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CABLES.
LATEST TABLES. « THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.] GAMBLING IN, FRANCE.
NEW SYSTEM TO BE EVOLVED Puis, May Sird
"A"Havns message
The Minister of the interior, 'in' the French Senate, said that the Lloverament could not take the responsibility of allow. ing the resumption of gambling in casinos until Parkashens had stablished a new system!
THE PEACE TREATY. GERMAN THEFTS OF CATTLE. BRUSSELS, May 22nd. As regards the German protests against the stipflation in the Treaty that they shull restore 120.000 cütle and horses to Belgium, official figures show that the Germans stole, Frond "Belgian, 2,630 animals, including 92141 horses and, 560,46% catcher...
NON PUBLICATION OF FUEE TEE TERMS,
PARIS, May Brd.
A Davis message says t Reply izin to the lairuan of the French +lemenceau Budget Commission, M. expressed regret that he could not un manit the full text of the pener térnas pointing out that there could not be a Treaty of Pears nntil it had been signed. This pain of view was shared by all the Allied, and Assurinted (uvernments.
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EARLIER CABLES. ALLIED REFY TO BERMAN NOTE
Loxos. May ad In the yout of their reply to the German Note the Allies say that the German Note serially complains of the
of the coalf»ll but does not notice. that a fourth of the prewar consumption was within the territories Being trans bernek
The Sute, further, does not arab for the subungan tutsaf lignites pane of which is derived from these territories.,* Auping the must wanton acts of davis tation gerpetrated by the thermans was the almost complete destruction of the real supplies in Northern Franer, oblite rating die entire industry with calgulated Anyngery, the result of which was a grave, 1 blonged, shortage of coat."
The Allies are not, able to accept the Note's speculative estimate of the future conditions of German industry. As a whole, the estimate is vitiated by pale able exaggerations.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 30гн. 1919.
FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM. BRITISH VICTORY IN MURMANSK DISTRICT.
LONDON, May 23rd, As a canawniqué, from - Murmansk General Magnard reports the capture of Medvy jagora, after a series of actions with the enemy's rearguard, During the retirement, the enemy suffered severely.
Captured documents show that g unrelenting advance was aftermined the enemy's wornlé.
FIGHTING IN NORTHERN INDIA.
ENEMY RETIRING FROM JALLALABAD,
SEMA, May 2uth. Aeroplanes repert that large number of the ensiny are cetiring, westwards, -between. Jalalabad d Kabul. It is re ported that stares and sunnitions are being moved from Ballilatval to Ganamak.
Tirah is quies Bicod reporta regarding the Afridis have been received. The at- We have now oretpied the heights sur
titude of the Mcbmands, in spite of the rounding My jyuzern,
Owing to the rapidity of our advanco | strain on their loyalty by the presence of the enemy only slightly damaged the Afghan troops and leading Mullahs in piers, wharvis, railway workshops and their country, is excellent. buildings of the town.
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TURKEY, OTTOMAN SOVEREIGNTY 70 BE MAINTAINED
Pitts, May rd. The Council of Five daily consider Tine Fückighafinirs.
The tirent Powers "nt present incline
the viewpoint that Ottoman sovereignty should be maintained over predominantly Turkish part of the in teor of Asia Minor.
The new Turkish Government would be placed under the guardianship of a selected Rawer, who would supervise the public debt, administration, and finan cial, and summercial rights of foreigners in the area under Turkish sovereignty.
Meanwhile, the United States has not shown' great willingness to accept n mandate over any, part of Turkey.
MANDATES.
PALESTINE UNDER BRITISH INFLUENCE.
PARIS. May 23rd.
It is expected that the mandate over Mesopotamin will, go to. Britain, and over Seria to France, and that Palestine" will become a Jewish State under British influence.
It is generally desired that the United States accept the Armenian mandate
For predominantly tireek regions on the Asia Minor Ccast, it is suggested that firecce should become the Munda- tory. with specially defined rights.
FRANCO-ITALIAN AMITY,
THOROUGH' POLITICAL UNION URGED.
PARIS, May 1st.
ANOTHER BRITISH VICTORY. On May gird the Chitral Scouts' and the Metar Bodyguard co-operated. on movable column attacking the Afghan res gulars and tribesmen, and holding a line on the Hashgul River. We gained all our objectives.o
The enemy Red towards Amuar, leaving four, unns and a large number of arms and stores in our hands.
Their dead are estimated at 230. Qar casualties are comparatively slight. The Chitral Syouts who suffered most heavily had only eight killed and 23 wounded.
