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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
RIOTS IN EGYPT. ZAGĦLUL PASHA'S BELÄTED.
APPEAL
THE - HONGKỤNG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 28TH, 1981,
LATEST CABLES. FAR THE SILESIAN UPHEAVAL.
PRINCE SAPIEHA'S
RESIGNATION.
WARSAW, May 27th. Prince Bapicha's resignation as Minis. ter of Foreign Affairs has been accepted.
EARLIER CABLES.
DESPATCHED
LONDON, May 28th. The War Office, anounces that the first of the four infantry» battalions, which are being dispatched to Upper Silesia, will leave Cologne on Friday.
LONDON, May 27th. The Nationalist leader Zagħlul, who Is held indirectly responsible for the SIX BRITISH BATTALIONS TO BE recent outbreaks in Egypt. in a belated appeal, has called on the people to re- strain their rightrous anger against the -Ministry, and cease the demonstrations He endeavours to saddle the authorities with the responsibility for the disordera, In the meantime, the threatened rail- way strike in Cairo has not materialised. The 2,500 striking railway-shop workers have been dismissed. Even if they are reinstated they would forfeit certain rights.
COURT OF INQUIRY AT ALEXANDIA.
LONDON. May 6th. In the House of Commons. Mr. Farms worth stated that order hul heen ustored in Alexandria. A court of inquiry has
been opened.
U.S. NAVY.
LARGE SUMS VOTED.
I
Washington, May 97th.-
Ultimately two Trish batalions. at pre- aent in England, will be despatched, making a total of six.
BERLIN, May 20th. News of the despatch of British troops; is exercising a parifying influênco in Upper Silesia.
The troops will be commanded “by Colonel, Grenfel Wauchope, of the Black Watch, who served in the South African War and in the European War, gaining the C.M.G.
INTERPORT CRICKET AT
SHANGHAI.
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
SHANGHAIS DECISITE WIS, RUMJAHN'S PLUCKY STAND,
M
TWENTY-FIVE ARMED ROBBERS
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
SHANGHAI, May 28th: Tweaty-five armed robbers were son tenced to death at the Mixed Court. Detective Gabbutt was complimented or his conduct in a complicated and dan gerous case arising out of the Pakhor
Rond affair.
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THE GERMAN AT HOME.
A PASSING GLANCE.
:
BY LIKUT.-COLONEL LEPINGTON,{"
PRAGUE, March 31st.
to becsing a candidate for the throne of Bevarin because he would not divide Germany. These are travellers' tales, perhaps, but no one can doubt that the Germans wish for a king; or, at all" vents, that the mass of the Right par ties do, and at the other end of the scale there are the Communists, at pre Central Germany. No change is expect sunt engaged in a little, sabotage in
and will act at ones if they move, are watching the potential Kapps closely. ed from another Putsch. The Socialists:
question of a restoration of the monar independent of affairs in Austria and chical form of government is not quite Hungary.
The
[BY COURTESY OF THE OKINA MAIL"]
PURCHASE OF BANGKOK DOCK 00.
The interport cricket match, at Shang-I have recently visited the occupied SINGAPORE, May 28th.
Jint, was resumed on Thursday lato in territory, old and new, have been to A meeting pl "the United Engineers the afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The wicket, Berlin, thence to Bryslan, and have to day passed a resolution authorising owing to this downpour of rain the Bilesia and along the Polish frontier, motored many hundred miles through an increase in the capital by $5,000,000 more in favour of bowlers than batsmen. from princes and judges to railway ser previous night and in the morning, was speaking to many Germans of all classes, of which $1,000,000 will be med
for Sayer and de fons resumed their vants and old soldiers. The impression Acquiring the Bangkok Dock Company innings, the former facing O'Hara's derived from such a rapid tour is no The remainder will be held for future bowling. Both players played cautiously doubt inadequate in many respects, but issuM,
and they had added 6 runs in singles to first impressions of a new state of things adjacent to these countries have already The States surrounding or their overnight, total of 27 when Hansell are usually vivid, and 1 will make no taken their precautions. took over the bowling from O'Hare, they are worth.
excuse for setting them down for what One has to go to Germany to discover Shortly afterwards do Rome
why the Germans are so perfectly incepe was dis- missed.
