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FRENCH STRIKE OUTLOOK :
REORGANISATION OF RAILWAYS.
STIR IN
RUSSIA:
PREPARING TO FIGHT
POLES:
BOLSHEVIKS · ADMIT EVACUATION OF KIEFF.
REPUBLICAN
VICTORY:
FUTURE OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS,
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH LETTER'S AGENCY.}
FRENCH STRIKE MENACE. GOVERNMENT MOVING TOWARDS NATIONALISATION.
PARIS, May 8th.
SPA CONFERENCE, APPREHENSIONS OF GERMAN POLITICIANS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 11TH. 1920.
BRUSSELS, May 8th. The reasons for Germany's reported re- quest for the postponement of the Con- ference, are that the Mueller Cabinet's A Havas message saya:--
term of office expires on June 10th. From despatches from all parts of France, it seems that there is a general Therefore, the Cabinet is not justified in committing Germany as regards repara Improvement in the strike situation, not only a fas railroads are concerned battions, but politicians fear the respon sibilities of the Spa Conference on the also among the dockers and seamen-with
eve of lacing the electors, as the "confor exception of Havre and Marseilles. the
ence is confining the Germans to explana Government circles consider that the tions, as regards acquitting the debts. railway strike is rapidly coming to at end.
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US AND GERMANY.
THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISM. POLES THREATEN RED LINE-OF RETREAT.
Fania, May 9th. An Ukraine official despatch says that the Poles have out the railway forty kilo- metres from Kieff and are threatening the whole Red line of relrent.
STIR IN RUSSIA
Pants, May 8th.
LATEST CAHLEN.
EMPIRE'S OIL SUPPLIES. PREDOMINANT ENGLISH
The
INTEREST:
LONDON, May 6th.
LATEST CABLES::
DUTY.
EXCESS PROFITS
VIEWS OF NATIONAL-UNION OF
MANUFACTURERS.
LONDON, May 8th.
SERIOUS MOTOR CAR
ACCIDENT.
MR L N. LEEFE BADLY BRUISED A serious moter accident occurred on Sunday evening on the Castle Peak Road,
The Conference of the National Unions a result of which four well-known nasty bruises of Manufacturers has passed a resolution European residents received an unexpect condemning the increased Excess Profits ed shock and several Duties and asking for a reduction of Indeed, it was almoet miraculous that the accident was not attended by loss of Govern Bent, expenditure!
life.
JUBILEE STAKES
e Times, reverting to yesterday's criticism of the Mesopotamia oil-felds, declares that it learns that the capital of the new company will partly be sub A wireless message from Moscow statescribed by French interests and also by that the whole of Rusia is rising to fight native elements. Furthermore, the Shell Poland. The bulk of the Moscow garrison group and the Anglo-Persian Company 120,000 departed towards the Dniepor on have equal shares in the capital. There Mar 8th, after being addressed in a stir. fore, the Dutch company's interest will ring manner by Lenin, Trotzky and others, be only 60 per cent, of the Shell Com-stakes :--
General Brusiloff has been appointed pany's participation. to the supreme command of the Soviet armies.
ENEMY RETREATING,
WARSAW, May 8th.. A communique states that the Polish armies continue to advance. The enemși is retreating.
TO CONSULT DENIKIN.
BERLIN, May 8th. Mannerheim is journeying from Paris to London with a view to discussing affairs with Desikin.
BOLSHEVIK ADMISSION.
LONDON, May 8th. A Bolshevik wireless admits the evacuat tion of Kieff, and states that during the night of May 6th Red troops engaged supericy enemy forces north-west and south-west of Kieff, the enemy breaking
The situation in the shipping centres will rapidly improve when protection ATTEMPT TO DECLARE SEPARATE through into the outskirts of the town against reprisals has been extended to numbers of strikers, anxious to resume
work
-It is stated officially that railroad traffic was almost normal yesterday on the
lines.
PEACE.
