CABLES.
LATEST CABLES" {THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
MINERS' STRIKE. UMINOUS RUMBLE IN OTHER UNIONS.
ATIITUDE OF FEDERATION OF
GENERAL WORKERS. -"
LONDON, April 14th.
The tone of the Triple Alliance mani- festo indicates that a general strike is now a settled 'isme. - The document rous fagly calls on all members to take up the challenge thrown down by organised Ospital in the attempt to destroy leziti, and mate Trade Union achievementu,
resents the suggestion that the move Moreover, the ments revolutionary. resumption of direct negotiations with the miners is regarded as most unlikely. except in the improbable event of the principle of national settlement first being còneeded,
The Federation of General Workers. representing a million and a half work.. ers engaged in a hundred industries aut- side the Triple Alliance, are deciding the attitude they should take towards the atrike to-day.
Complications are foreseen in the ranks of the Electrical Trades Union, many of whose members are civil servants. It' is noteworthy in this connection that the has Confederation Service Uivil Issued a manifesto expressing sympathy with the miners, repeating the pledge given last year by the Home Secretary that. civil servants could not be enlled on to undertake duties not reasonably. within their contract, and enjoining upon its members the duty of maintaining vigilant neutrality
The morning papers pin their hopes on the efforts of moderate Tabour leaders to discover a bridge. In the meantime the Defence Force recruits number of markedly increnand yesterday: a number of infantry battalions are now at full strength, and others within night full strength.
of
MR. THOMAS SEES NO HOPE. LATER. Hopp was revived this morning of a peaceful, settlement of the dispute when was unexpectedly learned that a rail-
waymen and transport workers' deputa tion had proceeded to Downing Street to interview the Prime Minister, but ad the conclusion of a two hours' conference, Mr. Thomas stated that he saw no pros pect of re-opening.negotiations.
RAY OF HOPE.
LATER.
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THE HONGKUNG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1991.
OTHER UNIONS SAID TO BE WILL- ING TO JOIN IN STRIKE,
LATER.
LATEST VAULES FAR EASTERN CABLE
BRITISH MISSION TO KABUL. OBSTACLES IN WAY OF TREATY.
PESHAWAX, April 14th,
It is expected that the next peace more will come from Labour leaders out- side the Triple Alliance. It is not yet
Sir Henry Dobbs has returned to Kabul ascertainable how many Unions support from India to resume negotiations for a the Triple Alliance, but Mr. Thomas, treaty, but the general impression in in announcing the decision, added that Kabul is that an early final decision is many other Unions had applied to join not likely, owing to the Afghan Govern- the strike. It is stated that these-in-ment's endeavour to conclude treaties clude the Electrical Trades Union. On the contrary, the district returns of the ballot of Sailors and Firemen's Union 40 far, show substantial majorities against a strike.
o national rally in support of the Government continues. The recruiting of the Defence Force has greatly in ereased. Following mischievous rumours
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committee representing ex-Service men's organisations, at a meeting in Edinburgh, unanimously passed a rasolu. tion calling on all ex-Service men to nasist in preserving life and property, in a grave national crisis. MINERS. IN BIOTIOUS MOOD IN
· FIFESHIRE.
LATER. The temper of the miners in some areas is taking an ugly turn. As for example there has been a serious disturbance at Thornton Junction, Fifeshire, where several thousand miners compelled a number of railway signalmen to leave the signal cabins, causing a practica!!
trafic,
but marines' and suspension of sailors were called in and traffic was resumed.
The strikers then looted a goods train, and two shops, but were driven off by the police, soldiers and sailors, who were rushed up in lorries. A score of the
rioters were arrested.
PREMIER'S QUESTION TO RAILWAY,
MEN AND TRANSPORT WORKERS.
LATES
The locomotive enginemen and firemen, i who have their own nion, independent of the National Union of Railwaynien, and whose attitude, so far, had been. doubtful, have decided, alto, to strike on Friday,
Mr. Lloyd George has written to the leaders of the railwaymen and the trans. Port workers, asking for the grounds
on which they decided to inflict such a serious blow upon their fellow-country.
menz
FRENCH COLONIAL SCHEMES
NEW
BILL IN CHAMBER.
