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TH* HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 1921.”
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER
ASSASSINATED.
ULSTER PRIME MINISTER MEETS MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
THE FLUCTUATING MARK,
LATEST UABLES. (THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.] JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER. KILLED IN TOKIO STATION ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE. AMERICAN DELEGATES HAVE A
DEFINITE SCHEME.
WASHINGTON, November 4th. It is reported that the American Con- WASHINGTON, November 4th ference delegates have already prepared a The American Embassy at Tokio re-definite scheme for far-reaching reduction ports that the Japanese Prime Minister, of armaments which they will submit to Mr. Bars, was attacked by an assas the Conference at the outset. It is stated sin at the railway station. It is reported that the scheme will show that the United That the Prime Minister is dead.
States herself is prepared to submit to
the world of her earnestness. She will -reductions sweeping enough to convince
state at once the maximum disarmament sho is willing to accept.
LATER.
Offiola) confirmation has rachel the State. Dapartment at Washington of the death of the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Hara, which occurred at ten o'clock
Friday night.
WASHINGTON, November 5th.
DR. VAN KARNEBEEK ARRIVES. New YoRL, November 3th. 'In consequence of Mr. Han's death head of the Dutch delegation to the Wash- Dr. Yau Karnebeek, Foreign Minister, Mr. Yokota, attache to the Japanese Disington Conference, has arrived, armament Delegation, is to reburns to Tokio.
EARLIER CABLES.
DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.
LABOUR TROUBLES. THREATENED MINERS STRIKE IN UNITED STATES.
in the courta,
FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND AFFECTED IN PITTSBURG DISTRICT.
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LATEST CABLES, NEW HEBRIDES TRADING CONCESSIONS.
OFFER TO SELL TO COMMON. WEALTH GOVERNMENT.
PITTSBURG, November 4th. The mine-owners having decided to dis continue the practice of deducting from
MELBOURNE, November 4th. miners' wages, on behalf of the miners'
The fact was revealed by Mr. Hughes, union, the weekly subscriptions due. from
speaking in the House of Representa members of the union, officials of the
tives, that a Fronck company owning six union have ordered a strike beginning at
hundred thousand bectares of land in the midnight on November 7th. The system New Hebrides has offered to sell the had been prohibited in a recent judgment property and trading concessions to the Commonwealth Government for hatt & million sterling, payable over five years Mr. Hughes added that Japanese and PITTSBURG, November 5th.
American interests were also anxious to Forty-five thousand soft coal miners in purchase the property if Australia did this district are affected by the strike which will commence on November th
not accept. He did not favour accept ance of the offer as he did not think the MINIMUM WAGE MAY BE REACHED The debate was adjourned.
MINERS WAGES.
benefits suggested would materialize.
U.S. IMMIGRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTING AN ENQUIRY. WASHINGTOS, November 4th
'
NEXT MONTH.
LONDON, November 5th.. The National Wages Board accountant. writing in the Journal Compendium," offers the opinion that the minimum wages ander the coal settlement will apply to most districts in December. It. is estimated that many collieries will then be able sell coal at twenty shillings a ton fo.b.
MONTPELLIER MEDICINE
SCHOOL.
FOUNDATION SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO CELEBRATED.
-CORRESPONDENCE.
"THE NEW TAXATION AT
CANTON."*
[TO THE EDITOR OF TEN "HONGKOND
DAILY PRESS."]
K
CHINA'S DEMANDS IN SHANTUNG. PLAN PUT TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS INDICATION OF ATTITUDE AT WASHINGTON.
PIXING, October 31st..
