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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH,
LATEST CABLES, TURKISH "NAŢIONALISTS.
TURKISH NATIONALISTS:
SHELLING GOVERNMENT TROOPS AT ISMID
MAILS TO CHINA:
NO IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF WEEKLY SERVICE
GAS WORKERS' STRIKE: WIRELESS OPERATORS COME OUT,
LATEST CABLES,
[THROWON REUTER'S" AQKNINY-] "REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
SERIOUS CRISIS IN VIEW.
Ouicago, June 18th.
The newspapers have received the nominations with the usual partisan views. The Republicat organs are pointing out
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MELBA BY WIRELESS. SUCCESSFUL CHELMSFORD
EXPERIMENT.
.
LONDON, June 18th. - Madame Melba sang through the wireless telephone at Chelmsford and was clearly beardán Berlin and elsewhere on the Con-
·FIGHTING AT ISMID.
CONSTANTINUPla, June 18th
Turkish Nationalists Arc shelling Government troops near Ismid. So far the British troops have not been molested.
BARLIER CABLES,
TROUBLE WITH THE
·NATIONALISTS.-
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18thë French troops drove off Nationalist bands which attacked, she inhabitanta, "in the region of the Zunguldak sollieries, on the Black Set coast. There were several casualties on both sides. The Freneb garrison is being reinforced,
THE BRITISH ARMY. HOW IT IS DISTRIBUTED.
LONDON, June 18ik.
A White Paper detailing the Army Esti
LATEST CABLES. GASWORKERS NATIONAL
STRIKE. FUTILE CONFERENCE WITH OWNERS.
1920.
LONDON, June 16th. The conference of gas-owners and work. ars in London ended in a complete dead. lock. A national strike is throntèned, WIRELESS OPERATORS'
STRIKE.
BEGUN ON TUESDAY MORNING.
LONDON, June 15th.
PERSIA. BEING DISCUSSED BY: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
LONDON, June 15th. Following yesterday's proceedings, Prince Firous of Persis had a conference to-day with the Secretary-General and the French representative of the League of Nation It is understood timt no solution was riched, but that endeavours are being riade to find a formula satisfactory both to the League and Lord Curzon.
Prince Fireux declines ang compromise unsatisfactory to the Persian Government. Be consider it is for the League to show. The strike of the marine wireless operaven as the present early stage, its ability tors has been declared to have come into to deal with one of those very questions for operation at 11.30 this morning.
→MELBOURNE STRIKE. SPREADING TO ALLIED
INDUSTRIES. -
MELBOURNE, June 15th. The gas and electric strikes are extend
tinent, The phonographic record was mates for 1920-1 shows the peace establishing to the allied industries. A number of
SUGAR DEAL,
that the candidate had an irreproachable made in Paris.
haracter and record as Governor and legislator, while most of the Democratic newspapers declară him to bè a,colourless | Scandidate withofs pay important record or
achievement.
Meanwhile, a deßvija statement is await- ed from Sonstop Hiram Johnson whose sup porters; threat of a bolt from the Conven. tion has almost precipized-a-crisis.
BALLOT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. CHICAGO, June-15th.
Sedator, Harding's victory was greeted with a tremendous demonstration.
The ballon for the Vice-Presidential candidate resulted as follows: Mr. Coolidge -0741 votes i-Senator Learoot, 146, Gover
*MAURITIUS CROP BOUGHT.
LONDON, June 15th. The Sugar Commission has bought the Mauritius sugar crop.
·EMBARGO ON EXPORT.
WASHINGTON, June 18th "It is anderstood that an embarge on the export of sugar is contemplated with a view to meeting the threatened famine in
LUKAP.
FRENCH SUGAR CROP.
PLANS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
PARIS, June 18th.... The Government has abandoned the nor Allen, 883: Senator Hiram Johnson, scheme for requisitioning the whole of the
921.
AMERICAN LABOUR DENOUNCES REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
MONTREAL, June 13th.
"Amid tremendous applause, the American Federation of Labour adopted the report capdemning the Republican Convention for turning its back on. Labour in the adoption of its platform,
next season's home crop of sugar.
UNREST IN IRELAND.
ULSTER PARLIAMENT PLAN.
"LONDON, June 15th.
The Daily Chronicle states that the Government intends to establish the Uistor Parliament immediately the Home Rule Bill is enacted - believed that the
The report was presented by Mr, Gom-interites will acquiesce, pern, who-skolare that the Republikar Parky had proclaimed the denial of the right to strike-no-of-its gratest achiovaments. Mr. Gompers denounced the ömission from the Republican, platform of "Labour's proposals regarding the high cost
of living and profiteering.
