SERIOUS RIOTING IN INDIA:
SEVERAL EUROPEANS
KILLED.
RECRUDESCENCE OF DISORDER IN
EGYPT:
ANTI-ARMENIAN
POGROMS.
DISPOSITION OF ENEMY MERCANTILE
MARINE:
TEMPORARY AGREEMENT REACHED.
LATEST CABLES.
THROUGH REVTER'S AGENCY 1
RIOTING IN INDIA.
FIVE EUROPEANS KILLED.
LONDON, April 14th. Serious riots perund in an Indian city.
The second portion of a message describ
GERMANY
MUNICH GOVERNMENT OVER- THROWN.
AMETERDAM, April 12th,
THE HONGKONG DAILY
A telegram from Berlin states:-A semi official announcement in the German Gazette
the wty that
Munch Soviet
Government, has bves overthrown by force of arms.
ing the scenes (the first portion had not THE ARMIES OF OCCUPATION
Bome to hand up to the time of going to Press) slates that Kichla and Satya Pal Two virulent agitatore, led the rioters.
Two Banks and the Town Hall were burnt. Three bank managers were burnt to death Five Europeans were killed during the rioting. Nine rioters were killed and 21 injured. Troops were sent,
and order was restored
Disturbances also occurred at Lahore and Ahmedabad. Twe Government build
ings were burnt in the latter town.
The condition in Bombay is disturbed, Several were injured on April 12th. The mob's temper is bad, but Gandhi's returo,
on the whole, had a tranquilising effect.
NATIONALIST RISING IN
EGYPT.
MANY ARMENIANS MASSACRED.
Uzm. April 11th.
Many Armenú us were mussacred dur ing the riuting on Wednesday and Thure- day The number is not yet established. but the ambulances took 13 bodies from houses in Abdin Square alone yesterday. Probably, there were numerous victims in the Mohamed Alí quarter, inhabited by small shop keepers.
GERMANY'S MAINTENANCE BILL.
BERLIN, April 12th.
The Imperial Treasury has hitherto paid 430,000,000 marks for the mainten ance of the Armies of Occupation on the
Rhine.
ANGLO-DUTCH AERIAL
SERVICE,
DUTCH AIR MISSION IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 12th.
An aeroplane conveying a Dutch Air Mission, which has been arranging an Anglo-Dutch service and the provision of an aerodrome in the Dutch East Indies in connection with the Imperial route,
flew to Felixstowe from Amsterdam in 93 minutes.
ENEMY MERCANTILE
MARINE.
AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT
PARIS, April 18th. The Supreme Council anaounced that an agreement has been arrived at between the Asociated Governments providing that enemy tonnage acquired hoth before and since the Artistice would be divided among those Governments according to their respective ability to bring the sh.pa to a speedy use, and, in the case of pas senger ships, according to their relative
3t ін noteworthy the there was systematic inquiry regarding the houses needs. in which Armenians were living, as bad happened previously, during the Con- stantinople massacres.
Many terror-stricken Armeniana took refuge in the European sabucb, Heliopo lis, in which the local policemen and watchmen abandoned their posts, appar ently hirking responsibility.
The military in Cairo, till yesterday,, collected 2,500 Armenians and lodged them in various buildings under military protection.
NATIONALIST LEADERS LEAVE FOR BRITAIN.
Caiño, April 10th.
The above arrangement will not pre- judice the ultimate disposition of the ships under the terms of the Treaty of Peace.
Vessels will fly the flag of the Allied Maritime Council as well as the national flag of the country undertaking the agreement.-American Wireless.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR.
COMMISSION'S SCHEME
ACCEPTED.
i
LONDON, April 7th. At the plenary session of the Peace Conference Commission on International Labour Legislation, M. Yan Der Velde of Belgium said that the present Thirteen Nationalist leaders sail for enemies would not be present at the pro- Marvelles to-morrow. Reuter is of posed conference at Washington, He opinion that their departure will calm expressed the opinion that the inclusion
of the labour charter in the League of) the passions of the peoples,
Nations would be one of the most power ful factors in bringing back to the world, the reign of peace.
MORE DISTURBANCES.
CAIRO, April 9th.
