FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925,
NEAR THE END.
W
CHINA POLICY.
SEAMEN'S STRIKE FIZZLING AMERICA AND ERIVILEGE
OUT.
FULL CREWS FOR ALL'SHIPS.
(Reuter's Service.)
London, Sept. 3. In spite of the splendid strike position." claimed by Mr. Shin- well, all ships are sailing from Liverpool where there is no lack
of men.
Full crews were obtained at Hull for all ships due to leave, including the "Port Napier" for Australia and elsewhere.
The strikers' places are being filled without difficulty and the dispute is apparently neuring the
end.
CAPETOWN SITUATION.
(Reuter's Service.)
Capetown, Sept. 3. The irike situation remains unchanged.
The crews of twelve steamers a South African ports, totalling | over 2,300 men, are now definitely
on strike and other ships are 'being held up.
The cross-Channel service from Southampton was partially re- sumed to-day, The Royal Mail "Ther"""Glumörkanshire" has al}=",
ed.
The crows of the cross-Channel steamers who struck on Septem- ber 2, reported for duty to-night. The services will be normal by midday to-morrow.
Two steamers have left South- ampton, one for Jersey.
EARLIER CABLES.
London, Sept. 3.
QUESTIONS.. -
SPRIMAL COMMISSIONMK,
(Reuter's American Service.)
Detroit, Sept. 3. Mr. Kellogg, Secretary of Stale, in his speech yostonlay evening. artimated that Mr. Silas Strawn had been appointed special commissioner to the proposed commission on extra, territoriality, treaty revision and other special privilege questions for which the date had not yet been fixed.
Mr. Silas Hardy Strawn is lawyer who began his career at the Ottawa bar and later took up pic tee in Chicago. He is director of the First National Bank of Chicago and several big commercial conÇATDA. He has bee President of the Chicago Bar Association and hue. held other similar distinguished. honorary positions in connection, with the legal profession.
HARLIER NEWS.
..
Washington, Sept. 3. Kel, in a speech at the animal The Secretary of State, Mr.
COST OF IRAQ..
THE CHINA MAIL.
BRITAIN'S FUTURE POLICY OUTLINED.
FIXING MOBUL FRONTIERS.
(Reuter's Service.).
Geneva, Sept. 3. M. Briand, French Foreign
MOROCCO FIGHTING.
FRENCH AND SPANISH OFFENSIVE.
THE START OF A BIO ATTACK,
(Reuter's "Scrvice) ·
Paris, Sept. 3. The launching of a combined Minister, presiding over French and Spanish offensive in Morocco on an important aquis from the Council of the League of land, and is expected within 48 Nations, declared that Mosul hours. frontier incident closed "after": hearing explanations from both sides.
a
Mr. L. M. S. Amery, British Colonial Secretary, then mude lengthy statement on the subject of Iraq, saying that Britain would continue co-operation with the Iraq Government though without after the expiration of the exist fixing a limit to the mandate
ing treaty.
He emphasised Britain's wish for Iray to enter the League and said Britain would accept the commission's suggestion for the appointment of a League observer in Iraq to watch the interests of
of an observer for the minorities the minorities, on condition that Turkey accepted the appointment
ir. Turkey,
A message from Tangier mys that bombardment of the Const south and Past of Alhucemus has alrendy, em. Troops are reported to be now landing and it is expected the attack will be delivered in the ghbourhood of the Franco Spanish border norhtward of Wezza.
Numerous nireraft have arrived in naval force is underf orders at the Morocco and a considerabe French
:
conat.
UNITED COMMAND...
TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS.
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG,
MATRICULATION, SENIOR AND JUNIOR LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.
Nthat the Examinations wil TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN begin on MONDAY, December 7th, 1925. Forms of entry and copies of Regulations and Syllabus can be obtained on application to] the Registrar.
Each entry form, duly filed in, must reach the Registrar together with the statutory fees on before. the 26th September as foilowa
or
1.K. Currency.
Matriculation & Senior Lecal. $20 Junior Local Examination..... $12.
five subjects in the Matriculation, Candidates offering more than
Senior and Junior Local Examina- tions will be charged an additional fee of $1 for each subject so offered.
Paria Sopt. 8. The Cabinet has appated M. Painleve's plans for the united] com- mand of the military opentions in
An additional fee of $5 will be Morovo under Generad Potain. charged for each of the follow will exercises political action overing subjects:- Urdu: Spanish: the tribesmen.
