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SPANISH COLUMN GAINS SUCCESS.
ONLY FIFTY CASUALTIES.
(Router's Service)"
Madrid, Aug. 2.
A communique says that the spanish column routed the enemy concentration between Bulharil at Tauriat after brisk ghting.
The Spanish casualties were fifty, mostly natives.
The security
of the lines of communication in the western sector are assured.
EARLIER CABLE.
(Reuter's Servico.)
Paris, Aug. 1. The French army in MorOCCO has been busy regrouping and re- organising, General Naulin pro- Ating by the lull to rest his tired troops, who have been in the front line since April.
The temperature was recently 115 in the shade. This and the necessity for full preparation Heem to justify the forecast that the French offensive will not be undertaken before the end of August.
Another Scrap.
STRIAN OPERATIONS BY AIR.
ACITATION SEQUEL.
(Reuter's Serri)
BLISHED
HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1925.
GET TOGETHER.
IMPORTANT FRENCH STATEMENT.
"SET SHANGHAI AKIRE."
(Reuter's Service.)
Peking, Aug. 2.
ALLIED DEBTS.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
HATE THE STRIKE.
WHAT FRANCE IS TO. PAY CHINESE BUSINESS MEN'S
BRITAIN.
TREASURY EXPERTS" OPINION.
(Reuter's Servítė.)
DILEMMA.
LOCAL & GENERAL.
The return of notifiable diseases for the 24 hours ended Friday, shows a clean bill of health.
St John's Cathedral notes for August is notable by reason of an interesting article on "The Art of Suggestion by the Ret R. J Northcott.
A Chinese of the merchant class was charged before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry at the Central Passengers for the north per Magistracy this morning with 8.8. President Taft included Mr. possession of a seditious pamphJ. Pasquier, Mr. T. H. King, and let....
Mr. E. Rouilon, Peruvian Consul
said that he thought the docu
Mr. C A S. Russ, defending, Hongkong," ment forming the subject of the charge was violently anti-British, week and the British Treasury but said that although business irements as regards the debt men hated the strike like polson settlement.
The former proposed * annuil forced on them. The accused, theap setious pamphlets were payment computed at between six Mr. Russ said, came from Kong The engagement is announced and seven million sterling. The moon where the pamphlet was between Lieutenant-Commander Tramury refuses to consider any handed to him and served the Generald Jackson. Royal Navy thing not approximating twenty purposes of a passport.
of H.M.S. Defiance and Beryl, France to be well able to pay. The $26 and issued a warning to the Montagu Harston, of Hong- millions a year which they hold His Worship imposed a fine of second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. French debt to Britain en March accused.
London, August 2. The Sunday Times" says, that a M. Martel has issued a state-
considerable gulf exists, between ment to the Press saying that aļ part of the English Press is en- the offer of the French Enancial deavouring to create an impres-experts who visited London last sion that the French are playing their own game. He says that it has been said, inter alia, that French Consuls had been in structed to refrain from further solidarity with colleagues. The statement emphasises that French marines had not been sent to the foreign settlement of Shanghai because their first duty is to defend the French Conces- gion.
kong,
The rainfall for July, at the
Gardens, Botanic
Was 29.11
31 is set at £320,000,000.
An amazing attack has been took charge of revictualling Bribe M. Caillaux's mouthpiece, "Ere WOMEN'S ATHLETICS. inches. On July 16 there were
The French Navy at Chungking published by what is understood to tish refugees on British gun- Nouvelle, on Fir CRto Niemeyer, boats, at a risk of provoking & de principal Treasury expert. hostile movement against. the M Caillaux is the French Min-
ister of Finance.)
French,
At Canton, the French Navy was patrolling the River with and Consular authorities of both British gunboats. The Naval countries were keeping in close contact. The French Consule elsewhere had never received other instructions than to assume an attitude commanded by the situation which foreign colonies were placed.
It declares that the reproach of breaking solidarity comes from the same section of the Press which recently stated that the Minister, by active participation in negotiations was unjustifiably interfering in the case in which British interests were principally concerned.
Paris. Aug. 2. A message from Beirut saya that French operations have taken place at Jebel and Druse in Syria.
It concludes:"For the sake of They can be deanribed as satis-solidarity as certain people under In order to make final pre-factory. Eighteen insurgents atand it, shall we set the French parations for this Sale, our
were killed.