PARIS, April 14th. The Government presented a bill in While the sands are runcing out it is the Chamber containing a most compre. still hoped that
a way will be found to hensive programme of colonial develop- avers the 'greatest industrial catastrophe ment, involving the overhauling of the with which Great Britain has ever been
transport systems, sanitation, education, faced. The key to the situation is now and irrigation. The most important regarded to be beld by Labour leaders out-projects include West African barbour side the Triple Alliance. Much import extension at Dakar, completion of the ance is attached in this connection to the Thieskayes Railway, irrigation works in joint meeting in the House of Commons the Niger Valley, construction of a rail- this ovaning of the Parliamentary Com-way from Brazzaville to the Atlantic mittes of the Trade Union Congress, the
coast, reconstruction of the Central National Executive of the Labour Party Cameroons line with extensions to and the Parliamentary Labour Party, at Yaounde and other points, erection of which a deputation of the Triple Alliance big harbour works at Saigon, Cholon, will be present. It is hoped that a practi
Haiphong, Tourane, and Quanchwan, ́cal proposal for bringing the miners and
completion of the Vinhdangha Railway, coal-owners together again will emerge continuation of the trans-Indo-Chinese It is stated in line from Tourane to Saigon, harbour from the deliberations. this connection that Labour leaders are works at Madagascar, and construction of
a port of call at Jibuti. Considering the suggestion that Governo ment's proposals for temporary financial assistance might be combined with s
BY AIR TO HOLLAND.
national pool established without Govern- NEW DUTCH SERVICE TO LONDON. -ment control,
EARLIER CABLES.
LONDON, April 13th.
Holland and Great Britain are being brought in quicker communication by VERY GRAVE SITUATION.
the inauguration of daily Dutch air LONDON, April 13th service between London and Amsterdam: The schedule timo is four hours for the In the House of Commons, replying, to journey, and the fare ten guineas -Asquith, Mr. Lloyd George read There is air connection from Amsterdam to Copenhagen in flying Pulloans," letter from the National Union of Rail which are luxuriously, fitted with arm-
chairs and writing tables waymen announcing the Triple Alliance decision to strike at 10 o'clock on Friday night, and said that the Government deeply deplored the decision. Undoubt edly, the situation was very grave, but ho hoped that wiser counsels would prevail. In the meanwhile the Government was -oopeerting all necessary messures to mre
“* SAVIOUR OF PARIS,' "POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION TO
MARSHAL OF FRANCE..
Loxoox, April 13th- A Paris message says that General Gallient, the Saviour of Paris in 1914, has been posthumously promoted Marshal
NEWS.
"[ZHROUGH RICTIM'È ARITY,Ţ HONGKONG IN PARLIAMENT. THE KUI TRAI SYSTEM INVESTIGATION.
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LONDON, April 13th.
N
THE CONSORTIUM DOCUMENTS.
DIPLOMATIC NOTES TO CHINA.
The following documents are introduc- tory to a long sories in which are seh forth the process by which the now Con- sortium of foreign banks came into being, the various stages of the negotiations that ended in Japan's joining the group, and the terms on which Japan's entry was made. As will be soon from the list of documents given at the close of these in. troductory documents, the series is a very long one.
His Excellency,
January 18th, 1891.
In the House of Commons, replying to Lord Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Churchill mid he was not aware of the appoint with other Powers, and simultaneously ment of Board of Investigation to also to carry on negotiations with the inquire into the system of Afus Tai in Monsieur YEN HUI-CH'18,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, etc., Soviet Government for the establishment Hongkong. He was informed that a
KONSIEUR LE MINISTRE. » of Consulates at
various important Committee of Chinese ladies was being America, Great Britain, France and The undersigned Representatives of points near the Indian frontier, osten formed to assist in this connection the liency that an agreement on the Japan have the honour to inform Your sibly for commercial purposes but Po Leung Kik, which would be of the lines tentatively adopted in May, 1919. actually for the purpose of making theri
at Paris by the representatives of the greatest assistance to the, Colonial Gov-investing, public of the countries abova, propaganda centres and carrying on
aumont in all matters connected with the mentioned, covering the formation of a intrigues among tribesmen, to which the protection of women and girls. British Government is strongly opposed."
ROYAL "NAVAL HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
BUYERS
**STRIKE.”
EFFECT ON US. STEEL PRICES.
NEW YORK, April 14th.. The United States Steel Corporation has announced price reductions averaging 12 per cent. on all products, except steel rails tubular and sheet steel, the reduc announced later. The reductions are due tions on which, it is understood, "will be
to trade depression, coupled with tho buyers strike."
