1914-07-29 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph

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(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

Copyright, 1914 Bỹ

July 29, 1913

WEATHER FORECAST

CLOUDY.

Barometer 29.80*

July 29; 1914,

2860

Temperature 6

Humidity

七月大年寅甲

AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR,

SERIOUS SITUATION IN EUROPE.

GERMANY THINKS THE CONFERENCE USELESS.

[Reuter's Service To "The Telegraph."]

Austria has declared war.

The declaration of war wAS received after the Stock Exchange! olceed. "Yankees," which was the only Market remaining open, slamped two to three points.

London. Received July 29. Germany's Fleet Recalled.

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Renter's correspondent Berlin states that the German flest has been called home and is gathering at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel.

Run on Bank,

Runs on the Savings Bank continue,

The Possibilities. The detente in diplomatic London to-day quarters in suggests there is some sort of understanding between Austria! and Russia, based on the former's" positive disavowal of intenticas of conquest or permanent occupa tion, and it is thought possible that Austria may occupy Belgrade she desirea and other important points, then pause with the object of permit ting of an opportunity for some Hind of reconsideration.

German Policy. Reuter is informed that Ger. many has intimated that, while sincerely sympathizing with Sir Edward Grey's object, she con- siders the conference has no prospect of success, De Austria could not consent to submit ber policy to such a tribunal. Ger- 'many thinks that a conversation between the Powers would be s better course than the conference.

THE WAR CORRESPOND-

·ENT'S ART.

Incidents in the Career of Mr. Bennet Burleigh.

さ

Russian Policy.

Russia bas accepted the prin- ciple of Sir Edward Grey's proposal, but at the same time to continue a direct exchange of views with Vienna.

Austrian Accusation.

WEDNESDAY, JULI 20

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

1914

藐丸拾廿月七英灣香

TELEGRAMS,

TELEGRAMS.

STEWARDS Cup.

COLONIAL MATTERS.

ACQUITTED.

A DEAD HEAT.

EAST AFRICAN TAXATION,

THE CAILLAUX TRIAL,

HOME CRICKET.

WIN FOR YORKSHIRE.

Temperature 6-a.m. 79 p. in. 87

Humidity

(Reuter's Service To "The Telegraph."|| [Renter's Service To Mike Telegraph." (Beuter's Gervice To "The Tolograph" Router's Service To The Talegraph,”||

London. Received July 29. The Stewards' Cup, run at

London Received July 29.

In the House of Commons, Mr.

London. Received July 29. Madame Caillaux has been

London. Received July 29, Yorkshire beat Somerset at

rans,

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTA $36 PER ANNUM.

TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN:

:: CONDENSEDA SUDA

Austria has declared war,

The German Fleet is assers-

Goodwood, resulted in a dead Harcourt, replying to the debate acquitted in the trial for the Sheffield by an innings and 155 bling at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel.

on the Colonia Ofios Voss, said murder of M. Calmette, of the heat between Golden-Sua (W. Barao and Somaliland would Figaro. Huxley) and Lord Annandale, probably be reoccupied in (Donoghue), Castellan (Pront) being third. Twenty three, TD, A neck separated the deadheaters

and the third.

Betting.

The betting was 10-1 Golden Sun: 100-0 Lord Annandale; 0-1 Castellan..

13.4.5 mecs.

The Race.

An Objection.

An objection lodged by the rider of Castellan against the dead heaters for bumping and boring was overruled.

Septembar. A revision of the native, and general taxation in East Africa might be necessary in the fatare, but it must not be used as an indirect means of increasing the labour supply.

THE FORD CAR:

Some Eloquent Figures.

Runs on the savings banke continue.

referred to a practice under which Lotinghaion had been attacked a bridegroom was given permis- and plundered, and that four of sion to visit his bride for six the staff had been carried off to be Latest Home oricket is given

to-day.

Robbery of Government Office,

Austria accusés Bervia of alter- ing the text of the Austrian Nate.