RELEASED HUNGER-STRIKEHS
AGAIN ARRESTED
Mr. Gompers declared that the Mexican plank aimed at undermining the sover eignty of the Mexican people which will result in the exploitation of the
people and the boundless resources of Mexico.
Mr. Gompers announced that the ideati. scal demands, which have been rejected by
LONDON, June 15th. Excitement has been aroused by the re- arrest at Mullingar of two hunger strikers who were recently relossed from Galway prison. These are the first ro-arreats of hunger-strikers.
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WAR AGAINST BOLSHEVISTS. GENERAL WRANGEL'S OPERATIONS,
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 16th
General Wrangel is continuing his suc cessful advance. He is at present occupy
ment for the Territorisi Army to be 236,000 factories and flour milis are idle. whilst the war establishment was 381,000.
The strike lenders have exempted hos It also shows "the distribution of the pitals. Fifteen thousand persons Army to be as follows:-Home, 130,000; the Colonies, 15,000; the Rhine, 18,000; already out of employment.. Constantinople, 21,000; Egypt, 30,000; Palestine, 25,000; Mesopotamia, and North West Persia, 70,000.
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REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
LONDON, June 13th. In the House of Commons at question. time, Mr. Churchill stated that there was no intention to disband the Irish or Werb GuardsCheerso long as they were able to maintain recruiting so as to pre- ment, but the maintenanes of five Regi servo the national character of the regi- mental Headquarters required careful study and it might be advisable to reduce them to three or to establish one joint Record Office. Anyhow, care would be takon to balance considerations of economy against sortiment and tradition.
Replying to Major Chyn, Mr. Churchill stated that the question of making raised in the cuts cards had never been raised, but it had been suggested that the Irish Guards should be brigaded therewith. "ZIONISTS CRITICISED. IMMIGRATION SCHEME
DENOUNCED
EARLIER CABLEN, WARSHIPS FOR CHILI. INTERESTING QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS.
Lospon, June 18th..
In the House of Conimons, replying to stated that the flotilla leaders Brake and Commander Kenworthy, Mr. Walter Long!
Butha had been said to Chili, for which they were originally built, in accordance with a
contract made with the Chilian Guvernment when the Admiralty took over the ships The historic names and records of these ships would be borne in mind when names were being allotted to future ships, Commander Kenworthy suggested that two other focilla leaders might have been offered to Chili and asked whether the South African Government was consulted before the other was said to Chin
Mr. Long replying, emphasised that the Admiralty and no option, in view of the contract that the ships would be "returned to Chili at the end of the"war":" GOVERNMENT REFORM
BURMAAS
LONDON, June 18th, the annual meeting of the Jerusalem and The Bishop of Jerusalem, presiding at East Mission, held at Westminister, criti cised Zionism, He said it had been start- ing during the past eighteen months to TITLE OF THE SUPROYALTERED. witness the growth of the opposition to Zionists through the whole of Palestine,
which the Lengua was created,
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BOLSHEVIK PROMISES.
FAR
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
· [TRROUGE RIUTER'S AGENCY:] MAILS TO CHINA.
LONDON, June 146R, In the House of Commons, Mr. Gersham Stewart afirmed that the slow and irre- gular postal service to Chiņu was incon* * veniencing British residents in China.
LONDON, June 15th. At yesterday's Conference, Prince Firouz explained to the Council of the Lange of Nations the nature of the communications Soviet Russia. It was shown that which had passed between Persia and
Singapore via Bombay and Negapatam formally protested against the landing of and communication between Singapore and Bolshevik troops and M. Tehitcherin re-
Hongkong and Shanghai, was frequent, plied in friendly terras, adding that orders!HINA'S RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE had been given for their withdrawal.
Mr. Tilingworth replied that improve ments in the mail service, ein Suez, enabled. him to provide a better service to China, The wails were now being sent out by the Peninsular and Oriental packet, ein India, each week, except when theris "was, a through service to China, in Canada connecting with the Empresă steamer." The Pacific mails were now arriving more re gularly and more quickly and there was nos immediate prospect of a direct weekly sens vice to China, except by the two lines man- tioned, but fails to China were already, being conveyed regularly cach week as far
COUNCIL.
Persin
WORLD.
