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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES, ĮTÌMBUSH 'BLUTER'S AGENCY-] DRATH OF, FASTING LORD MAYOR.
ON SEVENTY-FOURTH DAY OF HUNGER-STRIKE.
LONDON, October 25th, The" drath is reported of Mr. Mao ~Swinney, the Lord Mayor of Cork, who was
inger-striking in Brixton Gaol
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Mr. MacSwinney died in Brixton prison 5:23 this morning the seventy-fourth „day of his hungerstrike.
After a brief conscious interval, be lapsed iste unconsciousness last night. Mr. Mac, Swinney recently had repeated attacks of pelirium, and was given gourishment by - the prison authorities, but was so epfeebled
that it had littin vices,
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TAX HUNGKONG DAILY FRESS, WAINESDAY, – QUIOBER 2/18, 1920..
LATEST CABINS.
NATIVE RISING IN PORT.
JJELIZABETH.
DETERMINED ATTACK ON POLICE STATION.
OUR LONDON LETTER
THE PUBLIC AND THE LABOUR CHISIS OVER COAL
THREATENED STRIKE FAILS TO CAUSE ALARM,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPON
POKDENT.]
PORT ELIZARETH, October 18th, Following the arrest of a native leader,
LONDON, September 16th It is a remarkable fact that in spite of › crowd of natives rushed to the police the imminent danger, of a coat strike, station. The police offered a stubborn | which would inevitably involve the stop- realstance and were fltimately driven out page of industrial undertakings all over This necessitated culling reinforcements of the country, and cause untold misery and At soldiers who opened fire and ultimately ffering, the public are apathetic.
another time this question would have dispersed the mob... asualties were aroused the keonest excitement. Perhaps ity, of whom fourteen were killed, includit is that the country having gone through ing two Europeans.
the horrors and the dangers of the war, ANOTHER ATTACK.
capacity for emotion has become exhaust LATER
ed. After Armageddon even the threat of After being driven off from the policeinters to down tools is unable to dismay, station, and pursued from the city, the natives hold nine meetings in their villages in the outskirts of the city,
building at the Charing Cross end of MINER'S EXPERIENCE. Whitehall which is known to British
WAGES AND SLACKNESS. officers all over the world. Their opera- ious were at first confined to the coßeption :A" "working" mixer states Two years and disbursement of officers pay, but after) ago I was a clerk m£2 10 week, the South African war the business began married, and with a family Life on £3 to Axpand.
10, was very narrow and mean. Is appeared to me that up to a point, ativan - who was willing to take his coat off could carn more money than by-keeping it un I determined to take mine off.
When, the Europeau, war broke out the business zereased a thousand-fold, and in order in cope with it the historic Harring tun House in Brays Court was taken over. These premises were sufficient for the on-
I obtainish employment at a colliery a
SMUGGLING WHISKY
THE U.S.
138 A QUART,
INTO
A correspondent writes to The Times- On the Canadian -frontier at Winder, across the river from the city 'of Detroit,"
enorms traffic in liquor has been going on for the last seven months.
Moury has been Blowing freely and for tunes have even been built up in the short pumpsñian. A gratifying improvement pace of a few months by those who have at once took place. I received E3 10s, ed. en ready to facilitate the trans ort of a week, under the last Government award whisky and other forbidden beverages across advanced to E4 86. p., and my house coal the water into Michigan. The city of Wind- supplied at the rate of from Bata 11amor, too, has beenmong the profiteers from Ferton Thouilated before becoming miner, and was very nervous for some tine Fatter, and my moseles, unused to manual labour had to take a severe gruelling, but I have won through and those things trouble me no more.
this trade, for from the first of the year up to the beginning of August it had col lected the suin oi #238,300 (204,500) by way of fines from those found illegally in the possession of liquor.
ergebes, but are unsuitable for permanent offers. Now they are to be disposed of, and the firm are going to Bud & home at the corner of Pall Mall at Waterloo Place AISGENIOUS DODGE.