Madame Caillant has been

Russia has accepted the prin-

proposal.

wood Stewards' Cap.

months, though the union was held to ransom. They were only intended to be permanent. There released after the payment of was no religious ceremony, but $800, and had that sum not been astrologere consulted the horos-forthcoming they would certainly copes of the parties. Such unions, have been murdered in cold blood. though not sanctioned by law or religion, were generally perman- eat. The husband would do everything in his wife's name and "Of the half million and more the property was under her control. A day or two before a similar Voldy made the running until Ford care which have been pro- The speaker then described three outrage occurred at Chiminchang, acquitted. close to home, when (Holden Sun daced, over one-half of them are types of matrimony in Malabar; in the district of Lusnchow. For and Lord Annandale challenged, in operation in this country says the first was followed by represen, the convenience of the Chinese the race resulting in a moat the Motor Age (Detroit). This is tatives of ancient rajshs and had fishermen along the coast, a exciting finish. Fancy Nurse according to rather incomplete nothing like a marriage about it. Juyenchu or fishing-salt office was viple of Sir Edward Grey's returns of the registration in the The busband lived in the lady's established at Chiminchang some was placed fourth. Time 1 min. different states between January house and was fed and maintained (years ago by the defunct Teching 1 and April 1 of this year. In there, only visiting his own home Court. On the evening of June several of the states complete occasionally. That prevailed 18, a fishing bout owned by Li Ya,

Golden Sun and Lord Annan- figures of the registration of Ford among the higher classes, and with salt purchased from this cars could not be obtained. These there was no marriage. The office, was plundered by over ten dale ran a dead heat in the Good- include Fennsylvania, South second type was a system under pirates armed with Mauser rifles Carolina, Louisians, Mississippi, which there were really two The fishing boat was stopped and Texas, Oklahoma. In these, how families. The wife had the the owner Li Yn was called upon ever, a figure was given which home of her maternal family to "pangtieh" or assist the was known really to be exceeded that of her mother, There her pirates in obtaining a livelihood, In West Virginia and Wyoming property was, and it belonged to no estimate as to the number of her along with others, She Quite recently several · pimte Fords was obtainable."

generally lived there, but she also hosts met some Government gun- "Neglecting these two states went to her husband's home. boats in the vicinity of Luanchow and taking the minimum figures There she lived

Replying to the debate on the with her waters. After a few hours' fight Colonial Uflos Vots, Mr. Har- in the other states mentioned husband's maternal relatives, ing, the pirates beached their court referred to Somaliland and there were 249,270 Ford cars The third type was that in boats and made good their escape. East African affairs. registered on April 1 for the 1914 which the husband found a home At Chiminchang, there is a season in the United States. for his wife in hie own boare. Yeniou or salt yard ander the Consequently it is mfe to say that That was the practice in cases control of the Tientsin Salt Com- complete returns would indicate where the husband was a man missioner. Soma daya back, the Flying Ork, Georgette, &. Pa registrades who could acquire property him- natives were greatly alarmed at Sanitary Board is reported to-day. excess of 250,000 Fords in this self. These three systems had the sudden appearance of five country. To get an idea of what gone on for the past 3,000 years. pirate boats at Pienchuangize. this number means, a glance at All three were necessary to under which is about five li from where the total registration of all makes stand the family life of the race. the Yenton is situated. The

An interesting interview with The deadheaters divided the of cars will be of assistance. On Agitation, he continued, was pirates threatened such boatmen an eyewitness of the Mexican

this same date, April 1, the 1914 now going on in this country for an refused to pangtieb," and troubles appears on page 4. registration of all the cars in the

good deal that bad already been prevented them from taking salt United States was 1,285,623, just recognized in his own country, and other cargo. over five times the incomplete and which the British Courts of total of Ford registrations, Justice had always taken into Considering the number of Ford consideration. The Hindua law

Changes.

