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THE MONGKONG DALLY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 1er 1921.
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ENGINEERING DISPUTE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF SETTLEMENT.
[VENOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MINERS' VOTE.
MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF SETTLEMENT.
LONDON, June 30th.
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LONDON, June 30th.
a conference of the engineering Unions the delegates overwhelming accepted the agreement with the employ era and agreed to recommend to members A of the Unions to accept the terms, ballot of the members will be held within
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PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT.
Opinion at the" miner meetings in most colliery districts favoured resump ion. Derbyshire, Scotland, Yorkshire, a fortnight. Leicestershire anal Nottinghamshire all recommended acceptance of the settle ment, but South Wales resolved to cop
LONDON, June 20th. demn the Executive for ignoring the bal
After prolonged negotiations, ending at lot and for believing that they have no
o'clock in the morning. between en option, if the Federation is to be pre- served, but to, accept the terms. Wigan ployers and engineering workers, a pro- was one of the must notable exceptions.visional agreement for a settlement was reached. This requires ratification to-day, Six thousand miners unanimously re #blved to reject the settlement..
At Bannock Chase 8,000 have already resumed, and a big influx, is expected to-day.
BRITISH INDUSTRY.
SIGNS OF A REVIVAL.
LATEST CABLES,
GERMAN REPARATIONS
BONDS.
STATEMENT BY US TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, June 30th.
LATEST-CABLES,
U.S. AND DISARMAMENT.
THE PRODUCTION OF TEA. Americans know little about the virtues CANTON GOVERNMENT
of tea, coffee is very largely consumed. THE YANGTSZE VALLEY. but tea has never been placed properly TALE OF A PROJECTED MILITA
AN INTERESTING REVIEW,
THE ORIGIN OF TEA.
ENTERPRISE.
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In the latest nuruber of the Bulletin of in competition with it. The efforts the laperial Institute there is a long which have been made by the Indian Tea and very interesting article by Mr. A. S. Cess Committee during the last 20 years. The Asiatic News Agency Changs Judge, lately Chief Collector of Customs to popularise Indian tea in America do | cdrrespondent writes:- Mr. Mellon informed the Senate Comin Burma, on the subject of "The pro-not appear to have met with any success, In connection with the mutinies mittee that there has been no suggestion duction of Tes in the Empire and its The average per capita consumption of Wuching and fehang, there is an impo that the United States should accept relation to the Tea Trade of the World." tea in the States at the outbreak of the nnt development between Hupeh tierman Reparations Bonds as substitute From the article we extract the follow-war was less than it had been twenty Hunan. It is reported among milita for Alles obligations. The Treatury did ng paragraphs of general interest:-
years earlier. One of the American officers that General Chao Hen-ti co trade journals interested in tea recently mander-in-chief of the Hunan not intend to invite such a proposal.
The ten-plant," an evergreen belonging pointed out that the sea"used in mast through the medium of Dr. Sun Yat-se EARLIER CABLES.
te the genus Camellia, is, indigenous in of the best hotels and dining-car systems has established friendly connections
wild billy country which separates of America was of such low grade and General Li Lieb-chun, who, with GERMANY LATEST PAYMENTS.
India and Burma from China, and also inferior quality, and was so imporfectly Yunnan and Kheichow armed forces, b LONDON, June 29th. in parts of Central and Western China. brewed that it was impossible to make boen lingering along the Hanau-Kucicho In the House of Commons, Lieut. Com. It is not known from what source the ten-drinkers of the American public. Į horders' since last August, with a view Hilton Young said that 35,733,000 dollars Cainese first obtained the plant for The Tea Associations of the United their joint attack on Hupeh in the hop had been received from the German China differs greatly froth the indigen- throughout the country with the object The agreement which has just been 378 cultivation, as the variety now grown in States have started a publicity campaign of seizing the central Yangtze regios tiovernment to May 31st, and that a
ous plant discovered in recent times of increasing the consumption of tea; ited between Chao and Li provides for th further 12.000,000 dollars had been receivThe cultivated Chinn plaat has a small is not intended to push the sale, of any and then we combined forces will attac equal division of Hupeh after its capturi ed since." All had been deposited with the tent and grows naturally as a bashy special kind of tea, but rather to edunod capture Kiangsi. As Li Lich-chu Federal Reserve Bank, New York, on ac-shrub, whereas the Assam variety has a cat the peeple to drink tea of good is a native of Kinngsi where he ba count of the Reparations Commission.