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE'S DIVORCE CASP. SEVERAL CO-RESPONDENTS CITED-
New Yoxx, April 14th...
Mr. James Stanley Joyce, the million aire timber king, is suing for the annul- ment of his marriage with his wife, an ex-actress better known as Peggy Hopkins.
Mr. Joyce, who is her third millionaire husband,, "names several co-respondents.
including: men well-known in New York
*ciety.
DOCKERS BOYCOTT.
UNITED STATES' PROTEST TO
ARGENTINA.
Buenos Ainza, April 14th. The United States Ambassador has made representations to Senor Pueyrre don, the Argentine Foreign Minister, urging the Government to intervene in the dockers' boycott of the American steainer Martha, the unloading of which has thus been prevented.
SOCIALIST SPLIT. MEETING IN SPAIN.
MADEID, April 14th.
The Socialist National Congress reject ed the proposal to join the Third Inter nationale. The usual split followed.
DUTCH EXHIBITION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
LORD LEE ON THE VALUE
OF VICTORY.
IT GERMANY HAD WON.
Lord Lee, of Fareham, First Lord of the Admiralty, unveiling recently in the entrance hall of the old Admiralty in Whitehall a memorial to members of the civil staff of the department who fell dar. ing the war, said in the course of his epoch-
At this difficult time people were tempt od to ask whether we had schieved all that we hoped to achieve by victory, and a few hours ago a young war widow was saking him with some bitterness whethog our efforts had been worthwhile, and whether we were better off than those who suffered defeat in the field. He thought he had been able to assure her that there was a very real difference between victory How different would have bean our position had we lost the war. and dafont.
would not have been engaged in main- The staff of that "great department taining the British Fleet, but would have been under the control of a German Cora- mission sitting in that building making arrangements for the handing over of our new Consortium for the assistance of Fleet to the disposal of the victors. No China by providing the capital required decision of the Board of Admiralty would have been effective unless countersigned for constructive works, has now been con Armed at New York by the signatures of by the head of the German Commission, duly accredited representatives of the and we should have been a nation of four Banking Groups, and that this In-slaves, broken in spirit. Life would not ternational association thus coming into have been worth hiring for those who LONDON, April 13th. existence under the name of the Consor cared for their country. Replying to Commander C. Bellaire, tium has received the full approval of Col. Amery stated that the maximum The text of the Consortium Agreement- number of patients that could be accom-conference in New York is being com- signed on 15th October, 1920, at the recent modated in the Royal Naval Hospital, muniented by the Group, Banks repre
sentatives to the Ministries of Financo Hongkong, was 134. The maximum and and Communications-Wo avail, etc.. minimum accommodated in 1020 was 99
У. ОПАТЬ,
and 52, respectively. scents had been sent from Hongkong Hospital to the Yokohama Naval Hospital in 1990. The atter institution was not re-opened until June 18th last year, which was after the usual time, of year for the transfer of convalescents thither from Hongkong. JAPÁN'S PARTICIPATION IN DAVIS under discussion between the four Gov.
CUP..
Eleven convale
LONDON, April 14th.
the four Governments interested.
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B. ALSTON, CHARLES R. CRANK MAUGRAS.
Vote to Waichino Pu..
September 28th, 1920.
His Excellency,
Dr. W. W. Yes,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Asting, S18,The Governments of France, Japan, the United States of America and Great Britain, considering that the time has now arrived to make a joint com. munication to the Chinese Government on the proposed scopo and objects of the so-called New Consortium which has been ernments for some time past, the under signed Representatives of France, Japan. the United States of America and Great Britain have the bancur to state as fol- low:-
In the course of 1918 the United States Government informed the other three Governments in question of the forms of an American Group of Bankers for the purpose of readering financial assist ance to China. The principles. underly. ing the formation of the American group were that all preferences and options for loans to China hold by
by the Ame this group should be shared bembers of rican group as a whole and that futura leans to China having a Governmental guarantee should be conducted in common as group business, whether these leads were for administrative or for industrial
tion in the United States of America
It is understood that Shimidzu has cabled from Calcutta that he unable to represent Japan in the Davis Cup ties this year. Further efforts are being made through the National Tennis Club of Japan to obtain his release from business with a view to his participating in Japan's debut in international tennis, Tilden, the world's champion, is of the opinion that Japan will be among the challengers if Shimidzu plays.