Japanese: Malay: Siamese: Russian: German: Norwegian: Higher Mathematics: Hygiene and Physiology,
The following Scholarships and Prizes, further particulars of which can be obtained from the Registrar will be awarded on the' results of the Matriculation and, Local Examinations:-
Tyutey will accordingly proceed meeting of the American Bur
to Morks on September 12 and Association at Detroit, described the
As regards the frontier line, return in Delober to acquaint tha American policy toward China. He
id that it was to respect the Britain desired a boundary which Government with the results of the
would be practicable in the inter-operazione, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
SYRIA COMMAND). of China, to coumge the develop ests of friendly relations between
Paris, Sept. 3. ent of an effective stablo govert-Iraq and Turkey which Britain:
General Chamelin has been up was moat anxious to see maintain-
Jointed Assistant High Commis munt, to maintain an open door, to carry out scrupulously the obliged, lions and promises mid, to Ching at
Mr. Amery reiterated that Brisoner of Syria and Commander in the Washington Conference and to tain would accept the decision of Chief of the Levant. The now
posers staty that General Gamelin requira China lo perlom the obligu- the Council
regards the tions of a sovereign state in the boundary whatever it might be.
will hold the same position in rela- tum to General Sormil ag General | jects only. protection of foreign citizens and
Naulin holde in relation to General heir property,
Weygand in Morocco.
Regarding the Peking conference October, fi,
to Te hald
On
The Faho de Paris" interprets General Gamelin's appoint at
COMFORT FOR TAXPAYERS." The Colonial Office has issued a statement of the policy announced on behalf of the British Govern- Mr. Kellogg xpressed the opinionment at the special meeting of the the (overnment's relation that Gen The Steamers Piako and that the Powers would come Council of the League of Nations cral Serrail has not been an entire Bristol City both sailed on to tile ronclusion Chat the to-day, namely that the continued success. scheduled time. The Piako ob- 'conference would have to 'be tained nearly a full crew from bradened beyond thres strict
"
Bristol, and picked up the re- letter of the Washington Pranty mainder in Barry Roads. The added that the United States Bristol City similarly shipped the Government was willing to consider remainder of her crew in Walton with China the comprehensive readditional Imperial expenditure
Bay.
vision of the Tariff Treaties.
The latest move of the ver- believed the United States would be pool strikers is for pickets to sign willing to give up territorial rights on Liverpool liners and when s soon as China could demonstrate aboard to threaten the union men her ability to protect foreiga live who refused to join the strikers, and property,
The Cunard liners Carmania! and Aurania and the Canadian: Pacific Liner Montcalm are held up, firemen and seamen having struck, but officials are confident that new crews will be forthcom- ing. Men are arriving at Liver- pool from all over the country in the hope of finding employment.—— Reuter.
1
LOST 'PLANE.
NAVY TO CONCENTRATE ON
SEARCH
TOIRO FLIGHT OFF.
(Reuter's Americon Service.)
HOLIDAY MAKERS STRANDED.
London, Sept. 3.
Washington, Sept. 2 At a mass meeting 150 seamen Willar has ordered indefinits post. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. of Middlesborough decided to join the strike and appointed a Francisco to Honoluin of the third
of the fight from S strike committee and pickets. mvat saaplane PB which was Holiday-makers are stranded at de to start to-morrow as he desires Jersey where no mail arrived to- that all the efforts of the Navy be day.--Reuter.
concentrated on the search for the missing PN9.
HOME COAL.
An earlier cable dated Sept. 2. slated-Five
men in a dis
THE ROYAL COMMISSION- fabind—weaplane im 1 rough
- Ji
APPOINTED.
(Reuters Service,)
London, Sept. 3.
tropical
S dunched by storm is the picture evoked by re ports of the warships searching in mid-Pacific for seaplane P59, No. 11, one of the two that started to fly
It is officially announced that to Hawaii. She wifelessed that she Sir Herbert Samuel has been ap-would probably be forced to descend pointed chairman, Mr. Kenneth at 1.45 p.m. yesterday, 150, kuote Lee, Sir William Boveridge, and from the island of Maui, owing to General Sir Herbert Lawrence diverse winds and hek of fuel.
industry.
co-operation of His Majesty's Government with the Iraq Gov- ernment after the expiry of the present treaty, will not involve
beyond what was previously con- templated-indeed, His Majesty's Government has every reason to hope that such expenditure will continue to show a steady down- ward trend.