and very large leaf, and, if allowed to grow quality. The present time appears to be there is no doubt that he contemplate
numerous followers
supporter
naturally, develops into a tree; in the most-opportune for such a movement, his "rainstatement in the Tuchunahip fcrests of Manipur large tea-trees have as Prohibition is now in force, and Nanchang in the future. Military move ments" are going on secretly to this en been found, some growing up to a height thousands of men who served during the in Hunan at the moment. The Squib of one hundred feet,
was acquired the tea habit." This move- Western leaders consider the present From time immemorial, the people of men appears to be deserving of support time affords a suitable opportunity le
and them to extend their powers and in the Shan States and other localities from the ten-growers of India have cultivated the tea-plant and pickled
Ceylon.
fluence into the Yangtze Valley throug aad enten the leaves; the Chinese were China in the seventeenth century, and idential" reports of their agents i Russia-Russia first obtained tea from Hupeb because, according to the com however, the first to discover the virtues The House of Representatives has often as a beverage. In the early years for many years, until the opening of the Wachang and Hankow, the mutineers
of the Christian era the Chinese were Siberian railway, there was a regular Wachang were from among Genera A Helsingfors telegram reports that as British industries. He hoped for a re-adopted, by 340 votes to 4; Serator manufacturing and drinking tea, and in caravan trade in this commodity between Wang Chan-yuan's trusted soldiers and order for the mobilisation of all classes vival by the autumn and pointed out that "Borah's amendment to the Naval Appro the eighth century the industry was of the two countries. In recent years the net fresh recruits, and that owing to the suficient importance to make it liable Chinese supplies have come either inhuman massacre of hundreds of the At Sinokan railway station up to 44 years of age has been issued the nations of the world were inter-de-priations Bill, authorising the President to imperial taxation. The Japanese ob-rail or by sea to. Batoun and those from looters
tenth century, and early acquired the tea the Russian market in normal times ab- forces. The alleged plots of the South
to Odessa and Vladivostock. Although command confidence among his by all Northern “Russian Governments, pendent. The future prosperity of the to negotiate with Great Britain and tained tea-seed from China about the dis and Ceylon by steamer principally General Wong is not in a positions probably throughout Russia. The reason world depended on the solution of the Japad with a view to a reduction in navul habit. For many centuries ten-drinking sorbs a considerable quantity of tea, the Western leaders in Ruoan are probablj
was confined to China and Japan.
average annual consumption per capita already known to the Northern leader has Been about 1b. only. This is due becanse to-day's reports from the North - The United Kingdom.--The Dutch first to the fact that the bulk of the people indicate that Marshal Tran Kun is muste introduced tea into Europe, but no re-
are poor, and communications, except ring Chihli and Honan troops on thi gular trade was established until the on the lines of railway, are bad. The Hupeh-Honan borders as far as Wushen WASHINGTON, June 20th.
East India Company brought samples to poorer classes drink their ten weak, the kaan for meeting emergencies in the London late in the seventeenth century. ten-pot is filled with water several times. Central Yangtze region and that the LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
President Harding has written to the Coffee and cocoa were recognised bever until all the essence is drawn from the famous General Wu Pei-fu is slowl azes when tea was first introduced and leaves. While the wealthy classes were moving from Loyang to the Wu-Hai Republican Leader of the House of Rsold to the public in the London cocoa drinking the finest teas produced in cities. All sorts of political rumours ar ISCOUNT GREY'S VIEWS ON
It was at first China or India, a large proportion of in circulation and wealthy "people" are CHANGED OUTLOOK.
presentatives, hoping that Congress will and coffee houses.
brewed in a cask and drawn off like the impurts was in the form of brick shifting their families and properties to & faroumble opinion on world beer, a tax of 15. d. being levied on each tea, composed of poor China teas with the foreign concessions of both Shang expross LONDON, June 28th. Viscount Grey presided at a dinner disarmament, and assuring him that the gallon of liquid tea. For a long period an admixture of dust and fannings from hai and Hankow for safety. Martial law ten was an expensive luxury. In 1819 the British and Dutch plantations. The has been declared by General Chao whi given by the League of Nations' Union in Exceutive will give every consideration the consumption in the United Kingdom te habit is probably most general in has also prohibited the export of Hunan General Gourand had a narrow escape honour of the Dominions. Premiers. There to such expression of opinion. The was 91,000,000 lb., or an average of the Central" Asiatic Provinces of Russia, rice to Hunel and Kiangsi.
