THE HONGKONG AILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 318T, 1920.
GERMAN INTRIGUES:
WHY RUSSIANSHINVADED"POLAND.. BOLSHEVIKS IN DESPERATE POSITION.
HOW
SOVIETS
WORK:
BRITISH LABOUR DELEGATION'S
EXPERIENCES.
SERIOUS OUTLOOK IN MESOPOTAMIA.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGE MEUTIE'S LOKNOT>] GERMAN INTRIGUES AGAINST POLAND.
WHY BOLSHEVIKS ADVANCED ALONG PRUSSIAN FRONTIER.
Wanaw, August. 17th. The Inter-Allied Commission in Upper Silesia has come into possession of docu- menta proving that the German. Govern- mens actively participated in the recent
In reply to a personal telegram sont him" from Lucerne by Mr. Lloyd George, both in his own name and on behalf of
EARLIER UABLES.
CONFERENCE.
IRISH PEACE
COMMITTEE ISSUES AN APPEAL
LONDON, August th
The Standing Committee of the Irish Peace Conference has issued a manifesto inviting the immediate and sympathetic co-operation of the peoples of the British Empire in an appeal which the Conference has made to His Majesty and the Guvern. But for the release of Mr. Macßwiney.
We take the appeal in the cause of threefold peace-peace for Ireland, peace between Ireland and Great Britain, and peace between Great Britain and the rest of the world."
If
LATEST CABLES.“ COUNTY CRICKET, SURREY'S RECORD INNINGS. LONDON," August 28th Nottinghamshire bent Derbyshire by 197
s
Middlesex beat Kent by 153 russ Lanenshire beat Essex by 188 runs, Sussex beat Yorkshire by 189 runs. Laloucestershire beat Worcestershire by nize wickets,
STOP PRESS
TELEGRAMS.
LONDON," August 27th.. Yamagva, Counsellor to the Japanese Home Office, has departed for Takya aftor the completion of his European tour for the purpose of studying post-war conditions and methods of re-construction.
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BRUSHELS, August 27th, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Surrey beat Northamptonshire by eight
Pando for Brazil on Septem- warship San wickets. Surrey in the first innings made the Belgians depart aboard the Braziling
declared to highest |
ber 1st, 819 for a wickets and
Ducat contributed total for the season. 140 runs, Peach 200, unanished, and In Water. Pola, Great Britain beat Fender 113, unfinished. The latter batted America by goals to easily. It was a
gruelling game; 49 minutes.
Leierstershire beat Samerstshire by 41 runs.
THE LORD MAYOR OF CORK.
Hampshire beat Warwickshire by an LONDON, August, 28th. Mr. Redmond Howard has resumed his innings and 150 runs. Hampshire mada 616 for 7 wickets and declared. Brown Signor Giolitti, M. Millorand yesterday. telegraphed his thanks to the British Pre- campaign on behalf of Mr. T. MacSwiney.made 151, Barrett 148, and Mead 102, une mjer, adding, "I am pleased that I shall He has telegraphed to the Queen stating finished, soon have the opportunity of meeting that one of Mr. Machwinoy's lungs is affect Signor Giolitti sa arranged and niso of od and begging Queen Mary's co-operation, Mr. Howard is also appealing to the Lord ing you again soon”?
Chanceller and Sir Edward Carson.
NEW YORK DOCK "LABOURERS STRIKE IN SYMPATHY.
NEW YORK, Auguit 21st.
FRESH RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE EXPECTED.
LONDON, August 28th. While a Posh official communiqué con. Upper Silesian disorders. It appears cortiques to report additional successes, and tain that the German organization which propared acts of violence against Allied kroops was morally and materially assisted by the Berlin Government,
Captured Bolshevik officers are openly declaring that they regard the recent military disasters in Poland as a great German defeat, and that Soviet Russia had no interest in the invasion of Poland or the Dantzig Corridor, but that it was in response to the dosires of Germans that they advanced along the East Prussing frontier for which the Bolsheviks are now paying the penalty of their blind con- Adence in German counsels.
WHAT POLES BAID TO RUSSIAN8.
WARDAW, August 28th.
The Government communicates the text of the declaration which was made by the Foles at Minsk on August 19th, but the -transmission of which was delayed.
