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OBITUARY.
LONDON, November 2nd.
This death is announced of the Rt. Hon. Jose Callings, who represented Bordesley (Birmingham) in Parliament for a number the fidus Achatre of of years and was. Mr. Chamberlain.
EARLIER CABLEN.:
HOME RULE BILL. SECOND READING DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORD.
LONDON, November 23rd.
THA HONGKONG –DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
SITUATION IN GREECE.
ATTITUDE OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND FRANCE V
PARIS, November 23rd. Oftein) circles sinto that in view of the postponement of the Greek plebiscite to December 8th, there will probably be no official Anglo-French declaration on the firrek sitnation immediately, as it might possibly provoke regretable disturbates in Athens. It is pointed out that the "Allies" Arst duty is to examine the Treaty of Seyre, before proceeding, further,
M. RHALLIS INTENTIONS. A message from Athens anys that the Government. Press announces that M. Hballis intends to visit Allied capitals to open direct nogotiations with the Allied Governments regarding the situation. It is also abared that, in order to prove the sincerity of its feelings towards the Entauto, the Greek Government is ready
demanded.
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DUBLIN MURDERS. MRASQUITH'S MOTION.
LONDON, November 23rd. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith will propose a motion, on November 24th. exprrasing abhorrence of Sunday's brutal assassinations in Dublin and condemning the action of the executive in attempting to repress crime by terrorist reprisals, which involve the lives and property of innocean citizens and sta civilized usage,
REALITIES OF RUSSIA. SOVIET TYRANNY UNMASKED.
*THE POLITICAL FIVE"
BRITISH LABOUR 'UNDESKIVED.
saries of articles on the
The Train has published remarkable recent visit of the British Labour Delegation to Rousia by Dr. L. Flarien Quest, one of Ra joint secre taries In the articles Dr. Guest. frames an indictment of the tyranny of the Bol thevist inincetty which is the more formid able because of his distinguished position in the Socialist wing of the the London Dr. Guestisa Labour member of contrary to
County Council and is a Parliamentary candidate for Woodwich. He was defeated at the last election in Southwark. He is
a Fabian.
1920
SHANGHAI MARKET REPORT.
PIECE GOODS. The brighter outlook of a few wocks
of chastisement in the piece goods trade seems quite ́
in policy
The growing discontent of the working classes coulit be suppressed neither by the sentiment of satisfaction at the fact that the most essential part of the State mechanism was transforrod into the hands of the work ing classes, nor the sentimens of hatred at the sig.
at an end, remarks the N.-C. Daily News ant the class bourgeoisie, “The Russian arist could be no more feel on extentions This week the market is decidedly fist. of the 20th-inst, which goes on to say m Paris instead of breed bone are forefathers and it appears more or less certain thathis. at the time of Robespierre of the real improvement can be looked for this BolsheFists' Comments, the working muasses side of Chinese New Year Oere began to listen with more and more interest to city of goods in the country there is no to whose doubt, but merchants appear to regard huesings they had been caruing a doat lower prices as a likely occurrence and warnings had But at the same time the greater part of see a temporary decline and profit there
in the days of the October coup d'stat, their tendency is to hold off. They may the working classes and working or by but given an end to the financial ganizations as well as the peasants turne stringency al present hampering trade And in the Constitution throughout the world, it is certain that unreliable. there appeated the well-known Clause 35% prices will recover. In fact, considering WHOLESALE RAIDS AND ARRESTS.
according to which any group of labouring the universul shortage of goods it would -Wholesale raida and arrests were carrial
The following is one of the articles peuple way also be deprived of all political not be surprising to see a substantia! in- The oficial description of what used to ho fights if its motivity is considered dangerous crease, at least for a time. In any event out in Dublin last night. The military the Russian Empire is now the Rais Thus contrary
the revolution.
theory, the we shall not see the old prices of before Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the throw cordons of barbed wire obstructions Boci Fing with R. 5. F. 8. I sicurilled on it Constitution itself laid the first stone the war, as wages, materials and Terr across the roads leading to the city. No in white is commoner object in that for the division of power and concentrating thing else have risen, and consumers must
country than
While China is suffering in common body was allowed to pass the barriers under that the Union Jack in England in the hands of bureaucracy, broke away ada themselves to the new level.
