WEDNESDAY
INDUSTRIES FAIR.
STIMULUS TO BRITISH
GOODS:
QUALITY THAT TELLS
(British Wireless Service,).
Rugby, Feb, 18t.
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The firm conviction that the pro- longed period of trade depression de anding and that strenuous efforts to improve commerce are of last mooting with success wae
expressed in all the speeches de livered at Mansion House, London, last night, when a banquet was held to celebrate the opening at the White City, London, and at Birmingham of the British In dustries: Pair.
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GERMANY'S ENTRY
BRITISH LABOURITES AIR THEIR VIEWSE
MOTION FOR COMMONS.
(Reuter's Serstaä.)) -
London, Feb. 16.
MORAL TURPITUDE
STARL AND COUNTESSA CAFFLICTEDE
(Reuter's American Service.)
THE CHINA MAIL,
PIRATES
THE KOWLOONS KECUTIONS RECALLED.
BRITISH CO-OPERATION.
BE
EARD
ABIGAMOUS TABRIAGES/
New York, Feb. 15.. Looking back over the history of Astounding bigemy charges were term during the beard' at the Leeds Assizes, which A reference to Debrett indicates pracy du China With reference to the suggestion sists in action," It is said, no doubt chinese authorities have at times vitude for using an infinite variety that the family motto "Virtue.com last hundred yea (Shipping resulted in George Leslie, being
and Engineering). lid chatthe sentenced to ten years! penal ser to give Poland, Spain, and Brazil inspired the Earl of Craven when denied co-operation of any kind in of allasen. He duped at least 1 permanent sents on the Council of he dashed to Canada realising the apprehendion and punishment women, usually posing as a lonely the Loague of Nations, the Labour Opposition has tabled notice of that, in the eyes of the Immigra of pirates, and at other times have bachelor to a lonely, middle-aged amation in the House of Commons tion authorities, he was suffering done all in their power to axter woman. The police proved 11 welcoming the application from from "moral turpitude," which the minate this class of pest In the bigamous marriages, but others are Germany for entry into the League, authorities gravely aver also "History of the Laws and Courts known, though, Leslie only married supporting the condition that she afflicts the divorcee, Counters of Hongkong, for instance, we find when there was no other means of should thereupon receive a per- Cathcart, with whom the Earl of the following account of conditions getting money. The son of a manent seat on the Council, and Craven was involved as co-respon at the end of the year 1842 Tipperary farmer, with all the expressing the opinion that a condent, when the Bar of Cathcart
"Accounts of piracies continued now a well preserved.
blandishments of his race, Leslie current increase in the permanent brought a divorce suit in 1922. The Prince of Wajas, who claim seats on the Council in order to
to attract public attention, H.Mlooking man of 55. ed to be something of a traveller accommodate the claims of other meanwhile are indulging in hilari take measures in conjunction with dence of the victims and the police
The newspapers
He listened and public Plenipotentiary undertaking to with a sardonic smile to the evi- emphasised that wherever he had nations, which is regarded as ous jibes at the expense of the the Chinese authorities to pur evidence. Lealis made, ad average been in the Dominions and Colonies variation of the Locarno Agree Immigration laws. there was undoubtedly a great and ment, should not be supported by
down the pirates. Sir Henry of at least £1,200 annually in growing demand for British goods the British Government
Dramatic Sequel.
Pottinger, however, was not long last five years, including £2,000 and, bettor still a great desire to
London, Fag., 18,
before he disgorerade, hew futile South Africa's Voice. buy them. In foreign countries He
The "Daily Exprass correspon would be any attempt on his part widow and 2800 from a
schoolmistress had observed that the reputation
London, Feb. 16. dent in New York reports a dramato induce the Chinese authorities.
He became acquainted with for honest dealing and for the According to the "Daily Tele-tic sequel to the exclusion of the to co-operate with him in his en women through matrimonial high quality of British goods, stood graph's diplomatic correspondent Countess of Cathcart
deavour to put down piracy for, agencies and a publication called Britain in good stend. and there, South Africa has made and better still a great desire to strong representations to the Im Commissioner has sent to the Cove William Parker that the Chinese found in one of Leslie's, lodgings) very Mr. Curran, the Immigration writing from Government house "Cupid's Chronicle. Five thon- he informs AdmiralSirsand letters from 800 women were do bualness with Great Britain perial Government against the en-ernment the Immigration Com For example, during is short tour largement of the League Council mittee's report estimating that
bad "civilly declinadany 00 Many which proved that there in South Americu he was deeply beyond the admission of Germany there are over a million "deportable operation with him and that he were passionate relations, were impressed by the cordial senti- at present.
