1914-07-23 — Page 1

July 23; 1914.

The Hongkong Telegraph

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THURSDAY,

July 23, 1913,

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TELEGRAMS,

TELEGRAMS.

HOME CRICKET.

THE LATEST RESULTS.

THE TRIPLE ENTENTE.

SIGNIFICANT TOAST.

TELEGRAMS.

LABOUR UNREST.

SERIOUS TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

Latest cricket results are given to-day.

2855 晚一月大年寅甲

THE IRISH CRISIS.

KING'S SPEECH CREATES SENSATION.

IMPORTANT MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS.

[Reuter's Service To The Telegraph."]

London. Received July 22. The leading "The Patriot day before, and I take the whole King" sums up the commente in responsibility for it-(Opposition the Conservative Press on the cheers). The King left it to the King' speech, which is welcomed discretion of the Conference to aa lifting the situation on to a determine whether it should be bigher plane and bringing home published, and the Conference the gravity of the crisis to the decided unanimously in favour

of publication.

country.

Lord Robert Cecil, Unionist The headings, "The King's Amazing Speech," and "Liberal | M.P. for Hitchin, saked-Was Concern" voice the uneasiness, the summoning of the Conference

at the on the advice of the Premier?

TELEGRAMS.

HOME RACING.

London. Received July 23. -

LIVERPOOL SUMMER CUP, [Renter's Service To "The Telegraph." [Renter's Bervios To The Telegraph."] | [Router's Service To "The Telegraph." Renter's Service To "The Telegraph."]

Lordon Recsired July 25,

London. Received July 237 ; ;

Press comment on the King's London: Received July 23.

Renter's St. Petersburg corren-

A message from Et. Petersburg speech will be found on--tals The probable starters and Hampshire drew with Sunser jookoya for the Liverpool Summer at Southampton (Bowell's benefit) pondent states that there is much states that the labour disturbances page.

The labour disturbances in Cap, to be run over a distance of winning three points on the first comment regarding the passages are spreading and are assuming

Russia are assuming enormous one mile three furlongs on Fri-imings. Last year Hampshire in the toaste exchanged between enormous dimensions.

won-by-five-wickels.

the Czar and President Poincare, The police and Cossacks aro dimensions. day, are as follows:—

Northamptonshire drew with on the latter's recent visit, that dispersing the crowds. The sm

"The probable starters and Warwickshire at Birmingham, the Allianco is supported by ployees at the English mills have securing three points on the first common friendshipe. This is the struck, and similar events are jookeys for the Liverpool Summer innings. Last year Northampton first time that the toasts of the reported from Odcess, Reval, Oup are given to-day, won by five wickets,

Czar and the President of France Ekaterinadar and elsewhere. Kent best Gloucestershire at alluded to the friendship of Great Maidstons by 323 runa. Last year Britain, and the allusion, though Kent won by eight wickets,** guarded, ie considered to mark

Essex beat Somerset at Leyton new phase in the Entente. by nine wickete

Junior (W. Huxley). Florist (J. Clark). Shogun (Riokaby), Short Grass (Martin). China Cook (Donoghus), Nassau (Moylan). Arda (--). Willaura (Prout), Vobis (Wing).

A STARTLING SUGGESTION.

London. Received July 23.

of the Liberals, who express an act undertaken by His Majesty KIFLES FOR ULSTERMEN. particular annoyance phrase "the ory of civil war is Mr. Asquith replied:-Elia on the lips of the most responsi-Majesty throughout this matter ble and the most sober- minded has followed the strictest con- of my people." They declare stitutional practice. He has not that the talk of civil war is taken any step from the beginning to now exceptia consultation with merely a Unionist cry.

The Daily Chroniclesaye--"Yes and on the advice of his Minis terday we deprecated imputations tere-(Cheors). of His Majesty's partisanship, bat the extraordinarily ill-inspired

speech leaves the impression that the King speska of Unionists aa

we.

"Something Definite."

There were moat active

a

receiving.

Yorkshire beat Notts at Leeds by 97 runs. Last year. Yorkshire won by five wickets.

BISLEY.

THE KING'S PRIZE.

London. Received July 2).

OUR NAVY.

