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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH, 1920.
FRENCH FLYING FEAT: TWO AIRMEN WHOLE NIGHT
IN THE AIR.
COMMERCE CORPORATION:
MR. HARRIMAN ACQUIRES LARGE INTEREST. TRADE WITH RUSSIA:
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S REPLY TO QUESTIONS,
LATEST CABLES,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
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WHOLE NIGHT FLIGHT.
FRENCH AIRMEN'S FEAT.
PARIS, Just 4th.
A Havas message atates:- The French airmen Bernard and Bossou
COMMERCE CORPORATION.
HARRIMAN
INTEREST
PREDOMINANT.
NEW YORK, June 8th. The Harriman interest has acquired a substantial représentation in the Con- merce Corporation.
trot-the last the hers, of the attempted has taken over the Hamburg-Amerika The announcement that the Corporation Bight to Dakar--out out from the Aero-trade routes followed the election of Mr. drome Etamper yesterday st twenty W. A. Harriman to succeed Major-General mingtes to six and remained in the air till Goethals who resigned as President of the this morning at one minute past six.
Corporation. BIRTH OF THE KINEMA. CELEBRATION IN PARIS.
PARIS, June 4th
A Havas message states:- The twenty-fifth anniversary of the first Kinema show was celebrated yesterday in Paris by a banquet to the inventar. M. Lumiere of Lyou,"
M. Honnorat, the French Minister of Public Instruction, presided!,
FRENCH ARMY. INTEREST IN PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Pius, June 4th
A Havas message staten:--
CALCUTTA FIRE. COTTON MILL DESTROYED.
CALCUTTA. June: 6th,
A fire has destroyed the spinning machine ery of the Keshorams Cotton Milis. loss is estimated az five labka of rupees.
The
~~BABLIER CABLES,
THE FARMERS' CHARTER. GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO FOSTER AGRICULTURE.
LONDON, June 7th.
Produc
BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET. RESUMPTION OF TRADE DISCUSS ED IN COMMONS.
-LONDON, June 7th.
UNREST IN, IRELAND, DISGRACEFUL INCIDENT IN
AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, June 7th.
IMPERIAL TRADE RELATIONS, MAMMOTH EXHIBITION TO BE
BOLSHEVIKS IN PERSIA. MEETING OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS. HELD IN LONDON.
LONDON, June 7th..
LONDON, June 7th, The Lord Mayor presided at a
In the House of Commons, replying to largely In the House of Commons, Col. 3. Lord Robert Cecil and Captain Wedge The Secretary of State. Mr. Bainbridge attended meeting at the Mansion House Gretton, moving the adjournment, asked wood Benn, Mr. Lloyd George stated that Colby, has apologised to the British this afternoon in connection with imperial the meaning of the negotiations with M.2 special meeting of the Council of the Embassy for the burning of a British Flagr trade relations and the forthcoming British. He said that the Russian League of Nations will be held in London by Indy sympathiser of the Sinn Fein.
He read a letter from the Prince of violence and murders in Russia, and did Persian Government to consider the sitra- Government was tainted with a record off on June 14th on the application of the Wales, the president of the general com- mitter, scating that the Government had with Britain. He ridiculed the stories of of Engeli. Doubtless opportunity will be not have anything with which to tradtion created by the Bolshevist occupation decided to introduce a Bill providing for bursting Russian granaries £100,000 to the Exhibition as a guarantee † the sum of £65,000,000, which it had been ties of Central Europe.
Moreover, taken to consider the dangers and dificul
Trade Exhibition.
:
were
A BRITISH WITHDRAWAL,
BOLSHEVISTS.
LONDON, June 7th.
MUNITIONS FOR TROOPS IN IRELAND.
LONDON, June 8th.
"Munitions are "pouring into Ireland. The Cork Harbour Commissioners refisoč fund, conditionally on at least £300,000 suggested Russia held for payment of im.
to unlock the cranes for the transport and being others guaranted. The Prince ports, was largely stolen gold belonging
unloading of military lorries, whereupon hoped that at least £1,000,000-world-be-to-car or other of the Allies
Lospos June 8th. I soldiers broke the locks and began paload- guaranteed.
