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BOLSHEVIST
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1921.
ACTIVITY
AGAINST INDIA:
SIR ROBERT HORNE'S SUGGESTION TO M.
KRASSIN.
BRITISH OFFER
ΤΟ
UNITED
STATES:
REDUCTION OF NAVAL ARMAMENTS.
NEW
SHIPPING
LINE:
BELGIAN AND CHINESE ENTERPRISE.
LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.) GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVY.
LEE'S OFFER TO UNITED
STATES.
LORD
LONDON, March 17th.
A striking announcement regarding the maval armainenta question was made by Lord Lee, the First Lord of the Ad-
LATEST CABLES.
BRITISH REPARATIONS
BILL.
COMMITTEE STAGE.
LONDON, March 17th.. The Reparations Bill has passed the Committee stage. in the House of Commone.
LATEST CABLES.
TRADE WITH RUSSIA. BOLSHEVIST ACTIVITIES AGAINST
INDIA.
LATEST CABLES.
WORLD'S CHESS
⠀ CHAMPIONSHIP.
-RESULT OF FIRST GAME.
LONDON, March 17th.
HAVANA, March 17th. The first game between Laaker and »After the signature of the Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement, Sir Robert Horne Capablanca, in the world's chess cham- addressed a letter to M. Krassin giving pionship, resulted in a draw, after fifty details of Bolshevist activity against
| India, and,stating that this must immedi
ately be ended, if the good faith of the trade agreement is to be observed. TEST ACTION TO DECIDE MERITS OF AGREEMENT.'
LONDON, March 17th. The conclusion of the Anglo-Russisa Trade Agreement is in no way hailed with universal satisfaction." "
The Daily Herald alone is jubilant and claims that the agreement is a great Labour triumph.
moves.
PRESIDENT MILLERAND.
CONCLUSION OF LYONS VISIT.
Paris, March 15th. Ar. Millerand has concluded his visit to the Lyons Fair, and to the industrial district #hare the working population gava him the heartiest welcome. The President is to proceed to-morrow on his journey to Valence and Avignon, Horus.
EARLIER CABLES.
Other commenta range from strong KRONSTADT REVOLT. denunciation to cold gratification. A STATEMENT BY RUSSIAN TRADE point of immediate concern is whether the gold and other commodities from Russia are attachable.
1. Krassin declares that a test action
DELEGATION.
LONDON, March 10th. The Russian trade delegation has made
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
NEW
`(TEROUGH ́BHUTBA'S AGMNOV:)
SINO-BELGIAN STEAMSHIP
LINE.
BRUSSELS, March 17th.. new Sino-Belgian navigation com- pany has been established by the Belgian Royal Lloyd. It has four steamers ander construction. It is intended to run o
| regular, service to Shanghai from Ant.
werp, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
BRITISH FAR EASTERN FLEET.
LONDON, March 14th.
In the House of Commons, Commander Bellairs asked whether any representa tions from India or frum the Dominions had been officially sent in with regard to the report of Admiral Lord Jellicoe proposing a Far Eastern Fleet of the latest type, including eight battleships and oight battle-cruisers by 1024.
Mr. Lloyd George replied that a few will be brought in the courts as soon as a statement contradicting the reports interim representations had been receiv. possible, and if the verdict is in favour that the Kronstadt revolutionaries have ed, but the Dominions were deterring miralty, at the inner of the Institute NO REDUCTION IN PRODUCTION. of the Soviet Government trade will be been shelling Petrograd, and dealaring their considered views until the whole opened immediately, but if it is against that the Soviet throughout bas treated question of Empire naval policy and co of Naval Architects, where he said that
painful misunder operation was discussed as intended at if an invitation came from Washington
the Soviet the agreement would become the revolution as be would be prepared to put aside all
useless, unless the British Government standing. Accordingly, it has tried to the Imperial Conference in June. other Business in order to help towards
obtains a revision of the decision.
asettlement peacefully. delegation, says that the guns at Kras agreement for nutual reduction,
nayagorka could have wiped out Kron. which was the most pressing matter in the world's affairs.
stadt in twenty-four hours. The rebel
2.