NEW APPOINTMENTS,

The death is reported of Mr. Edward O'Kelly, Nationalist M, P. for West Wicklow.

Tramcars Destroyed. A later message states that strikers smashed 150 tramoare, There is a feeling in the Lobby some of which they burned that something definite is. hap Numbers of passengers were pening regarding the Irish quee- turned out, including Franoh tion officers and sailors."

The Baltic Government Ship- building Yard has joined in the atrike, which is spreading.

OBITUARY.

London, Received July 23. Rear Admiral Henry Loitda Tottenham, Rear Admiral of 3rd. Division of the Home Fleet, succeeds Rear Admiral: Sackville MR. EDWARD O'KELLY, M.P.

as Admiral Hamilton Carden,

London. Received July 23:

Mr. Asquith says the King has not taken any step in the Irish question except with the advice of his Ministera. "1"

Mr. Asquith says he takes the the whole responsibility for King's speech on the Irish ques- tion.

The Komagata Maru incident A private in the Yorkshire

has been solved by the Canadian Light Infantry was charged at

The bronze medal for the first

Government agreeing to pay the Dublin with stealing rifles from stage of the King's Prize, at Bis- Superintendent of Malta Dock- The death has occurred of Mr. fares of the Hindoos to the Orient. the barracks, and a dealer with ley (seven shots at 200, 500 and yard.

Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Edward Peter O'Kelly, Nation-

The Standard says the King is 600 yards) was won by Jamieson, A sergeant, who was called as of Australia, with a score of 102 Tower Hamilton becomes Second alist M.P. for West Wicklow witness, when asked if he were The competition was shot off in Sea Lord in succession to Vice since 1910, who was seized with greatly annoyed at the sugges Admiral Sir John Rushworth illness in the House of Commons tion that he would withhold bis

kas

been on Monday, Deceased was Chair- assent to Home Rule under cer- "The journal warns the negotiations between the leaders aware of a conspiracy in the rain..

[Last year Sergt. Ommundien, Jellicoe, who

Council. King not to take George III. as a of the parties this afternoon Regiment to supply Ulstermen

of the 4th Royal Scots, won the appointed to the Command of man of the Wicklow County tain circumstances. following the Conference, while with rifles, refused to answer,

bronze medal with a score of 104] the Home Fleets. pattern.

The Daily News Bays it is im- the Cabinet held a sitting. The are also possible to conceal a feeling of Opposition leaders mistrust at the formal and un- conferring.

No syllable regarding the precedented intervention of the Crown, and it is the duty of Conference has leaked out Democrate to firmly face the there is a feeling in the Lobby that grave facts touching their inviol- something definite is happening. able liberties.

Parliament to Palace.

Both Liberal journale take it

but

The case was adjourned.

AFFAIRS IN HUNAN.

Yochow Busy Headchopping.

To go into Drydock at Kowloon.

yamen only to find the same grado THE CABLESHIP RIZAL. of soldiers there but more of them. They therefore proceeded to the office of the chief of police and found no one there: Returning

petty

to the military yamen they The cableship Rizal will pro- found the

officer bably esil for Hongkong at the end

COTTON GROWING IN INDIA.

Reax

Admiral' Tottenham succeeds Rear Admiral Carden at Malta, and Vice Admiral Hamilton becomes Sea Lord in succession to Vice Admiral Jellicoe..

The House of Commons has negatived a motion to omit the alanse from the Finance Bill dealing _with___ reinvestments

Lord Kitchener presided on abroad. Conditions up at Yochow city, and the guard. who had ill of this week to enter the drydook June 20 at a meeting of the over the Hunan border, are not treated Mr. Heinrichson, had for annual repairs and general international congress on tropical

Mr. Beechey, former Secretary

for granted that the Speech is the INVESTMENTS ABROAD. exactly ideal, according to a mis-ed. The latter become still overhauling, says the Cablenews agriculture. Mr. Arae Sohmidt, of the British and Belgian Bank

King's own composition, while omphosising that the Government

Dismissal Preferred.

