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SINN FEIN OUTRAGES
LIVERPOOL:
WAREHOUSES SET ON FIRE
LEAGUE OF
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER). Jer,
IN
NATIONS SENDS TROOPS TO VILNA.
MUNITION FACTORY EXPLOSION
MANY KILLED AND INJURED.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"
SINN FEIN OUTRAGES IN
LIVERPOOL.
WAREHOUSES SET ON FIRE: POLICEMAN SHOT DEAD.
LONDON, November 28th.. It is reported, that Binn Feiters set, fire to a number of cotton warehouses in Liver pool last night, and disturbances occurred in which a policeman was shot dead.
CIVILIAN SHOT DEAD. Fifteen warehouses in Liverpool and Bootle, principally cotton, were set on fire last night. Petrol sins and paraffin were found near the scene of the fires. men were arrested.
OPENING OF ATTACK ON ENGLAND.
The outrages in Liverpool are regarded as the opening of the Sinn Fein attnek on England against which precautions had, been taken. It appears that several tim bez vardarin Liverpool were also set on
fire.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. CONSTITUTION OF MANDATE COMMISSION
GENEVA, November 97th.
The Council of the League of Nations has decided that the permanent Commis sion, whose duties, under the Covenanty are to receive and examins the annual re
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS
{THROUGH - RIUTER'S AGENCY.
HONGKONG WON THE
VAR.
„LONDON, November 26th. How Hongkong won the war might poris of the mandatories, and to act as an almost be the heading to a letter to the advisory body, shall consist of aloe men-Times by Vice Admiral R. H. Anstruther. bers, of whom five shall be from non-ex-Commodore of the Honkkang Dock- mandatory and four from mandatory yard. Powers
When questions relating to the execution of a mandate are discussed the representa tive of the Power concerned, will only sit in consultative capacity."
LEAGUE CONTINGENT FOR VILNA
TO ENFORCE PEACE.
GENEVA November 28th. The Longue is sending an international
The damage is estimated at many thou-military contingent to Vilna. It will co- eist of orp Belgian and two each French, sands of pounds;
British and Spanish companies, also machine-gun section each, commanded by Colonel Chardigny, now the head of the League's Commission, who is already on
Several fres are still burning. The neighbouring fire brigades arrived in Liverpool to assist the local brigades to combat the flames.
SINN FEIN PLOTS IN LONDON. The precautions taken by the authorities led to the disclosure that the Sinn Fein plot to terrorise England included plans to Five damage Government buildings in London. This explains the hasty erection of barri- There is strong evidecca to show thatcades in Downing Street and another gar.
the spot.
REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS
INVITATIÚN TO UNITED STATES.
GENEVA, November 29th,
The Military Commission of the Assem bly of the League has passed a resolution
HOW TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION, STANDARD OF LIVING IN DANGER
Aa CONSTRUCTIVE 'TOLICY.
Proceeding to define constructive policy,
Lord Weir asid that within the realm of our
knowledge there were only four methods of LORD WEIE'S VÄENING. ASEAN improving the volume and efficiency of our A country's production, namely:-1. An in- The abnormal position of Industry to-day crease in intensity of effort per operative was emphasized by Lord Wele in an ad- hour. & Au increase in the number of dress delivered at a meeting of the Glasgow operative hours per individual per day. Chamber of Commerce on The Factors An increase in the number of operative in- Governing Production and the Character dividual 4 A perfecting of methods, pro of Industrial Policy Required to Improve cesses, and organizations, thereby eliminating
Our Position,"
amount of preventable and aroidable ab.
senterism.
The speaker mentioned three factors, each" illustrating the necessity for freedom of em ployment(1). The influence of technical progress on employment; (5) (abnormal- demand; and (3) the development of in- dustrial methods and processes.