Additional Runners Additional probables Reuter's correspondent at Vienna atatea that the Austrian Fancy Nures (P. Alden);

(Dickens), Government

the publishes Servian reply with a commentary Mercutio. explaining why it is insufficient, Thwaites: and emphasises that Servia should have made spontaneous enquiries into the murders. It also sccones Servis of altaring the text of the

Austrian Note.

Austria's dossier of proof of Servian plotting is also published.

Detter Samridden

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were G.P.

by by Moylan "Gardner; Fancy Nurse, Disk; Quixtus, Wing

and Starboard Light did not rar.

stakes.

Stakes Divided.

the

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we might fairly take public into our confidence."

The messages, as a matter of cars in proportion to the pop secured for woman ber mainten-

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Chuanshu.

Chinese fishermen are con“

Germany-does not consider that the suggested conference offers any prospects of success.

NEWS.

Yesterday's meeting of the

The agenda for. to-morrow's

meeting of the Legislative, Conncil is given to-day.

"Our Contemporaries" appears

Particulars of the allocation of

the plan of despatching two tele fact, were an evidence of the ulation of the various statee we ance first by her father, next by grame so innocent that no censor soundness of Bennet Burleigh's find that Nebraska has one Ford her husband, and; then by her constantly called tipen to pay could find it in his heart to stop judgment; for though the Peace for every 100 people in the states and, failing these sources ohuansha to the pirates. This on page 2, general news on page them. The story was told, ab- Conference was only three days Iowa, which is second in the of support, by the State, tax varies from $10 to $2 per 3 and log book on page 8. sequently, by the Daily Tele-old when he telegraphed on May total number of Fords owned, albat

month according to the size of graph in these words:

18-it began with a Boer con- so is second in the per capitanot

дом accessible. There the boats. Very few dare report "On Whit Monday Mr. Bar-ference; and on Whit Sunday Fordage, with one for every 108 la reviewing the life of its

no divorce law. The their distress to the authorities famous War correspondent, the loigh telegraphed to us from Pre- itself the Boer leaders met Lord people; North Dakota shows up wife shared her husband's pro and generally pay their monthly the Chamber of Commerce Tai late Mr. Bennet Barleigh, whose torin the following message: Milner and Lord Kitchener-it with one Ford for ovary 150 people death took place only a short Whiteuntide greetings! When was not until Hay 31 that the in the state; California hasa Ford perty, and on marriage her own contributions to the pirates before On Piracy Fund are give on page

his despatch reached us, without British terms of

property continued to be here. they pay Government daties and 4. ARCA were for every 184 people; Michigan, By English law busband and wife taxes. time ago, the Daily Telegraph recalls the following journalistic any official delay, our first ides accepted and signed.

its home state, is at the boiling

The Langkat output yesterday gaups, both concerned with the was that its transmission at fall!

This same foresight was notice point with one Ford for every 212 were regarded as having but one

The pirates who carried away int, the total is 7,520, giving

was 282 tops; up to the 28th: rate from the seat of war was a able again during his last cam people; in Ohio every two handra Will, that of the husband.-, South African War..

(Laughter.) A far more advan two Ohinese fishermen from view with Jonbert, just before tion of politeness. A little reflex- Bulgaria mall armies of war and in Illinois every three hun women by his native law. If the Falin districts and the Chinese

The first of them was an inter. somewhat suporßiaons demonstra-paiga. Both in Servia and in and eightieth norson owns a Ford, ingeous position was given to Peitaiho are from Linyu and daily average of 268.7 tone. hostilities broke out. The slow on, however, served to indicate correspondents were kept waiting dred and sixtieth. In New York husband had no property the troop train by which he was ticular season

the significance of the par- for some time for permission to one has to count 470 people before

at which the go to the front, most of them had you come to a Ford owner and travelling was overtaken by a

WB ex no doubt that the campaign Alabama it takes 2,000 people special on which Joubert and his sociable sentimont staff were going to the front. pressed; and we fortunately re would end in a Tarkish victory, make a Ford family.