An engineering friend tells me of an ingenious method which has been adopted an electric lighting company in laying
A cottage on the river front, a touring underground cables, Pipes were laid down
car, or a bank necalint. of $3,000) (£1,250) Of course this attitude of the people has under the streets with manholen at inter
are some of the tempting baits which have certain advantages. The temper which in the usual way, and when the cable The miner's lot is a hard one, and, perheen held out to those willing to engage i keops a nation from panic, or from rising to be drawn in a man stood in one sonally, only the financial attractiveness, the work These, we are told, are but up to meet trouble half way, his just the Manhule with two traps, or cage, one of or a sense of public duty, would ever in average offers, and it is not to be wron
defeat that the good people of Em which contained a rat and the other a duce me to accept it The following day they, twice attacked equable temper which should see us sally territ & second man was at the next perilous work, with high death and prospect of such easily earned wealt
Tis admittedly County, Ontario, bave siccumbed to 127 COUNTS:
the power station. The police were ulti-through all our post-war difficulties.
manhole
accident rate. The miner is shut away Among those who have been recrutiyaarrens- INDICTMENT AGAINST MESSES.mately forced to fire, killing one and Many a time in our rough island story
When everything was ready the first man from the fresh air and God's sunshine for led on a charge or violating the Ontario ARMOUE'S.
Temperance Act is the worthy mayer of the a huge petrol sier, and succeeded in cutting in the face of danger to the commonwealth. with a hight set of harness to which was worst of idl ng took place, anting to ance of 115 cases of whisky from the because we have been able to keep calm seconds later he released the ferrit, Ected Dew employment long before it was forced River Detroit within a few minutes' sai may observation, that an excessive from the United States. The disappear all the telegraph and telephone wires, THE EXTREMISTS.
attacked a thin string. As the rat and almost a positive caudal except those, going to Cape Town.
There is, however, one risk of a part territ came out at the next manhole they day shifts. The stacking evil is not quito bone dry, anal private persons are allow I have worked on both the night and the may persion in the basis of the charge. Although Ontario is dry," it is not pak Reinforcements are being sent up from cularly grave character which has to be wore severally caught. The string drawn to acute on the day shift ouing to strictered to secure liquor, for their personal use.
considered--the risk, that the active and Cradock and Grahamstown.
through by the ferrit was then utilised to upervision. On the night in the first Highly organised minority of extremists
hour gues by without anyone doing ▲ The seirion of the licence officials, there now quiet,
who are at the bottom of Labour unrest
draw & rope, and this in turn was used toe of work, and in the last-hour of the forer, falls on those who are purcĒRSĀTE draw the cable through. The total casualties were killed and might' gather enough force to cause real
shift the tale is the same as the first hour,large quantities. Recently a woman had THE IRISH DRAMA.
rarely would guyone he found working sent to her 20 cases of whisky. She had 41 wounded.
mischief. In political movements a well
A an interval for foul is, of course, bought 40 ens and nine barrels since Jann- Strange stories of what is happening necessary, this would generally absorb ary ist. When brought before the inspenicz organised minority bas been known to in Ireland are contained in private let another hour: Those who are really work she claimed that she had consumed be dominate the actions of a disorganised. multitude, and noderate, inen have had toters, A-good many things that reveal the ng any longer than four hours out of the whole 40 cases drinking, as much as firm shift are very few. Much the same takes quarts a day. But her word was doubted look on helplessly while the revolutionaries into print. Here is a typical case in we extent,
alment incredible state of things never place on the day shift, beg not to quite the and the 20 now cases, confiscated: by the set the pace.A
Government," paint.
New Yoax, Osober 3rd.
A Federal indictment containing 17 conate has been returned against Her Armour's of Chicago, who are charged with violating the anti-profiteering Lever Law in
elling New Zealand lamb.
It is reported from Pittsburgh that the „Federal District cours of justice în ren- dering the docision declared that the fourth action of the Leyer Law was unconstitu
tional.
MINERS STRIKE. MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK.”
CONSTANTINOPLE, October 24th. Besides the Premier, Mr. Bonar Law
wounding ovan.. Uher ‘altempted to free hare turned awkward cornerà simpliberated the rat into the pipe. A few seven hours a day, I bud not been at town of Amherstburg, a amalke place on – kie
The city is
EARLIER CABLES.
SWEDISH CABINET.
KING SUGGESTS NON-PARTY BODY.
OF EXPERTS.
SrockHotM, October 24th
After conferring with the leaders of the
Fortunately in the present crisis the country is behind the Government. The temper of the people is such that if the Prime Minister were to appeal for sip port at a General Election the Coalition
After the garder of five policemen near Enllaghdereen. Co. Roscommon, which was duly reported in the Fress, one of the The attacking assailants was shot dead.
add, Sir Robers Hurue were present at Conservative and the Liberal parties, the would be returned without any doubt, what. Sinn Feigers immediately formed a guard of howing the coal, have to desist in order the river. By the waying of pocket törchen
the morning's conference.
It is under slowed that the Government has arrived at new bra when, it acceptable to the
miners, is likely to provide a satisfactory
settlement.
z'ko`minary" representatives are report- ing the result of conference to the miner Executive this afternoon. «-
King requested Baron Louis Degeer, Governor of the province of Christianstad, to form a non-party Cabinet of experts.
