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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 1915.

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

[Reuter's Service to the ". Talegraph."]

ITALY AND THE WAR,

WILL INSIST ON SERBIAN INDEPENDENCE. ·

December 2, 3.25 p.m.

Beuter's correspondent at Rome statss that, speaking in the Chamber, Signor Sonnino announced that Italy had joined with the Allies in an agreement not to conclude a separate peace. There was every reason for believing that a satisfactory settlement would be reached with Greece. He emphasised the importance of Serbia's independence to Italy and said her absorption by Austria would be a great danger. Italy would insist on the complete restoration of Serbia's independence as an indispensable condition of

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The Recent Bombing of a Newspaper Office.

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LITERARY NEWS.

Mr. H. M. Hyndman's new book "The Future of Democrsoy" hua been published by Mears George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. The volume contains not only the im- pressions of recent events but the conclusions drawn from the ex- perience of fifty years. The author has seen many changes in Europe, sod is able, from the fallness of his knowledge; to forecast the probable course of events and to drive home his warnings of long ago which are already being largely justified.

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Eugenii Soloviev, is being trans- The "Life of Dostoievsky," by lated into English, and is to be published shortly by Messrs. George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. While doing fall justice Dostoievsky'agonius, the Author of the study ecoke to correct more than one popular misconception on the subject, and to supply, in a balanced review of Dostoievsky's correotive to the fantastic views life and influence, a wholesome pat for ward by certain Russian and other critics of the great writer.

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written a Preface to a volume M. Emile Vandervelde has entitled "German Socialists and Belgium which is announced for early publication by Mesars George Allen and Unwin, Lid. The book is by M. Emile Royer, the Belgian Deputy

"Towards a Lasting Settle- ment" is the title of a new book

to be published abortly by Mesara George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. It is edited by Mr. Charles Roden Buxton, and containe Essays by many distinguished writere, in- cluding Mr. G. Lowes Dickinson, Mr. H. N. Brailsford, Mr. J. A. Hobson, Mr. Philip Suowden, M.P. Mi's Maud Royden, and others. The book is inspired by the pre- dominant aim of securing that a catastrophe such as the present war shall nover rocur. "It lookā to the fatore rather than to the past. It deals with problems that must and will be discussed not only during the continuance of the War, but daring the peace negotiations and for may months, if not for many years, after a settlement has boon reached.

ADMIRAL TSENG.

SHANGHAI MIXED COURT. on that he was called by Yang to see him, and they met in a bath- house. While there, Yang told him that he had been asked to throw a bomb in the offices of the Asiatic Daily News whore polior Some interesting details were was not good. Yang was promis. given at the Shanghai Mixed ed that bis rolatives would be Court on November 26 relating kod aftor in the event of any to the attempt to blow up the thing happening to him, and offices of the Asiatic Daily News Yang refused to take any money in September last. It will be re- because be wanted to die for membered, says tho N. G. his country. The party had · a Daily News, that daring the farewell dinner in the French evening of the 11th of that Concession just before the bomb month a bomb was thrown into was to be thrown, and during the the doorway of the offices, killing coares of it Yang rushed out of

■ Chineas constable and two other the house. Tan, and another mau persons, besides injuring others. not yet in custody, went after The hearing

before him to Shantung Road. They Mr. Grant Jones, British Assessor, heard a loud explosion, and and Magistrate Yue, and three afterwarde they saw.. three men appeared before the Court. or four people lying in the road, The chief of the accused was Yang but they did not recognise Yang.

