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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES, THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENOT.}
RE-CONSTRUCTION.
REPORT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL...
LONDON, May 14th. The report of the Advisory Council on local re-construction states that active re- bonstruction is being carried on by the local associations in Birmingham, Bristol, Devon. Cornwall Liverpool, North and Bouth Wales and Ireland. Other nasocia tions are being formed. The report nuen. tions, as an example of the work, the Batablishment in Wales, of a Committee
in connection with agriculture; social life
in the villages, water power, and the Rural Industries Council.
THE HONGKONG DAILY, PRESS, TUKSDAY MAY 20TH, 1919.
FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM. NEWS FROM THE ARCHANGEL
FRONT.
LONDON, May 13th.
The War Office issues a statement from Archangel, dated May 19th, that the enemy artillery, though netive everywhere on the front, has been silenced by our counter-Are.
The thaw is progressing satisfactorily and the Dvina is now. free of ice. Biver transport is in full swing,"
An official letter addressed by the Amir's Commissary for Foreign Affairs, the notorious Masow Tarai, to an Afghan envoy in India, ordering him to secure the allegiance of His Majesty's Hindu and Muslim subjects is actually, in the possession of the Government of India.
The Political Agent at Ebyber is being instructed to send the Afghan Commander message to the effect that he is not
authorised to send any reply to his letter; that if Amanullah sue for peace he should address the General Officer Commanding
-LAWS OF THE AIRAN
PROBLEMS YET TO BE SOLVED.
Lord Justice. Duke presided on March 31st at a lecture given at the Inner Temple Hall, under the auspices of the Solicitors Managing Clerks Association, by Lieut. Colonel T. W. Carthew, RA.E. (Inner) Temple), on Aviation: Its part in the war; its futurs and legal prob lets
of
THE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE.
MR. FISHER ON SCIENTIFIC:
STUDIES.
development. Many of us had been cons scions of these for many rears past, basi the war had given a sharper edge to our apprehension. The development of avia tian had caused us to ask ourselves, whe Mr. H. A. L. Fisher (President of the ther we were sufficiently supplied with Board of Education) delivered an in-trained meteorologists, sesing that, portant address recently at Saddlers trained meteorologist was a necessary ad- Hall, Cheapside, under the auspices of junct to every aerodrome. The anti-süb-
Colonel Carthew said there never had been an industry of science in the history
erament in relation to education. the world which had achieved such rapid and remarkable pitch of success Lord Maror (Sir Horace, Marshall) Des that was so little known to the public sided over a large gathering. Phenomenal the past ten years.
Surveying the future, Mr. Fisher said
progress
bad been made in Ladendorf's
drive in March last year was largely ***:
the Industrial Reconstruction Council, in marine warfare had caused us to ask our which he dealt with the functions of gov selves whether we had done more than The touch the fringe of the vast, indeed almost
illimitable, subject of marine physics, whether, indeed, we had begun to under- stand the physics of the ocean. Was the
mot stretching out before as limitable vistas of new and important discoveries 1
The White Ben is not yet free ofice, operations and request hint to forward teated by the fact that General Salmon the period of organic reforms was closed physics of sound understood? Ware there
but is navigable, without any difficulty, at the mouth.
AN ALLIED ATTACK ON
PETROGRAD?
LONDON, May 13th.
his représentations to the Viceroy. "
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS,
8. May 15th.
was able to concentrate some 350 aero and no legislation which Parliament was planes in layers on the advancing Uer-likely to attempt, for the next twenty
It Wha no secret now that General
man infantreat for his Air Force years could greatly alter the fabric of our Again, we were advised that we had alto- The British representative at Kandaharu od
told him to get into com- public system of education as it had been gether failed to make proper use of the with the Genera Officer Com. left by the "Act of 1913. Even if the water-power in this country and in our
reached Chaman on „May 14th and on
the the Air Force to bring about
we had had rentration of air-powar Church schools were bought out, the res
in F France. Yet at the begin
Colonies.
In the Ease of Commons, Major the same day the Afghan Envoys from Fning of the war we suffered from the cligious grievances composed, the con- tion to hydro-engineering? Ware we pre- Wedgwood asked regarding the report of Simla reached the Afghan authorities at of light steel to make aeroplanes and
the enemy that we were preparing to I recommends the formation of a federation of Reconstruation Associa-attack Petrograd in co-operation with tions, each of which should be free from Finland, Government control.
AMERICAN
COTTON
INTERESTS. CONFERENCE BEING HELU.
NEW ORLEANS, May 13th. A conference of cotton jäterests is being held here, with a view to the organisation of an American Cotton Exports and Financing Corporation. It has been decided that the Corporation's capital will be $100,000,000..