a waste of operative hours but After dealing at some length with the Reduction in hours was a legitimate step grave phenomena associated with our main the progres of social reform, but it was tional trade, finance, and industry, and brought into being at a time when this country Referring to a recent letter to the indicating their chief causes, Lord Weir laid could not afford to work fewer hours, and down the following essentials to any con- to-day it was perfectly clear that we could Tines by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge instructive and remedial policy, which, he not go on working fewer hours. In a few maid, had no order of importance, but were in the majority it was not. In the shipyards industries the reduction was justified, bat which Vice-Admirat Anstruther“ says,
interdependent and interacting and in coalmines there is a considerabla Sir Cyrian Bridge alluded to Hongkong
1. A temporary stabilization of wage rates
for 12 month as if it had no effect on the war. Vice- Admiral Anstruther points out that it was from Hongkong that the ships sailed which confined Admiral von Spee's supply ships to harbour, this preventing von Speq from seizing the Falklands beloro Ad- miral Sturdee's squadron got there, and, according to Lord Fisher's "Memoirs," tad we lost the Falklands we should have lost the war for want of nitrate. “So, Hongkong weighed well in the scale, and showed very clearly that naval strategy is world-wide."
a
TRADING IN GIRLS IN HONGKONG.
LONDON, November 25th.
In the House of Commons, at question time, Colonel Amery stated that trading in girls for immoral purposes between Hongkong and Eastern parts was forbid
2. The assumption of responsibility, for unemployment relief by industry aga whole, not sectionally as has been proposed & Certain changes in the incidence of taxation in industry, ended,
4. The removal of trade union obatrac tion to
means by payment results. 6. The recognition by the State of the│- In regard to shromal demand, there principle of freedom of employment. were two outstanding example the build-
To-day we were urgently in need
6. The temporary increase of ng trades and the iron moulding indus
hours.
7. A reduction and suspension of Govern-ditional houmis, and the men available to ment activities in costly schemes of social build them were walking about unemployed reform until the industrial performance of because employment was not from Six the country and the consequent financial months had been spent in negotiation be
· positión warrants. their readoption. tween the Ministry of Labour and
the Such, he said, was the outline of a policy national interest was paramount. In some trade unious, in av matter...whore the and a programme, characterized by cum- centration on practical means within London districts where new houses were our own control of increasing production, badly required it was proposed to start rendering. it more efficient, reducing costs relief work to provide employment. Could and prices. The effect of its adoption would anything more farcical or insincere be be to clarify the industrial atmosphere, imagined! reawaken enthusiasm and enterprise, and point the way to practical cooperation, and, above all, to show to the community that the three authorities concerned, Govern ment, trade anions, employers, were in car in their efforts to help to ameliorata rest the
present situation. The working man would realize that something effective and
the fires were the work of Sinn Feiners. | row throughfare off Whitehall through in favour of asking the United States to den. Chinese and Europeans equally de- practical was being done to help him.
Constables were fired on, but were not injured. One civilian was shot dead. Two of the Liverpool cotton warehouses were burned out.
SIMULTANEOUS FIRES. The civilian who was killed was a youth who saw men setting fire to a warehouse. and whom Sinn Feiner shot dead. A
which entrance is gained to the building and the Prime Minister's residence.
The Houses of Parliament, have also been closed to the pubile.
Captured documents show that it was intended to use motor-care for the trans- port of those who were to use bombs to the scese of action.
Members of the Government and high
collaborate informally in the study of the problem of reduction of armaments.
ENTER AUSTRIA.
assisted to suppress the tested it and trade which was difficult to detect, especi- the disturbed ally in view conditions in
the interior
of
WAGES AND INFLATION.
As regards wage rates, the speaker said Assume that to-day's High, cost of living a a reflection of high wages, impaired ox changes, reduced and inefficient production, and inflation of currency. Further assume that today's wage rates (not necessarily earnings) represent a fair standard of live and they are stabilized for 12 months four policy, the
of volume
production and its ciency are increased, our credit and our ax. The Sub-Commission dealing with the Colonel Amery pointed out that the change will rapidly improve our overhead both industrially and nationally will chargesuch savings will at once be regis
AS MEMBER OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
GENEVA, November 28th.
In the foundry industry the effect o restriction of employment, had been most! serious on account of its influence on the foreign trade of the British engineering in- dustry. As a single example he took the
the case of his own firm
per
CONT.
con.