A communiqué states : ----
In the course of demonstrations on April 7th, the crew of a motor-lorry, which was attacked, was obliged to fire, causing casualties.
The same night there were disturbances Dear Shepherds' Botel and shote wors exchanged. Two were killed and four wounded.
On the afternoon of April 7th, a British ofloor who was poscofully endeavouring
To improve world conditions, there were two methods, the Russian method and the British method. The Labour Commission close the latter.
Lord Sinha warmly necepted, on be half of Indin, the proposed scheme. He, said that his earlier misgivings in that connection were banished by the amend. ment dealing with non-Western coun
triển
THE LIBERAL PARTY.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC LONDON SCENE
PRESE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1919.
Mr 33 21 Asquith addvesand go to dependlet3; Liberaly a 11 banque in
Loadion,
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
BY MIRTESY OF THE "CHINA MAIL*'|
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BRYSON.
SINGAPORE, April 17th. Capt. Bryson, who met with a serious The provedings were very enthusiatic, areident while diving in shallow water Huge red-lettered posters, giving the in the Harbour, died yesterday, election figures al Mail, stainted the RETIREMENT OF HON. MR. F. M. guests, and when Commander Kenworthy
ELLIOT.
16 navat uniform. appeared in the middle of the proceedings, he received
alt vation
Mr. Asquith said than the people were beginning to realise the artificiality of Che General Election. which and pro
duced a top-heavy structure, resting on
foundations of sand.
The last two bye chettons were signi fient of a rapid and thorough-going re pentanes, and that at Hull an unusually quick Nonests.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
CONSIDERATION OF COVENANT
CONCLUDED
Pants, April 16th. There was no vital change mude by the Longue of Nations Commission at its meeting on Thursday and Friday night Friday night marked the conclusion of consideration of the Covenant.
On Friday night the Lengue of Nations Commission discussion lasted four hours, President Wilson attending and remain ing till close upon midnight. NO DATE FIXED FOR CONSIDERA TION BY PEACE CONFERENCE.
DR. C: FORSYTH'S
DEPARTURE.
PRESENTATION BY THE COM- MITTEE OF THE CHINESE HOSPITALS.
At the Kwong Wah Hospital, yesterday evening, Dr. C. Forsyth, Honorary Medi- cal Superintendent, who is shortly lony- ing for Home, was presented with a hand- some silver row-bowl and a pair of vases by the Committee of the Tung Wal and Kwong Wah Hospitals. Those prestat SINGAPORE, April 17th. included Merses. M. Kwong, Chan Kai The Hon. Mr. Frederick M. Elliott, ming, King Chi, Wong Yung Ki, Wong Tong, Cha Ping Lam, Pang Sui Wan, member of the Legislative Council, Right;
Che Ka Po, Po Tze Tiu. Ng Sai Kai, Worthy Grand District Master of the
and Tat Hing (directors of the Tung Districi. Grand Chapter of the Eastern Wah and Kwong Weh Hospitals), and Archipelago, is retiring, and will leave †. Drs. B. C. Wong, nad Thomas. for Home shortly.
SIR JOHN BUCKNILI..
SINGAPORE, April 1716. Sir John Burknil, Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, formerly Attorney General of Hongkong. is leaving for Home shortly. It is probable that he will
B relarD,
THE FLOOD.
CANTON NEWS.
CANTON. April 17th.
recent
It is reported that owing to heavy rainfall, the East River is uver flowing. The water in Walchow has risen 9 feet, and some of the strecta io Sheklung are flooded. A message from Kongmoon states that the water in the harbour has risen more than 2 feet.
MONGOLIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT,
Mr. Ho
IS my
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PRESENTATION TO MR. F. A
COLEMAN.
AFTER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS' SERVICE IN THE COLONY.
At the Harbour Offer, yesterday, Mr. F. A. Coleman, Principal Light-House- keeper, Hongkong, was presented with a handsome silver bowl by the officers of the Harbour Department, on the occasion of his retirement, on peusion, after Evelty Beveli years' service in the Colony, Commander ( W. Beckwith, R.N., the Harbour Master, in making the presenta
in, said: Mr. Corman, I have very great pleasure to-day in presenting you with this rose bush as a token of esteem. and respect from us, your brother-officers in the Harbour Department. The worst part of Hongkong is that one is always After the gathering had partaken of saying good-bye to one's friends, and cake and ten, the Chairman,
as we get older we do not make friends Kwong, said: Dr. Forsyth.