EARLIER CABLES.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES. SWIMMING COMPETITIONS.
ANTWERP, August 25th. The Olympic swimming final, resulted as follows:-
Ladies Diving-Fryland (Denmark) besi Armstrang (Britain) by a point.
Ladies 300 Metres-Bleibtrey (America), tespite the coldness of the water, chilly beat the world's record, her time being. 4min 34secs.
A pro-Irish strike is developing at the captures of prisoners, a German wireless docks in sympathy with Mr. MacSwines, message states that the Polish aviators and Archbishop Mannix. Sympathisers fresh Russian on board the British, American, French have ascertained that a offensive may be expected within a few and Belgian vessels came out and paraded daye. Heavy movements of Russian troops the town, while 200 negroes who were with artillery are declared to have been loading cargo from a Cunard liner also
Men's 400 Metres-The American, Ris observed in the direction of Brest Litovsk struck work,
Four White Star and five Cunard liners wan, his time being 5min. 28 4/5secs.
Langer (America) was 'second, and Vernot| are at present affected,
(Canada) third. Seventy yards from the Enish, Beaurepaire (Australia) abandoned the race owing to the coldness of the water. ENGLAND BEATEN IN FOOTBALL. In the first round of the Football Com
A Moscow wireless méssage also asserts that the Red Army is pulling itself together cheered by the Petrograd mobilisation,
THE BOLSHEVIK LOSSES.
LONDON, August 28th.
It is announced from Peliab official sourom that the Bolshevik losses since the Battle of Warsaw have been 107,000 pri soners and 60,000 killed or seriously wounded.
The latest news from Upper Silesia indi- enter that the Poles are in possession of eight districts, while they have begun to disarm the Security Police in a number The roles maintained that the war wu of other districia. It is stated that as
imposed upon Poland by the action of the result of pourparlere between the Poles and Soviets, which, after imposing a Suviot the workmen in the plebiscite districts and regime on White Lithuanis and Ratbrain, the later-Allied Commission, for advanced against ethnographic Polish who have immigrated to Upper Sile territory with the clear object of marching during the past year will be expelled towards Warsaw and imposing Sovietiam an Polaad. The Polish Republic was, - therefore, compelled to resist the Bolshevik invasion, and occupied the former Polish territories, not with an imperialit object, but in view of the right of self-determina- tion and the people's declaration
It points out that the Poles, never touch-
SOVIET ON TRIAL. BRITISH LABOUR DELEGATION's VIEWS
LONDON, August 28th. an exhaustive report with reference to the recent visit to Russia, the British Labour Delegation emphatically
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Other British liners, due to arrive, will probably be drawn in Longshoremen state that there will refuse to unland them, unless Mr. MacSwiney is released and Archbishop Mannix is allowed to go to Ireland.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CAMERONS
LONDON, August 29th. The Cameron Highlanders kept. Queens- town is a state of terror natil daybreak. A number of private houses were attacked
la the Gymnastic Contest, Sweden
secured. 1.364, Denmark 1,325 and Belgium 1,080 points.
TYPHOON WARNINGS, The telegram quoted below was received by the American Consulats General, Hong- kong
from the Manila Observatory, at a yesterday,
Is Cyclone or Typhoon West of the Ladrone or Mariana Islands, moving W.N.W. or N.W
and Cyclone or Typhoon East of Luzon, less than 300 miles distant, moving W.N.W At 12 noon, yesterday, the message was: Typhoon or Cyclone 15 Long. 17 Lat. moving W.N.W.
The Typhoon has crossed Northern Luzon in the form of a shallow depression, it may increase in intensity in the China Sea.
AMERICAN TRADE. PROCESS OF BECOVERY.”*
NEW YORK, July 4th.
A review of financial and economic busi ness developments in die United States during the past six months enanot be con-
NEW YORK, August 27th. Considerable agitation is noticeable in Feis circles in America in connection with the Lord Mayor of Corki. Telegrams sidered as otherwise than satisfactory, de have been sent to President Wilson and spite the disappointed hopes of those optim- Mr. Colby asking them to use their in- ists who relied upon the peculiarly fortun- Buchce to secure the release of the Lordato circumstances created by war here to plaen America in the position of leading Mayor,
the world in the process of recovery and maintaining a lead in prosperity and industrial activity far in advance of any other nation. The United States failuro to ratify the Peace Treaty and do away with the tyranny of war taxation and the burden af war pasta is undoubtedly respon sible in the largest measure for America's her, and in consequence her period of read- inability to rise to what was expected of justment has been long-drawn-out and pain- ful.