"The Times currépondent at Teheran ping. At Limerick, the workers refused to Col. 3. J. G. Hoare condemned the tags that in order to avoid & repetition handle coal destined for the Constabelary, The Premier wrote regretting his absence tacks upon the Premier, and declared that of petty incidents with the Bolsheviks athut constables unloaded it under armed and urged that everyone give his most the latter bad two fundamental interests Epali," British troops have been with- escory..
Country and the Dominions at present was accepted Bussian gold, that we declared that trade between the Mother the impression here and in France, if we energetic support to the exhibition. He a heart, the need for gold and the need draw from Resto to Meajit. A Bolshevik
for peace, Nevertheless, there would be forew of 300 has entered. Reshs.
DE VALERA IN CHICAGO,
steadily declining compared with similar acting as receivers of stolen goods,
CHICAGO, June 7th. DEMONSTRATION AGAINST
De Vatera is heri, urging the adoptioni trade with foreign countries. This ought Replying: Mr. Lloyd George said that to be arrested, whatever its cause.
of a declaration in the Republican Party- platform Tavouring the Trer:dom of Lord Milner urged that the Exhibition taken in Paris, with My Clemencenu 4th, demanding the surrender of the Per- the decision to trade with Rusia had been besieged the Consulate at Tabriz on June Is is reported that Persian Democrata
Ireland. must be on vast sqnie, befiting the the chair. All the Allies had been represinn Bolshevists takingerringe there. Herr Empire, and thoroughly characteristic, ofsented on that occason, and they came to Wustrow, the Consul refused, and machine. In the House of Communs, replying to the resources of the Empire. He emphasis to open trade relations.
La manimous decision that it, was desirable ¦ gunned the crowd. Thereupon the Demo: Mr. T. Donald, Mr. Lloyd George e ed that the Exhibition would have a social and sational as well as an economic value, connection
He declared that the Allies acted in this tiations.
crats brought up a gun, compelling nego phasised that the Government intended to and would make for inter-dependence of Bolsheviks
evidence from anti- Wustrow had
Later, it transpired that Herr take steps to bring to justice all persons the various parts of the Commonwealth of
committed suicide, Hissociated with crime in Iceland The were driven out
stecessor has not yet handusi-over-th Sir George Perley, High Commissioner with
द associated figeon.
Government, for this purpose, had re- for Canda protised the hearty support. Subsequently, the San Remo Conference in war time and has since bien persistently forces in Ireland. It would probably also co-operative movement. Her: Wastrow was, expoiled to Teheran, ing the police, the naval and the military organised"tus Irish Executive, strengthen- of Canada,
passed a resolution confrming its readi- inciting the Bolshevists and Turks against ness to discuss with M. Krassin the best the British. methods for the resumption of-trade.
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upon
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GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO PUT DOWN" "CRIME...
LONDON, June 7th.
by car to strengthen the law for
·
dealing with crime-(Cheers.)- The Government intended to put down the pres
was upon this decision that negotiations THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT dat urganist campaign of murder and
were now proceeding with M. Krawin.. by awent of all the Allies,
Russia, the Premier "stated that the As regards the available stocks.in
siderable quantities of wheat for export Poles had confeed that there were con- in the Ukraine and in Siberia
-GENERAI. LEONARD WOOD LEADING
CHICAGO, June 7th.
assassination.
NEW-SYSTEM-OF MILITARY
PATROL.
LONDON. June 7th. The new system of military patrole in
Ireland is apparently beginning to hear
barrassed an frustrated an attack on the constabulary that the intervention of a military patrol trait, as a communique From Dublin ways
Six armed men, in a motor-ear containing Brona in County Kerry,
ELECTIONS IN GERMANY.. CENTRE PARTY'S DECLINE. In the House of Commons, during the
-BERLIN, June 8th. second reading of the Agriculture Billable decline in the Centre Party votes in The papery draw attention to the remark Sir A. Griffith Boscawen, Secretary of the f the Rhineland. hitherto age of its chief French Colonels have been detailed to before the war we only produced enough in Cologne and 11,000 in Duesseldorf. The
pected at the Republican National Con Board of Agriculture, pointed out that strongholds. The Party out. 44,000 votes follow a special" course of physical train wheat to suffice from Friday night until Independent Socialists gained tremendous ing at the Military School of "Jainville. "
A formidable roster of enndidates is ex- The ar
surtout programme only required the week we depended on foreign imports: We The Independent Socialists at Cologne and other essential commodities in Russia, certainty exists in regard to the Conven-
Monday morning for the rest of the ཨཱར༤༤, ', ༤.༤.༨༤༧,''ཏརཔནི ཀཐཱཝརཡ
ia-the industrial region. white senior officers to attend lectures and prae were agricultural · week-endera.