THE SILVER MARKET.
Mr. Bonar Law replied that a
British squadron was available at Felsingfors in case of emergencies, but no such arrange
ment, as suggested, had been made. Ob viously, if anything of, the sort was con- templated,,,it would be impossible to say anything in that connection. (Cheers.)
He declined. amid cheers, to give nu understanding that Government would not be committed to an attack on Petro grad in co-operation with Finland with but the House of Commons being ac quainted of the operation, but he empha sised that no such definite proposal was
Silver is quoted at bid. and d. The at present contemplated. market is steady.
EARLIER CABLES.
CHEMICAL SCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE.
BRITISH OIL COMPANIES GENEROSITY.
LONDON, May 18th. The British Oil Companies, together. donated 200,000 guineas for the purpose of endowing a chemical school at Cam- bridge,
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
4 NEW APPOINTMENT.
Sir Philip
LONDON, May 13th: Chetwood has been appoint-
"
ALLIED WARSHIPS AT HELSINGFORS.
LONDON, May 13th. Reuter learns that the presence of Allied warships at Helsingfors is due to the appeal from Finland for protection, as Bolshevist vessels have been seen in the Baltic, and it is feared they may attack unprotected parts of the Finnish Coast
THE AFGHAN SITUATION. · CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES REQUESTED.
SIMA, May 15th. Reports indicate that in the action on
Dakka.
Orders have recently arrived at Herat from Kabul reinstating the Governor and the Commander-in-Chief, who had been
General Trenchard said to the lecturer. Do you know that in this country we greatest makes of heavy stee, goods, but cannot make light steel" We were the in the matter of light steel Germany had To-day there were open to the world such boundless possibilities in
the advantage.
Had we given enough atten
troversy with respect to the single school pared to grapple with the enormous prob area satisfactorily settled, and the whole ferns connected with the chemistry of End not the time come for the. State to make a general survey of its direct relation to the local education most pressing needs in the sphere of phy- of our elementary schools brought into food? authorities, these changes would be consical science! Was it wise to trust to paratively insignificant if viewed from the chance that particular needs would be met by private benefactions? Ought scientific departments without any refer- ence to one another or to the general in- terests of national economy. I was nice question for discussion All would agres that for every
us
imprisoned because they were members of "Aying that it was absolutely essent the educational standpoint, and frem that our universities to develop their different
the Mu Sabiban family, which is stil popularly credited with complicity in the
murder of the late Amit.
tent..
that
Aimultane in meteoro
at some of the wonders of aeroplane tele-rould to done by individual enterprise 1984, or endiversity i
stants..
or
than therefore, side
in marine physics, or departments. hydra-engineering. would be a wasteful and
unprofitable What, then, was the solution? had come to the conclusion that the gentle and indirect, pressure exercised by the distribution of the Treasury grant
those universities would,
to
be
The Mehtar of Chitral bas assured Sir no longer paid to, put too which they were accompanied, they had boration with the Secretaries o
George Room-Képpel, in spirited terms, of the devotion to the Government of him- self and his people, and their hatred of
the Afghans.
alone, in comparison with the vast ex the many and various legal problems con tension of the public scheme of education nected with Aying should be dealt with by trained minds. The development of contained in the new Act of lust read wireless telegraphy in connection with The average Englisbatan always regretted dying
had also been so remarkable that any extension of Government interfer- to found This, and simultaneous news that the public would probably be as amazedence; he took the view that if a thing Nasrulla had been found guilty at Kabul,graphy as they now were with
stenté officials. A
probably be better so done
proposal Local by ia the air. har much incensed the troops at Herat,
private Flying across the Channel was not now to extinguish all the
PTOCUR so dangerous as crossing Piccadilly on of our educational system was never likely e
reat bulk foggy day. It was probable that for some
to meet with the favour of the great who appear to be in a state bordering on
time to
Trans-oceanic come
Bights of English voters. They might, therefore, pen rebellion against the Afghan Govern
would pet become at all general
fairly assume that with the passage of by heavier than-air machines, because a
the two Acts last session-the Education pathetically, intelligentl
to fulfil its Fur- point has been arrived as in which Act and the Superannuation Act-and
in colla- the revolution in educational finance by pose, and it was his intention State for There had engines in your aeroplane.
Scotland and Ireland, to set up a commit already
been reached the point at which now fixed for some time to come the main
teo which should distribute grants to uni- the multiple engine machine was act outlines of the educational landscape
versities of the United Kingdom and likely to
be exceeded. He had the rity of a distinguished member of a large
GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES.