Government is commonly called from its principles of democracy, complete any circumstances. All vehicular traffe the Soviet Government and Soviet and freedom, and equality of rights of all labour with other countries from the worldwide ing people. It legalizes the split of the Bnancial stringency, she has at present Bolshevist are considered almost interchange- was stopped. Men inside the city are able terms. The facts are that the Soviet labouring people into two groups, a privile, the additional handicap of her own im-
ged one, were searched and a number arrested system dates its inception from a period long
anterior to the 1917 revolution, and the a
one-deprived of them months ago the native banks were doing Large crowds assembled at the barriers. Bolsheviate far from having created ad As a result of this
a large business in way of advances. the fostered Soviets have gone a
Way ther Prince the practice of the core severance between against cargo, and the chances are that Kropoticia โป his
too large credits, corsidering how the to prevent obstruction.
mocracies published in July in the Press of the gap between the Constitution and the market has gone in the intervening months. WIFE'S DEVOTION SAVES
Great Britain and as an appendix to the Soviet theory,
Accordingly the present policy appears to Soviets as elective bodies practically coRN- of the British Labour Delegation to OFFICER'S LIFE.
Russia, has called attention forcibly to this ed to be in existence not only as means of be to advance nothing at all. From their policy. A document rec brought from
State
management, but alsb na legislative point of view, considering the approach * of China New Year, this is probably bodies Further dramatic" incidents, in conneo-Bussia, The Boy by Baba,
leader of the Menshevista, puts the matter. The overwhelming majority of the mist sound, but this drawing in of their horns Theoretically the Soviet regime is an are passed independently not only of the which had already shrunk to small enough
All-Russian Congress of Soviets, bot also dimensions. There is reported to be: ideal form of democracy of the labouring without the knowledge of the Central ample money in the country, but at A classes In the hands of Soviets concentrated functions of legislation, nd Executive Committee.
them altogether.
to the
vile political rights, and | mediate financial difficulties. A few
Events in Dublin have created a most to give any "guarantees that may be The military fired, a few shots in the sit to suppressing atter to the Western: De Constitution of 1.5.8.K. is still wider the to-day they believe that they have given
unfavourable atmosphere for the second
reading debate of the Home Rule Bill which will begin in the House of Lords.
today. It is felt that the result, what-
FRENCH PREMIER'S VIEWS
FARIS, November 23rd.
An important French semi-official state-
report
ever it may be, cannot fall to be fur-reach-ment, defining the Allies" probable attitude tion with the Sing Fein pogrom against still more clearly. '.Dahn writes as follow important decrees and fandamental laws is having the effect of curtailing a trade.
in connection with Constantine's restora tion, mates that M. Leygues is insisting on the necessity of an Anglo-French declara tion before the new Greek Chamber meets on November 25th, in order that the latter may be acquainted with the former's inten-
ing in importance to Ireland. Great Britain nid the Empiro alike. Most com- potent observers agree that it is impossible to foretell the result with certainty. Hence, the Governant is undisguisedly endeavour. "ing to obtale a full attendance of members.
Most of the prominent Peers are partitions before deciding on a referendum as
ipating in the debate, including the Lord regards the recall of Constantine. Chancellor, who opons the discussion, Viscouur Morley, and Viscount Grey of Falloden," who is expected to make a especially weighty contribution. "
Crown servants in Dublin, are arriving- Uno obey owed his life to a woman who had warned him the previous night that
ha was being watched. advantage of the information.
His wife's devotion led to Captain Kenly side, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, escaping with a wound in the arm. His wife moet The semi-official statement points out that' gallanty struggled with the assassins, and the Greek Government will be unable to thereby frustrated the murderous attempt. shelter behind the Chamber if it knows
The latest message icom Dublin says that beforehand that the results of the referen-28 persons, were killed on Sunday and over Baroh Clifford of Chudleigh has given dam will not be accepted, and proceeds to nobic of a motion that the bill be sub-show that the objections to Constantine's mited to an Irish referendum in order to assume the form acceptable to thera; -!!! The division on the second reading expected on November 25th...
