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A possible face-saving solution of the Hankow deadlock is made in an important suggestion that the British forces now on the way to Shanghai should go no further than Hong Kong,
The whole situation arising out of the entirely new turn as a re- sult of the sudden change in Mr. Eugene Chen's attitude is being discussed by the British Cabinet at a special meeting to-day.
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"Forces to Stop At Hong Kong..
.... Hankow, Feb, 3. Hankow is outwardly ealmin spite of the abrupt termination of the negotiations on which all hopes of an amicable settlement had been pinned for three weeks. Mr. Eugene Chen's declaration is regarded as a confession of failure to win over the extrem- ists to the moderata view.
While it is recognised that Bri- tairt is scarcely likely to withdraw from the position taken up with regard to the despatch of troops, a possible solution of the present deadlock is seen in the suggestion which is finding favour in many
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE.
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Rugby, Feb. 9.
London, Feb. 3. To-morrow's Cabinet meeting
The jury, after an absence of will, besides considering the two and a half hours, returned a situation in China, finally decide verdict in favour of Lord Glad- what measures of legislation will stone with costs. be included in the King's Speech The jury added a rider that
next Tuesday.
W. E. Gladstone had been com It is understood that a Bpletely vindicated. dealing with the position of the During six hours in the wit- Trade Unions is certain to be nese box, the septuagenarian introduced in the coniussion, Lord Gladstone feelingly denied though its actual defile have Captain Peter Wright's sugges. tions of his father's immorality. still to be decided.
was a foul fellow and did He said he still thought Wright not withdraw the charges. He denied that he was actuated by malice against Wright. He felt sorry for Wright.
are vistuaily certain to be pre
Among other measures which sented to Parliament are a Bill to amend the King's title in ac. cordance with the decisions taken at the Imperial Conference, and a Bill dealing with British cinema films.
The chief object of the latter will be to ensure the exhibition of London, Feb. 8. an adequate proportion of British The Cabinet Committee estab-films at cinema theatres, which lished to deal with the Chinese will accordingly be required to situation is believed to include show a certain minimum of Bri the Premier, Sir Austen Cham-tish films fixed by the Bill. berlain and Lord Balfour.
Such a measure will necessarily It is noteworthy that two be somewhat elaborate. It will Cabinet Ministers yesterday even- ing dealing with China dwelt on Russian influence in the Anglo- Chinese" negotiations.
Mr. L.. M. S. Amery, Secretary. for Dominions, in a speech dt Willenhall declared that the Bri- tish terms would never be reject ed by any Chinese Government
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The British Government was not going to be deterred from It is also felt that Britain's pursuing a patient and concilia- case would be made clearer and tory policy and doing our impera- stronger if the text of the draft tive duty to our fellow citizene in agreement avere published China. Reuter.
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Shanghai, Feb. 8. Chung Katahek is at present hospital at Kuling suffering from dysentery-Reuter.
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The a.. "Belgenland," with 350; world tourists aboard, is due to arrive here at 3 p.m. to-day.
Owing to the heavy draught of the ship. It is impossible for her to go alongside, and aho will go. to A. buoy in midstream..
A Butterfield and Swire launch will be leaving for the ship at 2.30 p.m. from Murray pior.
To-day will be a free day for the tourists.
The New Territories will be visited by car to-morrow and the Peak and Repulse Bay on Sunday. A trip to Macdo has been ar- ranged for Monday.
Ninth Largest Liner. The sa. "Belgenland." which was is the hore last tourist season. world's ninth largest liner and is the largest steamer to have entered It is also the Hong Kong harbour. largest to have crossed the Pacific and completed the circuit of the globe.
Other witnesses for the de. fence who testified
Mr. Gladstone's high character in. cluded Lord Philimore, Lord
The "Belgenland" is a Red Star H. N. Gladstone and Lady Gwen liner and the American press dolen Cecil, the last-mentioned Company are co-operating in the declaring her father, Lord Salie-arrangements for the tour at the bury, had the, highest respect for various ports of gali.
Over four days of sight-seeing Mr. Gladstone,
are afforded the tourists in Hong Kong owing to the omission of|
The Shanghai from the schedule. "Belgenland" leaves at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The ship" is an oil burner of 697 feet in length and 78 feet, in breadth, and is engaged in the summer trans-Atlantic travel between New York, and Europe.
Mr. Justice Avory only put two questions to the jury, namely whether the alleged libe) was true, and if not whether the defendant was actuated by malice,
AN EXCUSE THAT WOULDN'T WASH.
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Ship's Personnel..
