WEDNESDAY, "DECEMBER 3, 1924.
WATCHMAN ASLEEP.
SHOPKEEPER FINED FOR MISUSING PREMISES,
SHOP NOT TENEMENT.
The manager of the Tai Yau Co., Ltd.. shopkeepers of 244-246 Des Voeux Road Central, was fined $5 at the Central, Magistracy this morning and an order issued to discontinue using the premises as domestic.quarters.
3 mjan
was
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U. S. CONGRESS...
PRESIDENT SUBMITS BUDGET MESSAGE.
AGAINST TAX REDUCTION.
(Reater's American Service.)
THE CHINA MAIL:
INSURANCE MERGER.
UNION AND YANGTSZE MAY AMALGAMATE.
CIRCULAR TO SHAREHOLDERS,"
ZINOVIEV, LETTER. MOSCOW ORDERS TO
BRITISH REDS.
EXECUTIVE VERY SECRET, COMMITTE
INTERNATIONAL
THIRD " COMMUNIST
PRESIDIUM. MOSCOW. Sept. 15th 1924.
S.S.S.R. for the
with
COMMITTEE TO THE CENTRAL
BRITISH COMMUNIST PARTY.
strike movement repressions by. the Government, etc.
From your last report it is evident that agitation-propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better. Your explanation that the quality of the quality is right in principle, never members attracted justifies the theless, it would, be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military stone depots. We're- quest that the most particular at tantion be paid to these latter.
on
Our guard.
Below will be found the text of the now famous Zinoviev, letter as The following circular was post-Pablished in the London press in ed in Shanghai on Friday last mall week : (November 28) ta shareholders of WASHINGTON, December 1. the Yangisze Insurance Association his Budget Message to Congress, kong to shareholders of the Union President Calvin Coolidge, in 'Ld., and at the same time in Hong- says the surpluses in the present Insurance Society of Canton LA The summons was taken out by $67,984,000 for the fiscal year been in progress between the year are expected to total Dear Sir,-Negotiations have Mr. A. E. Wright, Buliding 1926 the figure is estimated at Boards of the Yangtaze Insurance Authority, who stated that the building was designed for use as a
$373,743,000.
Association, Ltd., and the Union
A CLASS WAR.^" shop, and that it was not meant to further tax reduction at present with a view to entering into an England to consider the Treaty it is possible to paralyse all the The President advised against Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd. approaching for the Parliament of with the aid of the latter and In
Dear Comrades.-The time is
In the event of danger, of war, be, a domestic tenement. On until the result of the latest arrangement for the amalgamation concluded between the Govern November 19 a man was found legislation is known; the con- of the working interests of the ments of Great Britain and the bourgeoisie, and make a start in contact with the transport workers, sleeping on the premises.
Mr. R. E. A. Webster, who he said, would prepare for a both companies have gone very ratification. The fierce campaign class war. Now more than ever
tinuance of the economy campaign,wo companies. The director's of
military
preparations of the appeared for the defendants, said that the manager
further reduction of taxes.
purpose of thoroughly into the question and raised by the British bourgeoisie we should be
turning an imperialist war into a not aware that
Receipts and Expenditure. sleeping there, although that plea for
was The Government's
are, most emphatically, of the receipts opinion that such an amalgamation around the question shows that the Attempts at Intervention in China would hardly help them. There $3,602,000,000; the
the fiscal year 1935 are would be extremely advantageous majority of the same, together show that world imperialism is was a valuable stock
expenditure to both companies, as it would of slik $3,534,000,000, compared to esti- enable, the business of each of against the Treaty for the purpose more making endeavours to restore
reactionary circles, and jade in the building, and a mates for the next fiscal year of them to be conducted upon more consolidating the ties between the new war, which as its final objec are still fall of vigour and is once watchman was employed to guard $3,641,000,000 and $3,267,000,000 profitable and economical lines proletariats of the two countries tive is to bring about the break-up
of breaking" off an the premises. Contrary to instruc-
its shaken position and cause a tions, the latter had entertained a
than could be done by either com- party of his friends, and afterwards
National Defence.
restoration #went off to sleep.