Ireland in the administration of which autho
He did not wish to deny that the civil aviation fem to say a tha large changes which had been accomplished would be some opportunity for giving plane of the near future would probably since he came to the Roard of Education counsel to the universities who received be a very fast four-seater machine, and had tended to increase the weight, and grant as to the particular line of develop
likely to contribute wost to the common- In this country. transit would be done. The lecturer said system of education
weal be also looked forward to the invention More money had gone to teachers both
STUDY OF GREEK. in due time of the helicoptic propeller. in the way of salary and in the Turning to the problem of the study of every- which would enable aeroplanes to rise i pension; larger grants had been pro rock, Mr. Fisher remarked. that right cp from the ground. That would cured for, the schools, secundary a body with any knowledge of our education- undoubtedly be another big step forward mentary and it had consequently been, al history, realised the great part which
made more difficult for the weaker schools, Hellenic studies had played in the foun But what was going to be the state of standing outside the state system, to com- tion of the best English minds. He bad with the schools which were thus gen-always held that the entrance to the older the ban on civil Byang, wie remodel arously assisted out of Parliamentary Universities should not and flying was
be made condi Dealing with one of the legal problems moneys. It was to be hoped also that in tional for all students upon a knowledge that
the near future it might be found pos- of Greek and be gathered that were likely to arise, Colonel Carthew sible to increase the Treasury grants to
the two pointed out that it had been laid down universities, and to give extended this great,
older Un tho had cultivated the owner of property had
of human study, with the air-space,
so much glory and profit bad now we What encouragement to scientific research in all et, ad inferor.
was directions He did not conceal from him-
to the same conclusion.
But if it
it seemed going to happen, supposing or extension of support given, to the publié made compulsory upon all students anxi- the fact that to some people any probable that Greck would no longer be plane came down and killed üve six people..
of education constituted a distinct Ordinarily speaking, these
drifting into a position the old Universities, it
ans to profit by the education offered at was pone the leas accepting an
like all monopolies, would end in of Greek should be
freely available snd that real proficiency in that study should receive an adequate reward. It would be for the Universities themselves to consider
The Khan of Teri Banau has offered bis that it would be with this that most }. Power of a public as opposed to a private ment in the pursuance of which they were
services.
The Nawab of Amir has sent his son to Sir George Robe-Keppel offering any ser- vices required. ·
The Nawab of Dir has expelled all
Afghan agents, wired congratulations on the Bagy victory and assurances of his complete loyalty.
VICEROY'S STIRRING, PROCLAMA- TION.
The Viceroy has issued a stirring, pro-
Household Troops were engaged,
Prisoners captured when Dakka was Afghanistan.”
ed Military Secretary to the War Beere occupied state that the Afghan Com- The
Lary, vice Sir Francis Davies who has. been appointed G.0.C., the Scottish Command.
CABLE RESTRICTIONS.
AT PRESENT.
LONDON, May 13th..
In the House of Commons, at questico time, Major-General Seely stated that the
mander-in-Chief, was wounded." Afghan pasunities were very heavy.
reinforced. Some fresh troops from Kandabar are believed to have reached
the spur of Baidak opposite Chaman deraj. Reports from Bannu, Waziristan and Kobat state that the situation is
Government is very desirous of, abolish-normal. ing commercial cable restrictions, but The Afghan Commander's request for a this inust depend on the issue of the pence cessation of hostilities was conveyed in negotiations.
THE IRISH PROBLEM. PREMIER WILL NOT RECEIVE
"IRISH-AMERICANS.
at Khyber. It begins
"Sir,-As regards the outbreak of war between Afghanistan and Britain, I have
benefits accruing therefrom.
17
THE AIGHT TO "AIR-ÉPACÊ,
action under Lord Justice Campbell's
-to form
gen
It refers to how Britain intervened at dustry. Abdur Rahman's request and forced Russia to stop ber oppression. Later, Britain rewarded Habibullah's loyalty to
Britain looked forward to
the honour to inform you that the Britishing was ordered throughout India,
and
so practical that
in
IQTIS
WAY.
ease. Our system of public education was
undoubtedly need
& corporate
for
sible to induce local educational authori
formidable
sound classical education. (Hear,
·FOOD ABUNDANT.
ser-
for
May 11th two battalions of the Amir's clamation by Great Britain beginning: people's administrators could start an peril. Weze educational monopoly desirable that opportunities for the study To the brave and honest people of Act for damages due to default or negli Antion there was every good rea- gence. But how were we going to prove default or negligence, when the head of son to expect that this would not be the the Pilot Steps are being taken to disseminate bis feet in Ludgate-circus? It was
be
in Picadilly and
but by many, and these were so jealous the number of scholarships reduce the Proclamation by aeroplane and other vious that many questions must neces
ily arise in
in regard to the result of of their privileges that to threaten the proficiency in the language and literature agencies.