This is the second 'action in which the Chritralia fought well,
The Dakka front is quiet. Nothing else is gported.
STRANGE DOINGS AT JALLALABAD,
Sim, May Auth Route's special correspondent" at Peshawar, telegraphing yesterday, states: Strange, stories, since confirmed, have reached Dakka of happenings at Jallala bad, where thousands of tribesmen, in- cluding 2000 Tirah Afridis collected under pretence of a response to the Amir: recruiting proclamation.
ON THE KHYBER FRONT.
SIME, May 9th.
correspondent
"Reuter's "special Peshawar states:
at
British ROSIES, followed by British rupees, had a wonderful feet in the evenpied territories on the Khyber front. The local suntry, who first fed, are fast returning and are hasy with almost reerd harvest supplies. Arriving freely
ENGLAND'S NEW AIRSHIP. THREE HOURS' CRUISE OVER YORKSHIRE.
The giant airship, the R33, built for the Royal Air Force by Messrs, Artastrong,
Works, Ave miles from Selly, had a Whitworth, & Co. at the Barlow Asistion
splendid trial trip on March 6th.
taken
NO MIDDLEMEN.
A FARMERS' EXPERIMENT IN
כן
NORTH DAKOTA.
[ 3. W. T. MASON.
While many experiments in radical Socialism are stampeding Europe, tha fugners of North Dakota, America's great grain State, are taking the hit in The day broke bright and frosty, and
their teeth, to, and are galloping off the mist over the plain was
not had enough to hinder dying. A different surt
to pastures of public ownership amid the the pengants unively say that if we proof weather was reported to be on the way, startled, surprise of the rest of the Be but there was an interval of several houPN,
ut and public mised not to tax them they would in which the ship was
Four "Sears ago North Dakota demanis tested nnst made mug again. She is re welcome British rule.
Meanwhile, prac ported to base behaved thoroughly welled that the Legislature build a State owned terminal grain elevator for the rospects. reigns on all fronts..
The erasing ground for the pures of breaking the grip of the out- The The Feast of Ramzan, which coninces belief that this is the airship with which side distributors and middlemen,
the Admiralty
dmiralty will attempt the Atlantic Legislature, in obedience to the old-time Farmers had always done as on May 1st, will prevent the enemy from fight later in the year. It is now ander political machines sat stili met did stood that the"} work of fitting the extra
were told in the past: why not now? atrol tanks will be began before she th
But somehow, the war fever get into the people of North Dakota. Also, thera anally leaves the constructors' sheil,
The setting out of the great ship was
was a man in the State named Arthur C. ithout ceremony. There was no baptis
71784 Townley,
person, hitherto and unknown, sudd
ww, suddenly develop spicious in champagne, and no formality of gising Toy the craft her number, in li of a name. Statele she was led out in a silent
actively fighting.
During the recent 6ghting, bombs were freely need in turning out gunners from their shelters, and clearing the beans of
the bill. Doubtless, bombs will by the men and wogen whose organised whit
essential weapons in future intain' warfare.
SIGNS OF TRIBAL ACTIVITY. SIMIA, May th Reuter's spreial correspondeft Weshawar, telegraphing today, "Atas A
eil traits of spontaneous leadership." He.
known as the
Not IN
He rallied the farm-
North Dakota
TRULY RURAL North Dakota
tutal population has a of about The State has no manu facturing industries. It is wholly rural. with scattered villages noe having a povulation earreding 20,000.
and brains had built her holding partisan Feague." the long ropes that were the craft's lasters to the league, and Arthur C. Townley shes in the earth. They marchel ahead and the Non-partisan League are now the and on either hand in extended lines, they dictators of
and ministerin attendants
nduring their acolytes of the object of
There was something aliest as reverence.
religious, as well as, esultant. in their demeanour, as though they were taking in the joyful rites of same great stival. They were bringing their band- work to judgment, and pride and con
which thes marched
The Dakka front is quist. Gneral
Nadir Khan, who has arrived at Matan, is now beginning to show signs of activity mixed forer of Khost tribes.
den were
the notes
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AN IMPRESSIVE START. The preparations had began an hour before. The rolling hack of the im
without
to a width of
States
An
Since there are un complex cross curs rents of life within the State, the co operation of all citizens for their own muteal benefit has been easy. The Legis lature and the State officials, have become subordinates of the Nup-partisan Lengue, and
as such North Dakota has started a mer and Afghan regulars advanced down
casier and richer for the agriculturists.