1b. per head. In 1833 the monopoly off where green teas are principally used. was a large gathering of notables, inclid. Administration has been accking in the trade in tea, which the East India. In Russia itself and in Siberia there was
DJ RUSSIAN MOBILISATION.
MYSTERIOUS ORDER BY NORTHERN
SOVIETS.
Lesbos, June 30th.
for this order is unknown, but it is thought it is connected with serious risings in Siberia... ·
DAMASCUS OUTRAGE.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE FRENCH | HIGH COMMISSIONER.
PARIS, June 24th.
At Damascus a criminal attempt was
made to assassinate General Gouraud whilst he was going to Lake Tiberius.
And was not injured.—Hapas.
FALL OF ISMIDT.
DISCOVERY OF PLOT AT
CONSTANTINOPLE...
LONDON, June 30th.
A Constantinople telegrafa says that a widespread plot has been discovered, which is believed to be directed by Moscow with the object of producing revolt against the Allies at Constan- tinople.
The British authorities have arrested a hundred Russias, including three Bolshevist Commissaries.
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GREEKS EVACUATE TOWN.
LONDON, June 20th.
In the House of Commons, at questiba. Kino, Mr. Coil Harmsworth stated that he had received information that the Grecks bad evacuated the town of 1smidt on the evening of June 17th, and "that the town was atire, and there was
grent panic in te district.". Numbers of Armonians and neutral Turks were dee
ing to Constantinople. There appeared Lo be a considerable danger of massacres as a result of general confusion, but the Allied High Commissioners were taking all possible steps to prevent outrages.
OUTSPOKEN JAPANESE
STATEMENT.
LONDON, Juno 29th. Presiding at a dinner given by the Government to the Congress of the Inter- Sir national Chamber of Commerce, Robert Horas declared that he saw at least the flickerings of a new order for
A start been ninde in credits question. connection with that, but it was mor necesary that a new plan should be de vised, giving wider, scope.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADOPTS BORAH AMENDMENT.
WASHINGTON, June 30th.
construction..
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PRESIDENT HARDING'S HOPE.
formation regarding tho
THE SPREAD OF TEA-DRINKING,
Company had held for 180 years, came attitude to an end, and about the same time the of foreign nations on disarma cultivation of tea in India was started. As "the price went down consumption ment. and these enquiries and nego-advanced, but between 1836 and 1852 the tiations will be continued. The manner the high rate of duty, viz., 29, 21d, per in which the matter may be formally presented to foreign Governments can only be determined after the fuller development of enquiries already init iated.
HOME CRICKET.
OW!
THE- DEUTSCHE-ASIATIO BANK:
a growing demand for the sound black eas produced in India and Ceylon; this ing representatives of all nations adher
trade had reached considerable dimen- ing to the League.
sions at the time of the out-break of the Viscount Gre in proposing the
war, and 1915 and 1016, after the intru-
The Asiatic News Agency's Peling duction of temperance legislation, the correspondent says:-During the couhy League, declared that the British Empire
ib., checked progress. In 1863 the duty imports were the highest on record. The to-day represented the disappearance of
was reduced to Gd. per 16., which hat Russian market has temporarily been of the last few weeks, irresponsible and the old idea of central authority and sub.
a stimulating effect on the trade; in 1887 lost, but British trade should be able to inaccurate reports have beco published in the average consumption was about recover the last ground when conditions certain vernacular newspapers about the ordination, and the new idea of voluntary
b. per head, and Indian tex formed are more favourable,
The Continent of Europe.-Apart from reconstruction of the Deutsch-Asiatische co-operation, based on confidence and
about 5 per cent. of the total quantity consumed. Twenty years later the con Russia, comparatively little tea is drunk Bank. The Asiatic News Agency" leares equal authority. Similarly, the League
sumption was twice as large, and more on the Continent, except in Holland, that the persons presently scting for this than half the supplies came from India where, owing to her connection with Bank in North China are:-Mr. Corder represented the disappearance of some
and Ceylon. Many causes had contri- Java, tea has been imported and used of Peking, whose chief duty is to negotiato thing old and the embodiment of a new
tuted to the increase in consumption: for a long time. Before the war Ger- with the Chinese Government authorities, the competition of British-grown tead many was slowly acquiring the tea and Mr. Figge, the former Manager of the Shanghai Office, who is associated spirit. Referring to disarmament, FI AUSTRALIANS F. WARWICKSHIRE. had forced down prices, freights were habit, and was importing annually about with Mr. Cordes to consider financial
lower owing to the opening of the Suez 10,000,000 lb. of ten. Tea-drinking was questions. Mr. Eggeling, 14 count Grey urged for negotiations with
Peking LONDON, June 29th. Canal, and to the introduction of steam also on the increase in Belgium and Agents, transacta current business for the United States, not with a view to
At Birmingham, in brilliant hot wen. ers, and "there was a wave of prosperity Denmark, and in many of the large account of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank
in the United Kingdom, and all classes towns and pleasure resorts on the Con- Berlin and. Hamburg, and Mr. making a bargain but for the purpose of
ther and tefore 10,000 spectators, the Aus could afford to buy ten. 16, was daring tinent the aftertoon tea, custom, intro- acting in a similar capacity at Koc doing something to diminish world "com.
