SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925.
"AN INSULT.”
COMMUNISTS' MOROCCO
ASPERSION.
MINISTER'S REBUKE.
France Ready For Honourable Peace.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs has hotly repudiated a Communist charge that France does not want to see peace. in Morocco.
CABINET'S DECISION,
(Reutor's Service.)
Paris, June 19.
MURDERERS./""
Lover.
The Socialiatu having agreed to interpellate on Morocco next week, After a meeting of the Cabinet, the Communists are secking to force Minister stated but the Governan issue between the Socialists and the Government. It is noticed that the proposal to interpellate to-day is quoted in & Tondon telegram saying that Abdel Krim has made peace overtures to Franco and Spain through Britain and Italy.
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ment discussed Communist paganda and had decided on tho policy towards the militant section of the Communist Party which is daily respdening with Abdel
RODE UNDERWOOD, NO Aristide Briand.
Krim, encouraging him to resist and asuring him that the majority of people in France are, opposed to a continuagee of military operations.
SOCIALISTS' SUPPORT.
Paris, June 19.
At the Government's request the Chamber of Deputies by 525 to 82 votest postponed sine de the C'om-
ABD EL KRIM
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munist demand to interpollute the Government on the situation Morocco. The Socialists voted for the Government.
CHEUNG CHAU NOTES.
The Afforestration coolies have brea busy planting out Camphor and other young trees in the Holes prepared on the Hail site and else- where. The heavy rains, (which have tested the soundness of some of the roofs) will give these young shrubs a good start in life,"
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Improvements have been carried -out at No. 3.; considerable levelling and embanking has been carried -out at No. 5; the workmen are busy putting up a verandah on the south front.
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The service last-Sunday--was well attended, the weather having cleared up; next Sunday the Rev. 'G. G. Barnes of Fatshan, will conduct the service, and special -solos will be sung.
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A few small boats containing crews of five or six men have been seon practicing for the forthcom. -ing Dragon Boat contest; later, on these crews will compete quite keenly, and watched with interest
M. Briand, denuding post ponement of the interpellation sile die, declared it was insult to suppos that if
honourable opportunity for peace offered itself the Govern ment would not listen to it and allow further bloodshed in Morocco.
The vote was taken amid Com munist crics of "Murderers!'' "Tiurs!" and Down with wur:!**
NO LAND,
RETURNED EXPLORER'S
REPORT.
(Reuter's Service.)
OSLO, June 19. The sloop Heimdal has left King's Bay for Lady. Franklin's Bay to fetch Amundsen's aban- doned arroplane.
The Premier has received a
telegram from Amundsen saying he had surveyed 160,000 square kilometres and adding "We dis- covered no indication of land. Casting the lead at our northern most latitude gave 3.750 metres, leading to the supposition that no land exists in the Norwegian sector of the Polar basin."
$200,000,000 PETITION,
AMERICAN RAILROAD'S
TROUBLES.
A $50,000,000 DEFAULT?
FORECLOSURE SUIT MILED.
(Reuters American Serviço.)
THE CHINA MAİL.
THE MELTING POT. FORD WOULD THROW WAR-TIME SHIPS.|
MATERIAL FOR MOTORS. Financiers, He Says, Are Plotting Another Wär
Henry Ford declares that the opposition to his offer to purchase 100 of the United States Shipping Board's vessels' comes from the puppets of international financiers, and that the latter are "scheming | to throw the world into another world war, so that, they can make more money."
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Chicago, June 19. A foreclosure suit has been
"My business is making Ford he said. "If I send tractors into filed on behalf of bondholders re-automobiles and Fordson tractors. Russia, I have given them a chance presenting approximately $200. I'm not in the shipping business," to develop vast areas of fertile 000,000 worth of holdings on the said Henry Ford, when explaining soil. I ship them autos, and they Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul that his offer to buy 400 of the travel and mingle with others Railroad, which recently passed U.S. Shipping Board's vessels was people. In that way they would into receivership in order to re for the purpose of throwing them become educated, and avoid being organise the finances."
into the melting-pot,, so that his 'suckers' led to another slaughter, factories could turn out more another world war.
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The petition alléges failure on the part of the company to pay the principal and interest on
Of the finest and best of the vahed bonds
$50,000,000 which matured on June, 1 and vessels, which Uncle Sam has, for usks for the ppointment of a re- ceiver to witch their interests and for an injunction restraining the present feceivers from dia- | posing of the railroad properties.
THE SECURITY PACT,
(Reute's Service.)
London, June 18. The fact thatthe "White Paper** texally reproduces all the corres- pondence not dily between Ger mony and the lies but also be tween France and Great Britain, has largely armed potential critics, most of whom, together with the Governmentkupporters, accept | a development trading in the right direction, and reisideridious of the faglilionil relurther to embark on hurd and fast-cotinental entangle- ments are counts-balanced by add- vandages derivaht from stenring a definite peace applore, which. however, the gri § Think still lies beyond the shoal of negetation,
The "White 1p" gives the. original German sugestions, unare-i
comprehene arbitration trendy between Powers but rested in the Rhine, parte'Av. Britain. Italy and Belgium. the Tnited States as a trusted, og dGTDA, S elpde analogous, trenticx with all Berlin, June 19.-The Na-other States, and requesting the con- tionalist newspapers advocate clusion of a pact expressly gnamn the rejection of the French Notering the present territorial status and especially criticise France's of the Rhine. claim to arbitrate iro the event of
British Viewpoint.
