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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 9rm. 1891...
IMPERIAL WIRELESS
CHAIN:
NEW STATIONS TO BE ERECTED.
COMMUNIST TRAIN WRECK :
SIX DELEGATES KILLED.
SILESIAN OUTLOOK: FRANCE INSISTS ON BENDING TROOPS.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH HELTER'S AUÈNCY.]
IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN, IMPERIAL CONFERENCE DECISION.
LONDON. July 29th.
GREAT GREEK VICTORY.
COMPLETE ROUT OF TURKS.
·ATHİNK, July 20th..
The newspapers indicate that Kemalist resistance has been completely broken. One estimate says that 60.000 Kemalists The Daily News says that the Imperial have been killed, wounded and taken Conference has decided to proceed with prisoner. Greek advance guards are bar scheme for an Imperial wireless chain. reported to have reached Gordion, a Stations have already been built at station over hall-way to Ankara from Oxford and in Egypt.. It is now pro- | Eskishebr.
LATEST CABLES. FAR EASTERN
DAVIS CUP.
CHANGE IN DATES OF MATCHES,
New York, July 981 Owing to the inability of the Indian team to arrive in time, the dates of the Japan-India Davis Cup match, at Chicago, and of the challenge round, at Newport, have been changed from August 11th and August 15th to August 19th and August 5th, respectively.
IRISHI
CONVERSATIONS.
MR. DE VALERA'S COMMUNICA TION.
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IoNnos. July 29th. The Daily Graphic says it is under- stood that the Premier, last night. re ceived the first communication from Mr. de Valera sincs the latter returned to Dublin. The communication is not the final reply to the Government. but it is stated to be rather less favourable than was anticipated.
A DENIAL.
NEWS.
CABLE WAR TIME SHIP REQUISITION-
{TEXOUGE EXURE'S AGENOT.] CHINESE CONSORTIUM RUMOUR.
New YORK, July 28th.
ING. EASTERN SHIPPING. CO.'S FLEET.
WHAT WAN THE AUTHORITY F
CHINA'S NEW DOMESTIC LOAN.
TERMS OF $30,000,000 LOAN,
PIXING, July goth: The regulations Boverning the issu A sequel to the requisitioning of ships of the Tenth Year Domestic Loan The reports from China that the Con-by the Straits Government towards the published in the Official Gazette to-da sortium is giving up activities is end of 1018 was heard in the Supreme The following are the main provisions F. H. Stevens, the American represents Mr. Justice Barrett Lensard, arising out short-term loans and increasing authoritatively denied in New York. Mr. Court, at Singapore, last week, before With the view to adjusting forme tive, is returning to Peking on August of a case in which the Eastern Shipping funds of the National Treasury Co., Ltd., are claiming compensation, Coverament will döat a load
$30,000,000.
Ilta.
PACIFIC CONTERENCE,
LONDON, July 27th. The Dominion Premiers, yesterday and to-day, discussed the question of the Paette Conference.
JAPAN'S CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.
LONDON, July 27th. Reuter learns that Japan has despatch- the invitation to the Pacific Conference, ed a Note to the United States accepting on condition that the agenda in be dis casted is decided in advance.
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VIEWS OF JAPANSSE GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON., July 28th. Mr. Hughes announces that Japan has to Conference, provided that the agenda accepted the invitation to the Washing. is agreed to in advance.
The Japanese Government is of the opinion that the subjects of discussion posed to erect stations in Canada, in The Patru learns from Constantinople Australia, at Singapore, in Kanya, and that Kemal Pasha has authorised the reply has yet been received from Mr. do problems solely concerning particular tively denied, and it is stated that no armament, and the introduction of
involved in the general question of dis
Powers or matters" which may be regard as faits accompli may easily be | avoided.
at Karachi:
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The British Government will contribute £2,000,000. It is said that the power of the more distant stations will be such that, under favourable atmospheric con- ditions, Australia may be able to com municate directly with Great Britain.
It is proposed that there should be station at Cape Town.
AMPERIAL AIRSHIP SERVICE PROJECT. --
Porte to appeal to the Allies with a view
to seek peace with Greece.
SILESIAN PROBLEM.
ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.
LONDON, July 99th.
Newspapers give prominence to the new Entente crisis created by the French de- mand for the settlement of the question of reinforcements for Upper Silesia be fore the meeting of a Supreme Council can be held. -
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The Daily Mail states that experts appointed by the Air. Ministry to deal with the question of an Imperial air- It is stated that France considers an ship service' are of the opinion that the immediate reinforcement of French cost of the project is so great that the forces in,, Upper Silesia by at least a scheme is impossible at present. It ap-Division imperative. Otherwise, France pears that un original outlay of is of opinion that the French garrison $10.000,000 and An annual charge of will be considerably imperilled. £2,000,000 is necessary
The French Government considers that establish the service.