OBJECTS OF THE MASSACRE-
LATEX...
70. wounded......
ministration, law, military Affairs and
•
Without its knowledge take place the most important acts of exterior and in- terior policy.
some
time like the present nobody will allow it to go into circulation.
One of the brightest features of the marker a couple of weeks back was the Very short sittings of the CEC,
activity of the Szechuan dealers "who when by
by Way D exception
voting (unanimously) of a resolution already local market, the condition of their pro- important bills are introduced, are reduced bought piece goods heavily. Today it is ❘ couple of speeches and to pre-arranged reported that they are placing them on the vince being too topermit trade composed outside the UK. The UC reed. Possibly the threat of simply a kind of decoration.
Some importance in still attached to the renewed invasion by Yunnan has induced local (provincial) Soviets, Ume only as purely this action, but it is also well known that municipal bodies. But here, tox, all ques the province is overrun by banditti whose tions are decided exclusively by the bureau, operations make the transport of goods eracy of the Exeretive Committers and very nearly impossible. Presidiuma General meetings of Soviets bere, too, have only decorative functions.
The military have taken over a part of return are based on the five treaties between the Lity Hall with a view to accommodat 1827-1861 under which France and Enging. troops and officers residing in hotels with some process of production or
island, jointly with Russia, constitated the
Protecting Powers of Greece and guar antors of her independence.
1 The statement refers to the utterim-
have been recalled to barracks,
The Galway village. Barnt, near where Father Michael Griffin's body was found,
BOYLETS DYING OUT.
Colour, so far as they | irregularly; their sittings are more like, the Arst place the Piece Goods Guild has
The
The House of Lords was crowded to-day possibility of France and Britain permit has been, practically, burned down. Einizations, halls for their moot- been months, this decision has not ably they would simply continue to do no
on the recasion, of the second reading of the Home Rule Bill, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson Occupying
Keats!
round the steps of the Throne.
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Birkenhead) reviewed the measure at length, and read Jetter from Sir Edward Carson saying that Ulster was prepared to accept the bill and to work it loyally. (...)
Lord Birkenhead denied that the Eng Tish people wanted to deny to Irishmen aything to which they were entitled and emphasised the fact that the scope of the bill offered to Ireland a greater degree of self-government than any Irish leader had was des ever claimed until the republic manded. Referring to events in Dublin on Sunday, Lord Birkenhead declared that the primary object of the murders was to intimidate the courts martial and capture documents. A great capture was recently made of most secret and vital documents appertaining to Sinn Fein military and,
ting the restoration of the ex-King whose past only too dearly foreshadows his future attitude. The Allies cannot permit again any interference by the Hohenzollerns in Greek affairs, and, thus, disturb order and equilibrum in Eastern Europe..
The statement goos on to say that Eng. land and France, will not oppose Constan- time's return forcibly, or by a blockade of the Greek coasts, or fares Constantine to return by aeroplane, but they will inform the Greeks of the numerous, political, economic and fusscial repercussions, which.
hostile policy might bring in its train. this is, perhaps, calculated somewhat to tempor Hellenic instability. France" and England will, thus, have done everything possible to avoid being confronted with the restoration as an accomplished fact.
The cadet took economic policy; all officials are clecter
and dis missed by the Soviets, and are fally under the Soviets jurisdiction. The Very members of the Soviets may be recalled tires at any moment; in other words, the electors and replaced by now represent Soviets should reflect like "mirror shades and fluctuations of the people's will
day of The Soviets represent the present democracy, whilst the most perfect repre- sentative institutions of other kind are the resection of yesterday, stid Trotsky at the time
of Bolshevist agitation for the downfall of Kerensky's Govern- ment. It is true this ideal democracy in
A short time ago we alluded to the only for the labouring classes and the
suggestions on the part of a section of the "piece 'goods dealers of a strike or boycott. Soviet elections take place not ia definite
This report has again been current during` For this reason the Soviet organizations the week, without, however, causing any toritve postal Beaction or
Nou-working, parasitic elements, are dying out. Soviets assemble rarely and perturbation among foreign houses. En exploiters" of exist, aru
:not only.