tralians opened their match against this period that tea, was universally used duced by British visitors, was becoming The German financiers have not the petition.
as a breakfast beverage. Between 1800
popular institution.
slightest desire nor the intention to estab Warwickshire, not the Midlands,
and 1900 the duty was only 4d. per lb.,
America. In Argentina and lish a Sino-German Banking concern i Warwickshire, by confident batting,
the distributing trade was thoroughly Chile "considerable quantities of tea are the present juncture. The Deutseb?
tea organised and scored 202, the Reverend E. F. Waddy, packets to suit all tastes. Afternoon tea develop these markets still further. In concern.
was supplied in drunk, and it should be possible to Asiatische Bank was never a ami-official It is a joint stock company, the of New South Wales, who made 50, was shops to supply this want were multi- Paraguayan tea, is the most popular ally, exactly na is the case with the Hong became a national institution, and ten- South America generally Yerba Maté, or shares of which are owned internation warmly applauded, the fielders joining in. | plied. When the people had acquired beverage The Yerba-tree, Iles para kong and Shanghai Banking "Corpora The Indian delegate, the Maharno of
Hendry took 4 for 64, and Ryder 3 the tea habit they were not satisfied quest is indigenous to Paraguay, tion, and the other foreign banking in Cutch, declared that India appreciated for 62.
with the common China teas, and by the southern provinces of Brazil and stitutions eperating in the Far East a 1900 British grown tens had practically parts of Argentina. The consumption of elsewhere. It is expected that the Chi her new duties and responsibilities to the The Australians scored 148 runs for 4, secured the home market. Since 1000 this ten has so greatly increased that nese Government will now return to the the consumption in this country has large plantations have been established Bank the Bank's books, papers, etc. as British Empire
India wished nothing Bardsley making 60. He gave two chances steadily advanced; during the war in the countries mentioned above. In well as the funds collected by the GoVELO better than success for the greater Longue and hit ten fours. Warwick's fielding economy had to be exercised, but for 1918 Brazil exported 163,000,000 lb Yorba ment authorities for account of the Bank the last two years the rate of consumption maté, valued at 3.4d. per 1b.; Argentina during its suspension, because its pre aas been about 9 lb. per capita, which took 100,000,000 lb., and the balance perties are owned internationally, and represents a daily allowance of four cups went mainly to other countries in South when the Chinese Government has return America. The harvesting of the crop ised all the bank's confiscated property to of teh for each individual.
General Smuts, responding, believed that the idea at the base of the League would eventually work the greatest revolu- tion the world had ever soon.
OUTLOOK IN IRELAND.
MK. DE VALERA: REFUSES
INVITATION.
LONDON, June 28th... Mr. De Valera has refused Mr. Lloyd George's invitation to attend a conference in London, declaring that Irish political differences should be adjusted on Irish soil.
...
UNIONISTS.ACCEPT. Fo"
Four Southern Unioniste, the Earl of Midleton, Scnator Andrew Jameson,
Sir Maurice Dockrell, M.P. and Sir
Robert Woods, M.P., whom De Valora
was poor,
« Armatrong received eleven gold medals from FB. Spofforth for the players who participated in the one-hundredth Test Match at Nottingham on May 28th.
LADIES SINGLES.
WIMBLEDON FINAL
LONDON, June 29th. At Wimbledon, in the Ladies Singles final, Miss Ryan beat Mra Satterthwaite
6-1, 6-0.
ISLAMIC COLLEGE FOR PARIS,
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 29th. Mr. Ushida, tho Japancee High Com
that missioner, interviewed, stated Japan was deeply interested in the ques tion of the. Straits, which must not be allowed to fall under the domination of a single nation. It is also reported that he declared that the Turks wish 10 regain by force of arms the territories font in the war. That is impossible."