I found scarcely any English in Gerrigible about expressing any-sorrow for Franka, who took de Rome's many, except those engaged in offieini having caused the war. The reason is place, helped Sayer in raising the score from west to east or from north to southably-do not believe they did. A long business, and I met not one in any train that they honestly--however unreason- to 44. Lench relieved Hansell and except such people. I have been asked course of diligent propaganda, from 1914 bowled a maiden over. O'Hara also how the Germans behave to us. My ex onwards, implanted this curious super- resumed bowling. The score was se perience has been that they are distant stition in their minds, and I doubt whe when Sayer, who had made 31, was not want to talk to us any more than we hypocrisy to us, but not to them. They but civil, as we are to them. They do ther anything can now root it out. It is caught in the slips by O'Hara off Leach. want to talk to them, except for journal think that England's encircling policy Capt. Olliver joined Franks, and the istic purposes, but they display no caused the war, and continue to allege lutter wis elean-bowled by "Lonch, ymptom of discourtesy, and in all that Russia mobilised first. Every new Rumjahn was
matters of official intercourse are usually and damning fact disclosed is twisted pext in and played a civil and obliging.
to fit into this exculpatory. thesis, and steady game, carrying his. bat, for
All who knew Germany and the Ger- they have told their parrot story so often well-played 33. Ollirer
mans before the war will find the country that they have come to believe, it firmly by Barrott at
was caught and the people grently changed. The themselves. This fact has much more than mid-on, Webster and country still displays signs at being worn fugitive importance, because it causes Stapleton did not stay long, the score
out. The long drought gives a shabby them to regard the Versailles Trenty reading for 6 wickets. Major Bag pears short pf fertilising manures.
appearance to the land, which still ap-no sheer brutality. Their clever but nall then enlivened the occasion, getting spite of the losses, there is a great want pany Michel-the German prasan-irith In coarse caricaturists represent poor, thin, 25 in quick time Muriel hurt his hand of houses, and nit the best hotels are his short jacket and wooden shes and in stopping & vigorous drive by Bag railways is in not too bad & state, and cent, harmless, unarmed creature expos crammed full. The permanent way of the little enp, as a sort of saint-an inno- all and had to retire, Sayer officiating. if trains run slowly and stop too often,ed daily to the ragging of the Allied | 10,000-TON STEAMER LAUNCHED AT Davis followed Bagnall when the score they run with German punctuality and Powers, It is not quite the role or the
was 107 for 7, and Allison took over the SHANGHAL, May 27th. ball from Lench, O'Hara bowled out The steamer Cathay was launched at Davis, and Reed, who followed, made Kiangnan, the dockyard completing the
5. Farthing, the last. man in. gave a good account of himself, and he and contract with the American Shipping Rumjahn worried the bowlers consider Board for the construction of four 10-000.ably. Rumjahn was an hour and a half ton stenmiers. The American Consul batting in compiling the top score of paid a glowing tribute to China.
his side, 35. Farthing's career at the wicket came to an end when Wainwright relieved Leach and the score stood at 182. Shanghai secured a decisive victory by an innings and 159 runs. O'Hara again proved an adept with the ball, securing 6 wickets för 62 runs.
THE EZRA TAMILY.
SHANGHAI, May 27th. The Ezra family is again in the, lime light, Ellis
Egra suing his brother Isanci Ezra over a matter arising out of pro- TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINALS.perty transactions. An interima injunc
SECOND CASE BEGINS.
tion was granted pending trial.
LEIPZIG, May 26th: The second trint has opened, the, .nc- The pawage of Senator Borah's resolu.cused being Capt. Emil Muellere a tion is purely a "Fermal victory, for the awyer of Karlsruhe and ex-commandant pressure of outside opinion may have of the prisoners' camp
ht. Fixvy-le- certain moral effect, but in the mean- Martel, France, who is charged with while the House has voted £74,500.000 for brutality to British prisoners and res the Navy, to which the Senate Naval ponsibility for appalling insanitariness, Committee recommends the addition ending in an outbreak of diphtheria,
of £25.000.000."
That the latter sam will be reduced to £22,500,000 Noems certain, but it will not be further reduced.
WORLD'S CHAMPION
WRESTLER.
ZHYSKO RETAINS TITLE
KANSAS CITY. May 7th. Zbysko retained the title of the world's beavy weight wrestling champion, defent- ing "Joe" Stecher in twn straight falla, in 62 and 13 mins, respectively.
REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN BRIAND'
MINISTRY.
PARIS, May 27th. Prior to the Chamber · passing 'a' vote ni confidence in the Government, M.
from which two hundred died.
SINN FEIN AMMUNITION.
SUPPLY FROM AMERICA. ·
LONDON. May 20th,
In the House of Commons, at question time, Sir Hamar Greenwood said that 17,388 rounds of American ammunition had been captured at Dublin since March 28th...
Replying to supplementary questions, urging that representanious be made to the American Government concerning this. Sir Hamar said he would consult the Foreign Secretary.