THE REASON FOR THE RESIGNATION.
STOCKHOLM, October 23rd.
The Cabinet's resignation is due to the reful of the Liberals to cooperate with Line continuance of the discussions is the Social Democrats in the formation of
oficially regarded as a hopeful sign.
CONFERENCE RESUMED.
LATER.
After an hour and a half's discussion at the headquarters of the Miners Federa tion, this afternoon, Mr. Frank-Hodge aid that the conference between the chcials of the Federation and the Premier will be renewed on the morning of October
95th.
Coalition Government.
FRENCH TRADE..
INCREASE IN EXPORTS,
PARIS, October ath.
The French imports for the first nine months of 1920 are valued at 27,180,000,000 franca, and the exports a 10,500,000,000 francs, showing increases of 2,800,000,000 franc and 9,850,000,000 francs, respectively,
ever. The Trade Union lenders know this well enough, and they are cute enough to realise that their defsat on a rst-class que like the nationalisation of the mines would be a serious flow to Labour as a political factor, ULTIMATE. AIMS.
over the body and refused to give it up the troops that soon arrived on the scene, Gradualy more troops appeared, being rushed upon motor lorries, but bands of armed Sinn Feiners also appeared, though how they were summoned instantly from all over wide district is a mystery. It looked as though a pitched battle would be fought over the corpse in the roadway, but bappily several local priests arrived and induced the officer in charge of the military to give up the body, which he had claimed for a Coroner's inquest.
bly responsibility as a pumpsman is to
Once the liquor, has been purchased and keep water cut of a district. in order that, brought in safety to Windsor or some other collies may have a fairly dry working town on the frontier, there arises the pre place. My mates, sharing the general blem of getting it across the river. This disinclination to work, hinder the colliers is generally done by night. Thus who by not keeping water down; hence the have liquor for sale wait in hiding he colliers, instead of doing their own work Indians among the trees on the bank to get their working places clear of water which has accumulated through our they signal to the “rum-rimnes" who are action. I have ventured to remonstrate,
coasting up and down the river awaiting but I was told "It doesn't mater what the signal. Then there is bargaining on we do we only get the same wages whether shore and the treasure is brought Larth it doble or much," and You mustn't from its place of concealment and transport Lid yourself."
Pampered across into the United States, The miner's case for an advance of wages is justified up to the hilt, beth on the There are those who carry out the operati grounds of a substantini rtie in the cost of a vastly larger scale. They have their living, since the ins advance, and another brokers, who pass in and out among the rise foreshadowed for the winter, and al people on the Canadian side and find ank in connexion with what has been awarded how much whisky can be secured. Then to others, notably the dockers. The docker they arrive with their large cars or trucks has been awarded a minimum of 16% a day to meet the cost of living. The miner's minimum is 14s old, a day. Surely the minee with the added risks and hardships of bis calling is entitled to the same pay
in
These are known as the "little fellows”
which the liquor is taken to the rives side, where launch is waiting in some dark and lonely spot to carry it over. Au elaborate system of signals has been work
Meanwhile, the gezeral body of citizens perceive what are the ultimate aims of the men who are engineering these incessant upheavals among the workers Either blindly like fanatics, as some of them are, or by design, these extremists are striving to give effect to the scheme of international. revolutionaries. This much is well-known" and understood. And there is confirms sion of it in the disclosures this week that the Daily Herald "has received £75,000 for gerald, who happens to be the chief 'share transport and general maintevance and in the business to be an easy matter. It's.
The
The sequel to this was on the following night when police and military raided.ent Ballaghdefreen and burnt down the drapery premises of Mr. Martin Fitz
holder in the Dublin Freeman's Journal propaganda from the Bolshevista. paper admiti, the fact, although a couple doing damage estimated at £70,000 of weeks ago the charge was positively and LIKE A FILM STORY, specifically denied.
It is necessary here to state the dist nës tion between
a mizer and a collier. Miners are men engaged in underground
out to indicate to the drivers of the trucks that the const is clear bejsce they approach.
another problem, but is declared by thes The landing on the American side i
repair work, and handling the coal on its renching the surface. A collier a man aay," said one. You know, we ban actually bewing the coal. In round figures the river a bit. Out of our fellows objecte
places assigned to us along the docks down after classifying the various occupations, gallers are only one-third of the total to landing under a street lamp, but we tail number employed, and generally work on him to go ahead. When he landed the light
The remaining two-thirds, was out." pieco-rates, with rare exceptions, are on wages.