In view of subsequent events, Prince Firouz again telegraphed on May 18th to
LONDON; June 15th.” 3. Tehitcherin, pointing out that the chat a condition of China's assumption of The Daily News, in a leader, emphasises iatest developments in Russia did not coin- her rightful place in the world, is the heal- eide with the Soviet assurances and adding ing of the breach between the North and that unless matters were put right it would the South and the consolidation of a Cen- be inspossible for Persia to enter into any trai Governmen capable of commanding friendly negotiations with the Soviet.”
the respect of the North and the South PUBLIC MEETING OF LEAGUE alike. It urgen a courageom, and far-
seeing statesmanship on the part of West ern Nations especially Great Britain, to- wards China, and suggerith the remission of the League of Nations in London today, Iademnity and the association of China At a public meeting of the Council of the remaining, instalments of the Boxer Lord Curzon, presiding, described the with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance as an correspondence exchanged between Persia qual partner and that China, should be and the Bulshevist Government. He con- welcomed not only to the Assembly but to sidered that Persin acted mightly negotiating with the Soviet and requested says nothing will.mote surely arouse China in the Couficil of the League of Nations. Is Frice Firouz to keep the Council inform to the responsibilities of her nationhood
d of the course of events. Dr. Nansen reported on the repatriation Powers. _recognition by the Western
LONDON, June 16th.
of prisoners of war, of which he said there were still 250,000 in Russia and an equal number of Russian prisoners throughout Eropa The imenities of repatriation had so far been insurmountable, but be hoped the new coute via the Baltic would enable the repatriation of 50,000 from and
Russia before winter!
SIGNOR GIOLITTI MAY FORM
NEW CABINET.
THE PRINCE OF WALES. WARM WELCOMÉ AT JERVIS BAY.
Jarvis Bay, June 15th, The Prince of Wales znice to Mydney, only
ChONDON, Jang, Josh," Finnded at Jervis Bay. the Dartmouth of of Christian and White Paper.coming proposite as to Australia Modems but also on the part of Orthodox the new Constitution of Burma under Joss
He recived a very warm welcome. antagonism was due to the which the title of Viceroy of India is The behaviour of the Zionists themselves. This altered 20 over Caral of India and The immigrants during the hast two years A wide extension of local suf-government scheme of immigration had.pot been wise. Biraz.
ITALY.
had not been wisely chosen, the vast in Burma a contemplated by means of Humanians all mainly Bolshevists. The mainly elective, and a circle of Boards for mejority being Russians, Poles and Minnicipal Committees, which will be people of Palestine xere asking, why the groups of villages and District Councils. Zionists were allowed to come when they: were known to be Bolshevista and anti-selected members, 30 nominated members The Burman Legislature will consist of British feeling was being prochfeed, and six cx officio members, while the Executive Council of six is divided into DISARMAMENT OF GERMANY. three committees, dealing with Home Affairs Finance and Development, each scntaining one official and one non-officiat member. Of the non-official members it is to be Burmans, recommended that one be a European and
Roa, June 15th.
new Cabinet.. Signor Giolitti has been invited to form
THE MARIE TEMPEST Cco. The Towering of the prices of admission bad a-marked effect on the popularity of the Tempest Co., for, last night, playing
greeted by a larger, house than any that had greeted them when they first visited | Hongkong.
than its
CMIO. FOR MAJOR-GENERAL,
КЕББУ
LONDON, June 18th. of the Order of St. Michael and St. George The Guzette confers the Companionship on Major-General F. H. Keily in recogui. tion of his services in the preparation of the Tsingtao Expedition.
{COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL PRINCE CHABLES OF RUMANIA.
SHANGHAI, JUDO 17th Prince Charles has returned from Nan king and is leaving for Japan direct..
A NEW STEAMER FOR THE-
YANGTSZE RAPIDS.
SHANGHAI, June 17th. The Loanymore, built to the order of Mackenzie & Company, leaves this morning for Ichang and Chungking. The vessel va powerfully constructed, being specially designed for the Yangtze Rapids, officers were formerly in the Royal Navy.
BOLSHEVISTS BUY SUGAR.
Tho
SINGAPORE, June 16th.
It in reported that two Boisbevista are. muking extensive purchases of sugar in Java and shipping it to Vladivostock.
the Republicans, would be fubmitted to the ing territory in Larger Crimea, and has German Peace Treaty with regard to BRITAIN'S FOOD PROBLEM. the Duke of Kilicrankie," they were Gold is used in payment
Democratic Convention.