BERLIN, March 17th.
It is semi-officially denied by the Government that production has been reduced in the Stinnes' Thysson works in the newly occupied districts. No work men have been dismissed.
EARLIER CABLES.
INDEPENDENT
LIBERALS'
OPPOSITION.
LONDON, March 15th.
secure
The
LARGE COAL ORDER SIGNED:
LONDON, March 17th. The signature of the Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement was speed.ly followed lious sailors are already regretting thoir action, says the delegation, and it is by u koscow wirdiess message announc ing that a contract for a big order had anticipated that the trouble will be over-
come shortly, been signed in London for the purchase o
tuns de cual
CABLES
ZARLARI CAULDA.
REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS. ·
LUNDUN, March 16th.
In the House of Commons, replying to
FIRST SPRING HANDICAP. OUTSIDERS SECURE ALL THREE
PLACES.
LONDON, March 10th. The Lincolnshire Handicap resulted as
Lord Leu declared that the difference
<between the American and the British
fcroula, regarding the strength of their respective navies was too slight" to be made the subject of controversy. 'Es In the House of Commons, in the Com- asserted that if ever war broke out"be mittee stage of the Reparations Bill, the sween us and any of the ex-Allies; it Independent Liberals moved an amend- would be the fault of blind or criminal ment providing that no payment should be made under the Bill, until France, "leading for which statesmen, whether in London, Washington or Tokyo, or any Italy and Belgium adopted similar mea other capital, would be execrated insures, contending that otherwise the Bill Commander Keaworthy, Mr. Lloyd follows:-Soranus (33-1), 1; Senhora, b.story,, if they failed to avert such a would be useless as a measure of comicorge stated that the Anglo-Russian tragedy.
pulsion. Mr. Chamberlain urged the Trade Agreement was signed this morn. Lord Lee said that the new British necessity of adopting the measure, even ing by Sir Robert Horne and M. Krassin, Navy Estimates set an example in reif Great Britain' stood alone, adding that on behalf of the British and Sevist dustion. “We have taken risks," Lord he could give no assurance that other Governments, respectively. The text Lee said, “? as regards the relative posi-Powers would take similar action. The would be published as 2000 as possible. tion of our navy and the faves of other amendment was subsequently rejected by All special restrictions ou export and countries. We are prepared to go to the farthest possible limit by mutual agree ment, but it was not sufficient merely to talk of "hands across the sea. We must, also, have heads across the seu."
Looncluded Lord Lee, in a game of
21 to 70.
FRENCH PREMIER'S DECLARATION UN GERMAN PSYCHOLOGY.
PARIS, March 16th. In a speech which was warmly-applaud-
(20-1), 2; Queen's Guild (100-1), 3. Thers were 3 to the race. Soranus won by two lengths, with the third another half length behind...
DAVIS CUP.
RESULT OF DRAW.
NEW YORK, March 16th. The Davis Cup draw is as follows:- First Round-Spain v. Br.tain; Canada
#. Australasia; Japan . Philippines; Slovakia. Belgium.
Four nations drew byes to meet in the second round, as follows:-Argentine . Denmark; All India v. France.
The teams will be allowed to select
[BY COURTESY OF THE RIINA MATE."]
PROFITEERING TENANTS AT
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OPTIMISM IN TRADE. SIR ESTOCKTON ON A COTTON.
REVIVAL
Speaking at the 100th annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on February 7th, the President (Sir· Edwin Stockton) denounced trade pessi mists. He said that we were not likely to encourage the foreign buyer to prefer our goods by pursuing a method of chronic depreciation of our own produc
We could only successfully deal with trade difficulties by the option of a spirit of optimistic determination and nercial supremaer. In these days wo by believing in the stability of our cont
needed a creed of opthuism
tion.
