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HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1926.
Russia And Chinese
Railway.
OFFICIALS CRITICISED.
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Soviet Undertaking Measures."
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EMPIRE UNITY.
Legislation wil be necessary to make the slight alteration recon- mended in the title of the King in
Conference Strengthens which the word "and" is omitted
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· HISTORIC IMPORTANCE.”
Interesting Developments Explained.
Rugby, Nov. 219
from the phrase "Great Britain and "Ireland." thus making it clear that Ireland enjoys the same status us the "Dominions. beyond seua,"
Newspaper Comment,
The Sunday Times" anys the rel pert contains all the elements of better understanding and closer co-operation so essential to the continued welfare of a flexible in- Moscow, Nov. 21...
stitution like the British Common- Interviewed, M. "Laschevitch":{
The report of the Imperial Rela-Wealth of Nations. If all fiture described the actions of the Chin- tions Committee lo generally re-Imperial Conferences are ns"fruit. ese authorities of the Chinese garded as of great historie imporful and harmonious there moed be Eastern Railway during the past tance, and its terms give wide-few feara for the Empire. three months as unlawful and spread satisfaction.
The "Sunday Observer" says that detrimental to railway interests. The text show that the unity of this report, defining with unani He hoped these actions would the Empire remains abenlutelymoas consent, the implications of be liquidated by measures which unimpaired, and has indeed been autonomy and reconciling it afresh the Soviet Government was strengthened and consolidated" with unity and making, for close Fundertaking.
It is clear that no question has and more confident co-operation been avoided as too difficult of danlong the whole range of common gerous for discussion. "Every interests, stamps this year's Con- aspect of the relationships between ference as historic. the various univ of the Empire have received frank and full dell- beration and complete agreement In which there is no camouflage has
Af outstanding questions could be satisfactorily settled provideti the Chinese took up a Businesslike | attitude.-Reuter.
Wan Lords Confer.
Tientsin, Nov. 20. Marshal San Chuan-fung ar-resulted. rived here secretly by special. It is reaffirmed that the Empire train From Nanking on Thursday consists of abaclutely frey and and conferred: with Marshaleda self-governing putions be- Chang Tso-lin and General Chang twgen whom afises no question of Tsung-chang He is reported to superior or inferior slabus. have reached an agreement Each member of the Empire is. whereby the latter is personally ja sovereign state free to act on its. taking to Nanking shortly 150,000 wis responsibility within its own of his troops..
sphere.
Marshal Sun Chuan-fang leaves for Nanking by apecial train to morrow.Reuter.
Wu. Pei-fu's Position.
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The Conference ends this week, and the Prime Ministers turn-home- wards. They leave with the satis- faction which their people cant share that there is"a definite ae- complishment to show, for long. voyages and many weeke' "absence from domestic affairs-British
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EARLIER MESSAGES.
Report Welcomed.
Rugby, Nov. 20. The unanimous adoption by the Imperial Conference of the report of the Inter-Imperial Relationa Committee is widely welcomed here. The "Daily Newa" describes it as the the crowning achievement of Conference and a happy augury for future" Imperial unity.
Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Australian Prime Minister, expressed the view that no previous Imperial Con-
Relations With Foreign Powers.
The relation of each nation, within the Empire to foreign coun- tries is for the first time categori- cally defined Any Dominion may Peking, Nov. 20. negotiate and conclude treaties Marshal Sun Chuang-fang, it with any foreign country on matters is stated, has reached an agree-affecting itself. And such treaties ment with Chang Tso-lin and are to be signed direct by the repre- Chang Tsung-chung in regard to sentative of the Dominion concern- sending a Fengtien-Shantung ex-ed on behalf of the King. pedition to the South, and events. On any matter affecting & par in this connection may now be ticular Dominion the King, is to actference had done so much to help expected to move rapidly.
on the direct advice, of that Do- forward unity and to place the Em- The position as regards Wu minion, and not upon recommenda-pire upon an even firmer founda- Pei-fu remains obscure. He de- tion of the British Government. tion. Its work would promote the nied yesterday that he would lead By this means there' is established' į happiness and prosperity of peoples the reinforcements, which are in practice the theoretical equality scattered over the world, helping being sent to Shensi to assist Liu of each unit of Empire.
toward the economic reconstruction saying that he was
Direct Contact, Chen-hua,
and well-being of all nations. He still busily engaged in handling One particularly interesting de- was convinced that they had reach- military affairs in Chengchow-velopment is that the Conference Fed a point at which they had always Reuter...
favours a system of direct and per- aimed, namely, treating the British sonal contact between the King's Empire as one great unit, but with governmenta in Britain and the Do- a special relationship to different minions.
parts that had never existed before. Accordingly the office of Gover-British Wireless Service. nor-Genera! is modified.. Ito holder remains the representative of the common sovereign, but he loses any responsibility he may have retain: He has realised that if he con- led as an agent overseas for the tinued to act alone he soon would King's Government in Britain, be completely eliminated, hence is For that purpose any government ready to allow Chang Tsung-is free to secure personal contact ehang to return to Nanking "auby other means, such as the ap- the price of Northern assistance.pointment of its own diplomatic -Reuter:
agent. The precise means are left for decision as circumstances may require.
Sun Chuan-fang's Bargain.
Shanghai, Nov. 21.
It is reliably reported that as a result of the Tientsin conference, Sun Chuan-fang ceases to be super-Tuchun, and will be Tupan only of Chekfang..
"YANGTSZE PIRACY.
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Japanese Captain Abducted.
Hankow, Nov. 19." The N.K.K. "Sinkiang Maru," sailing from Hankow on Wednes- day, was pirated at Chichiawan yesterday by a number of men in Luniform..
Meeting with a fusilade from
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"Mexico City, Nov. 21. A convention concerning the out- standing claims' between Britain and Mexico has been signed, similar to the Americo-Mexican convention.
It provides for the appointment of a commission to settle British citizens' claims for damages in the revolutions of 1913 to 1920-Reu- ter's American Service,
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Chinese Arrested in Belglum
Antwerp, Nov. 21.
The police recently arrested
Engineers and Shipbuilders
Kowloon Bay, New Work & Kepairs.
Call Flag "D" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
some oplum smokers in a Chinese Hair Dressers &
resort near the harbour.. In- vestigations appear to show that
one of them is the head of a band LEE
of traffickers in opfum who was. deported from London.
It is reported that the band is engaged here in shipping pro- hibited arms to China, and it is aleo suspected of carrying on Bolshevist propaganda among students and agitating for an anti-Belgo, Chinese agreement Reuter.
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