Germany's refusal to permit the passage of reinforcements, unless requested by all COMMUNIST TRAIN WRECK.the Allies, as a deliberate attempt to sow SIX PROMINENT COMMUNISTS dissension between the Allies. Therefore, it insists that Great Britain support an ultimatum to Germany, demanding immediate facilities for the passage of reinforcements.
KILLED.
AL present to
LONDON, July 29th.
The Daily Express Riga correspondent Bays that a special train from Moscow for Riga, with foreign communists re- turning from the Third International Congress, was wrecked near Kursk.
France in
France has intimated that it cannot agree to a meeting of the Supreme Coun cil till this ultimatum is delivered and complied with.
EABLIER CABLES.
Bix of the delegates, including Mr. Hewlett (Britain), and Mr. Frimack
Australia) were killed. Many others FRANCE TAKES FIRM STAND wete seriously injured.
The disaster was due to a loosened rail. and an anti-Communist plot is alleged. An inquiry is being held.
BURMA RAILWAY COLLISION. 53 KILLED: ENGLISHMAN AMONG
VICTIMS.
:
LONDON, July 28th. A Calcutta telegram states that 53 per- sons have been killed in a collision be- tween a mail and a goods train on the Rangoon-Mandalay, Railway.
The victims include four Burmese jockeys, but only one Englishman, namely, the cagine-driver,
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ILUTKE
the Attorney-General for the Straits Settlements being cited as defendant. Plaintiffs are represented by Mr. Roland Interest will be at the rate of sigh Braddell, of Singapore, and Mr. P. per cent to be paid on January 3lz Simpson, of Messrs. Presgrave and and July 31st each year. Matthews, Penang, while Mr. M. J.
The period of the loan will be twent Upcott is appearing for the Attorney-years. but repayment of the principl Geuernl.
will begin in the tenth year of the loa THE PLEADINGs.
by annual drawings on January, 1st and The pleadings as read out by Mr. Four per seat of the loan annually July 1st in the following proportions: Simpson state that
from the tenth gear of the loan to thị fourteenth, va per cent. from th
The Plaintiff's claim is for:-
TO" FORM LOAN SECURITY BUREAU.
the Ministry of Finance.
A declaration that the plaintiffs fifteenth to the nineteenth, six per cant are entitled to compensation from the from the twentieth to th twenty-third Crown for the use of the steamships and seven per cent. from the twenty Pungut, Jin Ho. Omapere, "Perak, fourth to the twenty-eighth.
ruong, Piu Seng, Perlis, Trang, and quisitioned by the Crown and for, the domestic loan security bureau will be Ghieb belonging to the plaintiffs and ro
A special department to be called the loss unit damage occasioned by the established to hold funds for the pay quisition from October 5th, 1915, to the ment of interest and repayment of respective dates upon which the said capital. Details in connexion with the The Daily Graphic report in authorita./hould be confined to those directly steamships were delivered to the plain-organization of this bureau are left to
are entitled to have such compensation burelle secured tifs, and
2-A dedaration that the plaintiffs The securities to be handled by thir assessed in such manner and by such
From the Postal person or persons as the Court directe.
revenue of the Ministry of Communications $400,000 The statement of claim filed on 19th per annum. From stamp x through September, 1013, states that the plaintiffs out the country $1,500,000, annually from Limited Company incorporated the arst to the third years of the loan, and registerd in Penang and are and and $9,000,000 annually from the fourth were at all material times the owners
to the tenth years of the loan from the (inter alia) of the following nine steam same source. From goods taxation on era:-'ungah, Perak, Perlis, Jin Ho the Tientsin-Pukow Bailway $1,000,000, Renong, Trang, Omapere, Pin Seng. per annum. From the Peking Octroi and Ghidbi..
$1.200,000 per annum.
The sale of bonds will be entrusted to
Yalera.
LORDS.,
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BARLIER CABLES. QUESTION RAISED IN HOUSE OF DEATH OF SIR FITZGERALD LAW.
LONDON, July 27th. The death" is announced of Sir Fitz gerald Law, sometime Chief Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States.
LONDOS, July 27th.
الرحمة
NEW DUTCH INDIES LOAN.
AMSTERDAM, July 8th. The new Dutch East Indies 7 per cent.
