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APPEAL
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PRINCE OF JAPAN:
RECEPTION IN MALTA
LATEST CABLES.
ĮTHROUGH JKUTER'S 4QENCY.]
MINERS' STRIKE.
EFFORTS TO REACH SETTLEMENT.
LONDON, April 2nth.
The efforts to discover a busi of Tetbleural in the coul dispute were re
newed this morning, when the coal- oners and the Miners' Executive jointly conferved with the Government at the
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LATEST CAREES-
NEW GERMAN REPARATION
"PROPOSALS!
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT HARDING.
PARIS, April 1st. A Havas, message from Berlin states that Germany was requiring on April 20th an official reference to President Harding, stating her readiness to accept without conditions or reserve the referees
Board of Trade. 'scussed the possibilities of a temporary
settlement.
The conference dis sentence.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 1941.
HYTHE CONFERENCE.
LONDON, April 24th, The Hythe conference lasted all day. The Premiers examined the experts' re ports on the German Note with regard to reconstruction of the devastated areas
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JAPAN'S, CROWN PRINCE IN MALTA
CORDIALLY WELCOMED TO THE
18LANDS
MALTA April 24th.
After a storm of great violenes the day and afterwards discussed methods of dawnedwine and bright. Waleita wore exacting payment from Germany. It is her gayest aspect, and the route through stated that the discussions showed com- which the Prince was to pass was beflag plete British and French agreement with ged with British, Japanese and Maltese regard to the necessity of immediately compelling Germany to pay. The Pre miers examined methods suggested in Liberal and Labour circles to impose fresh sanctions in order to produce & satisfactory solution.
PREMIER'S" STATEMENT.
Japanese anthem. The Governor is now going on board the Kateri zo welcome the Royal visitor.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER."
LAST NIGHT PERFORMANCE AT
THE THEATRE.
After the plethora of legs and lingerie to which we have been treated by recent theatrical productions, it is refreshing to turn to a wholesome comedy again, especially when produced as Mr. H. B. Waring produced "She Stoops to Con quer" at the Theatre Royal last night. The play its if seems so natural and fresh that it is dificult to remember that but two year less than a century and s half have passed since the theatre cleaners at Covent Garden neglected
amongles autres, lends infuite fund for humour in the description of his behaviour at the “inn." Mingled with this story is that of his friend, Hastings, iece of the family who is in love with a How he mistakes his future wife for a barmaid, the vicissitudes of Hastings, the pranks of Tony Lampkin-the half. brother were most amusingly portrayed. by the Company last night
We have seen the play soma dezan of times, but our ribs have seldom besa
It is probably this, which causes us tö are sore than they are while we writs, quarrel with Mr. Morrow, Our com plaint is that he was entirely too clever in the part Wa should, we fattor our their work to roar at the antics of "Tony Lumpkin" in the rehearsals. A selves; have done botter, because, we ard, few preliminary notes on the author very largely, a congenital idiot. In other words, we picture Tony as a clod-hopper, may, therefore, be of interest to" our
with Anushes of the Awfull (se) intelll- readers.
Mr. Oliver Goldsmith was born in 17ss and,gence to which the type is subjected. after many vicissitudes, entered Trinity Morrow was, in our humble opinion, too College, Dublin, as sizar in 1748. much the polished actor, His, mimicry Scholastically things did not go very well of his mother is too clever.
We hope we have not hurt Mr. Mor
is said his chief amusement was for him, for he preferred to his work the composition of street-ballads; indeed, it row's feelings: after all, he probably
to knows a lot more about it than we do. wander about at night, listening to the applause which greeted his own produc- tions. However, in 1743 he somehow or other obtained his degree of B. How he nearly emigrated to America (but for his gambling habits, which made him miss his ship); how he failed at law and
a
In the part of" Fastings" Mr. Jambe Jolley was excellent. Mr. Frank Vosper,
flags and other devices. Long before the Prince's arrival every vantage surround ing the barbour was packed with people standing ten or fifteen deep. The Katori and Kashima were escorted into the harbour by wr British destroyers | with seaplanes hovering overhead. The Kalori entered first, the Prince standing LONDON, April 24th. Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed by (
on the bridge. The ships steamed slowly to their moorings amid a thundering representative of Reuter, stated that the two Premiers discussed the question of
salute from the British warships, which
further penalties. One difficulty was that the Japanese Aag fying at the mainmast were dressed from stem to stern with another German Note was on its way. The British crews manned ship and cheer He said that the last German Note wased lustily, whilst the bands played the satisfactory as far as it went, but it only dealt with part of the question; it did not even touch the balance of repara tians. He anticipated that the next con- ference would be held on April 30th in London. All the Allies would be present, & pinnace at the Customs House, accom-turned to medicine and studied at Edin Meanwhile, it was idle to talk of conclu, panied by members of his suite. The sinns being reached. The Hythe talks Governor received him with a guard of had been very friendly. The occupation honour. The Malta Artillery fred a
Mr. Charles Quartermaine as “Young ton to Le Gaulois, the American Govern
At length, in 1757, we find him in ¦ Marlow" delighted us.". The great diff. ment has refused to consider Germany's of the Ruhr was discussed. There was royal salute, and the Japanese anthem appeal for mediation, in which case, acno doubt that if Germany did not make was played. The Prince, who was wear. London, employed by Griffiths of the culty of this part, (to our mind), is the cording to Berlin reports, Germany will satisfactory proposal the Allies would ing admiral's uniform and decorations, Monthly Feriew, and there he remained change from the modest gentleman to the ne a literary free-lance. He must-have" agreeable rattle” Mr. Quartermaine at ones apply to the Reparations Com occupy the Ruhr area. Nobody wanted to looked very well. He inspected the made a name for himself, as in 1763 he portrayed this with consummate art. To missions-Hayas
do this except as a means to an end, but guard, and afterwards entered the Gover was chosen an original member (among use the vornucular-hu was it. We Germany was undoubtedly in default.nor's mator-car and drove to the Palace nine) of the Literary Club, so well known shall retire quite happily to Happy Valley when we have secri him as Jack Meanwhile, the Government was await through densely-packed streets lined with to us from the pages of Boswell.