J

A MOTION NEGATIVED.

urat sionary who arrived down from more abusive and started kicking of July 17. Whampoa Dock com-eoretary of the international of China, has been sentenced to there, says the "C. C. Post." The Mr. Hajarichson as well as jab-pany would probably be accepted cotton federation, said that one four months hard Isbour at Mr. Thomas, Labour M.P., says must share the responsibility for

anthorities seem to be in a soare bing him with the batt of his within a day or so and the vessel was obliged to conclude that Shanghai for fraud, transforring the constitutional

over the presence of Kuo Mia rifle. Naturally Mr. Heinrichson will be despatched immediately India alone was the country from

thereafter.

which the present generation if he used language like Sir atruggle from Parliament to

London. Recolved fuly 23. Tang members and whether inne came out of the scuffle pretty

The rumour that the Rizal we could hope to obtain additional Edward Carson's or Major Craig's Palace.

The House of Commons has cent or not people are being hunt badly bruised, Mr. Owen, in the

condition was ever-increasing demand. He at the Palace but a prisoner in negatived a motion to omit the ed out and executions are daily meantime, bad been manoeuvring in a deplorable and entirely supplies of raw cotton to meet the be would not be an honoured guest Speakers at the Liberal meeting clause from the Finance Bill occurrences. These executions too so as to obtain the numbers of unseaworthy

the dealing

are being carried out in the most the ringleaders. He, however, strenuously denied at the custom reiterated the views on the Indian the Old Bailey. reinvestments yesterday declared that

publio manner and the bodies are was observed at this by the house. The repaire will total a cotton industry which he express- Cabinet must accept dismissal | abroad. rather than consent to Dissolu- Mr. Lloyd George explained being displayed similarly to what oldies and was thrown clean little under P20,000, which is noted before the committee of the looked upon as excessive by the international, federation in Paris across the stroet, was once done in Wucbang, tion, failing the King's assent to that he had drafted, after con-

However, the worst feature per-

"The Rizal was on the Olong, sat doubly by an extension of

British cotton Home Rule.

sultation with the Dominion haps is that the troops stationed the foreignerseventually managed Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P.,

representatives,

proviso there are becoming disrespectful to gain admittance to the colonel. apo drydock a short time ago, domiciled in England.

with

that the

NEWS.

The funeral of the late Sir Kai

After extricating themselves customs authorities. recently and adatry would Ho-Kai war attended by an im- in an interview, described the exompting Colonials temporarily toward foreigners and the officere He. it was easily to be seen, had stated a customs official, "for the cotton growing in India. It would menee crowd last evening.

King's speech as most extraordin- ary: it might have graced the oration of a Unionist member of the House of Commons.

Mr. Thomas, a Labour M.P., speaking at Derby, said the Con ference was a deliberate attempt to defeat the Parliament Act. If he or any other Labour leader had used language such as Sir Edward Carson and Captain Craig had used, they would not

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BULGARIA & ROUMANIA,

AGREEMENT REACHED,

шек.

already been primed up with the annual examination by Lloyd's mean that every additional bale

Further gifts to the bazaar in have admitted that they cannot depend on their underlings suf-

other eide, but was very polite agent. His estimation of repairs of Indian cotton would liberate aid of the West River Relief Fand foiently to enforce their orders. and promised to do all in his needed was below our own estimaa bale of American cotton and are notified to-day..

General news and a summary The troops of course are Northern power.

The same evening two tion for the amount of work to be increase the purchasing power of officers were sent to the mission done. As the Rizal is granted a the Indian cultivator, who was of Home happenings appear on

page 3. Matters came to a head last and apologised privately but this first class Lloyd's ticket, it can Lancashire's best customer. The

Log book appears on page .8, week, the result being that two was not accepted and the colonel easily be seen that she is not in a Earl of Derby said that he was foreigners, Mr. Heinrichson and

Mr. Sobmidt had suggested would commercial news on page 9, and Mr. Owen of the China: Inland was informed that as the outrage deplorable condition by a long not quite sure that the advantages

ocourred in publio the apology way.