1 easily as when we
were younger. privilege to ask you, on behalf of the past Speaking personally, I shall miss you and present Directors and the canbers very much in this Department. We bave of the Advisory Board of the Tung Wah worked together very pleasantly now for and Kwong Wah Hospitals, in accept this souvenir is a smail token of our deep of one's working life. On bialf of the some 13 years and that is a big slice out
appreciation of the inestimable services
Harbour Department, I wish you and you have rendered to the Kwong Wah
Mrs. Coleman all good health and happi- Hospital. For the long period of ning yours--that is, ever since it was openedes, and may you live long to draw your in 1910--the Hospital has had the beneft plision from this Colony. (Applause).
Mr. Coleman briefly returned thanks, of your professional services, except for short periods when you were absent from saying that he would treasure the gift na a memento of the happy days he had- the Colony. Though having a large prae.
apont in the Cniony, tive of your own, you have contrived to give to the Hospital every day a great deal of your valuable time in order to altend to the poor patients for whom the Hospital was specially instituted. For these services you have received absolutely othing except the everlasting gratitude of the entire Chinese community, especí ally of those whose sufferings you have alleviated. We, whose duties bring us
The M.Ps. in Canton have wired to the Penge Envoys at Paris requesting, then to explain to the Conference of the Allies that the independence movement in Mongolin is due to the machinations of a certain nation, and is opposed by
of the Mongolians. The session of the Peace Conference to con- envoys are almo sider the League of Nations Covenant,
Mongolian representatives who are said to have been bent to Europe, from mak which will not include any section granting any appeal for independence to the
Paris Conference ing the Japanese request for recognition THE CEMENT WORKS. of racial equality, and neither will there be sectione introduced covering the request for an International Military General Staff.
No date has been set for the plenury great majo requested to stop the into close contact with the Kwong Wah,
Both Japan and France have announced that they regard it as their right to bring up any amenduenis they desire before the plenary session of the Peace Confer
may contain 26 sections. ---American Wire The Covenant of the League of Nations
Less.
POLAND.
MPADEREWSKI CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT WILSON.
PAR16, April 16th.
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Mr. Coleman was also the recipient of an illuminated address from the Chinese staff at Greea Island, and of a present From the officers in charge the Green Island Gunpowder Depot.
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During the war Mr. Coleman held a commoiasion as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves, while his two. sons, who volunteered for nective service from Hongkong in the early part of the know what heavy sacrifices you have made ¦ war, are in the Army, one being a captain in the interests of the poor and with what
in the R.F.A. and the other a private in the Layerpool Regiment. auccess your work among them has been
Mr. and Mrs. Cofeuran are leaving for attended. We desire to avail ourselves of Hone on the China on April 22nd. We are informed that owing to the the occasion of your approaching depar. depleted state of the exchequer the authorities offered to sell the cement
Lure from those abores on a long holiday works to the merchante for 38,800,000, Lo give expression, though in an inade- zad soon after the proposal was made a quate degree, to our feeling of deep grati- syndichte was formed by a number of big companies in Canton and Hongkong tade for your invaluable services to the to purchase the property Application Hospital. We wish you and Mrs. Forsyth has been made to the authorities, and
a pleasant voyage, and sincerely hope the details will be announced shortly.
that your holiday will soon restore you to perfect health. With these few TCTM marka, I ask you to accept these small gifts. (Applause).
PEEING CABLE NEWS.
A toeeting of the Cabinet has been held to discuss the sending of troops to Mongolia.
decided to stop the selling of ammunition The Foreign diplomats have recently to China till after the peace negotiations are concluded at Shanghai.
The British and American Ministers bave gone to Shansi on a sporting trip and, it is said, will proceed to the South. SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.
The Shanghai Conference sat on the 15th, and understandings were reached ou military affairs.