His first published work of importance Absolute. Any hopel The Times Washington correspondenting fresh proposals from Berlin. Ger- poligs. -Alighting at the Palace Square,
was the Traveller," the success of As "Miss Neville "Miss May Hallett- learns that if the German proposals are many's fast did not contain any which was thronged to its utmost capa
which encouraged the publication of was very good in a rather featureless indications. Britain did city, the Prince received the Royal salute The Vicar of Wakefield," which bad part. We said before that we conceived discussion there will be a conference be- not want to impose terms, but was c
from the Essex's guard of honour, the been sold earlier, in 1704, to a bookseller ** Tony Lumpkin as almost an imbecile, Ham transport workers, vaid that the tween the Allies and Germany, at which vinced that Germany was able to pay the band playing the anthem and the crowda by Johnson" to release Goldsmith from His remark that Constantia Noville,
It is believed that the owners are pre- pared to advocate a temporary agreement on the area basis for three months, with monthly revisions, after which a perman- eat settlement may come into operation, embracing & standard wage and standard profit.
This proposal represents a compromise
between the miners' national basis de mand and the owners' district haris
"ATTITUDE TOWARDS, TRIPLE.
Mr
ALLIANCE,
LONDON, April 25th..
WASHINGTON, April 25th. The German Counter-proposals have been received. but the details have not yet been divulged.
AMERICA REFUSES TO MEDIATE.
PARIS, April 22nd.
According to a telegram from Washing.
ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES. New York, April 25th.
J. Cook, a member of the considered to afford a proper basis for plan bat anto
Miners' Executive, addressing the West
miners were leaving the Triple Alliance; until it was reorganised, re-modelled and the men at the bottom, "not at the top, were able to ruda itu
FATE OF THE TYROL.
RESULT OF PLEBISOITE..
VIESNA, April 25th. The earliest figures in the plebiscite taken to doside the fate of the Tyrol Jadicate a majority of 60 per cent. in
Javour of union with Germany.
IRISH PROBLEM.
LORD DERBY'S DENIAL
LONDON, April 5th, Lord Derby states that it is not true that he went to Ireland on Government mission or on the invitation of anybody Treland. It was purely a private visit on his own initiative.
the United States will be represented, Paris terms. not as umpire; but in order to endeavour to bring both sides to an agreement.
BISMARCK ́S TEREAT RECARGED,
-Paris, April 23rd. Commenting upon Germany's latest move; Le Tevipa recalls Bismarck's own words after France's defeat in 1871- "If France does not pay we will do to her as caterpillars do upon a tree, and devour district after district until France, also, dies."
Le Temps writes that France, while having no intention of applying the Bis.
THE REICHSBANK RESERVES.
ツイルト
COD
LONDON, April 24tl.
The Strange discrepancy in the reports on the tenour of the German reply with
regard to the Reichsbank gold reserves has been cleared up. Contrary to the dated April 23rd, the
Brussels messag text of the reply transmitted by Paris racasages shows that the Germans opposo the Allied demand on the ground that the Reichsbank is a,private and independent company and its removal would entail a very serious economic crisis in Germany,
LATER.