Chicado, August 27th, Forty-thousand Illinois coal-miners have agreed to accept an increase of a dollar and a half a day. They had demanded two dollars increase.
Cono, August 27th. Mr. Lloyd George has sent a letter to the Knights of Columbus hoping they will have
a successful tour,"
steamera.
MELBOURNE, August 27th, The Government has presented the Beante a statement showing that it controls. 23 Government-owned and 10 enemy-owned Additional eleven proposed 12,000 tonners, and 18 smaller cargo vessels are under construction locally. The not profit for the financial year 1918-19 is over million, but it is estimated that the profit for 1919-30 will be a quarter al million, owing to a strike, The Govega. The final result of the Modern Pentament points out that the establishment of a thlon gives Sweden the first four places. Commonwealth line is not to make profit", The first American was placed Rixth and but to prevent Australia's isolation owsing
petition, Norway beat England by 3 goals to 1. The Norwegian victory was thoroughly deserved, although it was a great surprise, England being warm favouriten England" had four men injured. A
MODERN PENTATHION:
as well as business premises, some of which Britisher, eleventh,
were looted. The damage is estimated at #70,000.
VILLA'S WHIMS. SOLVES PROBLEM OF SHORTAGE
OF FUNDS,
LONDON, August 281b.
POLICE RESCUES THREE MEN. Dublin Caitis reports state that six shops were wrecked, and 64 partially wrecked and add that the Police in the Oughterard district of Galway rescued three men kid napped by the Republicans. They also effected several arreste, MR. DE VALERA'S REAPPEARANCE.
New Youx, August 28th,
After closing the Sabinas brewery and Mr. Da Valera has emerged from the saloons, Villa despatched four "auditors" obscurity with which ho has recently been, to the larger stores to report on the profits fristen, dedaring that 100,000 Irishmen requisitioned on these stores for complete were ready to emulate the example of the equipment, including wearing apparel, pack males and horses, dedaring that the Lord Mayor of Cork.
stores were able to lose them, owing to
A message from San Antonio (Texas) says the whimsical caprices of Generai Villa have had an odd climax in the town of Sabins, when Villa concluded terms of surrender to the De la Huerta Govern |inent.
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to the disruption of the world's shipping lines. It is also considered that it will have a beneficial effect, preventing a com bination of shipowners detrimental to Aus iralian interests.
New Yoxx, August 28th. The Latest development in the Irish troubles is the so-called Mannix strike of dockern in New York who struck work on four White Star liners as a protest against the failure of the crew of the liner Baltic recently to resist the removal of Archbishop Mannix from the ship. The strike dovolop ed suddenly. Hundreds of excited men and women dashed from pier to pier exhorting American ships were not molested.
PRINCE JOACHIM. WORRIED OVER THE HOHEN-
Business interests are bitter against those responsible for allowing America's goldon opportunity to slip by, but are thankfuk for Che signs that the pies of transition
States may shortly start on the struggle for industrial progrow and world trade expan is nearing the end, and that the United
sion without the handicap of the glomentia problems which during the past six months are proved so troublesome, There is no the lowering of the productive output, the doubt that at one time the country, through ineficiency of labour, and the endless series of strikes, difficulties of transportation, un wholesome waste, and dangerous inflation, was on the verge of a panic which, it is believed, only the existence of the Federal. reserve banking system, with its wide avert. The enforced shrinkage of the bank- power and central control, was able to ing and credit field, which brought a heal- thy reaction, and which to-day in acting as a Nevore brake on industry, was a far more cheerful alternative to a currency famine af the familiar type or the breakdown of cro dit, with reguita as disastrous as those the 1007 panic,
ed really Russian soit, while the Soviote, tradicts the statement regarding the pre surrounded. He addressed a meeting of of the past twelve months. Thereafter, be the dockers to conso work on British ships. ourable points of the outlook today is that ̈ taking advantage of Poland's weaktis, valence of grime, disorder and deaths from invaded purely Polish territories, menaced starvation. It declares that, although Warsaw and issund proclamations annonac social equalisation is far from complete, ing the introduction af a Soviet regime glaring inequalities of fortune no longer. inte Poland, despite the protests of the exist, and praises the systematic efforts male to improve the economic and social conditions of the people, but questions whether too heavy a pries has not been paid for the advantages.
