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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
MR. LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS ITS OBJECTSTM IN PARLIAMENT.
'TRADE PROSPECTS IN RUSSIA : UNITED STATES PROPOSES SENDING COMMISSION.
LIVERPOOL DOCKERS' THREAT: RELEASE OF SINN FEINERS DEMANDED.
SHIPPING MINISTRY DEFICIT
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
LONDON, April 29th.
SATURDAY, MAY 1ST. 1920.
SHELL SHOCK INQUIRY.
DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE
PROPOSED.
LONDON, April 29th.
to include the infliction" of death penalty | on charge of cowardice,
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EXCESS PROFITS · DUTY.
MOTION FOR REJECTION DEFEATED.
Loynoy, April 29th. In the "House of Commons, Mr. Ferrell
Duty.
Idout. Col. the Hoa Gay Wilh Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry the House of Lords," Lord South- of Shipping, in a statement regarding the borough moved for the appointment of a MANCE SE departmental committes to investigate Appropriation Account, says that the different kinds of shellshock-the enquiry oved the rejection of the Excess Profits called defois represents the amount
Mr. Chamberlain emphasised that, al drawn from the Vote of Credit and rests
though he was willing to consider an alter- on the expenditure met from the 'earning. Lord Horne, speaking in the capacity native, it was his duty while trade was A remarkable thing in the Shipping Con of a General, supported the suggestion, prosperous to make a real effort to reduce troller's opinion is that the amount for and expressed the opinion that if there the vast debt which was embarassing com which the Ministry had to sak the Vote was any napicion that a crime committed merce and was a potential danger to the of Credit was so amail This £100,000,000 might be due to shellshock the Court credit of the country. There was nothing Martial sentenes should not be confirmed at present more important, owing to our comprise, speaking broadly, the entire et until the accused had been under medical dependence on overseas supplies of food cost for the year ended March 31st, 1919, observation for a sufficient time to ascer discussed will be, first, disarmament, then (the year of the war and demobilisation) tain whether his mental balance bad been reparation," then the Army of Occupation of the transportation of British armies, affected.
Viscount Peel, feplying pointed out that THE SAN REMO CONFERENCE / The Allies have agreed that war weapons stores and munitions to and from all thea-
must be destroyed.. A British officer in tres, the carriage of munitions from Martial in such cases. A medien adviser extreme care was exercised by a Court Germany charged with the destruction of abroad, all the merchant tonnage provided
"was always included if there was ^n... sug- faithfully accounted for all guns.
building, ship purchase and contracts at The Government was of opinion that great home and abroad.
advantages might be obtained from the pro- posed inquiry. Many nervous and mental
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MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S STATEMENT
IN PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, April 29th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd
• George, who was warmly cheered, said that
be conference at San Remo was
00-
credit should stand high, especially to
and raw materials, than that international
wards America. He was content to let the Budget be judged by the verdict of in-
aimed at our standing again in the very formed American opinion, "The Budget
BRITISH WAR PRISONERS.
OVER 200 NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN GERMANY.
LONDON, April 28th: In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill stated that the British Military Mission in Berlin bad reported that there were only 229 prisoners in Germany still
unaccounted for at the time the mission'a enquiry closed.
İN TURKEY, D.
records of the death of British prisoners No similar body was searching for the in Turkey. The list of prisoners un- Turkish Government. accounted for had been presented to the Statements refer- ring to a few men bad been received. that the Turkish records were so imperfec that there was practically no chance of obtaining further information....
GERMANY.
These were of small value, and he feared
SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY AT
STETTIN.
