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LONDON UNEMPLOYED
WITH POLICE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OOCTOBER ME,·· 1911.
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AMERICAN BANKERS ON THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.
KUKLUX-KLAN THREATEN LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES.
THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE : VIEWS OF THE PREMIER AND LORD BRYCE.
RUSSIAN SOVIETS ROUBLE EXCHANGE VALUE FIXED.
LATEST CABLES.
RIG UNEMPLOYED DEMON. STRATION IN LONDON."
PROCESSION TO HYDE PARK.
Losos, October 4th. London witnessed its biggest unemploy "ad. march to-day, ten thousand parti eipating in a procession to Hyde Park with haaners inscribed with taunting comparisons between 1914 and 1921. but there was no disorder. The promoters had arranged a demonstration in Trafalgar Square simultaneously with the unem. played discussion at the London County Council. bus the police prohibited it hear the procession to Hyde Park
The Labour leader, Mr. Gosling, ad. dressing the County Council, said that the number of unemployed in Londen had increased from 83,163 to 136,838 in the last three months. Trade union benefits Vere practically exhausted, and a state of utter despair had now been resched. The atmosphere in the East-end was
•lectrical and capable of almost anything.. Labour leaders were losing control of the anemployed. ` Unless the problem was settled immediately, there would beu row throughout the country.
The County Council resolved to call 1pon the Government to provide work,
pr, alternatively, to maintain the unem- ployed.
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LATER.
PREMIER ON UNEMPLOY- MENT.
SITUATION IMPROVING.
LONDON, October 4th.
were
THE PACIFIC. CONFERENCE,
BELGIUM, PORTUGAL AND HOLLAND "INVITED:
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WASHINGTON. October 4th. The State Department is preparing invitations to the Governments of · Beli gibm, Portugal and Holland to attend the conference on Far Eastern sabjects.
TURKEY INCLINING TO
PEACH..."
1ZZET PASHA, APPLAUDS EFFORTS FOR, INTERVENTION.
THE HOPLAH BISING.
HINDUS BEHEADED,
EXTRA-TERRITORIALITY AND
BRITISH NATIONALITY. With reference to the latiir" part of LONDON, October 4th."
the Fading article in our yesterday' The latest news of the Moplah rising shows that the Khalifate leader. Kun-issue, a correspondent refers us to the CONSTANTINOFLE, October (the
hamed, who was recently reported to proviso to Sec. 1 of the British Nation" Izzet Fashs has voiced the growing have established a Khalifate "king ality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914. dom" in one of the affected districts That section; after enacting who aball Turkish disposition in favour of peace, and subsequently stated to have, fed declaring that the Turks desired to see
before the British troops, is now heading be deemed to be natural-born British a rebel band of 2,250 men with fifty subjects" (amongst whom are included. the Sultanate and Khilafate strengthen firearms. ed and the administration of Turkey Call, from Thurs, 34 Hindus and doraitions whose father was a British According to refugees who arrived at "Any perkon born out of His Majesty's, strictly constitutional two Moplabs, who were tried by Kun- subject at the time of that person's birth Conference will be similar to that of lines. He declared that Turkey had not heads cut off and thrown into a wall and was born within His Majesty's
hamed, were executed there and their
It is understood that the status of Belgium, Holland and Portugal'at the
China.
PREMIER OF THE GREAT POSSI BILITIES OF THE CONFERENCE. Losnoy, October 4th. Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the Washington Confererer, said that, wisely approached and conducted in a broad and courageous spirit, it would constitute one of those outstanding events which would affect human history for The British Government generations.
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LORD BRYCE'S VIEWS.
developed
on
yet made an official request for inter vention, but Izzet Pasha applauded the
outside forts in this direction,
SPANIARDS DEFEAT MOORS.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS CAPTURED.
MADRIP, October' 'ath... " Twenty ave thousand Spaniards defeat
thirty thousand Hoors, capturing important positions including a strongly
fortified ara containing the Moorish een-
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The Moplahs were beheaded for helping allegiando "), goes
troops. Fifty Hindu houses in Thurur were also burned down..
the
RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF. GREAT BRITAIN'S CONTRIBUTION,
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WORTH £250.000.