FRANCE'S ATTITUDE.
PARIS, June 29th. The Chamberlain's Foreign Affair Committee has passed a resolution in favour of the re-establishment of peace in the Near East, and in view of the Urooks' refusal of the Allies offer of the Anglo-Japanese, Alliance to-morrow. higher than in any country of Europe. mediation, France is unable to afford-ille Moigħen, Mr. Higher General | Greek Government any financial or binuts, Mr. Massey, and the Maharag of bare schiored. af
Shakespeare is the best thing military aid whatsoever.
Cutch spoke to day.
invited simultaatously with Sir James Craig to Dublin, have accepted.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE,
END OF SESSION.
LONDON, June 28th. It is expected that the Imperial Con- ference will conclude with a discussion on
The Dominions and India. The Aus very simple, all the leaves and small the Bank, the Bank will be able to effect tralians and New Zealanders are as twigs on a tree are pruned, and, before a settlement with all its creditora. great tea-drinkers, as the people of the fermentation can set in, are dried over Mother-country, and they also have disa fre in the same manner as tea-leaves carded Chins tea for the more refresh are dried; the leaves are then ground question in regard to the cultivation of ing and stimulating ten produced in into powder in a mill. Maté is prepared tea, more than twice the number of with boiling water like ordinary to; coolies being required to work aten India and Ceylon.
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THE TEA-PRODUCING COUNTRIES.
In Canada the average consumption of the infusion has a bitter flavour, and is estate as would be necessary to work too is about 5 lb. per head; certain not so pleasant to the taste as tea. It is the same acreage under coffee or rubber, amount of China tea is still being in- said to be a stimulating drink, but con- A large proportion of the labour of A caffeine than tea. The tea estate should also consist of women ported, as well as green tea from Japan. tains leas
The Batch in South Africa are not tea Brazilian growers of maté are searching and children for feat-plucking; if mon drinkers, but the British in the Union for new markets for their product in are employed in this work the cost of consume a considerably quantity, part North America, and on the Continent of production is greatly enhanced. The of which is supplied by tea plantations Europe. This movement will have to be labour question is a cause of anxiety to
watched by those interested in ten, of Natal
planters in all parts of India, Ceylon Other Courtrics. In Persia Asia and the Dutch Indies, and further exten In India, owing to the excellent work done by the Tea Cess Committee tea Minor. Arabia, Afghanistan, Morocco siens of tea in any of these localities drinking has been popularised in many and North Africa generally the tea habit will only be made after mature conside Pazin, Inno 24th (delayed). localities, and in 1918 the consumption spreading, green teas being most in ration. The shortage of Inbour for leat placking, especially in tropical climates was estimated at 50,000,000 lb. As the demand. French North African Honlamu have material prosperity of the people is
The following countries supply the where growth is rapid and luxuriant, is a very serious matter. If all the leat contributed the first instalment of one Fluture absorb much larger quantities world with tea: China, Japan, Formosa, is not taken off when ready to be
rapidly improving, this market should
French Indo-China, India, Ceylon, Java, million france towards a Mosque and of lower grade teas, th
The United States of America. In the and Sumatra in Asia, and Natal and plucked the shoots run away, especially is the plucking urface of the bush re Islamic College to be erected in Paris United State the average annust con- Nyasaland in Africa in the Caucasus, in the centre of the bush, and not only near Batoum, a small tea industry is induced, but when a bush has put on a upon ground donated by the city-supption per head is only Green existence; it was started some thirty or certain amount of foliage it will not Les obtained mainly from China and forty years ago, but has made little pro continue to Bush so freely and the Japan are largely used, although in gress. In the United States of America yield of leaf falla off. At the prosent The standard of taste in England is recont years Ceylon, Indian and Java exhaustive experiments were made by time the aim of the planter is to obtain
tons have been making bead-way. It is the Apicultura, Department let the best results from the area alread strange that the Americans should not proved, however, that without plentiful planted; this can be effected by improved have acquired the tes habit, as so many and cheap labour the tea industry could
by gradually replacing plants" of inferior from these islands, and tea was taken supply of labour is the most important get by these which will give the highes we in of them are descendants of emigrants not be made a paying proposition. The methods of cultivation and pruning, and
yield of lea (Continued at foot of nezt column.) to America by the early colonists. The
Haves.
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hold
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pared with a or. 10 lb. of coffee.