Polos
The declaration concludes by emphasis ing that Poland alacerely desires peace, on condition that there is no interference with her internal affairs. She, herself, does not intond interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, a
In pointing out that personal freedom of speech and the freedom of the Pross have been totally abolished, the Delegation
DESTRUCTION OF AEROPLANE large profits they had made during the
MOTORS.
GERMAN WORKMEN S
OBJECTIONS.''
BERLIN, August 28th. The Workers' Council at Kiel Dockyards urging the men not to comply with the demands of the Eatente for the destruc tion of 200 seroplane motors, at present
year,"
GREEKS PREPARING
OFFENSIVE. TURKISH FORCES BEING CONCENTRATED.
SMYREA, August 28th,
The Greeks in Asia Minor are prepar.
ZOLLERN PROPERTY. The fasts concerning the suicide of Prince Joachim, the ex-Kaisor's youngest son, are now generally believed to be as
· follows:---
The credit contraction has hurt legitimate industry, brought about some unemploy meat, and depressed the stock market, but it is slowly yet surely eliminating the evil of wild speculation, profiteering, and price inflation, and driving home the lesson that. there is no royal road to economic sound- noes and prosperity. One of the most fav there has been so little development of the excessive radicalism that was feared some time ago. In addition, there may be point. ed out the bright outlook for the crops and the provision for their proper harvesting and transportation, the practical certainty of a further reaction in prices; the better, Labour situation, and the ending of the imposable situation at Washington with the General Election in November. Despite foreign trade figures for May which show a continued exportation to Europe of car- mous qusatiti of all commodities, and only a slight increase in importa, a review of the last eleven months shows that Ameri- can exports increased by only 18 per cent in value, while imports gained 67 per cent. Even under the movere strain of expansion persistently, and her imports steadily risa a. counter-balance her exports. The pro cess of reconstruction has been not loss pain- ful here than in Great Britain, despite the fact that the latter has made further progress along that road carrying far heavier bur- den, but Americans are happy that theys. are now well on the way, and in the belief that they have come through the crisis nos irreparably damaged.
DESPERATE BOLSHEVIK boliovo attacks against Russia in the lying in the Dockyard, declaring that thoing for a now offensivo, with Oachak asLiegnitz, Potsdam, at 8 o'clock in the eyen America'a foreign busness, therefore, grow
POSITION..
PARIS, August 25th,
A Havas mange says
Bo desperate are the straits of the Bol
sbevist forces between the Narow and East.
West will result in the spread of Bob dockyard men are prepared to destroy their objective. shoviam in Persia and the East.
SERIOUS OUTLOOK IN MESOPOTAMIA.
y has It is stated that considerable Turkish instruments of murder, but Germany given. guarantees that the motors will only forces are concentrating in opposition.
ATTACK ON FRENCH CONSULATE.
be used for the purposes of civilisation, should be remembered that the Extente's
that they can only choose between BRITISH OFFICER CAPTURED BY object in the destruction of these engines
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avnihilation and capitulation. A rumour current in Warsaw that the head of the Hustisa army in the North has entered
inte pourparlera with General Bikork for the capitulation of his entire feros.
The French Government has appointed M. de Mariel High Commissioner with General Wrangol's Government.
ARABS
is to bamper the resumption of German bombings on helpless civilians at a favour able opportunity.
INCOME TAX STRIKE,
GERMANY'S REGRETS NOT- ACCEPTED.
PARIS, August 29th. The German Charge d'Affaires visited
The Prince was found lying unconscions on the floor of his bedroom in the Villa ing. He had shot himself in the chest with revolver, the bullet piercing a lung Prince Eitel Friedrich was summoned im- mediately, and Prince Joachim was roma ed to a neighbouring hospital, t
The ex-Kaiser and other near' relatives were informed. The Prince died at 10 o'clock the next morning after regaining consciousness, without making any state ment as to the motive for the deed. The Prince's mind, which was
A general strike has been declared at the Foreign Office and expressed regrete the Bevolution, was still ected by
till more seriously.