FREE FROM SLUMS.
AUSTRALIA'S LIVING STANDARDS.
The
"WHITE" POLICY UPHELD.
(Reuter's Service.) ·
Sydney, Sept. 3. The speeches at. a dinner given Mr. Amery, occupying Mr. by the State Government in Chamberlain's seat ut yesterday's honour of the visiting pressmen meeting of the League Council developed into discussion of the made an important statement re-white Australia podcy. futing the Turkish Government's Governor presided. The Minister. allegations in regards to the Mr. Loughlan, opened the subject violation of the so-called Brussels by explaining that the policy, on line on the Mosul frontier and which "Australia, was unanimous, the naval demonstrations in the was not based on any idea of the Aegean Sea. The statement was racial superiority of the whites made after the Turkish Minister but on the well-known dis- had repeated the allegation:
similarity of the whites and coloured in feeling, sent dent and other respects. Australia recog- nixed the need for more people, but she did not want by wholesale Immigration to introduce slum- dom and poverty into the country. She wanted to protect her standard of living which was at least unexcelled by any other nation in the world. (Cheers).
$8,000,000 WARSHIP.
THE BIGGEST BUILT AT THE TYNE.
ام
A 35,000 TONS "NELSON."
(Reuter's Service.)
London, Sept. 2: The first post-war battleship has been launched at Armstrong Whitworth's on the Tyne by Mrs. Bridgeman, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
The vessel, which is named
50. FATHOMS DEEP.
ITALIAN NAVY SUBMARINE'S -FATE.
THE DEATH OF THE CREW.
(Reuter's Service.)
Rome, Sept. 3.. The submarine "Vcheiro" is re
(1) Two King Edward VII Scholarships of the value of £40 per annum, open to British sub-
(2) One Peace Memorial Scholarship for Practical Farming, and/or Horticulture of the triennial value of £1.860, open to British boys of descent.
pure white
(3) Four Montargis French
Prizes, two of $50 and two of $25,
Can
Bound coples of Examination Papers, set at past Examinations, be obtained from the Registrar. Price $1 per set.
L. FORSTER, Registrar.
3rd September, 1925.
NOTICE.
will
THE HONGKONG PHILHAR- TMONIC SOCIETY commence rehearsing "Iolanthe" at the St. John's Cathedral Hall at 5.15 p.m. on MONDAY, 14th September, 1925.
membership are requested to All members and applicants for
attend.
dividual notices will not be sent. Owing to postal difficulties, in-
.J. W. JEFFORD,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 4th September, 1925.
NOTICE.
Subscribers of the China Mail not receiving their paper every evening owing to the uncertain delivery as the result of the strike are invited to notify this office if they would prefer to purchase their paper from the street news. boys direct and have the amount credited to their account.
members, of the Royal Commis."We shall crack up if we come "Nelson," is the biggest warship ported to have been sighted on the PAIN IN THE STOMACH. 10.
built at the Tyne. She has a disse bottom, near Clapa Passaro at aIt is most annoying, as well as dis placement of 35,000 tons.
The keel was laid three ago. The estimated cost £8,000,000.
down in this weather," was almost gion of Inquiry into the coal the last message received from the plane. The commander is John [Sir Herbert Samuel recently Rilgers. resigned the, High Commissioner- ship of Palestine. A Liberal in politics he possesses high ad- Osaka, September 3.-Heavy ministrative gifts. Mr. Kenneth rainfall in Hiroshima and Lee, LL.D. is the Chairman of Yamaguchi prefectures on Mon- the Manchester firm of Tootal, day resulted in the flooding of the Broadhurst Lee Co., Ltd. He has rivers, inundation of a large acted on Government Committees number of houses, destruction of and Commissions. Sir William bridges and interruption of com- Beveridge is a distinguished munications. It is reported that physician and has seen much war several fatalities occurred in a service. Sir Herbert Lawrence is number of places. The casualties a managing partner in Glyn, probably total over hundred. Miels Currie & Co.]
Reuter.
years is
death of 300 feet,
The Navy Departament has notified the families concerned of the death of fifty-five of the crew.
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