Concession at Shanghai afire " The aerial bomb óperations are Store will be closed for
a sequel to agitation on July 20, near Soneida. when a French column which was bivouacking was attacked.
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"ANXIOUSLY WAITS FAIR
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PEKING'S REQUEST.
(Reuter's Service.)
Peking, Aug. 2. The Foreign Minister Shen Jui- lin, in a Note to Signor Cerruti, the Italian Minister, Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps at Peking, says "a fortnight has elapsed since the last Note in which I begged you, together with the Ministers of the interested Powers. to fix. a date for negotiations with regard to the Shanghai incident. country anxiously waits a fair Fuling on the unhappy question. I again beg Your Excellency to request the Ministers of the Powers to inform me of the date as soon as possible."
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(Reuter's Service.),
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RESIGNATION REPORT.
(Router's Service.)
Paris, Aug. 2.
The "Petit Parisien's" Berlin correspondent states that General Walch, President of the Allied Military Control Commission, has left Berlin and resigned owing to obstructionism by Ger. man delegates.
Later.
RUSSIAN BONDS.
(Router's Service.) --
retorn
Paris, August 1....
since. Krassin's
The Petit Parisien says that Moscow the negotiations over the from settlement of Russia's debts have become more active and it is hoped to reach a settlement shortly, which| will partially, sutisfy the holders of Russian bonds and will also be neceptable, both politically and inancially, to the Soviet.
Paris says the Soviet offers to The Times correspondent in recognise in paper franes forty per cent, of the pre-wir Russian debts, amounting to miliard paper francs or ten per cent. of the pre- war Russian debts calculated fr guld, interest since 1018 to be added to this sum. The Soviet will |
GREAT BRITAIN'S EASY WIN.
(Reuter's Service.)
London, August 1. The placings in the women's international triangular athletic match at Stamford Bridge were:
Britain
56 points. Czecho-Slovakia.. 26 points. 23 points.
Canada
WORLD RECORD.
SWIMMING 100 YARDS
FIGURES
► 2
(Reuter's American Service,)
Seattle, August 1.
10.88 inches following 3.04 inches on July 14 and 3.10 inches on July 15. On sixteen days during the month there was no rain at all.
Foreign residents at Pakhoi were roused at midnight and ordered to the French gunboat, which eventually took them to Hongkong. Dr. Watson and the Rev. E. T. Loader, of the Church Missionary staff remain, the for- mer in charge of the extensive medical and leper work controlled by the Society Messrs. Bell,
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An unfortunate occurrence at- tended a Chinese funeral which had gathered near the Victoria. Britlah School. The mourners had gathered at the foot of the hill, and there was much noise issue new bonds, representing the At Washington, competing in from a number of instruments total chligation, which will take the the American amateur swim-blown by a number of young place of the phewan. bonds, "aud]
Chinese. A large motor lorry ming Championships, Wesmuller. after conclusion of the agreement covered the 100 yards in 50 rounded the bend, making its a sum, covering interest payable on seconds, which is a world's record these bonds, will be included annually in the Soviet budget.
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LADIES' DUEL.
AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS MATCH.
(Reuter's American, Service.)
Seabright (N.Y). Aug. 1. Playing here to-day in the final The French Ministry of War denies the "Petit Parisien's" re of the Women's Singles in the port that General Walch has resigned.
SUN'S ECLIPSE.
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION'S
OBJECT,
VISTELE IN SUMATRA.
(Reuter's Service.)
A scientific expedition is leaving Holland on October 31 aboard the Rotterdum Lloyd liner Insulindu for the Dutch Indies for the par- pose of observing a total eclipse of
Amsterdam, August 2.
Mins Ryan
the sun which will be visible at Seabright lawn tennis tourna- Palang Betoetoe in Sumatra on ment, Miss Ryan beat Miss Helen January 14,
Wille 6-3, 6-3.
LEAGUE BASEBALL.