1 German-Polish conflict, while the unconditional The British viewpoint us to the entry of Germany Into the earliest French proposuis is given Leigue of Nations is strongly in a letter by Mr. Austen Chamber objected to, as It is stated lain to France, stating thunt Britain to be impossible for Germany to is unprepared to assume obligations give the League the right to send transcending those involved in the troops across Germany against peace treaties and the covenant of another nation. The Catholic the Teague, consequently she is organ Germania is of the opinion unable to agree to the extension of that Germany and France agree in the pact to trenties between. Ger- principle. Vorwaerts believes the many and the States who are non- French reply has advanced the signatories to the Rhineland pact discussion.. Herr Stresemann's hat expressing approval of the organ" Diezelt" sees in the reply arbitration treaties into which the the possibility of negotiations with continental Powers may enter, pro- France.Renter.
vided their League obligations are not thereby affected.
OIL LEASE ECHO.
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MAGNATE'S TEAPOT DOMB CLAIM.
UPHELD BY COURT.
(Reuter's American Service.)
Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 19. The Cheyenne Court has given verdict in favour of Mr. Harry F.
by their friends on the pier. The Sinclair's claim to the Teapot Dome, boats are rowed out some distance oil lease granted to him by Mr. in the harbour and then urged Fall when the latter was Secretary furiously towards the bund, with of the Interior. paddles. The contest proper takes Sinclair
The verdict has caused general place in about six days.
shares were wildly active towards the close of the
surprise,
Paris, June 19.At the conclu. stock market
Subsequently, on June 8. Mr. Chamberlin wrote to M. Briand concurring that the Rhineland pact Leannot opernte to prevent France taking action in conformity with the guarantees she had given to arbitra tion. treaties between Germany and { Germany's neighours. The Frerich.
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"Part of that Scheme." "Some Americans will object to having these ships, melted into
Henr Ford
sale. Ford might buy a dozen Ford motor cars. They were built- twenty, and use them, in carrying or war, but they're useless now, Ford cars to Britain, Australia, ant propose to rebuild them and South America. Naturally, into truments of peace and they would pick up return prosperity: amt etikas menino cargoes, to make the ships pay are blocking the deal are puppets their way, but that is the limit of the international financiers of his excursion into the shipping who are trendy scheming to business, he said.
throw the world into another war so that they can make more money. A
Having thus outlined his views on the shipping deal, Mr. Ford future wars. turned to the topic of preventing
"War is brought about because ignorant people are led into hatred, and finally into fighting,"
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
LON CHANEY IN THE NIGHT ROSE."
The Night Hose," Leroy 'Scott,
reply to this welcomes Germany's Will be shown at the Queen's OASIANCE as regards "analogous Theatre to-day. In this thrilling treaties,' and considers that the picture, the power of a leader of peace of Europe cannot be com-
pletely guaranteed in the absence the underworld is seen to reach into of agreements between Germany the very halls of justice. Political and those of her neighbours who are heroes are the pawns of the mighty not parties to the Rhineland paet.' character who controls them through but are signatories to the peace fear and through a secret organiza treaty.
tion of cut-throuts and robbers. done by a woman, a fact that has However, the leader of the gang is often occurred in reality.
Moscow. June 19-The Govern ment hes ratified the concession to a Dutch agricultural syndicate to exploit two hundred desialines In the Meliopol district of Ekateri noslay for twelve years.-Reuter.
JUMP TO DEATH.
CHOPPER ASSAULT
SEQUEL.
Lon Chaney, who will be remem- bered for his remarkable character- iation of a legless thug in "The Penalty, and The Haunch Back: of Notre Dame' has the leading part. In The Night Rose." All the other leading parts are filled with such sterling players as Leatrice Joy, Betty Schade, Edythe Chup- man, John Bowers, Cullan, Landis, The death of a Chinese from Maurice B. Flynn and Richard injuries sustained by jumping over | Tucker. the verandah of og Reclamation Street after committing a murderous assault on two women Inraates of the floor was the subject of an Inquiry with Mr. E. W. Hamilton | siting as Coroner. -
Evidence was given by the two women that the deceased was an occupant of the floor and had to be reprimanded on the afternoon of May 31 for his behaviour. The dispute continued until time of retiring. Shortly after midnight |-the-witnatges were awakened-by the deceased assaulting them with a chopper Ho later cut himself: with the chopper and jumped out of the balcony,
The medical evidence showed sion of the meeting of the Left
that the man had severo: Internal Cartel the Sciclists announced.
Tonder, Jung 19—The "Dalix injuries and scalp wounds aben. “they had decided to withdraw sup: Malls" New York correspondent id ditted to the hospital. In the :port from M. Painleve, but were: says that Amundsen failed to reach morning. His condition was very willing to support another member the Pole. He was forced to alight serious and he died the same after- of the Cartel, who would carry out on a narrow strip of water owing noon. The decenied's" mentality M. Herriot's programms, Never.to_nxhaustion of petrol after appeared to be sound, but he re- theless, M. Palaleve belleves, he, staroralag a little over half the fused to say anything, “will be able to carry on with the distance between Kings Bay and The Corgier returned a verdict of
help of the Republican elements the Pole, when the seaplanes suicide after commiting a muri who are behind him, with rewarddo, became useless through the ice och attack on the two wome Morocco. Reuter.
closing in upon them.-Reuter. rates of the floor
MILES
"All this talk about being afraid of Japan is part of that scheme, and the newspapers that foster hatred towards Japan are owned by men who are acting as publicity men for the plotters."
ENGAGED.
Rome, June 19.The engage- ment is announced of Princess Mafalda to Prince Philip of HesseReuter.
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