AMERICAN NAVY BOAT. CAPSIZES IN A SQUÁLL.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19th. The United States Navy Eagle Boat No, 25 capsized in a squall in Delaware river. Seven of the crew are unaccounted for.
Forty-six officers, ned men were picked up by atresono boat. The cause of the nocident is unknown.
HUNT CUP.
so far, captured numerous war material and a great quaċtity' of grain.
COUNTY CRICKET.
·CAPT. BARRETT'S, BIG INNINGS.
LONDON, June 13th. Essex beat Derby by six wickets, Ir Derby's first innings, JW. H. T. Douglas took 8 wickets for 30 runs.
Lancashire boat Nottinghamshire by an innings and 63 runs.
Hampshire beat Gloucester by an innings and 174-runs." Hampshire scored 507 runs SQUARE MEASURE'S CHANCES..for the loss of seven wickets. Captain E. 1. M. Barrett, of Shanghai, scored 215
LONDON, June 15th.
The Middlesex - Yorkshire match- was
BEING CARRIED OUT.;
Hall asked whether Mr. Churchill w LONDON, June 15th. In the House of Commons, Sir Frederick satisfied that the obligations under the craft were satisfactorily being carried out. Mr. Churchill pointed out that Marshal Foch and the Inter-Allied Commission were responsible for the disarmament of Germany. He believed that the process was being carried out not punctually or and would be finally completed.
IMPORTANT STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, June 18th.
In the House of Commons, during the Committee stage on a resolution authoris
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SHANGHAI LÁBOUR.-
SHANGHAI, Juno 17th Needless to say, the play was enjoyed in The acting Commissioner af Public the highest degree, for it provided, ampla Werks reports that the labour situation. opportunity for the artistry of Miss Marie was acute during May necessitating nothing of the other clever members of the hoped the revised scale of pay will produos Company. The audience laughed loud an improvement and long, and at the conclusion, Mias
willingly but without undue obstructioning the payment of expenses in connection Tempest and Mr. Graham Browne to say suspension in several directions. It is
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'AQUITANIA" CONVERTED. TO BURN OIL INSTEAD OF COAL
BRITISH COTTON GROWERS. THE NEED FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION.
Tempest received a great ovation.
Marriage of Kitty," when H.E. the Tonight, the Company is playing the Governor and Lady Stubbs will again be. prosent.
CHINESE CONSTABLE
TROUBLE.
ALLEGED POSSESSION OF HEVOLVER
ht
IN
a
with the Agriculture Bill, Bir A. Boscawen stated that the Cabinet had decided that the maximum price of home-grown wheat of the 1920 harvest should remain at 958. The arrangement that the maximum price for 1021 should be 100s, would be canceled LONDON, June 16th. A
new stage in the history-of-mercantile and the farmer, would receive for home marine engineering is marked by the congrown wheat an amount equal to the aver into an oil barner." It is expected that the similar or comparable quality. Tho version of the Cunard liner, the Aquitania, 189 cí.f. price of imported wheat of ship will be ready in July and will estab- assumed guarantee for wheat was 65 and lish a few trans-Atiantic record. The cost for oats 465. He could not. estimate the of alteration is over £500,000. The fuel probable cost, but the guarantee would be is sufficient for two voyages.
well worth the cost in the national interest. NEW RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. RECENT REPORTS DISCREDITED.
LONDON, June 15th.w. A wireless message received from Moscow
LONDON, June 18th. The Warwickshire Surrey match was to-day reports the visit of the British. The annual report of the British Catton Labour Delegation to the Red Army fight Growing Association contains encouraging ing the Poles in the neighbourhood of details as to the Association's activities, Smolensk The receipt of this wireless but it emphasises the urgency of extending for opium. When the house was entered The Police raided a house in Lascar Bow message tends to discredit the stories of a cotton-growing areas in the Empire, especia commation ensued and someone threw & new Russian Revolution.
ally in view of the decline of production and the crease in the consumption of parcel into the backyard through the air- shaft. A constable, on duty in the yard, In the United States, the Association picked the parcel up and found it to con
tain the revolver and ammanition. The dealt with 30.881 baies of cotton in 1919, defendant was found in the room with two as ootapared with 20,190 in 1918 and 48,087 other men and as he could not explain bla The Vanitic beat the Heroine the third has purchased the whole surplus-of-British-April 1st to June 1st shows he began to be felt, but the value of the 1919 prespace he was taken to the station.