INDIANS ROUTEDT"
approach known in the usual
manner. One of the mournera misjudged · diatances and whe knocked down. He was placed in the lorry and taken to hospital,
The preface to the sermon by VOLUNTEERS MAKE THREE the Rev. W. T. Featherstone pub-
HOMERS.
lished in Friday's iɛsue was un-, fortunately omitted in the copies sent to the Fress, due to the fact that in the manuscript it was in brackets. The preface wal Defeating the Indian Recrea. This sermon is based upon, and Happy Valley on Saturday, the from, a chapter in a book called tion Club by 22 runs to 5 at large extracts have been taken Hongkong Volunteer Defence "China-An Interpretation" by Corps baseball team made a re-J. W. Bashford, & Bishop of the cord in the local history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
game by hitting three "home China," The figures **350,000”
rung"" in one match.
in column three should be
250,000 to 300,000."
In almost every department the Volunteers were superior. Ая will be seen in the "score by inning" they were always busy The Queen's Theatre opened on and Curtis, their new catcher, did Saturday-under the management very well in keeping the Indians' of the Hongkong Amusements, score down. Stewart, Mackenzie Ltd. The principal attraction and Bowker got the home runs. was Gloria Swanson in "Zaza" in The Volunteers' fielding de- which this celebrated. · screen lighted the spectators as did artiste gives a vivid portrayal. their batting. The Indians were There were large audiences at all unlucky in finding their oppon- the performances. It is satisfac ents at the top of their form tory to note that the standard of and their defeat should be no re- music at the Queen's, which has fection on their ability to pull up the others.
Volunteers.
Indian R.C.
The "Daily Telegraph's" diplo-i
The expedition will include] [Miss Wills is the American Stewart 2nd b. Minu matic correspondent states that Dr. Vanderbilt and Pannekeel, girl who lost to Migs K. McKane Ramsey: the agreement between London, astronomers
of
Utrecht and
Washington and Tokyo is now Amsterdam Universities, complete regarding their and tively.
respec.
other Treaty Powers' reply to the
demands contained in the Peking
Government's Note of June 24,
All remaining to be settled is. DESPITE THE STRIKE.
firstly, whether the reply shall
take the form of a diplomatic
Hongkong has been without. ita note or an open declaration to the noisy Chinese theatres for some Chinese people; secondly, the time. Before the strike began, the dates when the fiscal conference"stars" of the professional troupes und the extraterritorial commis- which were playing in the Colony, sion will start work.
GENERAL PERSHING.
TO PRESIDE OVER -PLEBISCITE.
(Reuter's American Service)
took panic and bolted. Since then there has been no show.
On Friday night the amateurs of the Chung Shing Benevolent Society opened a short season at the Ko Shing Thoutre, below the Government: Civil Hospital. It was just like old times with an en- thusiastic house applauding the feats of arms performed and the songs rendered
Santiago do Chile, Aug. 2. The Plebiscite. Commission, motes entertanaments on the lines
The Chung Shing Bociety pro consisting of the Chilian and of the plays given by the profe Peruvian delegates and headed by sional companies, the proce General Pershing, have arrived at being mainly devoted to rumin Arlea to preside over the plebis number of free-schools and elto.
objects of charity,
Bowker
c. Kitchell 8.8. O.. Ismail Honel rf. Casaumbhoy Owen Hughes ef. S. Ismail Mackenizelf. Omar
Burns:
Lager
Curtis
1st b. Akbar
8rd b. Curreem
p. Lewis
The score by inning was
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TI. He
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always been high, is to be main- tained. "Zaza" will be shown at all performances to-day in addi- tion to a highly diverting Mack Sennett comedy.
An order has just been placed in Italy by the well-known Italian shipowning company, the Navi- gazione Generale Italiana, for a motor passenger liner of 23,000 tons gross, which will be equipped with oil engines of larger power than has yet been fitted in any ship. According to The Volunteers 1-0 5 7 1 17 22-18 Motor Ship, quadruple-screw Indians 1.01 0.21064 machinery. will: be: Installed, The following are down for deci- totalling 85,000 i.h.p. There are sion this week-Monday, South now six motor liners of over China y Japanese; Wednesday 20,000 tons gross under construc- Indians v. South China; Saturday, tion, three in this country and Hongkong v. Volunteers and three in Italy. It is an indica Japanese v. Indians,
tion of the progress being made with oll-englued vessels that, în spite of the depression in ship- building, the total tonnage, of moton-shiga lausahed throughout |- opened on the world during the first large months of this year was
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