Turning to the cotton indust.y, he saiď. the production of Lancashire was essen- tial for the supply of the world's de mands. We had nothing to fear from legitimate and fair competition, and there was no portion of the world's productive power which was more likely to reassert itself than that of the cotton industry." The depression in textiles had arisen, not changing conditions of trade and the through overproduction, but owing to the
arpas daring a time of severe deprecia absence of confidence which naturally tion of values. Financial strigency and exchanges had been serious factors in the disorganized condition of the foreign
causing the stagnation of trade; but these were temporary dificulties. A big short- age of cotton goods was being created, which must in the near future need re plenishing to satisfy the consumers' essential needs. One extreme begot an-·· extreme depression would inevitably bring other, and the present condition of about a period of extreme prosperity."
LIMITS OF VACATION,
He warned the Government regarding the limits to which taxation could be applied to trade. The trade of the coun- try, he said, could not bear a continuance competition from other countries, which of the present Excessive taxation. The
during the war was almost negligible, had now become a fierce nality, and industry. In this country could not afford to be penalized or crippled. Freed from the heavy burden of E.P.D. industry could now go ahead with courage and confidence and make rapid progress towarda solving the unemployment problem. During the last few months they had beard from certain sources rumours of suggestions or proposals for what was called in," forced At a meeting of the Shanghai Landoan.' When stripped of its camouflage, Investment Company the chairman dwelt form of the proposals for a capital levy. this proved to be no more than a revised on the acute house shortage, declaring and it was surrounded with all the same evils as that unsound theory, Industry that the tenants themselves were the could not continue without adequate greatest profiteers and citing glaring capital. A capital levy or forced loana were both of them unwise and impractic- able proposals.
cases
SHANGHAI.
SHANGHAI, March 17th.
'CHINESE GENERAL MURDERED,
SHANGHAI, March 17th. General Wang yung-wu, commander- in-chief of the Kweichow army, was assassinated on Wednesday night at the Yih-ping-siang Hotel. The body was riddled with bullets. Political motives aro attributed to the murderer, who excaped.
A LAND-REGISTRATION PRACTICE
AT SHANGHAI. ·
JUDGE'S CRITICISM.
SHANGHAI, March 17th. Delivering judgment in a land litigation case, Judge Skinner Turner dwelt on the Shanghai practice of registering Chinese- owned land in the name of foreigners at
Regarding the Labour situation, Sir Edwin Stockton mid a passion for leisure was, now" rampant, and only too often it was merely another name for idleness.
AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DEFENCE
ADMIRAL GRANT'S VIEW.
CAPITAL SHIPS SUBMARINES.
In proposing the toast of The Navy, and Army at the A.N.A. annual baa- quet at Melbourne recently, Mr. D. W. Tackey said that the Australian Navies' face of much adverse criticism for a navy Association had battled for years in the
for the Commonwealth, but the result had been ample repayment.
Admirad Bir Percy Grant, who respond. cd on behalf of the navy, said that a controversy was raging between those who pinned their faith to battleships and those who believed that the best offensive and defensive naval weapon was the sub- marine. It was a very attractive pro- pasal to choose the apparently cheap article when considering the question of defence, especially if it would full the necessary functions. But a great many its apparent cheapness, without knowing whether it would full all that was re- gaired of it, or even if it really was cheap
trade between the two countries, as far as the British Government was responsiblu for them, had been removed.
TERMS OF NEW AGREEMENT. LONDON, March 16th.