The Exchequer returns for the period in 115, after which the esalts of the war time by over minutes, besides the ammunition in France at a price of receipts totalled £972,472,130 and the ex-bandling was a record, namely nearly went to the house to sell the revolver, and There it was ascertained that defendant
seeing the Poison come in, threw it away.
The case was remanded bail being fixed
300.
The botting in the Hunt Cup today is runs the highest individual score of the as follows: 17 to 9 Square Measure, p to 1 season. Monteith and Glanimerin, 10 to 1 Starhot and Ugly Duckling, 100 to 7 Grand Court, | drawn:" 18 to 1 Paragua, 20 to 1 Cornaack, Violon collo and Vizier, 25 to 1 Alahnam;:33 to 1|| drawn. Montefaro and Mount Royal, 50 to 1 Biwa, BRITISH AMMUNITION DEAL. Illuminator, Vaje, and Verdun.
ANGIO-FRENCH · FIRM'S ''
"RESOLUTE” BEATEN AGAIN.
-AMERICA CUP:
NEWPORT, June 15th.
Resolute's allowance, t
DOMINICK HENRY GUILTY.
New Yoxx, June 16th
The police inspector Dominick Henry
has been found guilty of perjury.
BARON FORSTER..
Lamon, June 16th,
Mr. Fonter was created Baron an his signation from the Wał Office at the end
1919.
+
PURCHASE.
LONDON, June 18th.",
The Anglo-French firm of Mears. Pickett
£2,000,000.
* EARLIER CABLES...
LOUTH BYE-ELECTION RESULT.
LONDON, June 18th. The bye-election at Louth, where activi- were interrupted by the recent dis- aster, teninted thin-dependent WINTRINGHAM (Independent
Liberaly
9,850 Mr. Turner
lition Unionist) 7,364
Mi
BRITISH EXCHEQUER
RETURNS.
LONDON, June 18th.
Leotton-
pondíture 251,910,575. For the correa £1,500,000. ponding period last year the receipta were £161,743,650 and the expenditure £346,450,131.
SILVER MARKET.
FACTORS WHICH CAUSED DROP. IN. PRICE.
LONDON, June 15th The cash price of silver fell yesterday 5td. per ounce, to 441d., the lowest since March, 1918. This was due to considerable offers of silver from China and the Con ting and the fewness of buyers.
TRADE WITH SOVIET RUSSIA. TWO MORE GOVERNMENTS "JOIN.
LONDON, June 15th.
It is stated that the Belgian and Japan. ese Governments have decided to join the British in conversations with M. Kraasin.
JACK DEMPSEY NOT GUILTY,
-SAN FRANCI800, June 13th. In the trial of Jack Dempsey on a charge of evading the Military Service Draft a verdict of Not Guilty was returned, .
the Magistracy, yesterday, Chinese constable was charged with being in unlawful possession of a revolver and 50, rounds of ammunition and with miscon- duct is a policeman.
DID NOT RELISH A WHIPPING. When a litle Chinese boy was sentenced to receive six strokes of the cane at the Magistracy, yesterday, for hawking with out a licence he asked the, Magistrate to
iaflict & fine.
Why Because I received a caning the other day and my back is swollen.
Do you prefer to go to gaol 1-Oh, yes. ---ŝi or 9 days.
MARINE COURT.
"SHIP'S OFFICER WARNED.
Before Commander Beckwith, E-N Marine Magistrate, in the Marine Court yesterday morning, Captain G. A. White- head, master of the Admiral Litia. sa Montague, whicb arrived in Hongkong from Manila at 6 p.m. bn Tuesday, a charged at the instance of Mr. J. C. Thom son, boarding officer, with failure to pro- ceed to the dangerous goods anchorage, having bad aboard. as the time of arrival captain. Whitehead acknowledged the goods in acid form offence but explained that he had had no intention to infringe the regulations, fai... lure to comply having been due to an over- defendant with a warning. sight, The Magistrate discharged tho
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HANKOW RACE CLUB. SENTENCE UPON SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Hankow Race Club, W. N. Haigh, bas been sentenced to throw months' hard labour.
The charge against the secretary way In connexion with the discovery that certain winning tickets in the cash sweeps at the Spring Races had been forged
Mr. A. V. Perry, who prosecuted in the Consular Court on behalf of the Race Club, etated that the facts alleged againsti the accused, were that he had given ordern tickets, that he had afterwards pinned the to & Chinese printer to print two forged said tickets to cheques for corresponding amounts and had profered them to a mem her of the Bags Club Committen for signa ture, and that, having obtained the signa tures as required, he went to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, cashed the cheques and converted the money to his own, use