U.S. AND ALLIED LOANS. REPORTED FUNDING SCHEME. WASHINGTON, May 20th.
It is is understood that Allied loans Briand again interposed and raumed aproximating to 10 milliard dollars, also the foreign policy debate, in the course the unpaid interest, will be funded this of which-replying to the exinister year and the repayments spread over 4 M. Klotz, who asked if he did at think | Period of years.
Franer had already made, too many con- THE ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. cessions to Great Britain M. Briand maid, "Our Allies made na may, per: ...haps more, to us."
The Premier boldly urged the membera not to abstain from voting but must vote for the Government, if a more auslacions policy was required.
The Chamber, passed the vote of con- fidence after overwhelmingly defeating the motion of the ex-War Minister "M. Lefovre referring the London Agreement to a committee of, the Chamber, to which 3. Briand objected, saying that it would mean giving Parliament the right to modify the Reparations Commission's decisions.
UNIONIST SUCCESSES IN NORTHERN PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, May 28th.
The results of the Irish Northern Par liament Elections so far announced give: Unionists; Nationalists 2; Sinn Fein, 1.
COTTON STORE
ABLAZE.TM
ÁLKKANDEJA, May 28th. The Government cotton store is an fire. on thousand baila are involved.
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. RIBBED CLUBS BARRED..
SHANHGAI,
- (TOKOTWA DEDIER'S AGENCY.], U.S. SEXATE RATIFIES SINO- AMERICAN TREATY,
WASHINGTON, May 27th.
The Senate has ratified the Sino- American Treaty, confirming application of the 5 per cent, ad valorent duty on American goods imported into China.
DJAMBI QULFIELDS BILL.
LONDON, May 27th.
The Morning Peat's Amsterdam corres pondent states that there is a growing belief in The Hague political circles that the First Chamber will reject the Diambi Oiläelds Bill; and thus enable the
whereby part of the Djambi fields will Governmeal to introduces a new bill, be granted to the Standard Oil Co.
The Second Chamber intend to criticise Government's failure to reveal the Notes between Holland and the United States when the bill was debated,
THE AURORA BOREALIS. INTERFERENCE « WITH NEW YORK
COMMUNICATIONS.
The following messages by the U.S. Radio Service were received in Shanghai, Last week, from New York:
HONGKONG.
2nd Inningse
13
G. B. Sayer, o O'Hara, b Lénch... 31 F. J. de Rome, b O'Hare Lieut. J. B. Franks, R.N., b Leach 15 Capt. C. O. Olliver, c Barrett, b
Hara
A. A. Kumjaho, not eat R.GA. Webster, b Leach
C. J. Stapleton; b O'Hara
35
2
1
Major H. G. Bagnall, e Ollerdes-
sen, b O'Hara
95
Capt. P. Havelock-Davies, b O'Hara & E. B. Reed, I.b.w, b O'Hara F. Farthing, 1.b.w., b Wain-
wright:
Extras
152
Д
Total
Bowling Analysis.
0. M.
(O'Hara Allison
35
62
95 0
Bhoors
3
10
Leach Hansell
18
14
3
1.5 0
10 0
1
1:
Wainwright
A FRIENDLY MATCH.A.
A friendly match between Hongkong to-day and to-morrow. Both the teams and Shanghai has been arranged for will have a number of interport players.
JACK'S BANKER OF POPLAR.
The electrical influence of the aurora borealis continued last night (May 16th) DEATH OF THE REV. DAVID BOE, OF to play havoc with telegraphic, communi-
SEAMEN'S MISSION.. cation. The disturbance began on Fri- day, and intensified, becoming the sever. eet of its kind in thirty years
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Owing to ill-bealth Mr. Boe, who was
How many
are rarely much behind time. There are dress in which Michel appeared to us in a tremendous lot of men employed on the 1914.. railways. Many old soldiers, as well as THE FICTION OF DISARMAMENT, others who appear to be old officers, have It all matters a good deal, because. found billets here, I have counted six Germany is not disarmed, will never be or seven men in a train where we should disarmed, and will rearm within a year have one guard. The rolling-stock is in poor condition, and the carriages are ly the Centrol Commission is withdrawn. or two up to any scale the wishes direct- extremely dirty. The food on the trains it is more or less known that she hus white detestable. On the other hand. still some 4,500,000 rifles and some 10,000 while the country generally has the as-machine-guns undelivered. pect of a bail-room the morning after a guns she has still no one knows, but not dance, and wears a shabby appearance, one of the Big Berthas has come t the great industrial areas, such as the hand. In effectives Germany has met us the mining district, are at least busy, to glance at the Sicherheits or Schutz- Ruhr, Westphalia, and Upper Silesia, in about the Reichswehr, but one has only even if the old profits are for the time polizei to recognise in them not pa'y Re- no more.
gular troops, but troops of the first quality. All these people are N.C.Os. al. the old army, and are intended to formi the cadres for the future army which Germany will raise when she dares Her pensions offices are merely the old recruiting offices camouflaged, and it isg known that the list of the trained men in the country, and even in the Posen district, are kept as far as possible up
THE PEOPLE.