She is an international ship in "NEW YEAR VISIT the brondest sense. Designed and built at Belfast (completed in 1929) the "Belgenland is owned by American stockholders of the Inter- national Mercantile Marine Com- rights, or even of Chinese senti-be necessary, for instance, to give
pany with headquarters in New York, and is operated by the Red ments. If they were rejected, it
GAMING RAID SEQUEL. Star Line, the principal steamship. could only have been through the the Board of Trade the power of
organization operating between the influence of other forces behind demanding from picture theatres periodical returns of films ex-
She A gambling raid upon the United States and Belgium. the Chinese Government forces hibited and of issuing some form ground door of No. 64 Queen's fles the British flag, but her home concerned not with Chinese wel of certificate for films, which are Road East, the front, part of port is Antwerp, and she is manag fare but with a world revolution and the destruction of the British ne to answer to the official ce- which is a watchmaker's shor scription of "British."British whilst the rear portion is sub-let Empire,
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to a Chinese hair-dresser formed The "Belgenland's”- commander, the subject of a case heard by Mr. Captain Thes. Howell, formerly of R. E. Lindsell at the Central the Cunard Line, is English and her officers are chiefy" English; her; Magistracy this morning, when stewards and chefs are English or A message from Hankow states two men, charged with keeping a Belgian. She carries total crew that there are rumours of demon-common gaming house failed to or 601 persons, of whom 40 are The First Lord of the Admiral-istrations to-morrow afternoon appear when their names were women, including stewardesses, ty, Mr. Walter Bridgeman, in a against the Asiatic Petroleum called, his Worship ordering their hairdressers, nurses, maids and speech at Ellesmere, declared: "It Company following a collision be-bail-$75 each to be estreated. laundresses. Two surgeons and a is clear that the influence which tween the 8.3. "Fukwang" and a Of fifteen men charged with gar charge of the gymnasium, a cruise physical director in bling
on the premises, only five director and his staff of 15, a is causing all the difficulty be-native ferry, tween Britain and China is not so.
put in an appearance, the ten master of ceremonies, an educa much Chinese as Russian.
forfeiting their bail of $5 each. tional director and lecturer, two must exercise as great as possible
In reply to his Worship, the pursera, two bandmasters, an editór London, Feb. 3,
patience in resisting that in-
first man in Court said that he for the ship's paper, three, printers. The whole situation arising out fluence."
was paying a New Year's visit to and a minister of the gospel are. of the new turn in the conversa-
""In view of the present an- maker's shop.
the proprietor of the watch-also included in the ship's per- sonnel. The kitchen and dining tions at Hankow will be discussed at a special Cabinet meeting to-arrangement. for the revision of xieties and perils in the Far
"Oh, I see. But that won't room staff total 325 men.
In deck and interior facilities, no the Archbishops of Can-wash. You were found in the expense has been spared to provide morrow.-Reuter.
the treaties, but nobody shouldEast, wish us to risk the lives of our terbury and York and the Pre- barber's shop where the gam- the tourists with the maximum of fellow subjects by hurrying into sident of the National Council of bling was taking place." Mr. comfort. The 360 tourists on board without securing Evangelical Free Churches urge Lindsell dealt with the other four are cruising the globe under the negotiations that their safety was thoroughly all clergy and ministers to make men in Court, imposing a fine of most luxurious of conditions and it
a "special intercession on Feb. 5 $3 in each case.
is to be hoped that they will be assured.-Beuter.
for a peaceful, Honourable and Det. Sgt. Rozesky informed his their sojurn here so that they may favoured with good weather during permanent settlement" of the Worship that the two men arrast-enjoy to the full the magnificent existing Anglo-Chinese differ-ed on the major charge had just and beautiful sights which the ences. Reuter.
Colony offers.
CABINET TO MEET
New Position To Be Fully Discussed.
Entirely, New Turn.
London, Feb. 3. It is learned authoritatively in Fondon that reports have now been received from Mr. O'Malley regarding the latest stage in the conversations with Mr. Eugene Chen. Fresh instructions will probably be sent to Hankow to- [day.
It is declared that the conver sation will obviously take an entirely new turn as a result of the sudden change in Mr. Chen's fattitude.
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He at least did not despair of our arriving at some reasonable
LABOUR REVIEWS.
A Meeting With Cabinet Ministers.
SPECIAL PRAYERS..
Church Leaders' Appeal.
London, Feb. 3.
FRANCE'S ATTITUDE.
‚ 'Foreign Minister's Hope.
Paris, Feb. 3.
arrived.