BERLIN, April 28th. The Entente Control Commission dis-
and industrial nation.
barges fully laden with infantry and The motion was defeated by 997 voles demand, the barges were seized by the artillery ammunition. On the Entente's
Police.
weapons has reported that Germany, has for the use of the Navy, standard ship" gestion of any mental or nervous disorder front line as a great financial, commercial covered, at Stettin, 286 guns and sixteen
But the greatest difficulty, was being experienced with rifles, owing to the men 205 surrendering them. It is understood doubtedly the most remarkable since the that the real difficulty was that the Ger Government did not command Armistice. Before the conference, mis man understandings were serious enough. They authority. The soldiers defy them. But | F
This is not excess expenditure over the
estimate, but excess expenditure over the conditions encountered were entirely new to medical officers, The connection be earnings. The Ministry, like all War De partments, is fiasood, as regards warlike tween the forms of disease met with curing Ron-remunerative operations, from the war and civil life was very close. The Yotes of Credit, The Controller further experience gained during the war might
I had been made grase by deliberate fer- the greatest difficulty is that we are deal thinks it right to state that most, if not be of great value in other fields. The
ing with a broken-backed people who does not command its will. It actions are con- vulsive. It has command of speech; that' about all There is famine in the land.
It was essential that we get the German
guns and aeroplanes.
menting by, very reckless persons, but the eky was again clear. All the principals were pleased with the results, because misunderstandings had been removed and suspicions dispelled. The disagreement bad solely arisen as regards the Buhr.
Mr. Lloyd George emphasised that the whole dispute was whether Allied or Ger- man troops should suppress the Ruhr trouble The Allies, except France, advocated the latter alternative with a time-limit for the withdrawal of the Ger-posals for payment. man roops, failing which the occupation
--of any
German town would have followed as a guarantee. It was also proposed that Allied officers should accompany the Ger man troops, in order to see that the specified, numbers were not exceeded and that their methods were not too stern or "vindictive. He emphasised that the differ- chce was now entirely cleared up. The Germans had been informed that as soon as the troops in the Ruhr Valley were zeduced to the numbers permitted by the Allies in their letter of August 8th, the French troops would withdraw from Frankfort and Darmstadt. The statement that French troops will not withdraw until Germany had disarmed and Zertain other causes of the Treaty had been: en- forced was in no way accurate.
Mr. Lloyd George regarded that the removal of misunderstandings had placed the alliance on a firmer basis than ever.— (Cheers).The French undoubtedly be- lieved that Great Britain did not mean to enforce the Trasty, especially as re- garde reparation and disarmament.
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A regards reparations be recognised that Germany cannot pay at present, but it was necessary that she should abandon the exasperating attitude of evading nascasment of liabilities and submit pro
The Premier emphasised that the Allies were not going to Spa on May 25th to discuss abstruse questions. Germany but make definite proposals which would receive the fairest and impartial con- sideration. The time-limit of four months, after the signature of the Treaty, conceded to Germany in which to submit concrete proposals for the settlement of ber liabilities had already lapsed
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE-
"POWERS LEAVE.
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all, of the to which Всед
called works undertaken
to
·Colonel Wilson adds that the Select
particular transactions
War Office was glad to accept the view much attention has that a departmental committed should be are represented by appointed.. t might be wise to have a help in the mixed committee, including among it mem- prosecution of the war. It was only whether with expert knowledge and in view the war ceased that the duty of liquidating of the disciplinary side of the inquiry a them devolved on the Ministry of Shipwyer, and perhaps a soldier.
The motion was adopted. ping."
THOUSAND GUINEAS Committee on National Expenditure closer TWO ly investigated the work of the Ministry last session, giving particular attention to these transactions. Its verdict was that the work of the Ministry of Shipping was performed with remarkable efficiency. POLISH OFFENSIVE AGAINST BOLSHEVIKS,
REPORT OF OVERWHELMING
VICTORY.
WARSAW, April 29th. An official statement says that after se pulsing desperate Bolshevik attacks for six weeks, the Poles, commanded by General Pilsudiki, started a general offen- eive on the Volhynia-Podolia front on Sax Rexo, April 26th.
April 25th, captured important places and The Foreign Missions have departe pursued the enemy to Jitomir where an There was most cordial leave-taking be- infantry and a cavalry division were com- tween the British, French and Italian re-pletely defeated: Much booty was taken, presentatives.
including 160 locomotives, and 2,000 rail- way carriages. A number of prisoners were taken. Fighting continues. UNITED STATES COMMISSION. FOR RESUMPTION OF TRADE WITH
"SPA CONFERENCE GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S STATUS.