(Shimidzu is in the service of the Mitey mants of these proposals the United In notifying the other three Govern. bishi Bank J
AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF ANGLO- JAPANESE TREATY.
MELBOURNE, April 14th.
Mr. Hughes interjected that he only asked for approval of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, and anything subversive to the White Australis policy should be turned down.
purposes.
the
U.S.HIPPING BOARD
SANCTIONS WAGE CUT. -
ад
The shipowners of the United Statsa the lat inst, oured. the general approval of the United States Shipping Board for reduction in wages which will affect 60.000-ben employed on American ahips. The board left it to the owners to arrange the terms with the men, whose. existing agreement expires May Day,
That they will be compelled to yield a have the railway men is certain, since neither the roads nor the abipa can ba operated at the present high level of wages, but before doing so they will doubtless protest loudly...
The shipping situation is still pitiful. Almost half of the board's tonnage is tied up. The estimated deficit in opera tion for the current half year. is 38 mil insurance and interest, while the esti lion dollars, exclusive of depreciation, mated expenditure for the year in 400 million dollars, with the poorest pros pects of any offsets coming in from the sales of surplus, ships. Worse conditions. could not possibly attend the American resolve to constitute a merchant, marine worthy of the nation, and it is evident that the maintenance of this civilian fleet is bound to cost a good round sum for several years to come.Jepun Advertise Service.
£1,000 FOR FRONT PAGE,
In the amalgamation of the Globe and the 'all Hall Giorette the interests of Bin. Henry Dalziel (managing proprietor of the Pall Mall: Gazette will predominate. The London newspaper have been hav increased costa and contracts for new ing difficult times Intely owing to the Print at high prices. The Daily Express anys that several Landon journals can Le Purchased owing to the heavy areas of despite the big prices for advertisements. Carrying through; unprofitable times, In this regard the Daily Mail has for a full front-page and £1,400 if tho reached a world's record, charging £1,000 advertisement is a financial prospectus. Other advertisements are at the rate of
20 or £7, an inch.
passed between the.Governments intereste ed in the Consortium as well, as certai letters exchanged between the American and Japanese Group representatives copies of which are herewith enclosed in accordance with the attached list will enable the Chinese Government to follow the course of the negotiations and unders stand the whole position.
States Government recognized that the War had created such a mutuality of in-, terests between cortuin Governments and poople as to render this co-operation casential to any constructiva programme of financial assistance to China. It was suggested therefore that the other Govern In the House of Representatives, dis-ments which were largely interested in cussing Mr. Hughes speech regarding China and in a position at the time to render such assistanco-viz. Great Bri the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the Hoo. tain, France and Japan-might be will-A collection of documents which have F. G. Tudor approved of the speech, but ing to join with the United States in
its proposed plan and consent to declared that he would not consent to formation of similar national Groups
organized on the same basis to act in any interference with the White Aus co-operation with the American Group. tralia, policy, of which 80 per cent. of In the proposal of the United States Gov
ernment which in practice envisaged Australians were supporters.
reconstruction of the old Consortium it was specially stated that there was no intention of interfering with any of the rights of that Consortium. The hope was expressed however that the new na tional Groups formed might be made so broad as to include the members of the Mr. Tudor, continuing, declined to give former Consortium as well as others who Mr. Hughes & free hand to agree with had legitimate claims to such inclusion, the British foreign policy, which might so as to meet the larger needs and op- involve Australia in a war without Aus portunities of China in a spirit of har tralia being first consulted.
mony and of helpfulness rather than of harmful competition and self-interest.
The proposals of the United States EARLIER CABLES,
· CHINESE EXPERTS STUDYING,
Government as here outlined received BRITISH SUKOOL SYSTEMS. the most careful and friendly considere tion on the part of British, French and ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
"LONDON, April 14th. Japaness Governments, which resulted in ARMY
NAVY.
5. Five Chinese educational exparte, a meeting being held in Paris on 17th under Dr. Zuen, aro investigating the and 12th May, 1919, at which the Chief LONDON, April 14th,
different school systems in England, with Hepresentatives of the four Groups were present to discuss the financial details In Association Football, at Porta view to their adoption in China after of the proposed arrangement as well as
thoroughly studying the British educa mouth, the Army beat the Navy by 3tional methods, from the elementary the scope and limit of their activitica
schools to the universities, for comparison goals to nit.
with other national systems.