China which tended to favour prost, as out of the other factors of our must have lost tens of millions of trade and
tion. The convictions secured, however, usually involved beavy penalties.
affi
ructive policy, of the Ironmoulders Union, under which it bad been impossible to offer employment freely and to the complete lack of the cooperative spirit on the part engineering of the union, the output of months had been almost exactly 40 p products from Cathcart in the last 15 less than it would have been under ditions of freedom and cooperation; 4995,000 less wages have been paid, and employment to about 1,000 Glasgon citizens had been denied. The entire British engineering industry millions of wages. British business had been diverted to Belgium and Holland and the foundry industries there permanently strengthened at the cast of Brinsh industry, With regard to development of in
Lord Weir cited industry. In that allegations that there were a number of the wage rate is fixed, its valus will rise and the motor-car
could only be reached through “mass produe. and not till then, will it become which involved under-age prostitutes in Hongkong, but accordingly raise the standard of living industry be said, the maximum efficiency a large operative emphasised that no girl was allowed to possible to reduce the currency inflation by
my of relatively unskilled workers and Balanced wage reduction which can be done in such army Cider brothel, unless the Secretary of a proportion as to ensure that the raked executive and administrative. e unioniam to-day obstructed the Chinese Affairs were satisfied that the ran the wages will be still further employment of the unskilled and
dend level of the skilled, fired Te the Government was to be held under resale that development on the merket obligation to relieve unemployment, then for mar production to reach a
was retarded or prevented. This handicap the Governinent should have a voice in
tho diiectional authority dealing with a policy which ultimately imposed produced anemployment, and would
Inefficient production, produced. justified in seeking
of the trade consequential results: A FUS revision
fost armby" of only need of
train- Any extension of unemployment relicting
guidance to enable it should certainly be
from those standard of living, its self-respect, and its anions which would not make arrangements value to the nation, was denied the op
policeman, who was with the youth, had officials have received numerous threaten. admission of Low States into the League Governor's report-did not corroborate the be reduced costs of commodities, and, as dustrial methods
Rarrow escape as his assilant fired at him point blank, but missed,
The warehouses were entered by forcing and cutting the keks and bolts, Fires broke out simultaneously in the north and the south ends of the line of dock, and at Bootie the whole of the Lancashire" side of the Mersey was ablage.
YOUTH KILLED IN LIVERPOOL.
LATER. The youth killed in Liverpool lost his life in the following circumstances. Ho saw two men at the doorway of a cotton warehouse and went and fetched policemen, who proceeded to arrest them. One bit a a heary "bolt policeman violently with
enter. The other fired at him, but, miss ag the policeman, killed the youth. Both mon escaped.
HOW FIRES STARTED.
Albogelhor eighteen warehouses in Liver. pool and Bootle were set on fire. There is vo doubt that it was a case of incendiarism. It was well thought out plot organised on a big scale. It is significant, that the locks of the warehouses were nearly all out with bolt cutters. Buch quantities of ply paraffin and petrol tins have been found that the police are convinced that motor-cars were used to convey them.
In the case of a timber yard there were three separate outbreaks. In some instances
the fires were quickly
ing letters.
FIGHTING REVOLUTIONARY
ORGANISATION.
The authorities in Ireland evidently in tend to pursue with unabated thorough. noss the intensified measures which they are taking to smash the revolutionary mili. tary organisation.
It is stated that the wholesale round-up in Dublin last week resulted in three hundred arrests.
The authorities are preparing several internment camps for the members of the Irish Republican Army. One is now ready at Dundrumbay, County Down, and is capable of accommodating a thousand men. Army huts will similarly be used as pri- soners of war camps. MURDER CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND Two policemen were shot at in Castle martyr, County Cork One was killed and
the other was wounded.
CONCESSIONS IN RUSSIA. STORY NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
LONDON, November 28th The Times New York correspondent says that the American Russian Chamber of Commerce states that reports of vast con casions alleged to have been obtained in Busia by Mr. Washington Vanderlip
where the wareho others, should not be taken seriously-
stocked with
tion, the fire burned furiously the whole wight and the warehouses were burnt out.
Two policemen hurrying to the soone emo in conflict with incendiaries, who Fred revolvers. A ballet penetratext Policoman's overcont.
FOUR ARRESTS IN LIVERPOOL. Discovering have established that incen iarism in Liverpool was due to a Bina
Fein plot to aprend à holocaust throughout
The Bree spread over the
FATAL MOTOR RACE. FAMOUS MOTORIST KILLED.
LOS ANGELES, November 26th. The famous automobile racers Gaston Chovelrot and Eddie O'Donnell were-kill- ed in a collision in a 250-mile race in full view of the Grand Bland. Both the mechanics were serievaly injured.
O'DONNELL NOT KILLED.
LATER.