LONDON, April 28th.
It is reported from San Remo that, con- versing with Italian journaliste, Mr. Lloyd George stated that the German Chancellor
RUSSIA
WON BY TETRATEMA.
LONDON, April 29th. The following is the result of the Two Thousand Guineas :--
Tetratema Allenbyg Paragon
2
3
Seventeen ran. Won by half a length; throm lengths between second and third.
to 75.
..17
Chamberlain intimating that co-operative The Corporation Tax was adopted, Mr.
dividends were exempted from the tax.
UNREST "IN IRELAND.
LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW DOCKERS THREAT.
LONDON, April 29th.
In the House of Commons, on the motion
for adjournment, Mr. T. P. O'Connor raised the question of the threat of Irish Dockers' strikes at Liverpool and Glasgow unless the Sinn Feiners were released.
Mr. Sexton, represcating the Liverpool dockers, said that he had warned the members of his Union not to participate in the strike, but he was afraid the situs tion was getting beyond control.
Betting, to Tetratems, 100 to gestion to the Government. Sinn Feiners were never treated as convicted persons, Allenby, 8 to 1. Paragon.
The movement in Liverpool was not by the Trades Unions but engineered by local Sinn Feiners, and the Government would not yield to threats from Liverpool or else where.
THE PRINCE
INCE OF W
WALES.
BEES MAORI DANCES IN
ROTORUA."
ROTORUA, April 28th. Thousands of settlers and Maoris "wel- comed the Prince of Wales to Rotorua. At the Maeri headquarters there were elabor- ate native cremonies and dances,
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HAMPERED BY RAILWAY STRIKE IN NEW ZEALAND.
ROTORUA, April 28th. Communication with the entire North Island is suspended owing to the railway strike. The Prince of Wales probably returns to Auckland to resume bis journey to Wellington by sea..
which General Beeckt declared hich were discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet an The Freiheit reports that the affair was
secret transport of the guns, which were destined for Koenigsberg, was undertaken with the full knowledge und approval of the Ministry of Defence
The Freiheit points out that the Reach Treaty only allows Germany 288 guns, and adds that the incident is bound to cause the deepest distrust among the Entente. ASSEMBLY ADOPTS THE BUDGET-
BERLIN, April 23th.
The Assembly has adopted the Budget, and passed a Rill handing over the rail ways to the Imperial Goverüment, Ca
THE DENNISTON PLAYERS.
Melodrama was the bill of fare at the Theatre last night. "The Acquittal
the is a new play dealing with acquittal of a man charged with a murder, which it subsequently transpires......bo Bir Donald Maclean. urged the appoint. actually committed. A feature of a leng trial had been the great loyalty shown ment of a special tribunal to try Sian by his wife Among the newspaper men Feiners.
reporting, the case was one who was con-- vinced that the death was not accidental, Mr. Shortt promised to submit the sugas the jury were inclined to believe, but due to murder and be announced his deter- led to a great scene between the wife and mination to unearth the murderer. This her acquitted husband, in which the vifa cuesses to her husband that, even before his arrest, she had known him to be the murderer of the man, and bad known also of the causes leading to the crime." And- all the while the newspaper detective wa listening in an ante-room. The whole plot of the story is typically American, but makes a very powerful play. Miss Wards Howard played the role of the injured wife with great access and scored a remark able triumph in the second act when he disclosed to her husband the full extent of her knowledge and expressed in very emphatic terms ber contempt of his can- duct from beginning to end. Mr. W. D. Howard acted the part of the husband, of Mr. W. Vaagban-Morgan as the Pres and did is extremely well, and the acting. man-detective deserves equal
praise There were altogether about a dozen mem bors of the Company in the caste, and the play was capitally presented. · Drama, in Hongkong and the house was but little however, does not make strong appeal. more than half full.
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ATTACK ON A POLICE BARRACK..
at
LONDON, April 28th... 'Several hundred men participated in the capture of the Polica barracks Ballnemlanders in County Limerick. The attackers turned out the occupants of the surrounding houses and poured in rifle fire and bombs from there,
The garrison of six defended until the building, which was saturated with petrol, was afame, when they surrendered. Two of the Police were wounded.