But the people interested me most. Gone the old jovial, coarse heartiness, all the gold and the glitter and the tinal of militarism, all the state and pomp, all the old unbearable insolence, aggressive ness, and bombast. I thought the whole people very depressed, subdued, and sad. One feels that from the dizzy heights of 1914 they not only fell, but crashed. They to date: seem very silent, very mournful, and I am curtainly not blaming the Control private losses have no doubt added to the Commission: I consider that. Gentral public sorrows. One rarely sees a smile. Nollett, and his Allied subordinates have Only irrepressible youth, which has effected almost miracles by collecting scarcely known or understood the war in such vast numbers as 35.000 guns,
J.
its larger sense, has any radiance at all. 3,500,000 rifles, 14,000 aeroplanes, and In the upper classes the dejection is 28,000 engines. It has been a great and beyond words. The German aristocracy highly creditable work, but its pernian has never had any trade put soldiering, ent value is wholly dependent on the and soldiering in the old sense has gone. continued retention of the control, which The bulk of the aristocracy can turn its is not in the Treaty, though as a sanc-. hand to nothing else. Many have died tion it might be imposed. The Great of broken hearts, and many more have General Staff, abolished by the Treaty, committed suicide. Others have almost is said to exist still, though its officers become doddering, and a great many are in mufti and not shown on. official former officers and officials are in a lists. I give Germany five years to come! state of abject poverty. The war has plete her old military power, but con- really proved too much for everybody.sider that from the point of view of It is the exception now for a German to material it may be completed in from one be able to follow out a consecutive chain to two years. We ought to know by this of thought or to state the points of his time how easily and rapidly any great argument without branching into some industrial nation can adapt its machi aide-track by inadvertence. Even a nory to war. workman will often begin a job the I am not accusing Germany of any wrong way, and only gradually become aggressive intentions. I think that the aware of the fact. War neurasthenia has whole country is utterly sick of the word nerves of the older people and if those many to whom I have spoken has vowed made great ravages in Germany, and the war," and a very old saldier in Ger- who fought are still on edge. The disas to me that he will never fight again. trous effects of a lost war to a country But he told me the same tale nt Verdua whose might was its right are visible on in 1918 and went on fighting for two every side.
years. Anyhow, the sufferers pns away The people are very gradually return from the scene, and the nation with its ing to work, but not with the old zest. history and traditions remains. Also Wages have enormously increased, but with its geography, its Gesinnung, the price of all materials and of clothing and its Geist. We must merely look Founder of the Seamen's Mission, and food is very high. If the miner's facts in the face and see clearly. After Poplar, the Bev. Roe has died at Flum sells at 200 marks at the pit's mouth, the not going to stop Germany from becom wage has gone up 600 per cent, and coal our control of her is removed, we aru WASHINGTON, May 17th stead Officials of the Naval Observatory said
price of materials of all kinds is so high ing great, armed, and powerful again, last night that the disturbance to. tels-73 years of age, retired in September often there are no dividends at all even air she collects industriously the means that profits are not on the old scale, and when she wishes. By land, and sea, and graphs caused by the aurora borealis was last after 22 years service at the": apparently due to a group of sun-spota stitate. Sixty sailors can now be accom-idg concerts. The wage bill on a middle arming too. Yet, quite imperlubably, from promising and apparently flourish for war. The nations round her are estimated to be ninety-four thousand modated there, and ample provision has sized agricultural estate has more thun Mr. Thomas Atkins, from Cologne to The Royal and Ancient Rules of Golf wide. So large a grop of sun-spots is for obtaining refreshment by the efforts hours and does less work and is more or then, sends out acrom the Germanic and. miles in length and twenty-one thousand been made for recreation and facilities trebled, but everybody works shorter Dusseldorff and from Kreazburg to Beu- Committee meeting, at Hoylako, decided, unusual, they said. after the Open Championship, to debar
less discontented besides. A land strike Slar worlds his cheerful message. "Pass Known locally as "Jack's Banker " is not at all an improbable contingency friend, and all's well."-Day Telegraph. the use of ribbed clubs employed by the
The effect of the influenza epidemics sailors earnings, upon which tempting If one takes the ratio of money as 1 to 10 from his willingness to take care of We suppose, and it is frequently stated, Americans.