The President drew attention to directors have accordingly entered
pany working Independently. The leading to the
of normal relations between England
of the Russian proletariat and the in the coming year of $349,000,000, which is subject to the consent of the estimates for national defence into an agreement the operation of
and the S.S.S.R.
suppression of the budding world revolution, and further would lead a reduction of $29,000,000 com- the shareholders. Its substance is
10 the enslavement of the colonial pared to figures for the current as follows:
peoples. "Danger of War," "The Bourgeoisie seeks War; Capital fresh Markets"-these are the slogans which you must familiarise the masses with, with which you must go to work into the mass of the proletariat.Thess slogans will open to you the doors of com prehension of the masses, will help you to capture them and march under the banner of Communisin.
The Military Section, of the British Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red Amy.
Sentence as mentioned above was imposed.
COMPANY MEETING.
respectively.
year.
He expressed the opinion that a further reduction was possible without weakening the national CONSULTING COMMITTEE IN with the world and there was no defences. The nation was at peace
SESSION.
CHINA L AND P. GO.
longer international competition in the naval construction of major
ts.
'America was toncerned pri marily with maintaining adequate preparedness.
Major Budget Items. The major items in the budget for 1925 and 1925, respectively. 1926
1925
At a meeting of the Consulting Committee of the China Light and Power Co., (1918,) Ltd. held at the Offices of the Company this morning, it was decided to fecom- mend to the Shareholders at the Interest on Ordinary General Meeting to be
Public held on December 20, that the
Debt profit available for distribution be Reduction appropriated as follows:-
of Public Debt..... 485,000.00 472.000.000 War De
To pay a dividend of
gets per share on
400,000 shares (Old) $300,000.co To pay a dividend of 8.67ets. per share on 199943 shares (New) To write off Overhead
Mains .....
To place to Repairs, and Renewals Account
To pay a bonus to staff of 10 per cent...
To carry forward
Total.
$830,000,000 $865,000,000
partment 339,000,000 347,000,000 Navy. De
partment 290,000,000 313,000,000
་་
17.337.50 Veterans
Bureau.. 406,000,000 485,000,000 Board... 24,000,000 30,000,000
20,000.00 Shipping
20,000.00
+2
6,500,00
21,421.70
$385,259 20
CORRESPONDENCE.
WEST END PARK,
To the Editor of the Chand Mail.
(1) The Society undertakes to is-
(2)
(3)
(4)
sue and allof part of its un- Issued capital (id, shares of the nominal value of £10 each) credited as fully paid-up to the "extent of £4 per share to share-
holders in the Association in k exchange for their share on the hasis of one share in the Society for every six shares in the Association.
As regards" odd shares (not amounting in number to six) the shareholders of the Asso- ciation may retain them if they wish. The Society will, however. purchase any odd shares at the current market price unless it considers that such price is unduly inflated. The scheme is contingent
thom.
agreement
It is time you thought of forming i such a group, which, together with the leaders, might be, in the event of an outbreak of active strife, the brain of the military organisation of the party.
of the Military Section.
Form a directing operative head
with events and catch you unpre
Do not put this off to a future moment, which may be pregnant
Go attentively through the liste “upbu" the shareholders of the
of the military "cells," detailing Association being agreeable
from them the more energetic and to transfer to the Society a
capable men, tura attention to the substantial majority, satis-
more talented military specialists factory to the Society, of the
who have for one reason or another. The agreement will be in which pronounced its weighty of the Communist Party if they shares of the Association. The proletariat of Great Britain views. Attract them into the ranks left the Service and hold Socialist inoperative unless it is ap word when danger threatened of a proved by meeting of each break-off of the past negotiations, letariat and desire in the future to company and the Association and compelled the Government of direct not the blind mechanical desire honestly to serve the pro- proposes to circularize its MacDonald to conclude the Treaty, forces in the service of the bour shareholders to obtain an must show the greatest possible expression of opinion from energy in the further struggle for geoisie but a national army.
ratification: and against the endea- The letter to the shareholders of vours of British capitalists to the Association inviting their as- compel Parliament to annul it, the necessary forms will be sent masses of the British proletariat, to sent to the scheme and enclosing It is indispensable to stir up the Sir,As we hear from time to factory replies are received, meet- unemployed proletarians, whose Desiring you all success, both
out as soon as possible and if satis- bring into movement the army of pared. time about the need for more openings of both companies will be con- position can be improved only in spaces, I should like to call atten- vened.