EFFECTIVE BRITISH TROOPS IN IRELAND.
LONDON, April 28th..
The strike has been in long preparation and is in no way directed against the
In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston are pouring in. The people are deter Churchill stated that there were at pre- mined that the eagerly anticipated tourent 34,362 effective troops in Ireland, shall not be hampered,
besides forty tanks.
ATLANTIC CITY, April 28th The Board of Directors of the United will attend the conference at Spa on an States Chamber of Commerce have autho the despatches from France as regards th, equal footing with the bends of the Allied rised, the appointment of a Commission to Buhr question the British Government Governments and will be able to make pro-proceed to Europe to investigate the possi. made it quite clear that the difference Posals on the future peace settlement of bility of the resumption of trade relations Prince of Wales. Offers of motor cars was purely a question of policing and Europe. restoration of order, and that when it came to disarmament and reparation and such matters, we should take any nation agreed between the Allies. The San Remo Conference dispelled all suspicions about the matter.
FUTURE OF · ALBANIA.
·FINAL SETTLEMENT STILL IN
VIEW.
Lord Crawford, replying, said that the
A few local trains are beginning to resume, with volunteer engine crews.
"Lázar, The Strikers' Union has ofered to carry the whole of the Royal Party back to Auckland
BRITAIN'S FLOATING DEB
FURTHER PLANS FOR REDUCING IT.
LONDON, April 28th.
Turning to comedy, the Denniston Players will present another hillarious farce to-night at the Theatre Royal, entitled "Nightie Night"
"It carries "a bumper crop of laughs," and the women will be seen in a dainty display of lingerie and brilliant gowns.
Nightie Night we are told, is a rollicking farce thoroughly entertaining. The plot is comedy that is clean, laughable and very funny from prologue to the fall of the curtain, and is a wide-awake, farce, well worth seeing. The curious part about Nightie Night is that although it is a ramping farce it containg a story that keeps you guessing until the fall of the last curtain It Bets a pace for comedy that has not been exceeded since
and Warmer. One amusing situa tion is no sooner disposed off than another develops,
KOBE TAKES RICE DEALERS TO TASK MERCHANTS ORDERED TO LOWER
*PRICES.
between the United States and Russia. ROYAL AIR FORCE CADETS
HONORARY COMMISSIONS.
LONDON, April 28th.. The Air Ministry announce that the LONDON, April Mth.
total number of Royal Air Force cadets, In the House of Lords, Lore Lamington including Colonials from the Dominions, Misunderstanding also arose from suspi- asked a question in which be alluded to dispersed up to April 7th was 21.284, of cions created by the utterances of very the Albanians' fear of invasion by the which 3,060 were gazetted to temporary Three hundred bluejackets are return-
In the House of Commons, Mr. Cham powerful personages in France and the Serbians or the Greeks, and asked the and 8,980 to honorary commissious.
ing, but the Royal Party will remain bene writings of powerful journalists indicat- Allies to give an assurance that, the inde
Among the cadets of the Royal Air Force pending Legotiations between the Govern-berlain announced that in order to further ing that there was an intention of using pendence of Albania guaranteed in 1913 who were training when the Armistice waement and the strikers, as the Prince is provide for the reduction of the floating
will not be infringed.
signed and whose appointment to honor anxious to carry out his original pro- debt, new Government & to 15 year five the delays in the execution of the treaty
per cent bonds would be issued a par ary commissions was not gazetted should gramme na far as possible. for ulterior motives. The annexation of
The weather, which has been tempestuous, from May 3rd. Additional interest up to Kobe city officials indulged in a bit of
all reports, with good results for the epidemia among the assemblage of Maoris five year period according to the discount working classes of the city. The big stick and others marooned af Rotorua,
rate of Treasury Bills. This is intended was used on the retail rice merchante be- to protect bondholders against capital cause the municipal authorities believed that they were engaged in illicit profitter- depreciation when the rates for short ing, says the Japan Advertiser. money are high, safeguard the taxpayer resulted in the price of rice showing
Recent manipulations in the exchange. from the payment of high interest over appreciable drop. Waiting for overal & long period, and prevent further capital | days the city: «zecutives noticed that there depreciation of Government securities was no change in the retail market of Kobe. Immediately they summoned the head of the local rice merchants' guild and naked for an explanation, Whatever that explanation was, it was not satisfactory,. and the chief of the association, was in- formed that he could take one of the alter- natives either make an equitable" adjust- ment in prices or be prepared for punitive menaires by the local authorities.