a prolonged Burleigh waited fill it was just membered that in the Eastern but only after

Churches the symbol of Whitsun- straggle; and one man expressed moving out of the station, and tide was the dove of Peace. But his fear that he would be unable then bluffed the station-master into stopping it by signal, telling on this surmise we did not feel to keep an importent engagement him that he had been left behind justified in making any comment. in London at Christmas. Don't

"You WHERE WOMEN RULE, Frayer-book-knowing Mr. Bar-will be home again before Christ We turned, however, to the worry," Burleigh said. leigh to be well acquainted with mas; and you'll be able to say An Interesting Malabar Systems Holy Writ-and, reading over you were on the winning side.” the Goepel for Whit Sanday, the The armistice that concluded the As the Loudon, School of date of his despatch, we came first war and ended the Turkish Economics, Clare Markes, W.O., upon the following sentence:- rule in Macedonia was, in fact,

Peace I have with you; my signed on December 2.

The special stopped, and Burleigh got on board to be congratulat ed heartily by Joubert on his enterprise, and to get from the Boer generalisaimo a capital

interview.

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afraid.

The Sumatra Earthqanke,

in

to

recently, Sir Chettur Sankaran

wife left him. In olden days she steps to suppress the maranders. authorities in Tientsin are taking was not obliged to live alone with Gun-boats will be despatched to him and when she did do so ituise along Loting, Luanchow, was only if she were more com Falin and Linyu (Shanhaikuan). fortable in so doing. Otherwise, she would return to her own home, which she could look upon sa a refuge from him. Property

There is a regular pirate was vested in the woman, language, of which the following

terms are exemplos.Pangpiso is a recognized term for to the up and carry away

PIRATES IN NORTH CHINA.

Nair, of the Madras High Court Land Thieves and Water Thieves of Justice, gave, an address on Whore Women Rule the

AA Piráte: Lánguage::

means s

Leipiso," fat ticket or as

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

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

Bijou Theatre 0.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 Uhiness Forplain and Curios sale-G.P Lammert's Booms-2.80 p.m.

زود

Bales

Friday July 81. Chinese Forcelain and Carios

English burglar would asya sale-G. P. Lammert's Sales

large there

Roome 2.80 p.m.

Sale of Furnitare,"

Ashley Road, Kowloon-G.P. Lammert D-11 am.

softcorib. Tafeng The second scoop was one

wind) impliesa warning which enabled the Day Tele-

peace. I give to you; not an

are Government soldiers,while graph to make an early an-

the world giveth, give Lunto nouncement of the conclusion of

Poking, July 19, thunfeng (fair, wind) means

Shibpiso you. Let not your heart be It is of interest to note that an Matriarchal System of the Nairs

The boldness with which pirates that the posat is clear. pesoo, for which everybody was waiting. The consorship was ex- troubled, neither let it be excellent record of the Samatre in Malabar. Lord Dunedin are showing themselves at various which means, literally, to tear s tremely strict, and every precau-

earthquake was obtained at the prended.

places at the present time is a ticket to pieces, hes the blood tion had been taken to make it

"Even then we did not feel Seismological Station of Sunny

Nair said disquieting symptom of unross thirsty double entente fran impossible for news to leak out justified in coming to a fized con- side, West Bromwich. The earth that

Nairs family They appear to be sativa from hom in not forthcoming so and so until it had been sent to London alusion. But when we received quake bell was rung, and the prop

Chihli to Kalm sung and where will have his throat cut through the official channels; but Mr. Burleigh's message to his abook was registered within impartible

ever they appear their mathode of these terms or terms similar to the hung ages among the middle and stromend the time. On June 20, then, azn med. Barleigu, baying assured himself brother in Glasgow Returning fourteen minutes of its occurrence.

Tanian Authorities rece that the conference, at Freteria Tell Lawson we felt that in the Dutch East Indies, many

moment had arrived when thousands of miles away,

that the Finn Tax Office is Daily Ne had achieved its object, hit upon the

the

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