Lord Lee said that from long knowed in the Chamber of Deputies, replying
The text of the Anglo-Russian Trade ledge of America he profoundly believed to the debate on the London Conference, Agreement says that poryling the couclu in business talking leading up to a. Briand renfirmed that the penalties sion of a formal Peace Trenty and the square deal, "We were not engaged," will remain in operation until Germany regulation of economic and political rela-
gave satisfaction as regards reparations, tions, a přeliminary agreeaient has been the time and place for the preliminary local consulates, and said it was a prác people chose the cheap article, because of poker or bluff; the curds could be placed disarmaatient, and war criminals. The reached by which each party undertakes rounds. The challenge round will be tice that had invited criticism in past Deputies stood up and cheered when the to refrain from hostile action and pro-held at Forest Hill, Long Island, on years and created an anomalous position. Premier declared that the insuffe.envy paganda. More particularly, the Soviet September 2nd and onwards. It is ex- pected that at least five or six prelimi- BATTLESHIPS CONTROVERSY of Germany's defeat had been a great Government undertakes not to attempt to EXPERTS VINDICATION OF BIGsfortune psychologically for the Gier encourage the peoples of Asia, especially mary matches will be played in the United man people, whose leaders failed to India and Afghanistan, against the understand the generosity of France in British, while Britain gives a simiları stopping the armies on the eye of the complete collapse of the German Army PEREMPTORY NOTE TO GERMANY
on the table,"
EARLIER CABLES.
SHIP:
:
FROM THE ALLIES.
tho
LONDON, March 16th. Sir. Eustace d'Eyncourt, in a speech
undertaking in respect of the independent countries formerly forming part of the before the Institute of Naval Architects,
Russian Empire, also that all Britishers in Russia and Russinus in 'the British furnished new light upon the problem of the future utility of battleships. Sir
Empire be immediately permitted to re- LONDON, March 10th.. Eustace, who co-operated in designing a number of the warships participating in
Article 235 of the Peace Treaty, sti-turn to their homes. Both parties agree not to impose or maintain any form of the battle of Jutland, pointed out that pulating that Germany shall pay
blockade and to remové existing obstacles with the exception of the Lutrow, which Reparations Commission twenty milliard
for the 'resumption of trade," including was first disabled by gunfire, no capital gold marka before May, 1021, to cover the ship on either side dated later than the coat of the Armies of Occupation, any Dreadnought period was sunk during the balance being devoted to the liquidation war by torpedo. He emphasised that of the indemnity, has given rise to on this fact should be remembered by exchange of Notes. those urging the vulnerability of The Reparation Commission's last Note the battleship against torpedoes.pointed out that Germany had paid only Furthermore, Sir Eustace pointed out eight milliard, to which Germany replied
impediments to banking credit and finn-
cial operations.
"
British and Russian ships are to be Recorded the customary privileges and
Stater.
AMERICAN FLEET.
TO VISIT AUSTRALIA.
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), March 30th. It is stated that the American Fleet, including eight battleships and twenty destroyers, will probably visit Australia in July.
MEXICAN STRIKE.
MEXICO CITY, March 16th. The railway strike mentioned February 23rd has been called off..
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NORTH CHINA FAMINE.
SHANGHAI, March 17th. The famine drive is making way with an intensiva effort to secure overseas assistance., Bufferers are look- ing eagerly for help from Shanghai to enable them to tide over the next
harvest.
in the long run. The Naval Staff, which was created last year had been hard at work, but owing to the need for economy, it was very small, and he was endeavour- ing to increase its usefulness, by voluntary head-workers. He asked anyone of those pre- sent who cared to do so to help him, o would be glad, if they would work out the number of submarines and the number of aircraft necessary to make Australia, with a coast line of approximately 12,210. miles, secure 'from attack. They must state how they would employ the sub- marines, how the bases should be defend- ed, the amount of oil required, the num- ber and disposition of necessary oil tanks, “ A GOOD STORY OF JUTLAND.