of elective public meeting thun a business asumbit nothing to do with these proposals, and franchise, bat
definite
highest Soviet institution, the political
in the second it ufany
difficult to see how or civil rights, in general. Meanwhile, the Executive (CIU), does not mees for half a Isbouring classes enjoy complete political year and more. Even now, when, after the de- the strike could be carried on effectively.. freedom and in addition to this the State cition of the Seventh Congress of Sovieta, the The dealers who talk of striking are them with all the means for the CEC was to meet for short session doing no businss just now, and presum
such freedom, such sa pruunizes every two
and front
February, 1920, business, so the position would not be Drinking offices and paper for printing the C..Cinet only once for three hours worse as a result of their efforts Talk their publicstions, decenn
in order to vote for the declaration in such as that mentioned is the height of Such is the Soviet system in theory answer to the League of Nations and to fubility, and if these people imagine that sanction the text of "an appeal to the nation they are going to blackguard the foreign in connexion with the war has changed they are badly out in their calculations.
with Poland. merchants-into wholesale cancellations In the constitution of R.S.F.S.B. things are So the power of Sovieta"
Late the centralized little different; it was necessary, to take
reality into consideration the various needs of a cen- bureaucracy over the Soviets, sad tralized State machine on the one hand, as well
THE CENOTAPH; as the endeavours to secure the realization of centration in the hands of this burcane-
Writing in a London evening paper definite party and and communistic policy one of the legislative and excentive power Soviets. This bureaucracy utilizes the the other. Soviets are no more the contem members of the Soviets for insignificant journalist says:-1 see that some blocks of
will of labouring
stone bave been delivered at the Cenotaph. administrative functions. porary reflections of cines they are elected for definite periods But the degeneration of the Soviet system with laurel wreaths carved on them. The (true for very short periods of three or six does not stop here. The lose reliable from wreaths, which are replicas in stone of the months). The Soviets become a disintegrated organism, submitted hierarchically to the the point of view of Bolshevist communism big laurel wreaths which were hung half. All-Russian Congress of Borists with the becomes the sisetor of the labouring classes, way up the north and south sides of the the more often the exclusive measures are temporary Cenotaph last year, ars in the
white stone as Sovieta.
the Central Committee at the head.
by same.
Ac- background. permanent in their turn, form smaller so-called revolutionary committees (rencia). mittees, which, izr
The new general elections become more rare, bodies called Presidiums
still and
Pere to ba laph.. the election of Executive FERO This is one side of the question. But the ts and Presidiums. The elections green stone from Australia, so as to resem- other side, too, found its way into the ire place under heavy pressure from theme of the Similarly the Engs at the ·
Ele real Isarel. tion
Government, and the heavier this pressure se soldiers, and peasantry in largo the greater becomes the number of revolu masses followed the Bolshevists call in
cyclists started the conflagration.
NDON
3
A
PUBLIC FUNERAL IN LONDON. Following the murders of officers in Dublin, the authorities in Ireland began a great round-up of Sinn Feiners throughout Ireland. Houses, public office and many other places were raided and numbers of Sinn Feiner arrested.
י,
A destroyer has gone to Dublin to fetch the bodies of the murdered, officers for a public funeral in London.
TO SAVE ARMENIA.
LEAGUE APPOINTS COMMITTEE. GENEVA, November 23rd. There was some very plain speaking at yesterday's sitting of the Assembly of the League of Nations over Armenia.
Mr. Balfour, in a long spooch, which The statement further points out that, if made a deep impression on the delegates, the "Anglo-French declaration is decided caked pointedly what the League was going upon before November 25th, the forthcom to do in dealing with people, like Mustapha ing interview between Mr. Lloyd George Kemal, who disregarded the Langue. No and M. Loygues in London will relate to mandatory could be found to protect
THE DOWNWARD PATH.
the
in
power
of
the сод
have their formally elected Executive Come introduced and the Soviets are replaced by cording to the plans announced when the
been
means of
י
WAS
they
sanctioned, that
bean ent in a transitcent
were to have been
mble draperies, and dyed red, white, and Cenotaph with these ponderous flags at- Having soon a plaster model of the
Cabinet or Bir Alfred Mond have decided to have silk banners like the ones which tached to it, I am glad to learn that the
messy
revolutionary organizations, and the the decision which events might ronder | Armenia, unless other States guaranteed longing to the landowners immediately, with ble, dictatorship of the proletariat, dictatorship. None of the best intentiona
authorities intended to make the fullest use of the documents. Lord
Birkenhead announced that the Government would nós accept responsibility for such repeal. Not a single Unionist Cabinet Minister was prepared to take that course. He said. that the only datger to the bill was the possibility of a coalition between those who think that the bill has gone too far and others who think that it has not gone far ough Lord Birkenhead said that the
necessary as regards the affairs in the Near East as a whole.