In the House of Lords, the question of the Irish conversations was raised by. the Marquess of Salisbury, who com plained that the statement in the House of Commons, yesterday, indicated that Mr. de Valera's answer was not likely to be received for several weeks, and loan of seventy million guilders, issued added We feel that great shame and at par, has been over-subscribed. It is humiliation is involved in these negotia redeemable in forty years by drawings. from the Government to make our post-BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL."} tions. We are waiting a stutement
tion_clear."
SHANGHAI LEGAL SCANDAL.
support of Parliament, they would con- sider whether the necessary support was not likely to be forthcoming elsewhere
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ANOTHER LIBEL.
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U.S. NOTE TO SOVIETS. ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN,
PRISONERS...
The Marquess of Crewe said that Lord
WASHINGTON," July 27th, Birkenhead's speech suggested that the Government had gone further than con- the Sovicts to release the American Mr. Hughes has, formally, demanded versations to discover the basis of a prisonera. conference, and had suggested definite terms for acceptance or refusal.
to
Viscount Birkenhead replied that the document which, the Cabinet had sanc- tioned was in existenco and had been LONDON, July 7th." communicated
representatives of Despite yesterday's promises of a Southern Ireland, which made plain what Anglo-French compromise on the Upper were the proposals for whose settlement Silesian question, Heuter has received the they were willing to take responsibility dramatic announcement from Freach and submit to Parliament, but no sources that the French Ambassador has definite ate it or leave it" terms had informed Lord Curzon that the French been presented... Government doem a Supreme Council meeting imposible, until the question of sending troops to Upper Silesia has been soitled.
DOVER PATROL. PRINCE OF WALES PAYS TRIBUTE.
LONDON, July, 27th.
There was an impressive ceremony at Leathercete's Point, Dover, overlooking the seas so splendidly guarded by the Dover Patrol.
B.R.H. The Prince of Wales, who was manifestly moved, unveiled a granite monolith in memory of the Dover Patrol, which was similar to those erected in France and America.
The Marquess of Salisbury gave otice that he would move a resolation on the subject of negotiations on August orde
It is not yet indicated what course will ignoring the demand. be taken in the event of the Soviets
BURNED TO DEATH.
TWO AMERICANS' FATE.
PARIS, July 27th. Two Americans, Lieutenant Gunther and Corporal Bogers, were incinerated near Coblenis, yesterday, in zn aeroplane crash
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LINER · REQUISITION.
COST OT DIBRANDMENT.
PLAINTIFFS UNWILLING.
follows:
Previously to October 4th, 1918 negot-the Banks of China and Communications: iations took place between the Honour and other well-established banks. able the Colonial Secretary and the Shipping Committee of the Straits Settlements on the one side and the
is stated semi-officially that the plaintiffs on the other side for the proceeds of the Tenth Year Loan 300 charter by the Government of the Straits also
intended to COYCE the cost of Viscount Birkenhead, after explaining |
Settlements of the said nine steamers, partial disbandment of troops, the position as outlined by Mr. Austen
In the course of such negotiations the Chamberlain, yesterday said that he did
plaintiffs were requested to sign charter- the word "We." Viscount Birkenhead, not comprehend. Lord Salisbury's use of
parties in the form known sa the "Liner
WHEN WILL SURTAXES SHANGHAI, July 28th. Requisition Charter-Party."
009 "The plain- himself, and his colleagues formerly Mr. Fleming, the American Attorney, tiffa did not agree to the rate of hire
PEKING, July 20th. belonging to the Marquess of Salisbury's has been arrested a second time. On offered for the said steamers and refused party, were not sahamed of the negotia this, occasion he
The Chinese Government is drawing up was charged with to sign any charter-parties. tions or of the proposals they had made. criminally libelling Manuel Conception, The said Shipping Committee was ap assistance in fighting the famine.
messages of thanks to various Powers for if the proposals were accepted they assistant general manager of the Philippointed for the purpose of advising and would challenge criticism. He was not on a further bail of $1,000 cash. Con- Controller is the East, if and when so at Kalgaz have ceased to send their goods would not merely be welcome, but they pine National Bank. He was released assisting the Agent of the Shipping Peking Buaiyaan railway many merchants As a protest against taxation on the aware that anything had happened to siderable, interest is manifested in the required, in respect of all matters reby rail-Reuter.