WASHINGTON, May 6th. Senator Knox has inaugurated the Republican attempt to declare "peace with Germany and Austria by Con gressional enactment. He argues that Congress is equally entitled to rescind
However, the metal workers in the Do partment of the Seina bave decided to stop work today, but the Labour Conas to declare war and declares that
federation has issued an order requesting them to refrain from declaring a strike.
French Government is drafting a measure
President Wilson is trying to coerce the
Senate to ratify the Treaty by nainain-
*
Later, the Reds withdrew to the left bank of the Dnieper.
BARLIER CARLES.
SIBERIAN PRODUCE FOR ENGLAND.
IN EXCHANGE. FOR
MANUFACTURERS. „
LONDON, May 7th Jonas Lied is now in London in cornee tion with a new expedition to the Kara been instructed by the Soviet Government to charter three steamers, each of 3,500 tons, sad to load them with manufacturer in exchange for cargoes of Siberian pro- duce. The ships leave England at the end of July and will bring back Siberian cargoes by the end of September.
It is estimated that the pipeline and equipment would cost £3,000,000, the figure precluding competition. The agreement, which is only awaiting signa ture will show predominant English
interest,
EARLIER CABLES.
SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT SCHEME.
WON BY TANGIERS.
A motor-car, carrying Mr. and Mrs. L N. Leof and bent. Commdr. and Mrs.
The following is the result of the Jubilee Kilgour was returning to Kowloon from Fanling, when it get on to a soft, part on the side of the road. The chauffeur. slowed down and endeavoured to back the car when the earth under it appears
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Eighteen ran. Won by a length, a neck to have given way and the car and its separating the second and third.
Occupants went hurtling down an Betting: 100 to 8 Tangiers, 5 to 1bankment into a paddy field about thirty Manilardo, and 9 to 1 Monteith.
feet below.."
VOTES FOR AMERICAN WOMEN. DELAWARE PASSES FRANCHISE BILL
Dover (Delaware), May 6th. The Senate has ratified the Bill on- franchising women by 11 voter to &
AVIATION RECORD.
18,200 FEET HIGH WITH 3 PASSENGERS.
OBITUARY.
LONDON. May 8th. Analysing the Mesopotamia oil situa tion, the Observer declares that the future efficiency of the Empire depends on oil for vebicics, ships and aviation, yet the Empire produces only 2 per cent, of the world's supplies. The vital needs ne co-operation with other countries for a decade, until the Mesopotamian feld has
MINEOLA, May 8th. been developed. Therefore, we must have
The aviator Coombe reached an altitude definite alliances with foreign enterprises of 16,000 feet, carrying three passengers, on reciprocal terms. As America mustThis is a record. become an importing nation, our darimam
na security depends on an alliance with the Bhel Company" and the Royal Dutch Corporation which, with its associated con- cerns, does not depend on any one part of the globe, drawing its supplies from the Dutch East Indies Mexico · South America, Rumania and Egypt, while the Venezuelan field will soon begin to operate. Hence, the only sane British policy for half a decade is to encourage a Data to suggest that we co-operate as before in foreign interests whie shutting them out from the use of our fields. The develop ment of Mesopotamia can best be done through an Anglo-Dutch alliance, as direct Government exploitation is impossible.
LONDON, May 8th. The death is announced of the Re-Rev. Handley Carr Glyn Moule, D.D., Bishop
of Durham,
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THE MEXICAN FERMENT. RAILWAY OUT BY REBELS.
LAREDO (Texas), May 8th. national railway also the telegraphs The Mexican rebels have ent the
MARCHING ON MEXICO.
New YORK, May 8th. One thousand and five hundred revolu tionary troops are marching from Juares upon Mexico City.
STATEMENT BY PROVISIONAL
PRESIDENT.:
A few arrests have taken place amouring that the United States is still Sea. Interviewed by Reuter, he said he had and British alliance, but it is preposterous sixty miles south of the border. the extremists of the Labour leaders. The technically at war. He says that peace wae made for America when Germany and the Allies ratified the Treaty. He con to reorganise the countries' railways, domna the League of Nations in the practically in the direction of nationa
present form, and, alternatively, urges lisation.
an arrangement for the modification of international law, the establishment of an international court of justice and the outlawry of war. He suggests a separate Peace Treaty with Germany providing for reciprocal rights and obligations be tween the United States and that country alone."
NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT.
PARIS, May 8th To-night's reports refer to the railway atrike situación in the most hopeful terms. Numbers are returning to work." On thu affected lines, the services 4ts hourly improving. The goods trattie a substan- tially operating.
The mining strike position is rather better, but there is little change" in the dockers strike, though dockers bave largely resumed at the chief ports, includ ing Marseilles..
GERMANY'S COLONIES, WAIL IN MAGDEBURG,
BERLIN, May 8th, The German Colonial society has been resuscitated, in Magdeburg,
Seitz, the ex-Governor of South-West Africa, presiding, demanded the revision of the Peace Treaty for readmitting Ger- many to the field of colonisation.
Berr Lindequist, ex-State Secretary, suggested that Bussia and Central and "South America offered scope to German
emigration.
A resolution was adopted in favour of propagandising school children regarding the necessity of overseas possessions.
NAVAL INDISCRETION. ADMIRAL BENSON EXPLAINS.
1.
PROFITEERING INQUIRY.
REPORT ON CONDITIONS IN
AMERICA.
Lied said he had already received, offers of some millions of pounds worth of material auch so the Russians urgently
needed.
To overcome the difficulties of ice, s
scheme had been prepared for the erection of wireless stations and an aeroplane service to report on the ice conditions.
COMMUNISM NO CRIME DECISION OF LABOUR BECRETARY.
NEW YORK, May 6th. Mr. Wilson, the United States. Labour WASHINGTON, May 8th Secretary, has ruled that membership of Mr. Lauck, ex-Secretary to the War & Communist Party in itself is not suf Labour Board, has presented to the fo eat ground for the deportation of Railroads Labour Board, the result of his aliens. He declared that while extracts from the platform of this organization. Declaring inquiries into profiteering.
indicated an extremely Radical objective, that the wealth of the well-to-do la an
there was no evidence of any incitement unanswerable refutation of all attempts force or violence against the to charge Labour with profiteering, he
As a result of organised Government. instance the cost of sugar, which had in this ruling the warrants under which the creased 300 per cent, while the increased Germane were detained bave been can- labour, ecet paid by the consumer was called, 15 per cent
Mr. Lauck claims that increase of wages, should be proportionate to the advancing cost of living.
LODGE-JOHNSON COMPACT
ATTITUDE TOWARD LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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AMENDMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAW.
WASHINGTON, May 7th In consequence of the Department of Labour ruling that membership of the Communist party is insufficient alone to justily the issue of a deportation order,
Experts are saying that private energy
Naco (Arizona), May 8th. will double the outpal, and a France is
The new provisional President, de la. entitled to a large share of the oil yield, Huerta, has issued a statement inviting satisfactory and sensible settlement has foreign capital to enter Mexico if the been drawn up associating the Anglo-ultimate aim of the revolution is liquor revolt is, successful. He says that the
Persian Company, and the Shell Group prohibition and stoppage of gambling. with the Dutch, the Allies and France AMERICAN FLEET BAILS FOR guarunting
commercial efficiency.
maximum
The oil agreement has been approved by the Petroleum Controller, the Admiralty the Foreign Office, and the Board of Trade The Empire was never presented with wiser and fairer bargain with, which the French Government concurs. The only alternative is throwing Mesopotamia oper
to a new scramble for concessions which will expose to risk the whole transport and air services of the Empire.
Incidentally, the Observer notes that Mr. Lloyd George, in paying a tribute to Sir Robert Horne in connection with the oil agreement, expressed the opinion that be is the ablest of all his colleagues.
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE.
INCREASE IN EXPORTS,
LONDON, May 3th. The following is the corrected version of the trade returns fe
..
Imports for April totalled £167,154,300 compared with £119,085,823 in April last year, and the exports £100,241,602 5 compared with £58,432,412.