civil Aying.
it practical for some
extinction of a local authority was to of classical antiquity and it would It is reported that detachments of The Proclamation draws attention to aircraft manufacturers say," 6d. a trip Kined. Such a multiplicity of Authoritias/ consider to what.extent it would be pos
form of insurance to be arranged encounter a vested interests they come be for the Board of Education to
by of all similar interests eagerly fund for the purpose of in Afghan troops on Paiwar Range, at the the old friendship and alliance betweenmnifying for loss of various kinds might not be the most favourable condities to
in their schemes to provide tion, for efficient progress. The distribu-secondary education adequate opporti WHY THEY CANNOT BE REMOVED. head of the Kueram Valley, have been Afghanistan and Great Britain and the if we did not approach this BDJtion of administrative authority in educaties for the prosecution of Hellenic 1 ita aspects with care much damagotion over more than 300 local authorities studies for those desirous of obtaining a might be done
to an epoch-making in But there must be no let or obstacle to the our upremacy of the air. England had real danger was that the members of hindrances
dominance of any in regard to our maintaining particular influence in education. The started and got well ahead with aircraft those bodies who controlled the local manufacture, and she must stick there.
Lord Justice Duke said that Colonel vice of education might not be sufficiently the Treaty by increasing the subsidy byterests of much fascination and had made cials, who might themselves be indifferent-
Carthew had opened up a vista of in- interested in their work, and they might CONTROLLER REVEALS A GREAT have to rely upon the advice of paid off-
SECRET." one erore of rupees.
observations
suggestions of the cials,
alive to the best educational ideas of The food position in England is im- closer greatest value in regard to aviation. But their time, and that these officials might proving. Prices are falling and sup
the law in England Was SQ well ground- develop ed and
and official interest plies are more abundant." the following letter to the Political Agent friendship after the war, but Habioblem for which it did not find a solu- of their own which might
there was no
a stub-
This statement was made on behalf ́uf“. bullah was murdered. Britain was filled tien. He had little doubt that its prac born tradition
the free development of
McCurdy, M.P., Parliamentary Secre with horror and grief, and public mourn.ticability could be applied to aviation. life in the the Food Controller by Mr. C. A
With
not deny that under our modern system, tary to the Ministry of Food, st the dropping out of parts where the members of the education regard to the
passengers-from Aeroplanes heer really did not feel any anxiety as to the mittee were not elected on direct educa- National Liberal Club luncheon attitude of the courts, and was certain tional grounds, that there was special prime Lecurities of lile," he said, and
these committees that they would find a satisfactory need that the work of answer at least so far as the plaintiffs should be made as attractive as possible there is a distinct tendency towards re-
The new Act would indeed largely fail duction of prices in every commodity. in it purpose unless it
Esupported were concerned.. (Laughter.)
by all the voluntary agencies, whatever might be their
religious and social, com- plexion, which might be brought to bear upon the improvement of the moral, pby cal, and intellectual condition of our
"I am glad to be able to tell you,** young people. The education. The
again, there was the said Mr. McCurdy, that we have pow Bir Dyce Duckworth presided at an great sphere of
arranged to send 100,000 tons of potatoes xhibition of photographs illustrative of movement hitherto had been entirely to Germany... We are also sending 30,000 Church Army work in, Mesopotamia, which voluntary, supported by private mal tons of bacon and lard...I will tell you, was held by invitation of the Duchess of ficence. It was a movement for which
as a great secret, that we have I ŽICAL Somerset at the clian Hall recently there was a great future, and though it deal more bagon than we know what to
He referred to Church Army work on was true that Government grants were the various fronts during the war, and already playing some part in the develop do with You will also be glad to know said that there was work to be done now ment of such movements as the Workers that we are being paid in gold for the
hapon and potatoes an Educational Association, these grants which wong young troops on the Rhine,"
BUGAR MAY, CONT MORE.' not, be assumed, be without in would always play, in his judgment, a fluence upon the German people. I subordinate part They must look to
In the House" of Lords” the Earf of Great Britain the Church Army proposed rolunteer teachers, volunteer benefactors,
on the financial- transactions of the run on similar lines to the
ADVANCE OF SCIENCE, C raising
the standar With then it had bec¤ ̧ of Chris Again,
Very bencăcial | Sugar operations to date show a ianity and
our educational
that the observances religious
margin of profit sufficient to enable people who could not be among part of our
finiversities-in
Were How the maintenance of the present prices not be reached
the highest which: “bre substantially: below theher the pulpit.
