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一拜禮 號一月正年四十二百九千一英
HONGKONG, ` MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1924
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MEDIATION EFFORTS BREAK DOWN.
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LONDON, January 20,
Labour circles now regard a railway strike as Inevitable. It is learned that the decision of the Locomotive Employees' Executive not to postpone the strike was due to the railway companies' refusal to defer putting the wages award into operation. There is considerable uncertainty in regard to the attitude of the N.U.R. men but it is believed many of them will support the Locomotive Employees.
FRUITLESS MEDIATION.
LONDON, Janua
It transpires that representatives of the Trades Unior Congress Council and the Executive of the Locomotive Employers Union' at midnight sat separately. They never jointly conferred although Mr. Fred Bramley, Secretary of the Council... consulted the Executive and reported the efforts of the Council to meet the grievances of the Union. The Council representatives while awaiting a call from the Union sang songs led by Mr. Ben Tillett. The Council representatives appeared to be very. disappointed at the failure of their mediation efforts and the Executive's decision to proceed with the
stated Strike. Mr. Bramley
that as far as the Council was concerned there would be no further conference with the Managers to-day. The Union's decision has rendered this unnecessary. Mr. John Bramley said the position was exact the same as before intervention by the Trades Union ofgress Connoil, whose efforts had been rendered abortive hy the attitude of the Railway Managers. The arrangements for the strike would stand and he had every confidence in the loyalty of the men to fight it to'a successfa! issue
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LONDON, January 20.
The climax of the political drama is approaching. It is anticipated that the fateful division which is practically certain to result In-the defeat of the Government will occur at eleven on Monday night. Meanwhile it is understood that-- Mr. Ramsay Macdonald will take the Foreign Office fin addition to the Premiership and according to the newspapers he has made several provisional Cabinet--appointments including Mr. Philip Snowden as Chancellor' of the Exchequer, Lord Haldane Lord Chancellor, Mr. Clynes Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Leader of the Commons, Mr. Sidney Webb, Minister of Labour and Mr. Patrick Hastings Attorney-General. It is stated that Miss Margaret Bondfield will he an under-secretary and the first woman to hold office in Britain.
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GENEVA CONFERENCE PROPOSAL.
GENEVA, January 20. The Secretary General of the League of Nations has invited all the Governments belonging to the League or who are parties to the column con. vention of 1912 to participate fa a conference at Geneva on November 17 to seck measures to limit the manufacture of morphine cocaine, heroin and their respective salts to the needs of doctors and scientists as well as the production of my opium
coca leaf necessary for the manufacture, of alkaloids. The programme of the conference will be drawn up by a committee of six members appointed by the League of Nations Commission for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic; including representative of the United States and two European Assessors of the Onitt: Commission. In order to facilitate the drawing up of the pro gramme the Secretary-General has asked the States concerned to transmit any proposal they wish to make to the Committee for preliminary examination.
MOST SIGNIFICANT.
ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
The Railway, Mariagers have made a statement that the terms which were agreed between the Trades Union Congress and the managers yester- day but which were rejected by the Locomotive Employees Society were as follows:-Provided the strike notices are withdrawn the Companies give an assurance that an immediate meeting with
BERSIN, January” 21. “ the two Unions concerned will be held with a view to considering and alleviating any hardships affect- What is regarded as a most significant state ing individuals or groups of individuals arising out mont regarding German relations with Britain was of the findings which, after discussion, both sides made by Herr Hoeffle, Minister for the occupied are satisfied should be so alleviated. Any agree-regions. Addressing a meeting of the Centre ment-reached to be applied immediately. The Farty, he declared that. Germany must try and Companies also give an assurance that there will reach an understanding with France-with-avlew be no dismissals arising out-of-the application of to establishing a modus vivenedi. Germany should be careful not to place too large hopes upon Great decisions..
Britain and her Labour Government. ~
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FINAL, LONDON MEETING.
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The determination to adhere to the strike decision was marked by a crowded final meeting of
London members of the Locomotive ernment, even a Labour Government, which helped Employees' Society held in the South London to run private rallways during a strike would be Palace in the evening. The Secretary, Mr. blacklegging. They would stop nine tenths of the Bramley, was warmly received and greeted with passenger goods trains. The Companies had been cries of Honest John" and "we are going to stHke told the Union was bluffing, but at midnight they back" Mr. Bramley declared that he had received a would have the surprise of their lives. He intend- message threatening to shoot him if the striked to go. calmly to bed, knowing that their men. occurred but such would not prevent their protest. would cease work at midnight from one end of the The General Managers only seemed-to-believe in country to the other. their pound of flesh. He contended that the men paid on a mileage basis would lose twenty per cent. under the award. He said the Society was deter mined to stop the never-ending slide down Info pre-war conditions..
They would object to any Government running mails and carrying food to the people, but any Gove
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The Dockyard Recreation Club holds its annual ball on Friday next.
Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Taggart returned to the Colony by the
President McKinley.
STRIKE COMMENCED.:
LATER
'The Locomotive Headquarters shortly after mid-night announced that a strike was officially started and that the men had obeyed the call all over the country._ _|\_|_*
ARMS PLOT REVEALED.
DEEP LAID PLOT.
MANILA, January 20 The arrest of American soldiers for the theft and sale of army re- Mr. WL Paterson's (Hong-volvers reveals a plot to export kong M. S.) name figures amongst arms to Dr. Sun Yat Sen through
YAUMATI BATTLE. SERGEANT FENDER OUT OF HOSPITAL.
Cue of the men who are alleged to have taken part in the pistol battle with the Yaumati Police following an armed robbery some JR. Wood this morning. times ago, came up before Mr. Detective Inspecter T. Murphy
the list of candidates who passed local Chinse sympathizers. The informed His Worship that with
the eximination of the Londonthefts have been almost a weekly School of Tropical Medicine.
occurrence for more than a month,
the exception of Sergeant Fender the other police officers were still fa hospital The three men, who The Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son, Several hundred pistols, also were wounded and, taken into Sir Robert Ho Tung and Mr. Ip quantity of dynamite, constitute the Lan-chuen, who are shortly pro ceeding to London in connection, with British Empire Exhibition, the first two gentlemen as Anso- ciate Commissioners and Mr. Ip as Secretary of the Chine Chamber of
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