The increase in imports was made up chiefly of raw materials notably raw in-cotton, whereas ment decreased by over
£7,000,000.
special meeting of the Senate Immigra tion Committee is being held to consider the immediate amendment of the migration law,
BRITAIN'S NAVY. LINK BETWEEN MOTHER COUNTRY
AND DOMINIONS.
the
The increase in exports includes over £40,000,000 for articles wholly or mainly manufactured nearly £16,000,000 for cot son yarns and manufactures, £4,500,000 for iron and steel manufactures, £4,500,000 for woollen worsted and yarns, £3,300,000 for vehicles (including locomotives, ships and aircraft), over £2,000,000 for machin
and £2,000,000 for manufactures. 61 other textile materials.
WASHINGTON, May 7th. Admiral Benson, has explained the re-
LONDON, May 8th. mark of Admiral Sims; about not letting
The Times Washington correspondent the British pull the wool over his eyes. says that following on Senator Johnson's
Before the Naval Investigation Com- victory in the primary elections in Cali mitts of the Scoate, he stated that he fornia, the Republicans' Conference has
LONDON, May 8th. could not deny making the remark, but decided on an agreement with Benator Earl Beatty, speaking at Glasgow, said
wrong interpretation was placed on it Lodge to adopt a more aggressive attitude sea-power was today as emential to by Admiral Bims. Es denied that he was towards the League of Nations and the security and prosperity of the Empire 57 in any way unfriendly to the British Peace Treaty.
ever. The fleet in commission represented the minimum compatible with superiority He added that nothing could have been
and supremacy at sea The critics said ore confidential than this talk:
we must have ships which should disappear year-amount to £897,187,383 an increase of
and the exporta under surface ons minute and be lost in the clouds the next. Ho dared say those critics were right, but the time for such ships was not yet He disagreed with the statement that the day of the capital ship had passed The capital ship was still the unit upon which the sea-power of the Expire was built. Nothing had been windy paragraph in the newspapers, to
COAL PRICES.
INCREASES IN VIEW.
LONDON, May 8th. According to the Times, the Cabinet has decided on large increases in the prices of
The Party will pre a pledge, ita Republican President and Senate are elected, for a programme, including the entlawry of war and the establishment of a court of international justice.
The decision means the Repubiican leaders are joining the camp of the irrecon cilables. The potential impor ace of the deviled by the critics, outside a few
industrial and domestic coal which will Johnson-Lodge compact upon the future take the place of capital chips.
bed forward be sold on an comumic basis. Meanwhile, the coal shortage is acute, of the especially in Manchester.
Navy must continue to be the connecting link between the Mother Country and the Overseas Dominione.
The imports for the four months of this
£235,500,0
KEY WEST.
WASHINGTON, May 6th Mr. Josephus Daniels has ordered the with the Atlantic Fleet to sail immediately. division of destroyers lying in New York for Key West, where they will be held in readiness for possible duty in Mexican waters.
EARLIER CABLES.
VILLA JOINS REVOLUTIONARY
FORCES.
· CARRANZA OBDURATE.
The car turned a complete somersault on reaching the paddy field. Fortunately, none of the occupant, were pinned under - the car; they were all thrown out." Mr. L N. Loefe was injured most. He was b'eeding profusely from wounds in the head and shoulder and appeared to be in great pain. Mrs, Kilgour sustained-a. nasty cut on her leg and a severe shock. Lieut-Commdr. Kilgour and Mrs. Leefe Were not injured beyond a low slight bruises. -
When Mr. Leeta's car was toppling
over, a car containing Mr. and Mrs C. D. Lisbert and Mr. and Mrs A. Hicks appeared on the scene and the occupants actually, say the car. go over the embank- ment. Naturally, Mr. Lambert and the athurs in the car rushed to the assistance of the injured party, and rendered such first aid as they had knowledge of. Two other cars, also bound for Kowlood, appeared on the scene. Mr. H. Seiling, manager of the Orient Tobacco Co., gavo his car over to enable Mr. Leafe and Mrs. Kilgour to be brought to Kowloon at the earliest possible moment. Hon. Mr. W.
Chatham and Mr. Chatham, in the other
cat, took Mr. Leefs and Lt.-Commdr_ Kilgour.