forms of of decay of were many signs of
were free and untram-
prices that will have to be charged for was no real danger of ser ng and carelessness of morsi- melled,
"sugar coming, in during the rest of the When they heard of rility in the lower stages
our fof educa
year if it is to be sold without los le faces and points as went tonal fabric. We
however, reached This statement formed part o Africanavar held in London drawing it had besotiser elens that the reply to Viscount Chaplin, who
An unutar a development
PARIS, May 13th.
officers commenced an unlawful war with- If the peoples of Afghanistan help Mr. Lloyd George has decided not to out any declaration of war on any side, Amanulla in his mad course, they will only receive the Irish-American delegates when and by this aggressive step inflicted heavy rain themselves. The futility of the losses on the civil population and the ambitions of the ill-starred youth had they return to Paris.
Colonel House, who promised to endra-y of Afghanistan, by throwing bombe already been shown by the Army at Dakka
from aeroplanes.
being forced to flight and the guns being am informed by His Majesty the captured by the advance guard of the King of the independent kingdom of vast Army Britain is assembling. Afghanistan, that. His Majesty has re
Will the peoples allow a youth false to ceived letter from the Viceroy of India, the memory of his martyred father to and, in consequence of that, am ordered bring calamity on the brave peoples of to suspend the war, unlawfully be Afghanistan, rain traders, debar families gun, by your side, until further order. from clothes, necessaries and comforta of
"You are accordingly informed that the life, and camels from grazing 1
Your to arrange such an interview; bas decided, owing to the nature of the Irish American activities in Ireland, not to act as an intermediary.
THE PEACE TREATY... GERMAN COUNTER-PHOPOSALS.
PARIS, -May-13th... The Germans are preparing a counter? proposal as regards the Baar Valley, and are re-opening the question of orst dia cussions at least with the experts of the various Commissions.
THE EX KAISER.
THE QUESTION OF HIS EXTRADITION.
"
THE HOU, May 13th
DEGRADED MORALS.. WILD DANCES AND HIDEOUS CLOTHES.
We have abundant supplies of the
"The problem of feeding not merely our enemics, but our Alice and friends and neutrals in Europe, is an urgent one which is. great tax on the reserves of the Allies.
14
Crawford, speaking for the Government
war has been suspended until a final Britain desires to see Afghanistan again | to cover the country with social centres to cover the vast field of education Ministry of Food, suid
decision has been reached by correspon- peaceful, prosperous, free and indepen object of dence between his Afghan Majesty and dent, under a wise Amir,
His Excellency the Viceroy?!
...
The Proclamation "concludes:
The impertinence of this letter is only God help the Afghan people to take the execeded by its unblushing mendacity, for the Amir's violation of British territory,
which precipitated hostilities, was c tirely wanton, unprovoked and deliberate, Dags before the actual outbreak of hos
right path speedily!-Chelmsford "
INDIAN FRONTIER CROSSED.
the
cer priest from the
when they observed the hideous t
asked for a profit and lose accounti
Sharandfics of dress among young Aversities would be compelled to accop Ministry since its inception.*
people, the want of discipling
among ad witherto been accorded to them. Thehe Food Controller issued
larger measure of Blate assistance than
new studie 44, contra-distinguished from
TEA AND CANNED MILE RELEA
A large body of Afghans grossed this children, and sang all claw
SWATER ST on without a
large outlay Hedi 24th and cocoa butter from March 17
LONDON, May 18th
It is offcially stated that the National tilities, the Amir had been gudenvouring Indian Frontier near Khyber Pass Ther Awe report, cable on May 11th is a to food India with inflammatory litera | were dispersed by British forces with pare invention. The extradition of the turn, and send emissaries into India to neroplanes at Landi Kotal on the th, but ex Hauser at preapot, comorns only the stir up disaffection against the British remain in positions in the neighbour Carríki Government wand the Entente. Government.
Hood di
of the Lord's Day, these were indications that the marad, of land had become
prayers, he feared, had quite Lashion. What was required were
the older
could not be humanities
ried!
nouncement releasing tea from
mins was expect vas applied science in all The effect of revocation of canet
en it forms was still expensive, and mean densed milk orders, is that alter
ith the courage of their conviction to write the Blate on its side was becoming alst canned condensed milk will be sold call attention to thờng things and raise (increasingly conscious" of its needs in bare free of control except that the maxim the standard of Chrissanity in our lane), tain very important branches of scientiñó · retail price is retained