Suite- with each section 175 tuns in weight tok the Kaito River and Pressed our borders built in four cetions, it high, vast series of experiments to make life-
State oward Forty en matined
grain, elevators, a dwned bank. State os ned
hilla in the direction of Spinwam. Our small over half an hour.
the winches of every section, and sind; and, building and luan associations, a frontier post there has been safely with
inch by inch, Paddin
un the muddy State-owned newspaper, or rather, onu noise, Satmetimes
owned by the Non-partisan League. "are drawn.
rails, the door par
Parted
some of the ventures under way. Constitution, permitting North Dakota fort above the ground, glue the more air was free of the skin to the
been and a Gummission has red hearts of the white and blus rings of to engage in any industrial enterprise it the nationality mark, more than anything pleas
which created to inquire into what industries else Herterve such as those at wh
the interior of the the State may enter with profit. vast shed the white square of day shining It is all being done for the sule benefit at the end was like the screen of a colossal of the farmers. For instance, the farms projected A bit of the bronze total of £60.000.000. The average rate of in along with the light, and it set interest paid on the mortgages is between these, which the airship would pre-of North Dakota are mortgaged for a trembling in the outer covering of eight and aine per cent. The new State the blue-grey shapes & quiver like that bank will loan the farmers money at six which through the Besh of a pervoo per cent with which to take up these mortgames. This will mean an annual of living thing.
hallow
saving aion for the farmers of uver £1,500,000 per year in interest, or nearly
Similar measures will been taken un2401k, and the in the rentre, so ordnendient had been made to the Stato
exposed posts in the Upper Tochi, which are liable to attack should a tribal rising eventuate on the Khost or Birmal border. Spur Alxhan Khostwal Lashwars are reported as taking up positions on the right bank of Kurram River.
archers shoot. From regular troops. with
The General Officer Commanding the capture Baluchistan reports
Baldai Fort.
CABLE
un
"wice" sounded-through a megal travelling into distance as
phone, "distinct, but low: It was a calf £20 per farm
whisper.
It is stated that the Amir promised FAR EASTERN NEWS. them arms and ammunitions, but their real object was to foot "Jailiabad like
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.] Dakka.
CHINA AND THE PEACE TREATY
PARIS May Bard. A Havas message says:-
the Chinese Dr. Wellington Koo, Delegate at the Peace Conference, sought voler,
The attitude of the Afridis and others
so truculent that the Governor of Julialabad "vasively replied to their demand for arms, and 'doled out a fow rounds of ammunition. The Affidis next
claimed rations and subsistence allow the support of the American Commission the air, a lively. fussy. inued fruin
hoines o
IN REAL EARNEST:
help
to the attendant servants of the ship to lower her. Four hamtred pairs of hands For every halfpenny per bushel which the State owned grain elevators and mila aid hold upon the Kus, and with steady pressure brought her down. So tiulliver can save the farmers, the total saving
The was held down by the Lilliputians. per harvest will be 8500,000. The State- weights that served for anchors were operated building and loan societies are released, the mooring ropes let go, and the prepared to finance the erection of £1.000 payment of £200, the on an initial ship's baoyaney was tried for a second. It was a little too great, and sand hallast balance to be paid off in the form of was put in. Then came another trial of what is now an average rental,
in various other wage the State fior- the lift. and after that a megaphone qnment expects to
all was
the people. A sas clear tion as to whether The stern of the ship being farther in commission has been busy ordering rate the transportation lines the shadowy deaths of the shed, the reductions on immediate. reply from a thin far-away within the State, and encouragement has
We are all dear aft
wen given the farmers to open bank accounts instead of hoarding their At this moment a visitor
little money, through law guaranteeing the The farmers of North Dakota declare thing. dipping, rising, suvning, and rol safety of bank deposits. ing, and by many gambols expressing its
they are determined to eliminate, as far share in the glad feelings of the huur. It was the SST 9 that had come over as possible, the middlemen, and though with the god wishes of the Howden Arro making more money themselves, reduce drome, and after making, many emtsies
There are various predictions of dis- ground while the impressive events of the aster for this experimens in American day went forward.
agricultural life: but it is unsafe to Everything was ous prepared. The count on the farmers failing to make accidental" ill-humour of the and Kabul as State guests. The Afridis. Italian people in connection with the and others, ripe for mischief, returned FRANCO-JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP. quietly jubilant people holding the long goud. They are deadly in earnest. And tow ropes were in their places, and at to meet the extra cost of Government, the order to walk ahead the immense they have imposed on themselves a Stat The reply refutes the German assertion slow management of the Adriatic ques gullenly to the bazaar.
structure above them was set in motion Income tax, in addition to the Federal it Hoated as steadily as a cloud, needing Income-tax:--Daily Express. The future of Europe almost de- that the race conditions will logically tion.
scarcely any drawing, and the procession went involve the destruction of several million pends on the good understanding Be- of Germass, pointing out that the Allies tween, and the faithful friendship of, sustained for greater losses, due to the these two great. Latin nations. German initiative and their conduct of
A. Havas message saya¦-- French newspapers arge the absolute There is no reason why the Germans necessity of a thorough pulitical union
whoi
ance, and, when refused, insolently said that the Amir was breaking the tradi- tions of Afghan hospitality.