The British Government has decided. to contribute towards Russian famine
relief certain war surpluses, held by the Disposals Board, consisting of medical stores, dothing, etc, costing about ster to the British Red Cross for dia- £250,000. The supplica will be handed
tribution in Russia.
AMSTERDAM PORT WORKERS STRIKE.
LONDON, October 4th. The Amsterdam "port workers have struck owing to differences with the shipping lines with regard to payment out of the port reserve funds,
SYNTHETIC MANUFACTURE OF AMMONIA
FRENCH SCIENTIST'S -CLAIM,
would certainly do all in its power to make the Conferencv á success~(chears)-tre of concentration and Staff Head- Befereing to unemployment. in his feoling that in duing so they would be quarters. speech to the Press at Inverness. the interpreting the wishes of every British A GAINSBOROUGH MASTER- Premier said that much more had been Leitizen of the Empire,
'. PIECE. done in the past two years than ever
REPORTED SALE TO AN AMERICAN. before in the history of any country.
Naw You, October 4th. The members of the Government
LONDON, October 4th. how applying their minds to see what opinion that the danger of fiture war Westminster bas sold the Gainsborough Lord Bryce, in a speech, expressed the The newspapers state that the Duke of more could be done. He counselled sustay in Continental Europe instead of master-pine "Blue Boy" to an Ameri- pension of judgment as regards news in the Pacife. Ho hailed the Washing can purchaser, the price being £80,000. paper assertions about a comprehensive ton Conference, however, as a great for
PARIS, October 4th. Government scheme. There could not be ward movement towards international
EGYPT'S COTTON CROP,
A French scientist claims to have dis- covered a method for the synthetic manu- "Government scheme till the Cabinet relations... had decided upon it and seen theu the
Cazzo, October 4th.facture of ammonia by extracting hydro- gen and carbon-monoxide, produced by The Egyptian cotton crop, details of passing steam through red-hot coke and judgment of the House of Commons must
which have already been given, is the then submitting the mixture of this hydrogen and nitrogen to extremely high lowest since the formation of the Depot pressure. ment of Agriculture in 1910,
be taken. He was of opinion that things were improving, and he urged the neces sity of peace throughout the world, economy, and co-operation among ali classes otherwise, there would be disas
tour.
LATER.
INDISPENSABLE CONDITION OF
CANADIAN POLITICS." PREMIER STANDS FOR THE TARIFF
"AND THE EMPIRE.
Fi
EARLIER CABLES.
MOST DISASTROUS SEASON ON RECORD.
SÍAMESE PRINCE IN LONDON.
STUDYING CHILD MEDICAL INSPEC- TION SYSTEM.
LONDON, October 4th. The Siamese Prince and Princess Mahi- dol have arrived in London from America to study the system of medical inspection
school children,
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
RESIGNS.
STOCKHOLM, October 4th. The Government has resigned.
lows:-
on to enact as fol-
Provided that the child of a Bri tish subject, whether that child was bota before or after the passing of this Act, shall be deemed to have been born within His Majesty's allegianca if born in a place where by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means, His Hajesty exercises jurisdiction over British sab- ject.
Our correspondent adds: This being
Majesty exercises jurisdiction over Eri- so, inasmuch as by treaty, etc. Hi
tish mbjects in all the treaty ports of China, any child of a British" subject born in one of those treaty porta, and whow father at the time of his birth was a British subject, must be deemed to have been born within His Majesty's allegiance, and is consequently, a tural-bora British subject, whether or not that child's father was born, or at anytime resided, within His Majesty's domisions.
The letter 'which you quote is there fore incorrect in stating that:-* Per- Bons born to British parents in a coup- try of extra-territoriality are not born within the allegianco of the King.
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country of extra-territoriality necessarily a country where the King exercises jurisdiction" over British sub-
jects; and, that being so, a child there born to British parents is born within the King's allegiance............