350 YEARS OLD LEGAL DICTUM QUOTED IN HIGH COURT,
The thought of man is not triable, for
Losnos, August, 231h A War Ofice communiqué regarding Mesopotamia reports the spread of trouble to the Mian Tafik area. The stun. Stuttgart to protest against the deduction at the looting of the Consulate at Breslau. deranged by discussions on the settlement even the devil does not know what the tion, in Shattct-Hai is reported to be of 10 per cent, for income tax from the He gave assurances that the guilty persons of the Hohenzollern property between the thought of man is
wages of all workers.
would he punished. M. Pablogue, the Crown and the Prussian State, and by his Mr. Tomlin, K.O., in case in the Ubancery Division before Mr. Justics Eve critical, the Political Officer having left by
Becretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, troubled marital affairs. His wife left recently quoted, amid laughter, the shove zeroplane for Nasirie. British troops
informed the Charge d'Affaires, that in a year ago, and the question of a dictum of Chief Justice Browne, given 350 encountered a strong band of hostile tribes
Frances would inform Germany what material and moral reparation was required divorce had recently become scute, men south-son of Billah and drove it!
when the affair was investigated.
ALLIES IN AGREEMENT. Exchange of communications between the Fronob Government and Lucerne took across the Euphrates. Forty tribal bad- place yesterday. The text of the communiors were counted
ZEPPELIN ROUND THE WORLD.
GERMANY'S PLANS.
New Yonx, August 28th.. It is stated that the Germans, are pros
qué issued at Lucerne on Monday having The opposition to the north-east of paring non-stop Dirigible fight around bear officially transmitted to the Franch Bagdad is still strong. The Assistant the world with a Zeppelin, unless prevented Foreign Office through the British Em-Political Offer at Kitzi has been captured by the Allies. bassy, M. Millerand replied: The by the Arabe.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS. SENATOR HARDING'S CRITICISM.
'and'
A London correspondent undersands that General Dyer has received a handsome offer from leading publisher to write a book MARSON (OBLO), August 2tb. Benator Harding, is a speech on the dealing not with the events at Amritsar, League of Nation, declared that President but with the whole question of the rise and The garrison at Qaraghan, thirsty miles U.S. IMPORTS MORE RAISINS. Wilson's League was a definite
of recent progress of political agitations in French Government thanks the British and south of Elfri, which held out successfully
irredeemable failure Senator Harding, therefore, proposed a new effort to con. India and their principg! promoters, Bir the Italian Governments for the communi against, repeated attacks, has now been
relieved:
struct & World Association on the frame Michael O'Dwyer will probably be invited WASHINGTON, August 28th. cation made, and, is glad to note that
work of the Hague Tribunal, and plodged Increased consumption of raisins, due to himself to make an immediate effort to to supply an introduction to the hook. On there is nothing in the text which is not in complete harmony with the ideas and i have named an offensive and Prohibition, is believed to account for the form such an Association. Booster Harding July 31st, the Morning Fort's Dyer Fund
forced the Cossacks to abandon Boobt, the 1,400 por cent. increase in raisin imports i was of opinion that the League of Nationą, padedal principles for which it han always stood." Intter losing heavily.
| from Spain for the first six months of 1920. And banken down a iti frat Lest in Poland amounted to £10,000,
The communiqué, confirms the announce ment that the Bolsheviks in North Weet
EFFECT OF PROHIBITION.
years ago, and referred to by Lord Black Mr. Justice Eve What acquaintane had Lord Blackborn with the devil?
Mr. Tomlin Lord Blackburn had bons, and what acquaintance Chief Justice Browne might have had in the time of Edward. IV, 330 years ago, I am unable
Yeh Kung-chow, the new Chinese Minis- for of Communications, has written to Various philanthropic factories, point. ing out that carpets, valued at $333,000, were reported in 1912 and that, similar. urging the development of this valuable experts in 1919 amounted to $890,000 and industry