At noon the Crown Prince landed from
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"Diggory," also deserves special men- tion. We always thought we had the hest boy in China, but Mr. Vosper's inter- pretation of a trusty retainer's part givor uspause We only saw enough of Mr. Annerley," as "Old Morlow," to make us want more Mr. Wortley Hulse is the burgh and Leyden: how he wandered Best Hardcastle? we have ever seen, whe over the Continent with his thute as his ther in London or the provinces. Es is only means of support, would take too Hardcastles. We can say no more. long to relate.
can go to the "leads us to think nncovering their heads and displaying a crisis not unconnected with a bum-
we were right. Miss Alys Reoa as “ Mra. bailiff. other signs of respectful welcome. At
The first Comedy, "The Good Natured Hardcastle," was delightful, and we are the Paince, besides the Governor, the Man, was no great success. Carrick not surprised that Mr. Hardenstle was Archbishop, flag officers and heads refused it, for Drury Lane, find Colman pretty fond of an old wife" But what
naval, and military departments subsequently produced it at Covent
are we to say of Miss Edith Smith as had assembled and were presented Garden. In 1770 the poem "The De Miss Hardcastle? We promptly fell in severally. After that the Crown Prince serted Village" appeared and met with love with her when she first appeared, returned on board. This afternoon he is 1773, came She stoops to Conquer."
instantaneous success. Thereafter, in and it is difficult to say whether she was more charming at the pseudo-barmaid, or attending the opera.
Colman-soured, perhaps, by his pre-as the daughter of the house. Her inter- vious lack of success with the "Good Pretation of the was a most finished- The Crown Prince, accompanied by the Natured Man"-was very disconcerting in Governor, and attended by his suite, was his obvious expectation of failure. His
Have we left anyone out? They were present at a matinee performance of gloomy predictions were entirely falsified excellent But we do wish we had the man here, who improved on Goldsmith in "Othello" in the Theatre Royal, which by the reception accorded to the play on
I oni or two places. We but no; wa was decorated. Leaving the theatre, the its production To-day we laugh at it as
LATER."
marckian method, certainly means to get but offered inmediately to introduce Prince received an enthusiastic ovation heartily as our great-great-great-grandare a respectable paper. To sum up, it
bor due-Havas.
END OF HYTHE CONFERENCE. LONDON, April 25th. Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand, in a further conversation ns Hythe, this morn ing, cleared up the remaining points in
"EARLIER CADLES. the French proposals.
FIERCE FIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
The new German Note had not been received, when Mr. Lloyd George left for London after cordially bidding farewell to M. Briand, who left for Paris at
LONDON, April 24th. An Irish oficial statement reports noon.. during the week-end a number of outrages and acgbushes in Belfast, also in County Clare, in which two soldiers were killed and three seriously wounded. Two eivilians
were wounded, while two
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FARLIER CABLES.
OCCUPATION OF RUHR AREA THREATENED.
Loupon, April 24th,
legislation extending until October it from a large crowd outside. The Prince the prohibition of the export of gold from motored to a shipyard. To-night a State Germany without the approval of the dianer will be given at San Antonio will Réparations Commission, whi res Palace, and afterwards a
reception w On May 1st.
NAVY, be held. British officers of the Arbly and Air Force are entertaining the Japanese officers at the Union Club, whilst Betish warrant officers and men are entertaining their Japaness frères.
ANZAC DAY
TOUCHING ANNIVERSARY
CEREMONY.
ed." Hongkang may count itself fortunate fathers did. One sometimes wonders it was a delightful play, magnificently play- to have had the opportunity of seeing it. any present-day plays will be extant to afford food for laughter to our great- great-great-grandsons. Goldsmith indeed,
TROPICAL DISEASE
·who'
Wrote like an angel and talked like
poor Poll"
is a most interesting figure in the realm of literature. Without his works the cone world would be poorer in mirth, and Johnson said perhaps the last word in the graceful epitaph on the tomb in West minster Abbey of the Irishman
GROWN PRINCE IN MALTA CENSUS. LONDON, April 25th. On the occasion of Anzac Day, Sir
MALTA, April 25th. Hunter Wefton, who is inspecting the At the official dinner, last night, the graves at Gallipoli on behalf of the guest's included Prince George, His Imperial War Graves Commission, and Majesty the King's fourth son, and all
murn.
civilians, & school-teacher and a clerk, Ruiter learns that Mr. Lloyd George, prospecting for the site of a per- heads of the civil, naval and military were shot dead in their homes in Belfast M. Briand, and Mr. Long held i confermanent memorial, telegraphs to Reuter, departments. The Crown Prince is now
from Channk, a message addressed to leaving for Gibraltar to-morrow the survivors of sailors soldiers and airmen who fought at Dardanelles
In
18g.
Qui nullum fere scribendi genus Non tetigit; Nullum, quod tetigit, non ornavit. There is an interesting story of how
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anally, conquered. The treatment of that Another disease. of the tropics has been ancient plague of Egypt, Bilharziosis, by antimoney is proving so successful that we are entitled to regard it as _complete and, apparently, permanent cara Bilharziosis is a variety of endemio hematuria caused by a parasite in the mucous membrane of the urinary pass- age It is hamed after Bilharz, wha discovered the parasite in the middle of the last century,...