Majority Socialists lost half the electors, that there were grain, oil, fax, timber, Presidential aspirant. The greatest, un Mr. Lloyd George said he did not doubt, open with no decisive advantage for any vention on June 8th, which promises to tical demonstrations so that, they would tion had improved during the way, and the
increased their vote from 4,000 to 30,000. know how to organise sporting events for "Governivent was determined not to let
POSITION OF PARTIES.
He ridiculed the argument that we could coun's potential choice. General Leonard men, The hundred Colonels taking part, agriculture slip back. It was undoubtedly
not trade with Ruais because we disap Wood is now credited with 194 delegates, in the course, however, decided that per- cheaper to grow whent in this country at as-Majority Socialia, 68; Indepen. at one time disapproved of the Govern- and others as possible compromise candi-ship was berthed by the Harbon-master-
BERLIN, June 7th.proved of its Governments or on Recount and Senator Johnson with 11, with Mr. The state of the parties at 6 pm, to-day of the atrocities. He pointed out that we Charles E Hughes, and Governo, Lowden Axonal experience would be of greater value present than to import it. issia and sent Socialists, 17: Democrats, 25: Centre, ment of Mexico, but continued to trade dates. Possibly the final choice will depend loud her, and declined to hand over the and arranged a series of football, husket Hungary were out of court. The whole ball and hockey matches for them.—— question in the fature was how we were to get our daily brend. The Bill might be called the Farmers Charter, but it was introduced in the national interest, to make the best use of our greatest national
all round-seenrity to the farmer by means asset. The keynote of the Bill was securityHausmann,
PRESIDENT DESCHANEL, GOES TO NORMANDY.
PAXIS, June 4th.
A Havas message states:- President Deschanej left Paris yesterday morning for the Chateau. Monteillerie near Lissieuxt in Normandy,
PRESIDENT WILSON, SIGNS IMPORTANT BILLS.
WASHINGTON, June 6th. President Wilson has signed a number of Bils, including a Bill permitting Goy. ement-owned wireless stations to handle, private and Press telegrams, also a Bill; increasing the pay of postul employes which will involve an extra expenditure of, $33,000,000 next year and more thereafter. NEW YORK POPULATION.· ALMOST AT STANDSTILL DURING WAR.
NEW YORK, June etb.
The latest census shows the population of New York to be 5,621,000, an increase only of 851,000 as compared with 1910, owing to the stoppage of immigration in war-time.
35: People's Party, 34: Couturists, 1,
SOME OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES,
BERLIK, June 7th, Those ciected so far in the include:-
Democratz-Herren
Flectionn
with that country. We had nut censed to on
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wounded No arrests were made. arms and ammunition, were captured,
A sadier at Tipperary was fired on and
in n vessel conveying war munitions. The A pilot at Queenstown, refused to bring
The workers subsequently refused to un- agreement between the Party key of the crane, whereupon the lock was broken and the ship discharged, protected by a guard of soldiers.
FRENCH TRADE..
RAPIDLY REACHING, PRE-WAR LEVEL
PARIA, June 7th,
SEAPLANE TESTS.
SPEED OF 131 MILES AN HOUR. The best competitor to attempt the threstage course act for the Grand Prix ***
Bizerta, on the African coast, in a total calling at Ajaccio, in Corsica, arrived at de Monaco left on April 24th, and, after
| trade with Turkey un account of the mas leaders. sacre of the Armenians. It was a new doctrine that a people must approve of the habits, customs, and mangers of a people before they could trade with them. To Deruburg and urge such a view, now was grows folly. of guaranteed prices, security to the Herr Eduard Bernstein and Minister pen unless they succeeded in restoring the Majority Socialists-Dr, Scheidemann, It appalled him to think what might hap- They had to consider the whole situation. labourer by a minimum wage, and security
Bauer to the State by giving it certain control
world. An alternative policy wax to say of cultivation so that the maximum amount
was an evil thing. That meant putting that they would kill Bolshevism because it! prewar levei." For April, the import running time of the 9min, for the 750 of food might be produced.