the belief that weeks would affair. justify elapse before an answer were received,
lating to the chartering and requisition If the proposals were accepted, the
ing of ships to the Colony by the Ship- Government would recommend them to
ping Controller the Admiralty or the Parliament. If they failed to obtain the
Government of the Colony and for the Statistics of declared exports from purpose of seeing that the terms and Shanghai to the United States for tha conditions set out in any charter-party half-year ending June 30th, bave been untered into by the Government and that prepared and have been issued by US. all orders made by, the Government in Consul-General Cunningham at Chang-. relation to the chartering or" requisi- | hai for the information of business firma.. tioning of ships are carried out and ober. As compared with the 1980 exports for the same half-yearly period the first six The negotiations referred to in para months of this year show a decline in graph 2 culminated in a conference which shipments from Shanghai, to the United took place on the 4th and 5th days of States of oleven million dollars. October, 1918, at Penang, between tho Honourable the Colonial Secretary and the Directors of the plaintiff Company. The plaintiffs' contention was that the said steamers could only be requisitioned The plaintiffs declined to accept the under the said Orders in Council of compensation offered as inadequate and the 26th October," 1886, and the 21st claimed as a matter of right and not er March, 1916 and that under such orders gratia. They objected to the refusal of the plaintiffs were entitled to have the the fat to the Petition of Right and compensation due to them assessed by a announced their intention of taking Board under section 12 of the, former proceedings in the Supreme Court, Order.
The steamers were re-delivered to the plaintiffs on various dates in April, 1819. The contention of the Colonial Beere. They had received no payment remanern- tion or compensation and "had suffered tary was that the said steamers could be requisitioned under the powers conferred heavy loss and damage, while the Gor by the Regulations made under the ernment had made large profite by the Defence of the Realm Acts, and that the were, on coal and stores in the steamers The losses running of the steamers. rate of hire could be fixed without re- $43.801.74; on loss on coal stored for the ference to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs on the other hall contended and will use of the steamers, not used aud submit that the Defence of the Realra deteriorated, $20 a ton, Plaintiffs claim Act and the Regulations made there entitled to compensation from the Crown declaration that the plaintiffs are under did not extend and had no appli- for the use of the steamers and for the cation to this Colony. At no time lose and damage caused by the requisi during the said negotiations did the Honourable the Colonial Secretary claim tion; to have the damages assessed, or purport to be acting by virtue of os coste, and such further relief as the
Court may decide. to rely upon the Royal Brerogative...
On October 6th the Colonial Secretary THE DEFENCE, AND COUNTERCLAIM. requisitioned the nine ships, to be The defendant claims that the plain- managed by Mr. Quah Beng Kee. Two tiffs and other ship-owners were notified days later the Shipping Company asked on February 9th, 1918, that it was the by whom and ander what ordinance or intention of the Shipping Controller to act the requisition was made. No reply place under "Liner Requisition all was given and on October 23rd the plain local shipping under the British flag. On tiffs solicitors asked for a reply, saying April 16th the requisition was made, that the Omapere was not then accept under the terms in the Charter Party. ed, but was repaired and handed over The defendant says that the Govern- on October 25th, being redelivered on ment have been at all times and still November 27th. On December 10th are ready to compensate the plaintiffs by: plaintiffs preferred & petition of right allowing them rates of hire in accord- under the Crown Suits Ordinance. No ance with the Liner Requisition scheme gellarbrook, mens Monmouth, son of whch the following letter was received clined to accept compensation upon that Mr. John Reginald Harding, J.P., of awer was received for, two months, but the plaintiffs have throughout de- Conon Harding, of Rockfield, and of from the Colonial Becretary Mrs. Pattly Harding, sister of the first Lord Llangattock, at one time engineer- in-chief of the Chinese Lighthouse Ser- vice, and consulting engineer to the Korean Government, whose most import- ant architectural work was tho Palaco for the Emperor of Korea at Soul, a Mandarin.of the Blue Button and of the Order of the Double Dragon, a member of the Monmouthshire County Council, Governor of the Monmouth Grammar
AUSTRALIANS v. ESSEX.
FIRST DAY'S PLAY AT SOUTHEND,
LONDON, July 27th.
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·ZIONIST MOVEMENT.
SIX MONTHS PROGRESS.
LONDON, July 27th. For the six months ending June 30th, 1,803 Jowish immigrants entered Pales
SLEEPING SICKNESS RECORD CASE OF BOY IN LOUISVILLE.
At Southend, before Ava thousand peo-tine. Ple in fine weather, on a hard, fast wicket, the Australians mot Esc Doug as is not playing, Perrin acting as captain.
When he had scored 28, a fast, bumping ball from Gregory hit Perrin under the "The batsman had to be carried heart. off and medically attended to. Later, he pluckily resumed.
Gilligan made 31, the Essex total reach- ing 198.