the number of parent ships, repair bases,
torpedo-carriers submarines, nireṛaft, The sublimely laconic way they have chips for the repair and carriage of air- in the Navy was charmingly illustrated 'craft, where they should be stationed, the by a story told recently by Rear number of nerodromes, amount of petrol Admiral Pelly discussing the Battle of required, and the number of store houses, Jutland. It was in instance Admiral required from the coast. He would also on Pelly saw with his own eyes. The whole like an estimate of the cost. He would of the electric, telephonic and other remind them, too, that Germany's effort communications of a certain ship were had not prevented the transport of concentrated below the water-line, and 23,000,000 men and 46,000,000 tons of the only means of access from this part stores in the great war. The Soviet Government undertakes to of the ship was through one armoured
It was frequently stated that, a immunities in the ports of their respec make no glaim to dispose of the funds at and water came pouring through the defence. One of the most vital points was hatchway. Suddenly a shell hit the ship, airships and submarines would suffice for other property of the late Imperial and hatchway. All that the men below. said and that was the protection of trade. always forgotten, said Sir Percy Grant, not to participate in measures restricting Provisional Russian Governments in the way went on with their work. Shut the They had seen lutely what a partial to
was "Shut that blessed door," and then
location of the interstate trade meant to
ships, and the Soviet Government under-
remained imprisoned, water above and hold up "for three months, What ment gives corresponding undertaking as below them, bat carrying on with their would be the result in all the great takes to clear the mines from passages to
capitals of Australia and all-the ven coast. Another of Admiral Pelly's stories towns, especially if, at the same time, the Russian ports. Either party may appoint regards British Government funds and job just the same.
property
concerned a certain jook out signalman military commandeered the railway? The Agreement is terminable by six who rang up his commanding officer with Suppose, in addition, that the overscan official agents to the territories of the other, enjoying customary immunities, months' notice after the expiration of inarine was coming into the bay. Back He left the question for their considera the message that it was rumoured a sub trade was held up for two months. but either may refuse to admit or to twelve months, provided that it is precame the question: What do you tion. Any country which depended on its require the withdrawal of much agent on viously not replaced by a formal Treaty, signalman replied, "I rumoured it my perity, and on its import trade for the mean by rumoured?" To which the export trads for its wealth and pron- the grounds of public intereat and and provided also that, in the event of the self, because I seed it...
essentials necessary for carrying on its FRENCH-REPARATIONS-BILL. security, The British Government willt
industries-and-war-must-over-low. not initiate steps with a view to seizing British Courts giving judgment for the
command of the sea. The battleship, the gold funds, securities or commodities
druiser, the destroyer the submarine, PARIS, March 16th which may be exported from Hussis in attachment of any Soviet payments on the
coastal motor boat, and other amall craft, One of the Beaute's Bille in the next The 20 per cont. Reparations Recovery payment of importa, or any property groand of obligations incurred by the
each had its function, and in his opinion which the Soviet Government may acquire Soviet or pre-Soviet Government, the
two of these classes could successfully the time had not come when any one br -session will be an embargo on the im-Bill has been introduced in the Chamber in the United Kingdon.
Soviet Government in entitled to ter
compote against a combination of all the portation of wool tops and wool waste. of Deputies,
(Continued at foot of next column.) minato the agreement forthwith.
tive countries. Great Britain undertakes
few
that Germans during the, wat completed tersely that she had fulfilled hor engage the freedom of navigation of Russian United Kingdom, and the British Govern door was, and for three days the men the community. But suppose that it was
380 submarines, of which 200 were mente under Article 235.
The Commission has w despatched a destroyed, while during the last ten months of the war the destruction of sub-peremptory Note demanding payment of marines practically caught up with con- the remaining twelve milliard before May struction. This fact needed consideration 1st and of the first instalment of a wil by those advocating the replacing of war-liard before March 23rd. ships by submarines
D.Š. EMBARGO ON WOOL.
WASHINGTON, March 14th.
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in' Russia.
When we laugh at a miser or a drunk, ard in a good play, we are not frivolous intemperance: we are exercising a high about the deadly sins of avarice and social function by laughing them out of court-Canon Adderley.
athers,