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE, -
Herr Erzberger's election is regarded, would reanaloxy of hundreds of thou their strength and manhood into it." It assared. Count Bernstorff has been de HONGKONG CONSIDERS IT
feated.
UNNECESSARY.
LONDON, June 7th.
The People's Party-Herr Helfferich. Georg Ledebour,
Independent Socialists. Free Zieta and
LEAVY ON WAR WEALTH. WHY GOVERNMENT ABANDONED SCHEME
LONDON, June 7th.
kinds of men and the addition of thou- sands of millions to the National Debt, He asked :-" Are you prepared do that?" SECOND MEETING WITH M. KRASSIN..
In the House of Commons, replying to Capt. Wedgwood Benn, Lient-Col. Leslie Wilson stated that the invitation to con-
LONDON, June 7th.. In the House of Commons, at question Krassin add the British Ministers to-day There was a second meeting between M. sider the practicability of Imperial Pre-time, Mr. Austen Chamberlain stated that lasting two hours. 31. Krassin gave ference had been sent to all Colonies and alter carefully considering the suggested various answers to the Ministers' enquiries Protectorates except those precluded from chemie for a levy on war wealth in the regarding prisoners and propaganda, but doing so
Á Havas message saya: production is rapidly elimbing towards the The New York Herald states that French
from "America "dropped from 14,500,000 wonth in 1919, francs to 5,500,000 Francs for the same
statute miles. This was accomplished by the French "ace." "Badi "Lecointe, in kilonstre distance, equivalent to 462
a Nieuport flying boat.
show a decrease of 503,000,000 francs as underlying idea was that makers of com
The total imports for the last ten months were sore and highly interesting.
The conditiona governing the contest compared with the previous ten months,
The peting machines were endeavouring to There was a proportionate increase in Southern France and northern Africam secure & mail-carrying contract between the country's export“.
ZIONIST CONFERENCE. COLONISATION PROJECT TO BE DISCUSSED.
[
LONDON, June 7th. The Zionist World Conference meets in
porta.
Competitors were required to carry 880lb. of ballast to represent mail bags, and must have a wireless transmit- ting set fitted or carry additional ballast in lieu. The course for the contest wa some 2,000 kilometres total distance, in three stages. The first stage was from. Morneo Harbour, starting from the water, to Ajaccio, in Corsica, where pilots were to, land und personally deliver an iungi- nary mail-bag and receive another ex-
by international agreements, or report of the Committee on War Wealth, there are other matters to be settled. A London on July 4th to deal with the change, and then proceed to Bizerta, Tho in which preference was already enforced the Government had come to the conclufurther meeting will probably be arranged. colonisation of Palestine and the financing Recond stage was "from Bizerté, round
Therefore, it was decided not to make pro- sion that the dangers of such a levy Bo far the general impression is satisfac of the scheme. The conference will appeal marks at Sousa and Tunis without light posals in that serisę, altogether outweighed the advantages, tory.
or impracticable. Replies up to now received included Hongkong and Sierra Leone, both of which considered preference unnecessary, and Cyprus, where legislation in that connection had been passed, SOUTH
AMERICAN NAVIES. | Mauritius was considering the questioning UNITED STATES' ASSISTANCE. WASHINGTON, June 8th The Hours of Representatives has unanimously passed the Senate's Bill authorising the President to send Ameri can officers to assist the South American countries in developing their pavien
AMERICA CUP. SHAMROCK"" GOES FOR REPAIRS., vitimately required.
NEW YORK, June 7th. Shamrock 19x gulf was carried away while she was undergoing a sail-testing| spin, and has gone to City Island for repair
OBITUARY.
LONDON HOUSING PROBLEM. SCHEME TO BUILD 50,000 HOUSES. LONDON, June 8th. - The London Housing Bond campaign to raise £10,000.000 for Metropolitan housing schemes has been launched. The County Council has estimated that 50,000 houses are required immediately of the 150,000
SYRIA.