organisation and in tion to the present state of West
after a loan has been granted struggles. End Park. It is rapidly becoming that the above information should restoration
In the meantime it is considered to the S.S.S R. for the With Communist Greetings, overgrown with weeds, and seems be made available to you at once, and when business collabora- |
of her economics
President of the Presidium of the The many friends of Mr. and to be a dumping ground
IKKI, Mrs. Coole, of No. 2 Saifee Terrace, builders' rubbish. The trees and
A copy of the agreement can be Russian proletariats has been put Kowloon, received a terrible shock shrubs can be broken by any who inspected on application at the rein order... It is imperative that the
ZINOVIEV. Member of the Presidium, last night, when it became known care, while the young shoots of gistered office of the Asssociation,
McManus. that Mr. Coole had suddenly fallen the aloes" which line the paths in Shanghai or of the Society In group ia the Labour Party Secretary, KUUSINEN. back dead in his chair, while ait are regularly pulled out. The Hongkong.
sympathising with the Treaty ting at dinner with his family. lower part of the Park, bordering
should bring increased pressure to "The late Mr. Coole had been Park (sic) Road, is in a deplorable
parliamentary circles-in-favour-of- bear upon the Government and resident here for six years state, having never recovered from and was originally employed with the ravages of a certain contractor
the ratification of the Treaty: the firm of J. T. Shaw, Gentle-who put up a neighbouring build-
outfitters
when their ing
men's
OBITUARY.
MR. W. H. COOLE.
for
premises were situated in the I can assure you, Sir, that West Hotel Baildings. When the firm End Park is a source of great was wound up on the death of the pleasure to the residents of this late Mr. J. T. Shaw, Mr. Coole salubrious district. We account took over the business, and, a few it our lowbeauty spot, but the. months later, moved to the present authorities seem to have forgotten prises In Beaconsfield Arcade. it in their haste to "develop" new Mr. Coole who was in his 44th. roads and building sites, and our year, was born at North Shields beauty spot, will soon become and was in business in Aus- a wilderness.
dtralia before coming here.
He leaves a widow and two
children to whom the sympathy of
a wide circle of friends will be extended.
V
The funeral takes place this evening at Happy. Valley Ceme-
CRICKET.
I am, Sir,
Yours, etc, WEST END RESIDENT.
FATSHAN" RAID.
NO ARMS FOUND OR ARRESTS MADE.
,
We are, etc.; For The Yangtze Insurance -Association, Erd:
C. M G. BURNIE,
General Manager. For The Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd.
- PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager
SINGAPORE TRAGEDY. -
CAPTAIN'S SON KILLED
BY ACCIDENT,
די
tion between the British and
Keep close observation over the leaders of the Labour Party, because these may easily be found in the leading strings of the bourgeoisie. The foreign policy of the Labour Party as it is already represents an inferior copy of the policy of the Curzon Government Organise a campaign of disclosure of the foreign policy of MacDonald.
your:
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised.
In The Mail.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Thief of Bagdad." December 3-Coronet Theatre;
The Reckless Age” December 3-Star Theatre;
December 3-World Theatre; "The Girl Who Came Back,'
The Greater Claim.” December 3-Queen's Theatro;
SOCIAL. December 19.-Children's XmEA
PUBLIC AUCTIONS. December 4.-Lammert Bros.;
ARMED. INSURRECTION. The Ikki [Executive Committee, third (Communist) International) will willingly place at your disposal the wide material in its Singapore, November 25-A of British imperialism in the 4 p.m.
possession regarding the activities Party, at Helena May Institute; tragic affair occurred yesterday Middle, and Far East. In the shortly before noon, on board the meanwhile, however, strain every sailing ship "Gwydyr Castle," nerve in the struggle for the nt Sales Room, European Toys. lying in harbour here, as the result ratification of the Treaty, in favour etc., 2.30 pin. of which George Frederick Jor of a continuation of negotiations December 5-Lammert Bros., gensen, the sixteen-year-old, son, between the S.S.S.R. and England. at Sales Room, suit. lengths, 2.30 of Capt. Jorgensen, the master A settlement of. of the ship, lost his life. The between the two, countries will
rélations p.m.