Is Detroit liquor can be easily purcha collier, in what is called a good place," and in very big office building and boled may earn from £7 10% a week
on the collier's minutes and case can be had within an minimum, 174, 80 a day. His position is hour's time. An average price for a qusık liable to constant change. He may be in of Canadian whisky is $15 (23 15.).
The story is very like a film drama, Whatever the British workers may desire There's a midnight attack, the police they certainly do not want to submerge being ambushed, the shooting, the swift SPIRIT OF CHEERFULNESS."
their country in the chaos which has over-gathering of reinforcements on either side LONDON, October 25th.
pation among them that they are being body in the road, and then as a climax The continuates to-day of the informal of 1019. conversations between the miners and the The Social Democrats did not obtain an fooled. Of the question of the coal strike i the interession of the priests The sub a good place for a few months and then As to the quality, the more reliable
it is significant that a quarter of a mil- sequent attack on the drapery store as an go to a bad place, and vice-versa. The boot-leggers supply thereal stu Mikserialists, which began yesterday, absolute majority in the recent elections.
Hon miners voted against a stoppage,us.
set of revenge is just the touch that place age claim then has the greatest effect on but there are the icas scrupulous, who? brought
the melodrama outside the range and scope
aituation. -
and Irish.** of a cinema play, and makes it political Mr. Frank Hodges and Mr. Robert Smille, in a brief interview, intimated
that the spirit of cheerfulness is going to
as compared with the corresponding period whelmed Russia. There is a growing ang prepared to fight for the possession of the "a bad place," be will be PP. Ti in a few quarts can be secured in a low
tone of optimism into the
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THE
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MAILS
day-wage menti
FAR EASTERN CABLE Continent is now wall-established, Any The air mail, service between here and
NEWS.
Post Office will accept letters, postcards WAL ON, RECKLESS MOTORISTS. printed papers, commercial papers and The change in the attitude of the police samples, whether registered or unregistered, towards motorists is hailed with satisfarthing is very seriously wrong is abundantly for transmission by air. The charges are tion. Felice "traps" on safe stretches
(THROUGH ZBUTER'S AGENCY-]
be maintained. Nevertheless, it must be setembered that actual negotiations have THE NEW BINO-AMERICAN TREATY for ordinary postage in addition to of country roads in order to catch motor
an air fee of 2d, per ez for Paris-orista exceeding the speed limit was in prac,
three cases out of two, and have their labels and revenue stamps, which 15, attach to their new brand.
Brussels, and 34, for Amsterdam. For a tics merely senselend interference seeing that pared with 1913 the is enclosed in the Coronation Chair Back
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not been resumed, although the conversa-
WASHINGTON, October 23rd. tions have been preparing the way for the
The State Department explains that the further ed, per packet delivery by express the reckless driver who was a danger to resumption. Anyway, the strike is likely
himself and everybody else was allowed to messenger is ensured. treaty concluded between the United State Correspondenor posted in London in the escape attention in busy streets. ho, last through the week, for even when an and Chinn providing for graduated in morning is delivered in Paris in the after. In futre the police plan is to ignore agreement has been reached a fresh ballotine
grosses in Custom duties on imports to noon. If it is sent by the afternoon the spend at where fast travelling causes now declared to be necessary. Mean-
China of tobacco, sugar, spirite and service it can be delivered the same even ne danger to the public. Instead, safety while, a hopeful sign is reported to be the luxuries, instead of the present flat rate, ising on the express rate being paid. Brus is to be the prime consideration. It is sels delivery takes place in the afternoon; believed that the new policy will enlist all intention of the Government not to proceed designed to effectuate as regards imports and express packets for Amsterdam, The the best type of drivers on the side of mmediately with the Emergency Bill,
to China the revised tariffs recommended Hague, and Rotterdam are delivered the authority. The vast majority of motoriste charabano outings, drink, and persistent I had procured from Scone, and with. Which is bound to ruise a heated opposition by the International Tarifi Commission of same day sa posted, This rapid trans desire to maintain the amenities of the uake House of Commons shut complicate Shanghai of 1918 These schedules were London to effect considerable economy in more than they. The really objectionable mission of mail matter enables firms in road, and nobody detests the road hog" accepted by the other parties to the treaty telegrams. This week I heard of a people are in a minority and it has been in 1800, under which import duties to China business house with connections in Holland well said that the most effective way to
where the saving is at the rate of £100 per deal with them is to create such a healthy reasons were limited to 5 per cent, ad valorem.
be chances of a settlement.