that Germany is less taxed than we aro on the Life Insurance Companies was calls are made, he had many friends referred to by the Chairman of the shore and allost. His last great work or 12 and expresses it in English money Was the inauguration of an extension values this appears true, but this is not China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ltd., scheme in memory of the 20,000 merchant a fair comparison, for it is not a question at the annual general meeting at Shang seamen who sacrificed their lives in the of gold marks, but of paper, and the April ord, Tottenham Hotspur best hai last week as follows:-At the last war. It is being carried out by his paper mark buys much more in Germany Wolverhampton Wanderrs by one goal to two annual meetings it has been neces successor.
than would appear from the exchange.mil.”y LONDON, May 28th Bary for the Chairman to refer to deaths
Some rich Germans tell me that they Although a rainstorm had just then Rain interfered with the Australians due to influenza, and last year I inform
have paid 45 per cent, for a capital levy, broks over the fold his Majesty insisted ed you that no less than one-quarter of
and are also paying 50 per cent, incomes on shaking hands with all the players. Oxford match, which was left drawn. our claims under. Gold policios, and 17 The proposal of an anti-tipping system tax. But where the money goes to they Sunshine then reappeared and prevailed The Australians scored 294, while Oxford per cent of our claims under Silvor in the hotels under direct control of the profess not to know except that it goes for most of the game but the ground was
policies were due to this cause. More
into the bands of the men now governing muddy. Tottenham prevailed over the registered 174, for 1. The second pair recently it has been the custom to report Tokyo Traffic Bureau of the Government Germany.
bad conditions and played excellently. in the past two years, and if commerce had produced.. 140 when stumps, were the cause of death as "pneumonia " Railway Department will set an ex-
A RESTORATION 1
They were the superior side in all rox revived through promotion of production drawn. Jardine obtained 06, his chance would have been given as influenza."
where previously the cause of death ample to the long-discussed abolition of
Is the Reich going to last? Few people pects and were repeatedly, unlucky near think so. We must read such works as goal, shots from Bliss, Dimmock and by the German people they would have less innings cumprising 12 four while Taking this into consideration, I
o-chadai" or, tip-giving to
hotel-
Betrachtungen einer Unpolitischen "|| Banks being stopped. At the interval some respectable performances to show
Holdsworth scored 57.
satisfied that the sizing this year due keepers, tumarks a Yokohama contemto understand the reason. But all assume the score was love all. Eight minutes Boferring to Upper Silesis, Herr
to influenza are at least as great as they porary. An arrangement was made re that before there is a change the present after the resumption Dimmock/scored for Wirth welcomed England's assurance of
were last year. Those deaths occurred cently between the transportation section Government will be left to exhaust such Tottenham, Clay Tottenham's right fair play!
principally in China, India, and Japan, of the traffic bureau and more than 1,000 | small, popularity as remains to it by back, played brilliantly and the half- A sea-tank constructed by the French | We hope that the force of this epidemic hotels under direct control of this bureau meeting the Allied demands. The fav-backs, Grimsdell, Wallers and Smith, Government has been tested at Mar- has now spent itself, and that we shall to abolish tipping and establish a new ourite candidates for the throne are the held the Wolves' forwards. The official seilles. Fitted with caterpillar tractors soon see a reduction in the amount system of the charge of lodging and ex-Crown Prince's son, who is being well attendance was 79,866 and the receipts at PARIB, May 20th.and a sorow, it carried its inventor, M. appearing under the heading "Claims me 1," which is expected to relieve many brought up by his intelligent and popular the gates amounted to £13.414, n. record The Chamber passed a vote of cond. Foenquines, and five passengers over under Policies, paid and outstanding by of the inconveniences and troubles of mother; and, secondly, Prince Rupprecht for any football match. The King pro dence in K. Briand by 190 to 102.
land and water.
Death.!!
travelling in Japan...
of Bavaria, who is said to have refused sented the cup at the close of play.
GERMAN
BARLIER CABLES.
CHANCELLON'S
DECLARATION.
BERLIN, May 28th. The Chancellor, Herr Wirth, peaking at conference of Baden statesmen at Karlsrube, emphasised Germany's accept- ance of the ultimatum as sinore, but only performances would convince the world of Germany's goodwill, and the work of reconstruction must be begun. not to acknowledge the economic improvement of Granny
It would be wo
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE EN FRENCH PREMIER
*
LONDON, May 28th.
CRICKET. OXFORD'S STAND AGAINST· AUSTRALIANS.
of Mr. Hoe.
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1:30
ENGLISH OUP FINAL. Instas fioul of the English Cup, on