December 5.-Lammert Bros.. boy was in the hold with others assist in the revolutionising of ut Sales Room, fannels, etc., 2.30 No. arms were found and go of the crew while casks of sand, the international-and British pro- p.in. arrests made as a result of the used as ballast were being put letarit not less than a successful police raid on the "Fatshan" as over the side. This operatien was rising, in any of the working die At the Hongkong Cricket Club the wharf on Monday night. The casks accidentally slipped and fell ment of close contact between the H.K.T... 14, Queen's Road, 6.45 that vessel was putting off from almost completed when one of the tricts of England, as the establish- Power," this week's lecture of the December 3,-"Will and 'Will ground the Volunteers met the police officers who proceeded to about thirty feet into the hold, British and Russian Proletariat,.. Army in friendly rivalry this Canton on board returned by the striking the captain's son, and the, exchange of delegations and December 4.-Annual meeting of morning, a start being made same ship yesterday evening. after an early iffin about 12-40,
injuring him so terribly that he workers, etc., will make it possible the H.K. Society for the Preven The "China Mail" understands died in a few Hollands was yorked with the that the presence on board of the Jorgensen was not on board at the propaganda of Ideas of Leninism Mesars, Jardine Matheson's, 5.80 second ball of the game, Owen Captain Superintendent of Police time. There will be genuioc in England and the Colonies.
moments. Capt for us to extend and develop the tion of Cruelty to Animals, at Hughes cleaned bowled with the was not in connection with the sympathy with him among his Armed warfare must be preceded score at 17 and Mitchell at 24 raid. His visit to Canton on other friends here and Moore gave several chances, in the matters had been planned quite Jorgensen, who is in Mauritius, tions to compromise which are Jardine's 6,30 p.m.
with Mrs. by a struggle against the inclina of the R.F.K. Golf Club at Messra, December 16-Annual meeting separately.
whither the "Gwydyr Castle embedded among the majority of salla in a few weeks' time. British workmen, pagainst the of shareholders of the Rah Bynd
December 38-General meeting Ideas of evolution and peaceful cate Ltd. Prince's Building, extermination of capitalism. Only Chater Road, noon.
H.R.V.D.C. v. ARMY.
early overs.
The score at 2.45 p.m. was:
H.K.V.D.C.
G. R. Moors.................................
H. E. Hollande, b Walker **
IL Owen Hughes, b Jacobs...... 9
B. J. R. Mitchell, b Walker.ia, 4
A. W. Ramsay, b Jacob
HOCKEY.
Club v. Submarinos.
RUGBY.
WIN
an
then will it be possible to count upon complete success of armed Lasurrection. In Ireland and the Colonies the case
More, c Walker, b Rowe... 24
L On the U.S.R.C. ground at 445 ALL BLACKS CONTINUE TO differant, there, there is a national W.W. Mackenzie, b Row 15 tomorrow the following vir
represent the, Hongkong Hockey 21st XI against a team from HM.S.
-AG] Bowker, b Rowe .........ieni ID. McNicholl, run out Ar H..Armstong, Kent, b Jacob 16 Submarines:- J.C. Fletcher, cand.b Jacob.... II
Finale, not.o
Extras
Total
H.KHC PW.F.MUIs, C.F.M.-
0 Hughes, CLR.Becher, P. Ralph," 29 A. S. Hett, Rev. B.-W... Martiu, G. R. More, G.B. Holt, W. J. Wood- ---II4 ward (capt.) E. L. Sim, and T. J.
Price
(Reuter's Service.)
London, December 2. The New Zealand Rugby team, the All Blacke met the Llanally ffermatt Flanelly to-day. The visitors won by
p.m.
OTHER MEETINGS,
SALE OF WORK. the Compounds of Union Church, December 4.-Sale of Work, in
8 p.m.
question, and this represents too great a factor for success for us to waste time on a prolonged pro-
De Ton Brand the Night.2 paration of the working clars
But even in England, as in other worse at night-fall and group, come
Coughs and colds always seem to grow, countries where the workers are without.arning at midnight, Awold ma politically developed, events under, feverian, Doopstalght by keep themselves, may moro rapidly ing in the boron chottle of Chan berlalu. revolutionise the working masan Cough Remedy. It is soothing bowlin toan propaganda. For instance,
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