The vessel will be repainted, accrue to Lancashire, bat he Our Contemporaries" on page Mission unexpectedly experienced must be in public. After some a rough time. The two gentlemen negotiations aequad was sent to some riveting will be replaced believed that increased "growing 2 Reuter's correspondent at Sofia had gone down to meet a lady the mission on Sunday morning and a number of angle bars in in India would on the whole The appeal in the Marques states that it is announced that passenger arriving by one of the and a public apology was made, the upper structure will be conduce to the general prosperity case was dismissed by the Fall Lord Kitobener dealt A special article containing Roumania and Bulgarie agres to steamers and, the lady proceeding it being also stated that the offen renewed, also some work on the of the cotton manufactures of the Court to-day.

some thoughts on Artemus Ward The King Greatly Annoyed. a joint enquiry regarding the on to the mission, the men stayed ders had been suitably punished, boilers. As the docking and world.

painting will amount to P8,000, with the development of the in- The Standard Bays a high frontier incidente, and are will-behind to bring on the baggage. and with this the matter ended.

thie does not leave a great deal dustry in Egypt.

appeara on paga 4. authority in touch with the Courting to withdrew their posts one They had not gone far when they requests it to announce that the hundred

be honoured guests at the Palace

hat prisonere at the Old Bailey,

King is greatly annoyed at the boundary. suggestion that he would with-

hold his Basent to Home Bale in certain circumstances.

Conference Resumed.

The conference hag boon

resumed.

The Premier Responsible.

London. Received July 23.

yards from the were stopped by a petty officer and

KOMAGATA MARU.

THE DIFFICULTY SOLVED.

Aa Elopement

of money for other repairs and conclusively shows that the vessel is not in need of a great deal of repair work to retain her first olasa ticket."

some soldiers who were determin- ed to examine the contents of the

A New Variety of Coffee, boxes. As the keys were with the owner the party had to stop

From the Congo a variety of Despite these facts from the while a man was sent on to obtain

Washington society has not yet barean of customs, rumours are the coffee plans Coffen robusta, them. During the wait, Mr. Heinrichson remonstrated with recovered, saya an American current along the waterfront that discovered by Emile Laurent in the officer questioning his author-paper, from its astonishment at the Rizal, always a "white eleph- 1898, is gradually finding its way ity. The officer who was impudent the elopement of young Arthur ant" on the hands of the govern-into-collee-growing countries. before now became insulting and, Foraker, son of Ex-Senator Joseph ment, is in a rotten condition and The name given to the plant is teristice, inasmuch as it is less! shaking his fist in Mr. Heinrich-B. Foraker of Ohio, and Misa Min- nearly ready for the sorap heap. to distinguish its robust charac London. Received July 22. son's face, declared that not only nie Stone, daughter of Mr. and

liable to be attacked by disesse than either of the two older Reater's Vancouver correspond- had he authority to examine all Mrs. Charles Parker Stone, of this

varieties, O arabioa and C. the conclusion of questions, Mr. ent says the difficulty of the the baggage but he could take off city. Though the engagement

Prosperous New Guinea, Ponsonby, Liberal M.P. for Btir- Indians on the Kompgata Maru their heads. He then called an had been announced, an elopement ling, asked if the King's speech in attempting to enter Canada has armed guard who was standing had never been suspected. The At the beginning of 1918, the liberica. In fact the Carabica was drawn up on the advice of been solved. The Indians have near by and this individual ill-us- couple stoles march on their new territory of Papua (or Now is going out of cultivation in his Ministers and in accordance agreed not to offer any further ed the foreigner to such an extent relatives and friends by motoring Chainea) had under onltivation Java, Guadeloupe and elsewhere with custom and precedent resistance to their deportation, that his cost was torn down the to Baltimore, scompanied by the 22,000 acres of coconut and 6,200 owing to the uncertainty of the (Ministerial cheers),

on the Canadian Government back.

bride's sister and two friends, and sores of rubber. The territory is crops on account of disease but Mr. Asquith replied:The agreeing to pay their fares to the This was more than the foreign- were married by Rev. Dr. May, a expected to be in the future a the immunity possessed by the C.

favourite everywhere. Binal hemp and pelto eum. speech was sent to me in the Orient and to fully provision the ers could put up with so they well-known minister of the Pres-large exporter of oopra, rubber, robusts is making the plant a

Telf and went to the colonel's byterian Church, ordinary way by the King the ship,

London. Received July 23.

In the House of Commons at

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