BARLIER CABLES,
AMERICAN LABOUR SUPPORTS BRITISH COAL MINERS
New Yorx, October 24th. The Central Federated Union proposes to coal-miners in Great Britain by hamper. the exportation of cont and has pasrod resolution asking the Government to re- to war-time control of distribution,
ongshoremen's' Union has announced self would jurge its fellow-worker net bad coal, except what is neccssary to
requirements of
A CORRECTION,
LONDON, October 22nd.. In yesterday's cable referring to the Sino-American Treaty, read "imports into China?
HELENA. MAY INSTÍTUTE.
The Rev. G. J. Williams has returned from Canton, and will continue his ad
dreace on The Person of Helena May Institute thi
5.30 p.m.
siva devotion to sport and amusement,
The wage claim is a just and equitable on bot in the interests of the community, whose welfare they profess sincerely to consider, and the retention of our place in the world's markets, s very much more exchange for the wages paid. That some. adequate return should be given in THE CORONATION STONE.
A GEOLOGIST'E COMMENT. evidenced by the information disclosed,
"Viscount Bryce writes to The Timass that, comparing 1919 with 1013, 70,000 more men engaged in and around mines, The question has often been raised as fou but 40,000,000 tons less coal is raised.com the place whence came that famous relin
of antiquity, the Coronation Stone, which What are the causes, and what are remedies!..
These questions should be was, brought from Scone, the old Pictač thoroughly thrashed out in the negotiations capital, to Westminster by King Edward L that will take place. The federation in A.D: 1290 lenders, who are men who worked in their Desiring to throw some light, if possible, mining days much harder for much less upon this question, having obtained per money than present day mimers are willing mission many years ago from the s to do or accept should join hands with Dean of Westminster to inspect the clo powerful campaign or in a vigorous and 1 examined it carefully along with an publicity with the object of raising output to accompany me. We compared it
of propaganda and eminent mineralogist, who was good enough Factors causing decline in output are exces a block of greyish, alightly reddish a
stone with pieces of sandstone rock he absenteeism for trivial reasons, usually by other pieces from Dunstafinage of where I am employed was 486, the next scope by Kenneth ManAlpin, the Bom the same young unmarried mixers, On a Etive, in Argyllshire, whence (according recent Friday the attendance at the pit to a Beottish legendy it was brough, day 363. Out of the 5 men absent, prob King, who succeeded to the kingdom of the ably only 25 could hava given satisfactory Piste. It proved to be of a rock differéne,
from any of these specimens, and o presumably either brought by men's hand public opinion that they must conform to
te bone from some other
district of There is further, the interesting point good manners or find themselves oraciosd.
PEAOR CURTOM "REVIVED. carried there by a glacier or an jooberry that correspondence, which misses the
This the field of conjecture as to its origin H.B. Thursday evening mails for Egypt, Aden,
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 29th. still open, there are many part of India, Straits Settlements, Hongkong and
Yesterday, an anment Byzantins custom Beolland honed it may have come by which a representative of the Sovereign The remarkable pamage quoted by co China will secure the connection if posted teen
Writing the London Morning Posisiomaly announced the conclusion of a creependent from Dante (Paradiso XX
TOUT a contributor states: A miner, by air mail from London to Paris on Fri- down Porthcawl way in: Glamorganshire victorious pente to the bead of the Ortho regarding the strife of Englishmen and walked into a garage one day at work dox Church, was rey yod. The Greek High Sootamen was probably written soon after and, after glancing round at the motor Commisioner at Constantinople, soooms the battle of Bannockburn (1314) ben cars, pointed at one which was marked for panied by his stal, entered the Phanty the wars of Scots and English had lasted Announcement is made, that "Cox's" sale and asked what the price was the chief Greek quarter at Stamboul, for nearly twenty years. Dante fimbed
to migrate to now premiser was far head and porting his hand in behalf of the King of the Hellened an- are proposi
where the patriarchate is situated), and on the Paradiso in his later years, and ded of a palatial character, and that the site inocket he pulled out a great packet nonnsed the conclusion of peace with of the present officer se to be sold. The of five pound notes. He found he had fatodus firms of Army agents began business only £230, on bira He promised to send on the ten pounds that were owing, and, in quite a mall way in the unpretentions getting into the car, he drove off
anam.....
day morning.
all
£300
Turkey to the acting Patriarch and the principal clergy, at the door above which the Patriarch, Gregorion was hanged by the Turks in 1821"
123.
It was stated at the Kingston soort that. motoring offender was unable to stand owing to a cold. Bir Borgs 2. Perhaps tam Fridone gave him thas