They asserted that previous Amirs had
to permit China to sign the Peace Treaty with a reservation regarding the allot -ment of the Shantung to Japan:
The United States, it is believed, will
were responsible for the war, should between Frince and Italy, in spite of treated the tribesmen visiting Jallalabad back the Chinese on this point against it ententedly retired into the back.riers to the ultimate consumers.
hot also suffer from the wide-spread economic disaster produced by the war.
ihe, war.
GERMANS DISCUSS THEIR COUNTER-PROPOSALS.
BERLIN, May 22nd.
"Herr Scheidemian, accompanied by Herr Dernburg Herr Erzberger and Count Bernstorff, has gone to Spa to 'meet. tho Gorman delegation from Versailles and decide the final wording of the German counter-proposals.
ALLIES WILL NOT BE DRAWN INTO MATCH AT CASUUSTRY.
PARIS, May 21st.
the
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FRENCH FOOD PROBLEM.
BREAD TICKETS ABOLISHED.
PARIS, May 21st.
A Havus messuge says:--- Bread tickets will not be distributed for June.
It has been decided by the French Minister of Supplies that sugar will con- tinue to be supplied in exchange for a
coppon,
-"
CRICKET AT HOME. ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN VICTORY.
LONDON, May 23rl. The Australians beat Cambridge. Uni-
CEREMONIAL PARADE DISTURBED. Next morning a ceremonial parade c£ troops was beld, and was bombed by our.. airmed. As the bombe dropped, the troops broke the line and ran into cover. The
movement was misinterpreted, and the cry reached the hazaar that the regulars were evacuating the town. Padic fol lowed, affording an opportunity to the Afridis and others to loot the bazaar.
the other big Powers.
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PARIS, May 23rd.
Doumer. Marquis Sanniji, and Baron
Matsui,
M. Doumer pointed to France's grati tude for Japanese war aid, emphasising the big prospects of the economic Future of French and Japanese co-operation.
CANTUN NEWS.
IEMY VERBI79.
along without all or check till the tail of the ship was clear of the shed,
The
Th
the and drifted:
"
to gain an extra bit of space for
mancauvres,
She came
A Havas message saya- An important meeting in favour of Franco-Japanese friendship took place at the Sorbonne, the Chairmen being Mand the head was level with the extreme she turned in order to arrive on the minutes walk. airship's head was wind she reappeared, and gradually us end of the wind screen. It was a three aviation ground with her head us the held up to the wind, while the tail was sumed ter proper shape and proportions, slewed round. The wind was light, and slanting down with just enough way on not to prevent the wind turning her broad- the strain of holding the ship was
wards had voluntered help the men.
to beyond the strength of the womer who side on and sometimes drifting back-
moment for letting gall holds had her
ime gently to within a hundred come Bells rang from the coinmander's
ar into the other g
A feet of the ground, and then threw out
bugle Bounded. All bands
awas, and ropes to the landing party. The stronger her own mistress at last, rose breeze rippled along her covering, and Gradually away heartily cheered under the restraint of the ropes whe Rently The engines were started, and the airship gracefully ruse and dipped.
she was hauled lower, till men could grasp was brought under the pilot's control the handrails at the bottom of the fore Private houses, Government stores, the
CANTON, May 23th.
It sailed into the west at a height of
of a
she con- barracks and officials residences were
and clearly eatlined and the aft gondolas, and as thousand feet, The Peking Government has decided to against the sky were the head and should- tinued bowing in the wind these men were attacked and burnt. The Afghan troops
He was there to observe continuously the times brought to their bended knees. The filed on the mob who retired unperseed, take over all of the enemy vessels which era of a man in the aft gua position. sometimes lifted in the air, and some had been interned owing to the war. action of the rudder and the tail plance entry into the shed was made in the the Afridis returning to their homes The largest vessels will be added to the as they were operated by the commander reverse way to the exit: the ship was
backed in tail first; and, without dif 670ft away. loaded with loot. Exaggerated stories of
navy and the smaller boats used for The doors of the shed had been opened culty, as it seemed, she was brought safely the loot are spreading on the frontier commercial
The Canton by 10.35 The ship was free in the air into her harbour.