alterwards Nyob-yan, who was charged with They

learned, feloniously killing and murdering however, that he had been taken the three persons who lost their to hospital. Yang was afterwards He confronted by the other man lives through the explosion. was also charged, with a prisoner in hospital, but he denied having named Tan Kwe-fob, with being thrown the bomb and with having concerned together in causing the say connection with the affair at death of the victims, and with all. He said he would be shot Sian Meb-sun with anlawfully through the other man's fault. conspiring together to canas the The prisoner Yang had made a said deaths. Tan Kwe-foh was statement to Dot, Sargt, Prosser, alsocharged with conspiring, with during which he said that on the the others, to manufacture & night in question be came to bomb with the intent to ane it Shanghai on a jaunt. He was THE ASSASSINS OF for the commission of a crime. passing the door of the newa- Mr. K. E. Newman appeared paper office when he heard an on behalf of the Polios, Mr. G. D. explosion behind him. He did Masso appeared for the Chiness not see anyone trying to ran Government, and Det. Alfonsi re-away, and he did not know presented the French Police, who how the affair happened. The had brought one of the prisoners Court would hear, said Mr. New as a witness.

man, that the man's wounds were Det. Alfonsi informed the Court in front of his body, and not be that the man Sisu Meh-san had hind, so he must have seen the been brought as a witness, and bomb fall. He also denied being not for the purpose of being tried connected in any way withrewola- by that Court, Later in the after-tionary matters. noon, towards the close of the A detective stated that in con- ession, Mr. Musso said that with sequence of information received, regard to the charge of conspiracy he went to the offices of the he understood that the Court had Asiatic Daily News. Hs found ruled that the conspiracy had taken that both windows had been any questions saying that they had already confessed their guilt. place in the French Concession. blown out, and a holo made

They said that they had. no Mr. Newman, in outlining the in the stepa at the case, told the Court of the evid-jentranos. There were clots of accomplices, but finally confessed. ence that would be produced. He blood about, and pisoss of brass that they were formerly Company continued that the second man, in different places. There were Commanders in the Revolution- Tan, came into the possession of also numerous perforations whersary Army. They killed Admiral the Arsenal authorities, and they pallets had gone through. He Taeng not so much for his took a statement from him. This went immediately to the hospital, monarchical tendencies as for the was to the effect that he was 18 and found that one man dressed wholesale exeuation of their fellow revolutionaries during his tenure year old, and was a native of in blue gown and another in a Huan. He was previously in the white gown were dead, and the of office in Shanghai. His assas army, and knew the prisoner policeman was lying on a table. aine further stated that they were Yang, who was also in the He also saw the prisoner lying on formerly members of the Tang-

menhui army at the time of the first an operating table. There were revolution. He would tell the no wounds on the back of the Court that he was approached caused. The witness questioned by Yang to join the revolution- the acound, after he had been ary party, and that he was in-warned, and the gist of the ques- troduced to a man who was said tions was regarding his friends, to be the head of the whole buei- where he lived, and what bis 11637. He was enrolled as afoccupation was. member of the party, and he was

The cass was adjourned.

to be sacond in command of a division of artillery, Yang was to be in command of two divi- sions. Tan admitted that he was Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals

Alice Memorial Hospital. The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice

Peking, November 24.---- General Fong Kuc-chang, Chiang-chun of Nanking, reports that the murderers of Admiral Teong Ju-cheng and also the would-be assassin of Chow Obin- taeng, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, and the bomb-thrower of the Yashiyapao after being band. ed over to the Chinese authori ties were taken to Nanking for examination.

The murderers of Admiral

Teeng at firat refused to answer

General Feng Kuo-ohang saya that from all appearances the seination had no direct con- nestion with the monarchioal movement. He concludes by praising the friendly attitude of the Consular Body and the Manioipal Council of Shang- hai in immediately handing over the prisoners and pradiote that this satisfactory action of the

way foreign authorities will pave the for faturo co-operation

rather active in the revolutionary begs to acknowledge with thanks between Chinese and feeign dance, and as a result of theseaotiv- the following donation to the officials for the preservation of ities he was given the command fande of the Hospitals:-Union order in the Shanghai district. efa regiment which was, of course, Church, $65.44. non-existent. His statement went,

N. Q. Daily News.