A FRENCH SUCCESS.
PARIS, June 7th.
A Havas mest450 5078—————
A despatch from Casablanca says that French flying columns from Mekles and Zedia got a success by the capture of the NEW YORK, June 8th Magnaneit ridge, and the consequent sur The death is announced of Rear-Admiral render of the Zain tribe living in 2,500 Winterhalter.
tenta in this region.
POSTAL AGREEMENT WITH.
SOVIETS.
FRENCH INSTRUCTIONS TO
REPRESENTATIVE. ́ ́
to the Jewish people on behalf of the Monaco, without compulsory halte. It was ing, and back to Bizerta, straight to £25,000,000 Fund which has been decided to made a condition of the content that no raise from Jews throughout the world.. INTERNATIONAL COTTON
CONGRESS.
OVERSEAS SETTLEMENT, The Times understands that the Govern ADVICE TO WOMEN EMIGRANTS,ment with Russia.
ment in about to make a postal arrange- The French are LONDON, June 8th.
opposed to the agreement on the ground presentative on the Overseas Settlement Mr. William Windham, Government re-
that it implies recognition of the Soviet FIRST MEETING SINCE THE WAR. Administration, Committee, speaking at a colonisation dinner at the Lyceum Club, announced that a Bill would-shortly be introduced question of emigration, but before women Lappointing a Committee to deal with the eft the country they should be asarized that settled employment was awaiting them
PARIS, June 4th-
competitor was to start unless he had got off from the water and risen to an altitude of 2,000 metres in, forty-five minutes or
presented by the International Sporting less The prizes for the Grand Prix do Monaco contest were important ones, a they consisted of a valuable silver trophy BERNE, June 7th.
Club and 180,000. cash prizes in addi- The tenth International Cotton Congress the Fairey Aviation Company, but, tion, One British seaplane was entered by
sentative on the Supreme Economic Coun-represented,
is being-held at Zurich from Jung ath to owing to the pilot having to leave for "A Havas message states:-
June 11th. This will be the first meeting to send the machine out, and to every" America suddenly, it was found impossible cil, has returned to London with strict discussion will be the exchange problem,start from the harbour, to cover the 801-
M. Adenol, the French financial, repre
since the war Fourteen State will be budy's regret Great Britain was not re- begotiation with H. Krassin that would assistance to the cotton industry by scienti
The principal subjects of presented in these important races. instructions not to say anything in the
At the speed trials the first machine to give political colour to the meeting...
fic research, the institution of an interMartin and on to Cannes, thence to Men THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISM.
national tribunal for the cotton industry, FURTHER POLISH BUCCESSES.
and labour legislation.
WARSAW, June 7th.
THE SPA CONFERENCE. claim against the United States paid to Dvina and Borysoff our counter-offensive The War Department announces that communiqué "states that between the the Allies amount to $803,716,000, includin developing very satisfactorily. The Heuter learns authoritatively that it is
WILL NOT MEET BEFORE JULY.
ing $148,292,000 to France and $112,997,000 leaving to Britain Against this sum, the United material.
Bolsheviks are retreating in disorderi
LONDON, June 7th.
States has disposed of surplu» -war
considerable prisoners and almost certain that the Spa Conference Desertions from the Bolshevik will not mest before July. Very probably ranks are increasing Bolshevik attacks material abroad amounting to $822,923,000 repulsed.
THE AFTERMATH." DEBTS PAID BY THE USA
WASHINGTON, June 7th
on the bridgeheads at Kieff were severely there will be an inter-Allied discussion is
London prior to the Conference.”
kilometre course from Monaco to Cap
tone, and back to the faishing line at Monaco, was a Spad scaplane, piloted by De Romanet, which made the fastest time. recorded Bar official time for the foot course was 22min. 52 1-5sces, equal to
in the Schneider Chce, which war speeds of 211 kilometres, or just over la- statute miles per hour. A Bavoia flying boat, niloted by Bangla, who was the only nilot to cover anything like the fall couran the next to go ont. He lost true at the start and appeared to make very wide held at Bournemouth at Beptember, was
tans at the marks. His total time for the distanco war 23min. 40 3-Seccs., Pquał to a speed of 2001 kilometres per hour