The subject is of such general interest to British subjects residing in China that we reproduce the comment on this provision of the Act which was made by the writer we quoted in our leading actics yesterday. He says: "Of course, legislation may attach to birth in coun tries of extra-territorial jurisdiction an effect which is not created by the common. law, and it may even make that effect retrospective (though not without some risk of injustice, for it may be laying persons who were by birth foreigners retrospectively open to the penalties of treason). And the Act of 1914_seems at ̈ first sight to have instituted a per petual succession to British nationality
OTTAWA, October 4th: Following on the dissolution of Parli COTTON CROP IN THE U.S.A. mont, Mr. Heigboi has issued a mani- festo, in view of a general election," in] favour of the maintenance of the Tariff IMPROVEMENT:
and of the British connection. Dellaring
New York, October 4th.of The Bureau of Agriculture, in its cot- Dealing at length with the inflated and
a big impedi- for the maintenance, of the British Em-season has been the most disastrous on ton crop report, says that the growing fluctuating exchanges as
rocord, the crop showing a ment to trade and the cause of unempire as a League of Autonomous Xations, 1.666,000 balea during August al Sep- loss of
Premier, at Inverness, he says there sto common burdené which tomber.owing to plague and boll weevils, ploymeal, the
which advanced almost the limits of said that improvement depended upon all must share, but the burdens are light the belt, doing damage such a has not the stabilisation of the financial activi and the advantages abundant as common, while an army of other worms were FAR EASTERN CABLE although expressed to be retrospective, tics and foreign policies of all the na-pared with the burdens and advantages tions and not merely of one Stabilia of any other conceivable destiny. tion could only come when the nations learned that concord and co-operation with one's neighbours constituted aonfranchised. firm basis, for one's own national pros perity.
Improvement depended, also,
on the nations realising that they were not increasing their national" wealth every time they printed new treasury
notes.
RUSSIAN SOVIET'S ROUBLES, THEIR FIXED EXCHANGE VALUE.
Mr. Meighan specially appeals to the women electors, whom the Government
THE FUKLUX KLAN.
THREATEN LEGISLATORS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS.
NEW YORK, October 4th. The decision of Congress to investigate the activities of the Kuklux Klan led to an amazing calburst by the adherents of the Klan against the forces of law and order. The sambers of the Senate and House of Representatives who dared to
been experienced since the initial inva
stripping the leaves from plants ever large areas west of the Mississippi.
The farmers plan to clear off the crop and plough early in order to diminish weevil damage sext year
THE IRISH QUESTION."
PREMIER'S VAGUE REFERENCE.
"LONDON, October 4th, Mr.. Licyd George, at laverness, refere ring to the Irish question, said: We had some hopes that furthered it in the Highlands, but we we should have have not succeeded. At any rate, when we enter the London Conference we shall do so with what is known as the fover-
do so with wh The conference can only
ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE.
Later, a brief but ugly encounter oc- purred with the Police in Trafalgar -qua One of the leaders in Hyde Park urged the crowd to assemble in the Square, despite the regulations. The audiones, following his instructions, marched. in procession part of the way thusher and then proceeded individually. Attempts made to mount the plinth of the Nelson Column were defeated by mounted and foot Police, who sprang up on all sides and pressed back the demouing the rates of exchange in foreign,| strators... More of the latter arrived, currencies for Russian Soviet roubles, denounce the "invisible Government" INQUEST ON R38 VICTIMS. however, and rushed the Square, where- For example, the pound sterling is report that they are daily receiving AIBSEIP BROKE FROM AN upon the Police drew their truncheons worth 231,000; the American dollar, dozens of abusive and threatening letters. and pursued the invaders, who fled. 69,400; the French franc 4,300; the Ger. Several bottles were thrown at the Police man mark, 500; the Japanese yes, as they charged up one side of the Square. | 205,000; the Shanghai yuan dollar, There were a low casunitica on both sides, | 41,500; and the Chinese tael, 90,000. and, some arreste made.
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THE WORLD IS NOT RIDING
TO RUIN,
AMERICAN BANKEES' VIEW.
Log Axcelse, October 4th. Mr. John Drum, President of the American Bankers Association, sounded a new and cheerful note at Los Angeles Regarding industrial conditions.