It is officially announced that O'Donnell
the whole docks area, which extend, for was not killed, but that he was critically injured. It was his mechanic who was killed.
soren miles.
whole distance.
Four men were arrested, including the
w who bit a policeman with a bol SILVER EXPORT EMBARGO,
wetter.
All the fire brigades were quickly on
RELAXED IN UNITED KINGDOM.
LONDON, November 27th. the scenes of the conflagration, and were The London Gazelle announces that silver subsequently foinforced by brigades from
specie may be exported freely, without Birkenhead, Warrington, and St. Helena.
licence, but the export of silver bullion «iko damage runs into hundreds of thou- and British silver coin is still probibited, sands of pounds.
except by licence.
of Nations has arrived at an agreement in principal in favour of the admission of Australia into the League unanimously, and en invitation to Austria to enter the Lesgue is probable.
OUTLOOK IN NEAR EAST. ANGLO-FRENCH CONVENTIONS
BEGIN
FRENCH PREMIER TO MAKE STATEMENT.
1
Piri was nineteen years of age or over. whereas the marriageable age was six- teen or seventeen. Colonel Amery edd- ed that even an experienced European had a difficulty in judging the age of a Chinese LARGE INFLUX OF JAPANESE VISITORS IN UNITED KINGDOM. LONDON, November 26th.
tored in
increased.
only
union policy as to treedom of employment and about to rai-e. ila
BELGIUM'S SWIFT RECOVERY.
LONDON, November 27th, The Anglo-French conversations, parti. cularly as regards the situation in Greece," began at Downing Street. No decision
The Times notes that the unprecedent whereby unskilled and semi-skilled men or portunity of doing so by the dead band of
trades. ma level which was a source not only. has been arrived-at, pending the arrival ed number of Japanese visitors to Britain soility in thejaloilled and according to their the trade unions and permanently kept
is largely owing to the selection of Britain,
The Government could not, at the present weakness but af danger to the State. of Signor Sforza.
instead of Germany and Austria as before the war, for the study of western methods juncture, decrease taxation, but it could in in consequence of more satisfactory teci-crease the number of producers by with drawing the protection which enabled the lities. The bulk of the Japanese are at arbitrary restriction on employment by the London University and several are at trade unions to be enforced as long as they Edinburgh. A delegation recently went to exercised these restrictions on the efforts of Ireland with a view to studying police free citizens to engage in production. - The methods. Over a hundred Japanese privileges how given to trade unions abould officers are studying naval architecture apply only to those unions which would and engineering here. A recent new step permit the introduction of unskilled or
parts the has been attaching Japanese military semi-skilled help into their industry on their skill and work
The news that the steel and spelter trade intelligence may 66. them for Payment by results gave to the capable, willing worker an of Cardiff is passing through period of
an acute depression owing to Balgian competi opportunity to profit by his capacity and tion should give us ample food for thought, aill, and called attention to the lacker writes correspondent in a financial and the mediocre Worker. The mediocrity per. That Belgium, after was-protected by his trade union, which | industrial stages th this country in ons five years of should be able to com insisted his being paid the district
pete successfully
Lospor, November 23th The Anglo-French conference in London has been interrupted, and M. Leyguca is leaving for Paris on the morning of November 29th, in order to make a state
ment in the Chamber of Deputies in re gard to the French representation to the Vatican, but before leaving he will see Signor Storta, who is due to arrive in London this evening.
It is hoped that M. Laygate will return to London on December 1st or 2nd.
INTERNATIONAL TRADES UNION CONGRESS. CONDEMNS LENIN AND TROTSKY.
LONDON, November 27th.
officers to English regiments.
ITALIAN MUNITION FACTORY
ZE EXPLOSION.
such
be
COMPETING WITH BRETAIN.
DAN BÖBJECT · LESSON.