The party was attended to on board H.M.S. Tamar, it being found that MrT Leely bad dislocated his shoulder andk sustained two hasty scalp, wounds. He is geiting on as well as can be "expected after such a frightful shock. The other members of theparty suffered only superficial injuries
HAMBURG AMERIKA'S
-BUSINESS. AMERICANS TO CARRY OUT PLANS.
NEW YORK, March 28th, Admiral Benson, the new chairman of the United Sates Shipping Board, de- clares that ho intends to proceed, undeter red by criticisms of the American Steam ship Owners Association, with his plans for taking over the former business of the Hamburg-American Line. The contem plated agreement involves the renting hy American companies of the docks at Ham burg and other parts of the world. But it wil, says Admiral Beason, contain clauses preventing Germans from over dusting Americans from their former shipping routes.
NEW YORK, May 6th. A message from Nogales mentions an
In a fresh attack upon the scheme of unconfirmed report that General Frun the Shipping Board, dr. kaymond, pre- cisco Villa, with 2,000 men, has joined the revolutionista in Chihuahua. Villa willsident of the American Steamship Owners" eventually bring 10,000 men to support can shipping circles are not impressed by Association, today declared that Ameri- General Obregon.
the statement that unless the Shipping Board vessels are put upon the former Hamburg-American router the British or Ho other European vessel will profit argues that while Eqropean vessels can without going much out of their way receive or discharge cargou at Hamburg American Government-owned ships could not use the old Hamburg routes to the Orient and elsewhere without being taken. out or kept out of American ports and being devoted almost exclusively to Ger-
·mari·· commerca He predicts that the agreement, if concluded, will be of short duration, and that its temporary profils will be purchased at a price injurious tes merce... the American merchant marine, and com
··Mexico -Cırx, May 7th. Carranza has issued a manifesto refus ing to abandon the Presidency. He is determined to fight the revolution to the finish, and would only hand over the Presidency to his legally-elected successor. He declared it is impossible to hold the elections which are fized foy: July 4th.
TO HELP GERMANY." BILL BEFORE AMERICAN SENATE.
PENNILESS PRINCESS.
WASHINGTON, May 7th. Senator France, a Republican, has introduced a Bill to assist Germany to purchase American materials necessary for rehabilitation, aho to help her to meet the Allies" reparation demands..
The Bill authorises the War Finance TOO PRETTY TO BE TAKEN AS
"LADY'S MAID: " Corporation to lend $250,000,000 to pur chasers of food-stulls and raw materials, the Corporation agreeing to accept pay-bound at Veves on Maros 30tla, whose
A pathetic case was heard. before the ment in 6 per cont. German excerities.
THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRA- TIONS.
WASHINGTON, May 6th.
Swiss hotel-keeper sued the Russian Princess Z (the magistrate specially asked the reporters not to publish her fall nome) for hotel debis amounting to £40. The princess, who was dressed in docp mourging, admitted the debt and said she would pay later. She further explained that she was the victim of the Bolshevista. Congress has ratified the ppointment They had killed, hems Lather who had an of a Commission of eleven members to income of theref£1000 a year, and arrange for the torcentenary celebration confiscated hit for bear Mas of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathern, or so that
twenty four conaochon. The Blate of Manachusetts showed saverisetenta, m which she had. 101,793,112, an increase of £105,040,077 will appropriate a similar amount applied for a place as lady companion compared with 1919.
(or even lady's maid. She received, many AMERICAN RAILWAYS. replick, but st interviews she was found
to be too pretty and too distinguished. SHORTAGE OF FREIGHT CARS. She is therefore still seeking employmwerk,
She added that several of ber aristocrati SINGTON, May 7th friends who had been in a similar positio
have "saked | had preferred suicide p
AHMEDABAD SPINNERS
STRIKE
May 6th
to
and has appropriated $400,000 in that The pring Dennile
Congress for for the
aho
* $300,000,000 -- The magistrate dismissed the case 0,000-urgently conta: Beveral onewspaper stimated total verdict. It is rumou zod