Basing his statement on the reports of a thousand bankers throughout the country, he mid there is nothing rither in the domestic or foreign situation "to justify the pessimistic conclusion that
Moscow, October 4th
Ar. official list has been published fix
THE FALLING "MARK," INCREASED SURCHARGE ON IMPORT DUTIES.
BERLIN, October 4th. Owing to the depreciation of the mark, the surcharge on import duties is to be raised, as from October 20th, from 900 10 1900 per cent. AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. PEASANTS, NO LONGER CONTENT
TO RELY ON PROVIDENCE-"
Moscow, October 4th
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Even the "Attorney-General is not immune from these attentions.
succeed if the participators make up their minds definitely and resolutely to trust the common-sense of their cwn people and do not try to reconcile the
extremists. ***
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UNKNOWN CAUSE
LONDON, October 4th. The inquest on the victims of the .38 was resumed at Hull. The Coroner told
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NEWS.
{THROUGH EXUTMB'S AGENCY.] 7 BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE,
CHINESE LOAN ON THE PARIS MARKET.
PARIS, October "ath. The newspapers state that the Cabinet
issue of a Chinese loan has decided in principle in favour of the on the Paris market in connection with the Banque Industrielle de Chine.
NEW AMERICAN MINISTER TO
SIAM...
WASHINGTON, October 4th. Mr. Edward Brodie has been appointed
American Minister to Siam.
[BY COURTESY OF THI CHINA MAIL"]: SHANGĦAT JAIL BREAKERS REMOV-
ED TO TIENTSIN.
SHANDWAI, October 5th. Norman and Muncie, who escaped from the American fail, were yesterday hand ed over to a military escort and removed by train to Tientsin..
A JUDGE'S RETORT.
the jury that it was their duty to dis cover whether the disaster indiented At the sessions, Judge Beaumont, of criminal negligence. He reviewed the Texas, in demanding true bills on the trials of the airship in 1920 and 1991, when various defecta were remedied. charge of murder against the entire memDuring & long trial flight on July 17th-
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE. bership of the local Klan, said there were butable to the propellers, but alterations buckling of the girder developed, attri.
NINETY-FIVE MEMBERS OF CHINA'S DELEGA- who after this satisfied exports that the It. 38
TION BAIL. members of the Klan in Court threatened to get him"if he defied them. was the last word in airship construction.
SHANGHAI, October 5th. If any of them acted suspiciously is thoroughly tested throughout the fatal tion to the Washington Conference left The survivors testified that the ship was Ninety-five members of China's delega Court he would kill them immediately.
flight, no dofect developing. Captain Shanghai yesterday evening for Seattle Wana, commander of the . 38, was not by the Admiral Line sa. Hawkeye State. called, sa officer from the Howden base BURGENLAND.
explaining that Captain Wann, who was progressing satisfactorily, was allowed HUNGARY AGREES TO ITS TRANE-out of hospital to attend a football match
FER TO AUSTRIA,
BUDAREST, October 4th. Hungary has signed a protocol agreeing to the transfer of Burgenland to Austria
on the sith ult., when exciternent caused a relape, accesitating bis removal to a hospital in London. The jury considered Captain Wann's evidence, could not fur ther explain the disaster, and returned A verdict of "Accidental death due to the airship breaking from an unknown
A revolution în agricultural "methods and his thus cleared the way for an cause."
THE "QUEST" BEING
OVERHAULED."
con-
the world is riding to ruin." A symis proceeding in Russia. The peasants Austro-Hungarian Agreement in posium of opinion shows that there are three essential domestic influences
are no longer content to rely on proformity with the decision of the Confer videne for successful crops, but, pro- which are deterring restoration. They fiting by the lessons of the drought, they
ence of Ambassadora.
consist, frally, of the delayed adjust
are making extensive irrigation works. ment of labour, which prevents "lower costa's accondly, the high cost of trana-
The railways are almost entirely devoted, to carrying secdcorn, which is preserved portation, which prevents the natural
with reverential care. movement of commodities to market: and, thirdly, the unsound system of Laxation, which is diverting working capital.