* "prevented and of its most essential trades is in itself an
mora
18 MILES FROM BOLOGNA.
rate whether he earned it or MILAN, November gah.
at the azne time A message from Vergata states that skilful fellow-craftsman from socuring the all is not well with
amazing fact, and leads us to realise that Great Britain. Instead explosion took place in a munition works reward to which superior skill
of worrying the rest of Europe with pleas legitimate to work for immediate financial help after the war, aeroplane bombe. It is stated that a nam under specified
pot Belgium quietly fot to work to restore the ber have been killed and injured.
be legitimate to prevent others working factories demolished by the Germans, and under these conditions if they were satisfied by superhuman efforts re-established herself with them. Yet was the power given as a commercial entity. to the unions, and
od exercised with an ever-The question of railway reconstruction was incres ing tyranny and ruthlessness.
where charges were being removed from might and but it could
been
7 KILLED, 15 INJURED.
Explosions are still occurring in the fac tory at Vergato. So far, the list of ment by result had proved in practical tackled as soon as the armistice was signed, The International Trades Union Con-casualties shows killed and 15 injured operation in hundreds of establishments & and, in spite of the excessive wear to which large number of houses have been rendered moans of securing greater production, higher the permanent way had been subjected by uninhabitable.
earnings, and reduced costs. Its disadvant the enemy, pro-war efficiency has already
had been
attained. The magnitude of this achieve 1 many of its mer
KUS ZEGAL IDay bel
ay be gauged from the fact that tures misrepresen a bed and
Lord Weir had the signalling system had to be completely declared that the maintenance of to-day's renewed owing to the impossibility of
of works the Germans“. standard of living was possible under to day's ing on the methods adopted
workers was realised conditions of volume and efficiency of produThe need for fuel
No improvement in the standard of as well as the capitalists and production
has now reached of our people was possible until one pre-war Agures. More bands have been t
was not only enormously increasede
gress, representing 28,000,000 workers from 18 countries, which is meeting in London, has passed a resolution denouncing the calumnies and insults directed against the Congress by the leaders of the Moscow: Internationale."
The resolution was only opposed by the Norwegian delegates, whilst the delogatce from Italy romained neutral.
MANCHESTER NOVEMBER
HANDICAP.
LONDON, November 27th. The following was the result in the Manchester November Handic
Pomme de Terre
March Along
Planet
Twelvo ran,
FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA. FUSION OF UNIONIST PARTY WITH
- SOUTH AFRICAN PARTY
JOHANNESBURG, November 27th, As an outcome of a conference with the Premier, General Smuts, the Unionist Party has decided to unite with the Bouth African Party to support General Smuts *ppest on behalf of the Constitution and a non-racial policy in South Africa
BARLIER CABLES.
MISSING MILLIONAIRE
MYSTERY.
the pro
total of 0 per cent. of
The cost of living in Belet
country was becoming poorer every day the coal industry, in “
Re
but was much more efficiently secured. The on, already poor industrial performance of the
than that of any other Allied coun- striction in the hours of labour was rose Bruges Town Counell have been enabled to ible for a reduction of not less than 15 per
was the
30 prosperous are the people the
cent. in the gross turnover of our entire in close the municipal pawn-broking establish- dustrial
Our world
Sanual wage bill was ment the Mont-de-Fiets approximately £140,000,000 less than To those who have actual experience of might be we are losing the produce of this valuable institution, and know to Associated with this causo what extent it was used before the war, 700,000 once additional restrictive this statement alone
volumes for on overtime and nithishift; the recovery of the Tho
produc A very recent agreement between tion of cast-iron is now 49 per cent the employers and the Amalgamated En- the pre-war figure, and is rapidly increasing. gineering Union reduced the productivity Much of the credit for this satisfactory A message from Portland, Oregon, saga of a nightshift worker by 25 per cent, and state of affairs must be given to the Belgian
SECRETARY. ARRESTED IN OREGON
NEW YORK, November, 24th.
that Mr Doughty the Secretary of the increased the cost us works at night by hatoy who has shown himself ready to
Mr. Ambrose Apri/ Glasto
Canadian millionaire. ||
Wos by a head. Three lengths between Doughty, mysteriously Bond Rad third.
Telling:-3 to Against Pomo do Torre, 6 to 9 March Along, 33 to: Planet
a year ago, has been arrested.
of all work done in a
to sane, counsel. Although he has 1_wild enhancement of devianded increased wages, ha, has been "nearly costa,: d with handicaps on produc- careful to place his demands on an economic Me thon, could only create selling prices so basis, and has borne in mind the needs of
It is stated that has confessed that he high as to stultify demand and open our his country. History will point to Belgium took $100.000 worth of hoads, which were markets to very serious competition, and as an example of what can be accomplish- massed when Mr. Small digappenrod, but lend us directly into unemployment on a od when the beginn
dith desire to More!