Dr. Forsyth, who was visibly moved, replied:--Mr. Ho Kwong and gentlemen, it is particularly difficult for me to make a suitable acknowledgment of such an excellent speech as that which has just been made by Mr. Ho Kwong, and for two reasons. Firstly, i am rather over-
THE HIGHER CIVIL SERVICE.
of
There has been much speculation as to bow the Government would fill up the vacancies in the higher ranks of the Civil Survice, so long overdue, wher temporary nasistance had been dismissed and when the senior members bad gone inte retirement. Ministers were pledged tu reserve these
appointments for ex- ufficers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and it is likely that nearly four Indian, and Colonial Services will be hundred appointments in the Home, filled by selection during the next two years. About hundred ex-officers be tween the
twenty-one and twenty- it will be selected for the Indian Service in August, next, and prob- ably as many for the Home and Colonial Bervices. FormS uf
may be application obtained from the Civil Service Commis come by the occasion, as I have helped siou, and candidates must have served for to build up this establishment and have at least a year in the Forces.
If the taken a very deep interest in it from its example of the recent Foreign Office ad- very beginning. My good friend, Mr. Chanson is followed, there will be a qualifying examination first, which will Kai-ming, the original director of this consist of an essay, an elementary arith- hospital, was Chairman of the Tung Wahetic paper, and two papers on general Committee at the time this hospital was been thus weeded out, the remainder will knowledge. When the hopeless casca have Another of the new worlds that modera science has been striving to conquer has
instituted. All the various subsequent appear before a selection board for an yielded to twentieth century enterprise. The Treasury Department has
directors have always treated me with the interview, and on this their success will The secret of the talking picture has
depend. The Board will have before them. nounced & credit of 820,000,000 to Great. been solved, and the cingura patron will Kreatest consideration and helped me in both the scholastic and military records Britain, making Great Britain's borrow-ortly be able to hear the actors on the my work as much as possible till recently of the candidates, and will be influenced Bcreen giving vocal expression to the acts will explain that in a moment or
by these, as well as by the appearance ings from the United States $4,138,323,000,
and emotions they portray.
and general savoir and loans to the Allien by the United States $9,033,832,000.--Amerioza Wireless.
M. Paderewski, Premier of Poland, conferred with President Wilson and
Bignor Orlando. --American Wireless,
THE UNITED STATES.
CREDITS TO ALLIES.
WASHINGTON, April 16th.
BD
RACING AT HOME.
THE NEWBURY CUP" RESULT.
Loxpos, April 12tb. The Newbury Cup race resulted as
follows:--
Callunder
Rivershore
Sir Berkeley
1
2
3
SPEAKING FILMS.
WIRELESS MARVEL TO MAKE CINEMAS VOCAL.
the
The cinema articulate opens up immea. two, not in any sense in a spirit of before them or faire of the before he
to
War the Authorities had been
many years combine an interview with the examina tion; for in eo severe a
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that for the Higherpetition the
surable possibilities in the world of criticism, but in a spirit of helpfulness popular entertainment and of educational for the hospital itself. Secondly, my science. Almost since the invention of the moving picture attempts bave been voice will not allow me to make an ade- made to introduce a method that would quate reply, and it is out of the question.beat mon did not necessarily gain the top give the effect of making the characters Mr. Ho Kwong has said very nice things falk. All these efforts were failures, how-
For the secret of the new invention well kept up to now--we have to turn to the greatest hidden force of modern Ten ran. Won by a head, two length ecience-wireless telegraphy.
ALL HOUNDS REPRODUCED. dividing second and third.
The betting was as follows:-
4 to 1 against Callander.
places, and an interview would have been corrective to the inevitable chances of to ste if the success of this temporary an examination. It will be interesting
scheme will induce the Authorities to con tinue the plan.-E.
ever. The bearest measure of success was about the work I have done here, but I achieved by the gramophone, but these can assure you all that the work I may somewhat crude means often proved to be have done for the Chinese poor has not a source of embarrassment, for the talk
machine and the pictures rarely been entirely a work of pleasure. In my ing synchronised. This scheme was laughed inter years here I have had the great out of the trade.
benefit of having a first-class House Sur- to the hospital in a month you will geon, Dr. B. C. Wong, who has thrown
realise the enormous work that is being dono. Night and day Dr. Wong is
called himself into the work in a most hearty out, and he has never had a single day's manner; so much so, that, although I holiday all the time he has been bore.