Mr. Drum
um adds that there have been undeniable signs of a slight improve- ment during the past few months.
The foreign relief arrangements are progressing satisfactorily. The British Save the Children" Fund is feeding
LISBON, October 4th.
Owing to adverse weather the arrived to overhaul at Eatcines,
cat
Bir Ernest Shackleton lunched with
the
LONDON OPIUM "TRAFFIC.
PRACTICALLY KILLED BY
DEPORTING CHINESE. “
LONDON, October 4th. The Chinese colony at Limehouse is gloomy owing to the forthcoming de- portation to Chins of Low Ping-you in consequence of his activities in the opium traffic in the East End of London.
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
in the case of countries of extra-terri- torial jurisdiction, sa well as in those protectorates where the King excroites jurisdiction over British subjects. But,
the provision is far from being clear in effect. It enacts that the child of a British subject" shall be considered Bri- tish, whether born before, or after the date of the Act, if born in a place where the King exercises " extra-territorial jurisdiction. Thus, it cannot apply to cans where the King does not now exer- cise extra-territorial jurisdiction, though he did önce. Therefore it does not apply at all to Japan:
"Even if
we
read exercises "
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though it meant exercises or exercised at the date of birth--which is Gilber tian--there remains a further difficulty. The proviso speaks of the child of a British subject' born in extra-territorial countries. Now a similar phrase in the oid Acts was held to extend the privilege and obligations of British nationality to a single generation only. The Acts of Anne and George II, provided that the children born abroad of a natural-born British father should be to all intents and purposes whatever natural-born Bri tish subjects. But it was immediately held that they did not become much for the purpose of transmitting British na- tionality. By parity of reasoning, when we find the new Act of 1914 declaring that the children of British subjects. born in extra-territorial countries' shall be considered to be born within the King's allegiance, we must interpret it. not as introducing an infinite succes sion of British generations, but simply as conferring British nationality on one additions! generation.
Until the Statute of 1014 has been fur- ther amended or interpreted, it cannos be termed a safe guidel
THEMIS. Tokyo, September 31st, 1021.
AUSTRALIA
AND GERMAN
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
The property of all German nationals living in Australia, whose assets were consented shortly after the beginning of The Asiatic News Agency in a despatch the war, is not to be retained and credit- dated Peking, September 24th, saya:ed to the German Government in part The latest report from the Chinese payment of reparations. In some cases, Minister in Paris concerning the Banque if it can be shows, that the Germans Industrielle de Chine is to the effect that, concerned have been loyal to the British Government has decided in favour of the public trustee, is to be returned Mr. after marious consideration, the French Crown, the property now held by the restitution of the Banque in China, by giving it financial assistance. As the Federal Government to inquire into Macfarlane has been deputed by the. Banque also embraces Chinese interests and report on the case of Germans the French Government has instructed who have been resident in Australia its representative in Peking to discuss for more than 10 years, whether dur the matter with the Peking authorities ing the war they were guilty of any with a view to enable the Banque to re disloyal act, and, in the case of those open its doors as soon as possible.
who have beon in Australia for less than 10 years, whether they may be considered loyal subjects. He is also required to.
Housewives at home were recently recommend what provision should be in despair of the food prospect, con made for the maintenance of any German The Police say that the traffic hes prac sequent on the drought. Cabbages were nationals whose properties are liquidated tically been killed, at least temporarily, 16, small marrow 18d., peas and under the Treaty of Peace Regulations. by deportations, and also owing to, the beans Is. ab, pluma 15d., green- The value of the property involved decline in the number of Chinese sailors guges 18d. to 24d cooking apples amounts to only a few thousands of Saratov provines, where the Quakers British Consul and called at the Lega-coming to London as a result of the Bd., eating 15. English buttar 27d. per pounds, but the principle involved is re
Mr. Macfarlane opposition of the Sailors' Union to the lb., ogga 38d. per dozen, and bsopa 40dgarded as 'important. employment of 'Chiness on British ships. per Ib.
will commence his inquiries in Brisbane
a quarter of million children in the
have undertakes responsibility for the complete relief of a large district.
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