Marshal Foch
will accompany Loygues to London on November 28th.
SALE.
ALIUTTED TO GREAT BRITAIN.
London, Noveraber zard. Lord Inchcape is offering to sell to
onit
Bud
+
turned
at the fact that the French idea of giving date of private land-ownershiplishments, from little communist groc ry, and simple robbery boomin
K pensantry, small owners of |
tunched
October, 117; but not because they had Honary and Socialist groups and their fol-sembled in stone cut into folds to re
and imbued with the spirit of socialistic lowers-masses of working people revolution. At that time, perhaps only the peasants who are forcibly deprived more or proletarian masses believed that their sal-less of political rights, and forcibly precluded vation lay in immediate and complete com- from participation in the election for the manistic revolution Soldiers looked to the Soviets, de, as counter-revolutionista October revolution for
At the present time all Socialists excepting were placed on each side of the temporary posce, and hoped that
monument. I trust that the Office of Works the Bolshevists themselves and a few silher- of they would pay their sufferings in the ing, insignificant groups, devoid of any does not propose to dye its myrtle wreaths Pessanta were political importance, such as the Maximaliste, by any process of steeping pigment-into hoarded by the boarg
ng the land be illegal or in
Revolutions best case i
Democrats, &c, exist in an the Portland stone. That would only look very kren on expropriating
semi-legal, hardly state. distant waiting for the decision of problematio Constituent Assembly Sol, In fact, money, men and munitions,
The French ez-Premier M. Viviani, in diers and peasants followed the Bolshevists-accomplished by way of the dictatorship of of the men in power can be born on ny into the dictatorship arail. Abaaluta power at the top autom a party of Communists; for them to the Communist Parry over all workers stically crestes abolute power of the wurst
them the Soviets, has of immediate peace and in The Bolshevist Party represented by its kinds at the bottom, and one must acknow-
im an impassioned oration, expressed regret but not as a
that all kinds of arbitariness, violence, In's way of gratitude
peace and
(communisticheskade jachetes of the Com- Bass. Desperate effort of separate groupe
at the bottom the League an international military force
quite ready to allow Bolshevista to the Central
of honest tras, Communists are drowned MORE GERMAN SHIPS FOR had not been adopted, and argued that the to have their own communistic programme munist Party at the top, is the master of
vory same bureaucracy, and more partic- in this endless son of militaristic and police fatal effect was that the League was assum and to deal as fiercely as they liked not only tilarly its military, and police branches, corruption.
with the large and medium, but also with ch is in its turn the master of
every Such is, in short, the real sapect of the ing an attitude of impotence Burely on the stall towns bourgeoisie, so far as the int State establishment, trade union, cooperative theory and practice of the Soviet system. attempt should be made to negotiate with terests of peasants themaalres were poinstitution, club, or any Soviet organization,
We are not doctríasires of formal den-- But soon it became clear that this from lowest to highest
This party has the exclusive use of print-cracy at all costs and under any circam- was impossible. The State possemed Lord Robert Cecil said he was confident industries already half-ruined by the war However, such a state of affairs rendiers not stop before depriving of political rights works, paper, halls for meeting, do lances. During the period of revointion and civil war we have not stopped and shall econdary object of selecting. November British ownora a hundred more ex-German - that, even if negotiations failed, the world and nearly completely paralysed by thought all disagreement or hesitation inside the those social classes anti-Bu
less and precocious communistic measures. Bolshevist party extremely dangerous; this we have a death Elst for the outrages was the belief that stemmers which have been allotted to Great would somehow find a way to safords its industries could supply the peasant is why to the dictatorship of the party 10
with nothing exchange for
On the other gla bready 000-
other hand, we have alwaya embered, and Always shall remember, cesary for towns and the continuation of over Soviet tussis is added a dictatorship emb
of ospecially reliable and trustworthy com
upon And the
er mumusta ver the party itself, including that destructions imposed u
of true democracy the principles blockade afterwardin
every charged with the difficult task of saving | D
chance of getting goods.