W
In reply to the Magistrate the two men stated that they had been endeavouring to engage a solicitor.
London, Feb. 3. A meeting of the National The Yuen Wo Seamen's
"That's no excuse for not being Joint Council, representing the
here at the right time your- Institute always has men
General Council of the Trade Addressing the Foreign Affairs selves," retorted his Worship. available to ship as watch-
The real question at the Union Congress, the National Committee of the Senate, M. Bail was estreated as stated. moment is the immediate threat Executive of the Labour Party Briand said that in the Far East) men, seamen, &c.
to Shanghai, the most important and the Parliamentary Labour the French Government was Our men
are employed consideration being how to fill the Party was held in London this dominated by a care not to impair by the leading passenger gap in the arrangements for the morning to consider Mr. Eugene the integrity of China.
defence of life in the case of ne- Chen's telegram. We guarantee satis-
It was ready when the time! cessity.
Subsequently the Foreign came to facilitate for China ac- No reply has yet been sent to Secretary, accompanied by the cess to independence and the the Note from the Peking Gov-Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Bald-possession of the liberties enjoy- ernment. Reuter.
win, received a small deputationed by the most modest national from the Council consisting of
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Mr. George Hicks, Mr. Walter) M. Briand hoped that the Chin-The general banks of Tokyo and Mr. Horace Lo who appeared at Citrine and Mr. George Lansbury, ese authorities in the regions con- Yokohama, have decided to lower previous bearings. whom Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in- trolled by them would take all the deposit interest half a sen evidence, stated that while on duty launches and steamers running from A district. watchman, giving taking the shipping of cargoes in necessary steps to protect lives from Feb. 9. The Bank of Japan in Des Voeux Road Central on Afterwards the National Joint and property-Reuter.
is expected to take similar action, January 29, he saw accused carry. Canton to Wuchow, Kongmoon and Council met again, and after a short discussion, adjourned until to-morrow.-Reuter.
NAVAL WIRELESS NEWS,
Rumours of a Hankow Demonstration.
MORE CRUISERS.
To Await Orders.
Panama, Feb. 8,
Reuter
Ing a parcel Being suspicious of Hong Kong. We guarantee the safe the parcel contents, witness arrival of all cargo and hold ourselves ordered accused to accompany responsible for any damage that may him to the Police Station, but ac occur charging a very moderate rate, cused declined, requesting witness
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WEATHER FORECAST,
to accompany him to a house where Indian watchmen will look to the load- Till noon to-morrow the money would be paid over. ing and unloading of cargoes, The cruiser "Raleigh" is join-official weather forecast is as fol Continuing, witness said that ho
s' WANG LEE & CO. ing the "Richmond," "Cincin-lows: N. winds, moderate; fine refused to comply with accused's
Bank of Canton Building, nati," and "Marblehead" and is to cloudy.
įrequest, arresting him and taking
Hong Kong, Jan. 20th, 1927. The following naval wireless sailing for Honolulu today to messages from the North have awalt orders, possibly to proceed reported
At 11.50 a.m the Observatory him to the station where upon examination, the parcel was found been received by the Hong Kong to China. Reuter's American
to contain four biscuit tina con- Pressure has decreased moder- taining. naval authorities:-
a quantity of opium... ately from 3. Manchuria to N.E.
Cross-examined by Mr., d'Almada, China and the Loochoos and witness said that accused did not was the tlightly over Formosa and the inform him that he Philippines. It has increased licensee of a passenger boat, nel- slightly over the Yaugtze Valley, ther did he state that he had been Meteorological observations at asked to carry the parcel, for one 6 o'clock this morning: barometer of his passengers.
His Worship remanded the case The closing rate of the dollar, 30.06emperature 61; humidity, until next Thursday, allowing ball
in $20,000, on demand, today was 2/0 18/16, 187, weather blue skies.
The Cabinet will have before it the comments of the British re- presentatives in China, as well as the statement in which Mr. Chen, in announcing the suspension of the negotiations, stated that it was not, and never had been, Troop movements down-river within the contemplation of the from fchang in commandeered Nationalist Government to French and Japanese steamers occupy the International Settle continue... ment at Shanghai by force.
Bighty-six missionaries Bre Meanwhile reports of new de- now at Ichang from Szechuan and cisions and developments must be 66 more are on their way, down. discounted. British Wireless Seventy-five are leaving Chin- Service.
klang to-morrow.
Servicer
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TO-DAY'S, DOLLAR,
TANG YUE, DENTIST
Successor to
the late:STEN TING, 14" D'Aguilar Street,
TERMS TERT MODERATE Consultation Trea