Gregory took for 44, and Mailey 4
MELILLA CRISIS. OFFICIAL SPANISH ANNOUNCE- The Prince of Wales paid a generous
MENT.
tribute to the Patrol's service and sacri- fice, and called out from the guard of -MADRID, July 28th. honour, which he inspected, men who had for 48. The Minister of War, in a communiqué, Service -men.
served in the Patrol, also various ex- The Australians scored casily, Bardsley Later, he proceeded to making 50, including eight fours, while states that the military situation in Walmer,
Folkestono
and Aylesford. Collins scored 101 not out, the total at the Morocco is improving. There is now com- greeted.
Everywhere, he enthusiastically end of the day being 102 for plete tranquillity in Melilla. Reinforce mente have already arrived at the front.
REPARATION PAYMENT,"
GERMAN SILVER. SHIPMENT TO AMERICA.
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION PRESIDENT HARDING'S MESSAGE
MEXICAN OIL PROBLEM. CHAMBER REFUSES PRESIDENT'S REQUEST,
MEXICO CITY, July 27th. The Chamber has rejected President Obregon's request to grant him extra- ordinary powers to adjust an Article in the Constitution pationalising the oil deposits, which has long been a stumbling. block in Mexican and United States rela- tions.
The Senate had previously acceded to
TO CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, July 27th. President Harding, in a special message to Congress, asked for the extension of NEW YORK, July 28th.
the authority of the War Finance Cor- Bilver valued at $800,000 has arrived porntion to purchase securities, probably up to five hundred millions dollars, now from Germany for conversion inte dollar in the hands of the Railroad Administra credits to meet reparations payment betion, in order that the proceeds may be the request.
used for the purpose of arranging settle- fore August 1st. It is reported that shipments with railways,
aggregating
ments
en route.
President Harding says that this means $10,000,000 are no additional Government liability or burden of taxation, but merely the utilisation of Government agency to use DEMPSEY ON HIS HONEY-available funds for the purchase of
MOON.
NEW YORK, July 28th.
It is reported that the champion boxer Jack Dempsey has married Misa Sylvia Jocelyn, the cinema actress, and is now honeymooning in California,
ready to float them.
U.S. PELLAGRA EPIDEMIC, CONDITIONS IN. SOUTHERN STATES.
Washington, July 27th.
LOUISVILLE (Kssrocky), July 28th. Michael Fitzgerald, a boy of thirteen, who is suffering from sleeping sickness, has been unconscious since March 22nd, and has been fed liquid food and water at intervals. The doctors say that the case may constitute a record for continu- ous unconsciousness,
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RANGOON RICE.
COMMISSIONER'S EXPORT ORDER
BANGOON, July 28th. The Rice Commissioner has issued an order permitting the export by licence of puttoo and broken cargo rice to the limit of 500 tọna monthly.
securities, for which Congress has already authorised the issue of an order, It is officially announced that eight School and of the Monmouth Hospital, to turn them into channels of finance Bouthern States have replied to President and a member of the Governing Body of Harding's inquiry regarding the epidemie the Church in Wales, died on March of pelingen that the serious situation 9th, leaving nosettled estate of the depicted does not exist. They admit that value of £70,255, of which £78,426 is there is an increase of pollagen in South net, personality. Among other bequests Caroling and the Mississippi, but there is he left 250 to the General Hospital in no semi-famine, while the epidemic of Monmouth and £25 to each of his sor- pollagra in other States has decreased or vants who had been in his service for is stationary.)
three years.
DUKE OF
·DEVONSHIRE.
LONDON, July 27th. The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire have roturned from Canada.......
Lt
UNDER WHAT POWERS.
EX GRATIA, BUT NOT OF RIGHT........
footing.
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The counterclaim is for profits until
the delivery of the steamers.
The defendant further 'objects in point I am directed to inform you that, of law that the Statement of Claim dia as your clients ships have been sotion is not maintainable.
eloses no ground of action, and that the quisitioned by the Crown by virtue of the Royal Prerogative and not under the Defence Order in Council, 1890,
The plaintiffs file reply to defence and? your clients are not entitled to com counterclaim and contend that neither pensation to be scared by a Board the New Ministries nor the Secretaries to be appointed under the anid Order Act, 1910; nor the Defence of the Realm. in Council, and indeed are not legally Act or any regulations made thereunder entitled to any compensation at all have say application to this Colony. The The Crown, however, is willing to pay Circular, the Charter Party and the ex gratia" to your clients sum letter wore altra vires. That so far as by way of compensation based on the the exercise of His Majesty's prero rates of hire payable to those owner gative extends to this Colony the exer- who have signed the Liner Requisi-cise of it was limited and defined by tion Charter-Party.............
the Order in Council of October, 1898, Under the circumstances the Gover The the empressement of ships without nor in Council does not see his way to compensation is illegal by statute. indors as prayed your clients"
After a lengthy legal argument judg potition of Right,
ment was reserved"