aboard oven its Central Committee,
* proof of a relative weakness of the revolution; the more it is "Armenia somehow.
the State, having given the land to the THE OMNIPOTENT FIVE
polit pesante, was immediately forced to lay its bands on the fruits of this land. Bu the
political five" (Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin,
Blate
more it is ne civil war soon demanded from the peasan Kamenett, and Kristinsky) ita desisionsis cessary to exercise caution in the introduc
management, the FAR EASTERN CABLE try the same sacrifices in the way of an absolutely final. This addre, hampered tion of social and economic changes,
antile machines, products, as the im
neither by
her by the control of any repesentative But to us Socialists the unconditional rule NEWS
perialistic war which just came to an
institution, nor by any sction of indepen of testeracy in the midst of workers therma Penaanta became discontented.
dent democratic organization, nor by criti became unreliable in
Come the eyes of the
of Froe Pross of free word, are indsodes is the fundamental condition, the ministic' Government. This fat was at once cmnipotent, But such revolutionary absolutele of rolutionary tactics
theprotest Finally
against reflected in the Constitution the labouring power shares the general and fate of eery violence of a muncity over Q a majority of people from the country (peadow or represent absolute
LAT Omnipotent as POWCE
workers in the relion why we remain to be given five times fewer
|with ·respect toi the workmani stives than the labouring classes of the town. the masses are concerned, omnipotent party in option on principle to the
contemporary Bolshevist vamma, ali A DINGOSZENT SPREADING CART Bat the discontent had sprung up and was passat as well as any bourgeoisie, bo description of the Soviet system i spreading among large proletarian tassen it is impotent as far as bureaucracy got in my opinion, reasonable and moderate, disappointed with the results of the regime and again particularly its military and statement of the actual position, and puta, police services, on which the, “live” i exlonso Mr. Bertrand Russell's summing which had promised, them happiness and forced to rely for the fulfilment of its up of the position. The Soviet Bystem wealth but fated brought them to starva- tion, cold, and destitution.
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they would influence a section of opinion Britain by the Reparations Commission. will
at a critical The total tonnage is 177,000. They include in the legislatura It
ago of the bill in the House of Commons the 29,000-ton vessel Cappolonio.
A committee of six was theu appointed the workl's war at the, nd
~ that the attempt on Viscount French's life BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY.
made. Lord Birkenhead declared that APPEAL FOR FINANCIAL RELIEF. the extremista vero being beaten. The
LONDON, November 23rd, The University of Birmingham is appeal..
sue was already going against them. The other day he was shown a communication from local Sinn Fein organisation to the
Bina Fon Headquarters asking that the ing for £500,000 to believe this financial
branch be granted dispensation from situation caused by the war. Already, attacking policemen for two months bemer cause the pursuit bad become increasingly more than half the amount has been sub dangerous He pointed out that if the bill was wos passed, kite Home Hule Act scribed, including £125,000 from oil-pro-
[THRŌUGH" REUTER'A AGENOT.]
CHINA FAMINE FUND APPEAL.
LONDON, November 2nd.
An infuatial Anglo Chinese Couto, of 1914 would automatically become opern- ducing interests, the Birmingham Univer- including Bir John Jordan, Mr. Saoki, tive when the Treaty with Turkey was ratified. It was impossible to put the 1914 alty being unique in the pig
Mr. Alfred Sts, Bir-Erzeez Satow, and Bif Alotsin operation. If the present bill, was of engineering and technology department (Charles Addis, is appealing for subscrip not passed, Theogly-tunarve
which ponds ztudents throughout the world. tions fre the Chins Famins Relief Fund repeal the 1914 Act
ed
the
are
Roccasary to in-
Boviet Russia is ruled in fact by the so-call-crease the of number those deprived d
cal rights and adopt dictatorial measure of
alen