(Sir Henry Pottinger) had been for couched in the most intimate terms. aliens in America. ments towards Britain, manifested It is understood that two of the
some days in communication with Not one of his wives gave any in- The Committee intends to recomthe principal mardarin entrusted formation to the police, and one By the great republics he visited! other Dominions will -endorse mend Congress" immediately to with general superintendence of sent Leslie a telegram of warning.
The Foreign Secretary.
Sir South Africa's lead, pending per vote £200,000 in order to facilitate this service, at the same time de Another, when taken to identify Austen Chamber ala, declared that haps a collective demarche in the their deportations." the British were not the only same senise by all the Dominions.
tailing the Chinese plane. But the him in a police parade, threw her people
public did not reat satisfied and arms around his neck, declaring de- encounter trade
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to:
pressions. Indend. because they faced their difficulties earlier than some others, they were emerging from bem na moment when others were first feeling the pres- For the purposes of their Internal discussions the British people often exaggerated difficut- ties and dwelt on the dark side. British trade had weathered dan- gerous and critical years. It was on a Rounder basis than it had been some little time ago.
Happened to foreign visitors, and through them to the nations they represented, to come and see what British tradera had to offer to judge jouds on their merit, and
to judge British, credit and work.
British commerce overseas
The British Industries Fair, re- mains open until February 26 The London section is devoted to the fighter trades and the Birmingham section to heavier industries for which the Midlands are particular- Jy noted
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FRENCH FINANCE.
CHAMBER ADOPTS NEW TAXES.
(Reuter's Service.)
sent Bill..
Paris, later:
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were greatly incensed at the course that she would love him, always. COLUMBIA NEW PROCESS RECORDS
pursued, complaining, naturally Leslie had a complete system of enough, from their knowledge of leckers, recording his victime the Chinese, that the arrangement abbrevations "D.O represented was one that would never answer dearest one and DiL":"darling and ought, under no circumstances, love" When sentenced, Leslie: to be countenanced no one having smiled and bowed to the judge, any Confidence in the integrity of and then to be wives near the Chinese offices. Piracy, from the witness box, and, left the dock. frequency of its occurrence, had
been forced upon public attention
while the rest of the
Paris, Feb. 16. After an all-night sitting, the
more than ever since January, 1843, pirates were beheaded at Kowloon Chamber voted the new taxes by
when the pirates had the audacityOne of the leaders decapitated, 258 to 145, M. Briand having
London, Feb. 16. under
to capture a Chinese vessel while named Lai Ah-sut, was a man whose made it a matter of confidence. As a sequel to the resignation Majesty's stoops-of-war."
convoy of one of Her boldness and cunning in carrying The Rightists and the Com-of Mr. Gulbenkian and four other From that time till about the terror both at sea and on shore. It out piracies had long made him a munists voted against the taxes. Directors of the Venezuelan Oil late seventies, when acts of piracy was he who had charge of that The Socialists abstained.
Concessions, a long and heated were comparatively of very rare portion of the gang whose duty The Chamber had previously by meeting of the shareholders. in occurrence, most of the piracy sup was to seize the European-officers, Sir . Philip Cunlife-Lister. 889 votes to 112 carried the Fin- that company in London heavily pression measures. were under engineers and passengers of the President of the Board of ance Committee's proposal to re- defeated a series of resolutions by taken by British men-of-war, and "Namoa" Trade. anid that while the jeet tax on payments as cabled a dissatisfied section of the share we have to look so little back as pirates carried out their nefarious prices of British goodn falen their quality had been main-it a matter of confidence.
had last night, M. Doumer not making holders, including a vote of cen- the year 1801 for any instance of object. Thus was avenged one of tained Frogh equipment of fac-Chamber then adopted the final
The sure on the Board of Directors. Chinese co-operation on an ap the worst and most daring cases: tortes, application of research clause of the Finance Bill abrogat reported: A sensation has been 1890, occurred the ghastllest in Eighty years ago, when piracy
EA London cable of January 28 preciable scale. On December, 10, of piracy known to modern times and the development of inventioning the earlier measures in so far caused in the City by the an- stance of piracy in the history of was ever worse than it is to-day and design were having the effeck on the steady improvement in they" are contrary to the pre-nouncement of the resignation of foreign intercourse with China and the Chinese were not inclined five influential Directors of the the attack on the Douglas Steam to lend actlye co-operation, the Venezuelan Oil Concessions Hold-ship Company's sa. "Namon," which British authorities and Navy had The position as the result of the ing Company, Messts. Aranguren, was conducted mainly on the lines. practically a free hand in suppress. Chamber's vote. is that the new Beatty, Cull, Gulbenkian, and that, obtain to-day, the salient dif- ing the evil, even to the extent of taxes which have been adopted as Heyden, as a protest against the ference being the utterly dendish landing men on Chinese territory a whole will now go to the Senate control exercised over the com- behaviour of the pirates. Some of to do so but to-day things are These taxes yielding 114 mil pany's affairs, by the Royal Dutch the pirates concerned were after- differant, and it would scem thất if Eards, will furnish immediate re-and Shell group.]