The remark I wanted to Mr. Godfrey Isnaca managing director have not got the record at my fingers' benefit of the hospital is this, and I trusă make for the of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co- pany, states that the invention has reach ends, I can assure you that an enormous Mr. Ho Kwong will take it in the spirit ed the stage of commercial enterprise.
I offer it. I think, without doubt, that number of patients are treated in this there ought to be a second House Sar- There is no doubt whatever about its hospital during the course of the year. geon, for the Western treatment. Tha capacity to ret
all reproducc Bounds, Mr. Isaace. As you know, all the na You cannot realise the different districts hospital is getting a big name for mid- tions in the world have been engaged in from which the patients come-by dis wifery, and it is absolutely impossible to experimenting in order to produce the tricts I mean distances. They come from expect one man to do duty for seven days real thing, and at last wireless hus so
and nights a week. I wish you would complished the seemingly impossible. Canton, from Cheung Chav, and even This development is, of course, of the from places, the localities of which I do second house-surgeon. It would not coet consider the advisability of getting a
be of absolute benefit to the Com
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greatest importance to film producera. not know. The work could not possiblyuch, and I am perfectly certain that it
With re
think I hovo deserved such a
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Mr. return for my services. It in
10 to 1 against Riversboro. 100 to 7 against Sir Berkeley.
QUEEN AND THE ORDERLY.
There was an amusing incident when the Queen, accompanied by Princess Mary and Prince Albert, paid an in- formal visit to the exhibition of Canadian The spoken picture play has always boen buttle photographs at the Grafton Galle
goal at which they aimed. The one have been carried on in the manner it has munity to have another man. ries. A French-Canadian orderly held great difficulty of making the spouch of
to the presents you have given me, actor coincide with his actions has been if I had not had such splendid the gate, and when the Royal party been overcome" approached demanded tickets.
HOW
Wong. support from Dr. asked her
And the new picture will be able to Kwong's remarks would make it appear true that I have gained nothing but ex- One and
and the ging as well as speak?' Mr. Janacs Wha that the Conference approved of the pro- whereupon Prince Albert produced the
that the success of the hospital was due perience and the pleasure of giving my
services to the poor. I posed scheme, and that the Governments required amount, and the Royal visitors replied Mr. Isaacs Charlie Chaplin's Intor years, have been more in the nature of nature of the gifts you have just made
Dance ery, laugh, algh-gverything,"
certainly never to my efforts. My efforts, especially in expected to receive anything in the wore admitted. Being a zeniour The mob murdorod two British soldiers concerned be requcated to proceed forth man, the orderly followed this art by famous walking slide, a hit on the bond, supervision rather than actual work, for to me. With those fow remarks I desire
a railway amuash, the villain's sacer offering natalogues, and again the Prince
to thank the Committes and Advisory with with the nomination of their rosmilingly preduced the required amount. a man speaks or sings hin voice is photo sary for me to be present, because I could Board of the Tung Wah and Kwong Wak
everything an actor does or anye. When the simple reason that it was not necce The situation has hitherto bean 'con- presentatives on the organising Commit. When the Royal party were leaving the graphed at the same time.
absolutely depend upon Dr. Wong's skili hospitala. (Applause.) Erolled without repressive inensuros, but
galleries the French-Canadian, who had tee for the October Conference, on which learned who the visitors were tried to now animated picture will be sorored utmont regularity. The success of the hos Mr. Isasos further explained that to and rely upon his being here with the the communique concludes with a graves
the Committee were to begin work lmme right, old man," said the Prince. It ties of production are minute and the I tell you that from 1,800 to 2,500 como apologise to Prince Albert. That's all from the same roll. The netant diffoulpital is due to such to him na to me. When warning.
cost" not extravagant.”
(Continúed at foot of next columm. į
Mr. G. N. Barnes proposed a regolu to quell the disturbance was maltreated. tion, which was passed unanimously, He was rescued and firing ensued, in which several were killed and wounded.
In Abdin Square
diately.
was worth it."
busincha
words of appreciation in Chinces.
Mr. Wong Tung Kal also spoke a few
gathering set for a group photograph
After cheers for Dr. Forsyth, the Dr. Forsyth being the central Ilgure.}