something that anything took place which inches; tonnage, 1,840; horse her gain being 22 hours in time.

tangible before the Court. That power, 450.

The Queen's average speed was Mutinous Troops in Kalgan. blood very quickly, so what I Contrast with these figures those 11 knots an hour, and her longest Peking, July 15-Reports from want to find out from your robbery was the motive of the of the Mauretania and Lusitania: day's run 380 miles. In her reg Kalgan state that a large number evidence is this: have you any crime, Mr. Newman thought there Ltd

Length, 700 feet; beam, 88; ular runa from Bristol to New of the troops who joined in the idea at what hour of the night could be no doubt in the minds tonnage, 32,000 horsepower York the Great Western took looting of Kalgan have returned the murder may have been some of the Court, and it was quite 68,000; draught (loaded), 37 feet from 13 to 29.1/2 days. From Now and refuse to give up their arms, mitted? Youssy the body was possible to conceive that robbery primary intention, 6 inches; speed, 25 kuota; pas- York to Bristol, she made the The officers are unable to compel at 7.30. I have visited the place was the

(Continued on Page 5) V.P.'s has been summoned for to sengers, 2,800. And with those of trip in 12 to 15 days, the the men to hand over their wes myself, and so far as I know there day to consider the position, the Aquitania:

passengers and dispatches reach pond, North China Daily News, was a linoleum on the floor, I

officially considered most effect Ive in industrial as in political disputes.

The King's Return...

Later. His Majesty the King has re- turned to London.

The Unionist headquarters in

effort at a conference will fail.

Ulster anticipate that the new

A meeting of unofficial Liberal

The

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TO-DAY. Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. TO-MORROW.

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Thestre 9.15 p.m. Mesting of Metal Importers at

Secretary's Office, H.K. Chamber

Commerce...

of

Thursday July 23 General Meeting Associacao

Portugueza de Soccorros Mutuos,

Saturday July 25, Third Gymkhana, Meeting-

Band Performance-Peak Club. 3.15. p.m.

Monday July 27, 1 Meeting B.K.. Central Estaten

Sale of Crown Land-P.W.D.

po

Tuesday July 28.

Lady May "at home." Mountain Lodge