wards apprehended, but, owing to the Blas Bay pirates are finally and. venue for the Treasury.
legal technicalities · never· faced completely to be exterminated, the trial in Hongkong The Chinese Chinese authorities will have ty do authorities, however, did justice it themselves, or co-operate with according to their own fashion with the British to that end. It was a those who had participated in the comparatively easy matter in 1891 awful crime connected with the for the inese, once they were in- "Namon. A wholesale execution clined, to teach the pirates a lesson took place at Kowloon on April 17, which had its effect till the present 1891, when. nineteen pirates were series of piracies began, and to-day decapitated thirteen of them for the dificulties surmounting the participating in the "Namos" affair problem are by no means insuper The Chinese authorities further able With good will and co-opera- bestirred themselves in a manner tion on the part of the Chinese which showed that they were very authorities, piracy could within a much in earnest General Fong week or two almost completely be Yu undertook the task of tracking eliminated from the China Coast. and bringing to justice those of the Will they lend that co-operation or pirates who were known to hee alternatively, will they allow others taken refuge in Chinese territory, to do the work? The one thing and the result exceeded in a large that a certain is that the pirates measure the pectations of the must be exterminated Who does:" residents of Hongkong, for on May it is really immaterial, a long as 11, of the same year fifteen more it is done thoroughly and soon.
Prince's Visit.
Rugby, later.. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales this afternoon visited the British Industries Fair in London and inspected the chief exhibits. Je expressed appreciation of the manner in which British manufac turers were represented.
Their "Majesties the King and Queen are expected to pay a visit this week.
A evidence that 'bver. 44 foreign countries will be repre- sented by their buyers or agents, a catalogue has beer printed in eight European languages, besidey. English.
The Chamber will now discuss the Locarno Treaties, the Budget and Electoral Reform Bills, in- cluding the Government's further new taxes to meet a deficit estim- ated at 2% milliards.
RUBBER NEEDS.
STEVENSON RESTRICTION:
SCHEME...
WHY IT WAS MODIFIED:
(Hculer's Serofoe.)
London, Feb. 16:
Denling with specific exhibits, it may he mentioned that the depart ment devoted to scientific instru- ments is a most arresting one.
In the House of Commons, the The display of musical instruments Hon. Esmond Harmsworth (Con- 1s most extensive, ale struments servative, Kent, Thanet asked Wireless apparatus includes wire whether the Stevenson rubber re Tess transmitting and receiving acts striction scheme was modified in apecially designed for use on board any way and, if so, for what reason, ships. Everything connected with and whether an estimate could be the development of broadcasting is given of the financial result of any ulo shown by British manufac change? turers, who have specialised in wireless instrumenta,
Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, nid that the aya The collection of toys shows that item was modified in respect of the the British toymaker is making a quarter beginning on February 1 distinctive article...
U.S. ARMY VOTE.
NEW BILL SENT UP TO THE
SENATE. SEZNA
SPIES SYSTEM.
DEATH SENTENCES, IN LENINGRAD,
BRITAIN KEPT POSTED.
(Reuters Service.)
Riga, Feb 16, At the conclusion of the trial in Leningrad of 48 Eathoniana charged with espionage, of whom 15 were sentenced to death, the Public Prosecutor, in the course of a ten-houra speech, said that the Intelligence Departments of Great Britain and the Baltic states were- coordinated, consequently aff espionage Information reached Great Britain.
A.D.C'S EFFORTS.
$1,000 SENT TO “MI FUND,
The decision to increase the percentage by 16 per cont. Instand of 10 per cent was taken in order
The Hongkong to relieve those faced with the
been able necessity of buying rubber at the tary to the excessive prices temporarily ruling Chief a cheque 3. As regards the financ result the entire proc
the questioner meant the effect
#performance UP-
on spot price rubber, Mr. Amert Fluff in aid of the above
feared that too many factors an Lered into the question to enable
"NAVAL APPROPRIATION him to give any estimate of the
(Reuter's American Service)
Washington Feb. 16
"The House of Representatives has passed and sent to the Senate the War Department Appropria tion Bill for $889,580 090, –––
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