The tranquillity of bet factory on all points.
The trial is said to have been satis. Colonel Hicks commander. Major and will undoubtedly incite & fresh Authorities, being requested to give its sit for the noise of the engines seem
opinion on the matter, has expressed its ed no part of her, but something detached was the trial of the ship, was also
Thomas, the captain horde to pour into Jallalabad.
along with Captain Letham, sailed there, a Reports have been received from the intention of selling the German gunboat was wonderfully beautiful, but as she
tenant James,
The the chief engineer. upper Mohmand country of "the retire. Tringtas which had been interned, in overhanging. 5 dark shadow against the Lieutenant Hooley, and rond hiem
brance that it was craft like this that sa
The only passenger was Mr. H. H. often came from across the sea for mar-namber of the crew was 23, der by night
hours, moving in a circle between works, who said afterwards that if every
the ship Doncaster, Leeds, and York,, and covers thing had been favourable three hour, remained in the air almost Golightly, the manager of the Barlow ing altogether n dist
distance of about 128 bave kept the air for three hours, so that miles. She was in wireless telephonic the in the weather had only
ed the!
Hight by 13 minutes. We added to a thousand feet, and communication with the ground, all the
ahead at about three-quarters speed. sage that the wind was likel: to increase, time, and about 1 o'clock received a mes
trial when nearing The aspect of the sky had already begun making between 45 to 30 miles an hour.
full-speed We had a along, and the wind was freshening then I think we wer
Heavy clouds were coming
wer 60 miles an hour at an allituda little.
Passing over Barlow on her third cir- of 2,000 feet. I think it will be found
the cruising
speed will be somewhere.. 80 knots. Chan Ping-kwan, the Civil Governor of she was going to land. The electric dots seases a souvenir of the engagement be tion, causing. fires, Simultaneously, a
tween the hent and the Nurnberg in the arsenal at Kabul makes it imperative that Kwangsi, arrived at Macao on the 24th and dashes shone like pins on a black machinery, the steering gear, the different Chan was met by a guard of cushion of cloud, which the ship herself controls, and the trimming of the ship the ran into and was lost for a time While were all tested, and the results were quite tidal wave occurred which lasted for ten
form of a battered steara pipe recently such an answer shall be a real appeal for inst
bonour and was welcomed "by minutes, causing great
(Continued at foot of next colunin.). up to our expectations.” presented to the Hongkong Club by the
Governor of Macao, officers of the Aent. There were numerous victim.
versity by an innings and 239 raus.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, May 23rd. Bilver is at 51d. buyers and sellers. The market is steady.
purpose.
The
at
A Havas message says Referring to the Note of the German Delegation, Paris circles state that the Allies are not to be beguiled into a match at casuistry at the discovery that Ger-
Canton since the outbreak of the war. many is not repentant and has learnt
ment of Jan Badshah's Afghan regulars.
The boat is built of steel. The engines Tenders nothing from her defeat. A draw in
The evacuation of Jallalabad in very' were destroyed by the crews. such a, match might mean the Blackening
probable, if it has not already happened. will shortly be invited for the purchase -of the boads of alliance. The Allies
The chief authority in Afghanistan DPUTE OVER ENEMY PROPERTY..
When the officials sent by the authori have no differences in regard to the in-
Capt. J. D. Allen, C.B., R.N., who commanded H. M. gente Battle to-day is not the Amir, but Baleties went to take over the Chung Tak position of the terms on Germany.
of the Falklands on December 8th, 1814, Mobinmed, the Chief Commander, who School, they were refused admittance by
which was designed for
the German teacher. The authorities are STROMBOLI IN, ERUPTION.
23, knots, caught the Nurnberg which will probably dictate the answer to TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION CAUSED, went 24 knots, and sank her, has been General Barrett's reply to the Afghan Dow repenting that they did not deport to change,
appointed to the cruiser Rozbargh, Allen was also prosent at the
Hoyz, May 22nd... Stromboli bas gone into violent erup-
destruction.
this teacher..
the readen, near Juan Herderoposals for the Armistice. The fact THE IWANGHI CIVIL GOVERNOR
went
that
vessel answers
on March 14th, 1915. The Colony pos- that our airmen have blown up the T a message from Mesostates that suit the airship flushed the signal that ders and elevators beaubfüllye
prace.
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