HONGKONG MEDICAL STUDENT'S BUCOKĖS.
LONDON, April 14th. As a result of the success of the Bouth African Government Exhibition in Ams terdam the idea is mooted in Holland of holding a Dutch Exhibition in South Africa at the beginning of 1923.
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M
U.S. PEACE RESOLUTION.
REFERRED TO SENATE FOREIGN
· RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, April 13th Senator Knox has introduced & peace canso reserving American rights under resolution in the Senate. It contained a
the Treaty of Versailles.
The resolution was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
REDUCTION.
SENATOR BORAH'S BESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, April 13th. Senator Borah bas introduced, in the resolation authorising the President to open negotiations with Great Britain and Japan as regarda re
Benste
LONDON, April 14th. in the London Bakool of Tropical Medicine examination K. C. Cheng, of Hongkong, and Miss L. J. Murphy and Miss M. 3. Ahern-both of Malar States
have been declared successful.
THERE BANS.
A draft arrangement between the four Groups was then drawn up embodying inter alia the principles of the American proposals. While it is not the inten tion of tho present Note to do more than outline the broad aspects of the question or to enter into financial details which await confirmation by the Groups at the forthcoming inter-group meeting to be held in New York in October next, we consider it advisable to make this point which might otherwise give rise to mia clear in regard to an essential point apprehension, namely the amount of sup port to be given by the respectiva Glovera ments to their national groups or to the Consortium as a whole.
It is to be understood that the Glov From a retium of honours conferred ernments of each of the four participat on the Imperial Forecs during the war ng Groups undertake to give their com- it sooms tant the D.C.M. lacks a holder plete support to their respective national who was awarded three burs. Of the Group members of the Consortium in hundred thousand men who won the M. M. operations undertaken pursuant to the there is only one who is entitled to three inter-group aruangement, entered into by bara Boven wearers of the D.B.O. and the bankers at Paris, which arrangement in turn relates to existing and future four wearers of the MC an obviona agreements involving the issue for in this happy position." There is an ous explanation for this discrepancy subscription by the publiy of loans have Men who gained distinction as privates ing a Chinese Government guarantee subr or non-poms, often got commissions, and Jest to the proving that existing agree thair-subsequent nots of bravery were remonts fr industrial undertakings upon the scope of the warded with the D.8.0, or the M.C. IE which substantial progress has been made
Led from would be interesting to know how many may be omitted men possess decorations of both commis arrangement.
Honed he is of those mimisionerle yankarilaisten
In making this communication to You Excellency the undersigned venture ta re-iterate the earnest hope of their res pective Governments for the early 'con summation of a united Government in China so that the New Consortium mag eventually be enabled to give practical. expression to the desire of the four Gov ornments concerned to, aasist in the fur ther development of this country-d avail, ste..
(Signed):
A. BOPPE, -Y.. OBATA, 6. R. CHANZ, R. H. CLIVE.
The following is the list of Documenta referred to in the ponultimate paragraph of the foregoing letter:-)
1-American State Department to Ams
rican Group Banks, 9th July, 1918, 2. American State Department to Em
burnien, 8th October, 1918, 3.-American Biate Department to Bris
tish Embassy, Ulei May, 1919. 4-Kr. Odagits to Kr. Lamont, 19th *June, 1910.^~~:
5.-Mr. Lamant to Hr. Odagiri, 23rd
June, 1919.
American State Department to Em bassies, 3rd July, 1819. - 7--British Foreign Ofice to Japanesp
8. -Тарапова
Embassy, 11th August, 1919,
Embassy to British Foreign Office, 1st September, 1919. 9-Britisb. Foreign Office to Japaneso
Erbaary, 20th November, 1918. 10-Japanese Embassy to British Foreign Office, 10th March, 1920, 11-America State
Department to Japanese Embassy 18th March, 1920,
12-British Foreign Office to Japanese
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Embassy, 10th March, 1020. Japanese EmbassyteBritish Formen Office 14th April, 1990. 14-British Foreign Office to Japanese - Embassy, 28th April, 1920, en di 15-Japaness Embassy to British
Foreign Office, 10th May, 1920. 15-British Foreign Offer to Japanese
Embassy 17th May 1920, 11-French Foreign Office to Japaness
Embassy, 25th May, 1920 May, 1920, pa 12 kaleng de 18-Mr. Kajian to Mr. Lamount, 11th 19 Lamont to Mr. Eajiwara, 11th