the Rhineland and the coal srcsa was Supreme Council would not tolerate any apply to the Air Ministry, giving regis improving, reducing the risk of an two per cent. might be payable during the club swinging recently and, according to
d to aggression of the nature suggested or mental details.
openly advocated. Great Britain had to
ARMY..
make it absolutely clear that she would allow it to affect the final settlement of the DEATH SENTENCE IN THE never assent to any such policy.
"We could not bequeath our children another Alsace-Lorraine (Cheers).
M. Millerand and his associates, readily and sincerely, gave assurances that the vast majority of Frenchmen were opposed to such a policy equally as the British.
Mr. Lloyd George attached enormous importance to it. The German Ministers
Albanian question. Meanwhile, it was im Possible to give further assurances ARAB RAIDS IN PALESTINE-
SEVEN IN SEVEN DAYS.
CALEO, April 27th.
ON OFFICERS AND MEN DURING
WAR
Losnos, April 28th. In the House of Lords, Viscount Peel stated that death sentences passed during There have been seven Arab raids in the whole of the war in all the theatres Palestine between April 12th and April
upon officers and men were 3,070, while 20th A squadron of cavalry from Beisan only 343 were carried out. All the latter went out on April 22nd to round up the were confirmed, before execution; by the
had been invited to confer with British Ghazawiych tribe westward of the Jordan Commander-in-Chief, and French Ministers face to
and destroyed a house containing ammuni, face, because
tion northward of Beisan, after which a although there were numerous commissions force of Arabe attacked the squadron which was obliged to withdraw fighting & and commissioners there might be Virgins rearguard action. ****. of the Parable some are wise and some An aeroplane on reconnaissace on April
ird reported saivity fit a valley south foolish--and the Allies were not always ward of Belson, and that the railway had quite sure that the discussions were con- bead cut. Troops were sent out and encoun- tered thirty Arabe, Two more detachments with the ducted quite in accord
of troops were sent out at dusk and charg- Supreme Council policy. The questions ad with lance, Filling Afteen.
The celebrations are to be on an Precedented scale, unlikely to be equalled again owing to the gradual dying out of the traditions of Maori ceremonice.
THE SILVER MARKET
EXCEPTIONAL FALL IN PRICE.
LONDON, April 28th The exceptional fall of silver by 4/10.
SEBBIA
per ounce cash is due to the oceation of RAILWAY STRIKE IN PROGRESS, demand from Indian bazaars, and China. becoming sellers: Lower prices are re garded as probable in view of the practi
BELGRADE, April →→→
URFA INCIDENT.
A telegram from Lubliana says that a
The lower price cards now being dis- HEAVY FRENCH LÖSSES. eny cessation of demand for silver for train proceeding to Agram was held up played in the windows of the rice shops of
PARIS, April 28th
European coinage coring to the reduction by striking zainers, who also fired on a the city bear cloquent testimony that the of silver contenta in the token of coinsge
members of the rice merchants' guild decided The French at Uxía suffered consider in over 600untries and the increased use train at Hrastynyk. The military guarded that it was better to keep the friendship ably. It is reliably reported that their ofis paper money also in view of the repulsed them, Hilling one assailant of the city legislators and modify their losses amomt, to a third of the effectives stimulation of output owing to high prices Threa thousand strikere a Lubliana prices than to retain the old rate and incor which amounted to 700, composed of two, and the marked abundance of melted coin atteckest the Falion. The latter fired, kill the displeasure of the law. The bip companies of whites and the remainder from the Continent, kad us the East in
|is again hanging in a corner of the e Betegalop
only a prospective bu
ball
ing ten and wounding 21.