This is a really tremendous achieve- ment, and Dr. Christopherson, to whom
the piece came to be named. It was it is due, deserves, well- both of Egypt Night" during rehearsal. Goldsmith's loving letter tole has received the fol- lowing from the Department of provisionally called "The Mistakes of aand also of South Africa, wher
many friends had suggested nothing į Public Health of the Union of Bonth ence at Hythe this afternoon, at which
better the The Belle's Stratagem." Africa:IA SENE
"I am
by Sir Thomas Watt the French proposals wore, discusșed:
The census of Malta and its dependes- After dinner one night at Sir Joshna Minister of Public Health, to acknow *. Na decisions were reached because the
your name I am laying on each of cies taken last night would necessarily in Reynold's house, Miss-Horneck asked the ledge the receipt of your letter of Octo conversations were only informal. Deciz
information therein furnished, and for the main beaches a wreath of wild clude the Japanese Crown Prince and celebrated painter Angelica Kauffman to ber 1st last, and to think you for the siona will be made at the meeting of the
sing, saying ....." You have already deign- the enclosures which accompanied it. Blowers gathered from the land made Prince George.
ed to captivate our hearts by the exercise seriously prevalent in many parte of the ** As you are aware, Bilharzionis 18 Supreme Council which will be held on
of one art; will you now stoop to con- Union. The volumt o evidence as to April 30th, in London, if the strike on forever. Britain by the bodies of the heroic dead. May we who survived do
INFATUATED "HEIRESA:7: quer our savage bearts by the exercise of the utility of the treatment devised by tinues, but otherwise in Paris
Ispit
another Goldsmith seized upon thepartment is taking active steps to bring vou is rapidly increasing, and the De- BOUGHT OFE: 20: RIVALS. AAS understood, however, that the Premiers our best to spread the spirit of obeerful
phrase at once. *****
this method of treatment to the notice are agreed with regard to general deci self-sacrifice and devotion to duty and
My love for this man is such that I Such was the genius of Goldsmith that, of all concerned, and to promote and which the sions. mubject to confirmation by the.
bought off 20 other women who wanted to boil down." the plot of his play is
ncourage items 22
The new treatment is now being given exemplified, thus helping to attain, the to marry him was the passionato de Bupreme Council. On principle,
claration made in the, Illinois. Supreme an uncommonly difficult task. It runs, by the Ministry of Pensions to soldiers. ideals for which we fought
Court by Baroness Cecile de Korwin, de-more or less, as follows: Two old friends who contracted this disease in the ward adoption of the French proposals is un-
Curiously enough, however, a large num- fending an action brought by the Baron have arranged a marriage between their ber of men who were affected in the Animous," It is understood that, in the
to recover-possession of the eight-year There is no greater.
ity to a man old son of the marriage. The baroness is two children. The son is to travel down South African War are also asking fo
"trentment-1"-" "fact which shows how- event of the occupation of the Ruhr, no than to be laft a modest competence the daughter of the Chicago merchant to meet the daughter, who lives in an old chronic was the ill-health produced. Und British troops will be employed, but Sir Danbury
fr, Okto, Young and a £5,000,000 heiress. The country house with her father, her happily regulation exists which pres bargo, she said in court, cost her more, mother, and her balf-brother. Owing to eludes these latter men (ie, Boer War there will be certain cavalry; and tanks The attempt to stabilise the exchange in than £25,000 to induce, his
to the antics of this latter individual, the pensioners) from obtaining treatment to show the solidarity of the Allies, It is very much on a par with talk of stabilis shippers, including two alleged
allowances, and so they are to some ex- ing the thermometer-Chamberlain, abandon their idolis H
ly here is sent to the house of his future tent debarred from the benefits which are pointed out that
trouble with women
outfather-in-law
inn. His pocahier, now available for them. This regalation In every industry the Government have tr The case was adjor to afford
vitra-modest man among cire and tright.com at this late should be modified "ance it is better to touched they have produced chaos and
the baron an opportunity to pri evid. 1068-Major David Davies, M.P.
ence as to his moral world. zo aten dit
by three unknown men. A publicar-in Tipperary was murdered. Groups of four live men held up on their various rounds 32, postmen in Cork and stole 17 registered and 7,000, ordinary letters in parenting the name of Sinn Fein. A battle of intense firing lasted twelve hours in the mountains of Kilmillan, Co. Galway, when a patrol of fourteen constabulary
by a large body led by a man disguised da an Irish priest. Ultimately reinforcements of soldiers drover off the rebels. One con killed and (1) were wounded. FRENCH TRADE' IMPROVES PARIS, April 9zad." Official ɓgurea for French trade during the first quarter of 1971 shows steady
the
Agreement stands within euggestion of any modiâcation of it.
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