SIE,In the leading article in your issue yesterday you state that the Mackay Consumption Tax on foreign importe is for the solution of the Shantung ques The Waichiaopu has issued the follow- Treaty of 1902"clearly, shows" that ing translation of a fentative formula. a violation of China's "earlier treaties" tion which the Peace Treaty Commission with Great Britain. I suggest that you prepared for presentation to the League entirely misapprehend the meaning of the Treaty in question,
GF Nations "O'
to impose a Consumption Tax on foreigua way to settle the Shantung question
China has always insisted on her right
ig to the impossibility of tnding imports, because none of her "earlier with Japan basing it on the ground that treaties" inhibits this exercise, of fiscal rights of sovereignty. Indeed, her.
after her declaration of war against right to levy such a Tax is impliedly Germany Kiaochou should be returned the Mackay Treaty The section states following formula for a settlement (pass recognised in Article VIII., sect. 8 of to her by Japan, Ching proposes the in China and the abandonment of all ed by the Commission and telegraphed to that "the abolition of the líkin system other kinds of internal taxation on for Dr. Wellington Foo, the Chinese delegate the revenue (of China) materially"; and eign imports and on experts will diminish at Geneva) :-
that while the surtax on foreign im- (1) The whole of Kiaochou should be ports and exports is intended to com- returned to China who will voluntarily pensate in a measure for this loss of open Tsingtao as a commercial port revenue, there remains the loss of likin under regulations, similar to those of the revenue on internal trade to be met, and German regime. Goods imported for it is therefore agreed that the Chinese sale at the said port shall be exempted Government are at liberty to impose affrom Customs charges and, more or less. origin not intended for export.". Consumption Tax on articles of Chinese in accordance with the special area sys In temi at Tientsin and Haakow, a Municipal
The State Department is conducting another words, it was agreed that upon the Administration shall be instituted there- enquiry into the hardships suffered by abolition of the likin system and the in British people at Ellis Island with the abandonment of all other kinds of inter- object of reducing the difficulties in ad
(2) Sales of land by the Chinese to ministration of the immigration law to a minimum.
ENFORCING PROHIBITION. CONGRESS TO BE ASKED FOR INUKEASED APPROPRIATION,
WASHINGTON, November 6th. Arrangements have been completed for the opening of the Yop-Guam cable' dur-
LOND, November 4th. The House of Commons debate on the ing the Conference. The agreement will Washington Conference opened quietly, be agued by America and Japan and will Mr. Clynes moving the Labour motion _be_approved by Great Britain, France and-Sir-Donald-Maclear sconding, world, whose fame still attracts a num-dollars above the appropriation for the not written seriously.
al taxation, China would have the right the Japanese through force or compul to levy a surtax on foreign imports and sion of the Japanese Military Command would further be at liberty (ie, to con- during the period of military occupation tinus) to impose a Consumption Tax shall be nullified. limited to "articles of Chinese origin not intended for export." This provision, ay
PUBLIC PROPERTY MUNICIPALIZED. (3) German public properties at you admit, is not yet in force; and there- Tsingtao, such as wharves, pontoon brid- fors China's right to impose a Consump ges, warehouses, lighthouses, etc., shail tion Tax continues unimpaired,
be handed over to the Chinese Maritimu WASHINGTON, November 4th.
Your reference to Soviet Russia is not Customs for administration, while elec easy to follow; nor hibition during the coming fiscal year kill British trade in China by the in Administration for management mad lion dollars for the enforcement of pro-farther suicidal attempts will be made to shall be handed over to the Municipal "Congress will be asked to vote ten mit gestion that there is little doubt that works, Mining Bureau, hospital, etc., the fearsome sug tric-light plant, slaughter-house,"water-
This amount is two and a half million position of new taxes. current year.
Surely, this is fortresses, military barracks, etc., shall But is it wise be taken over us the Chinese Central lightly to accuss us of compassing the Government. As to the warehouses which extinction of British trade in China? the Japane have managed for several Yours, etc.,
ycars, arrangements as to how to clear" EUGENE CHEN. Government House,
up their accounts may be separately discussed. Canton, November 5th.
and fialy next week. It is feared that the assassination of Mr. Hara may delay the final agreement of the fuure as re gards the Island of Yap,
G
AMERICAN CONDOLENCES.
WASHINGTON, November 5th, The State Department has cabled the Ambassador at Tokio instructing him to teuder the condolences of President Harding and the American people to the Japane c Foreign Office. President Harding says he is horrified to learn of
the assassination of Mr. Hara. Such an
outrage is especially hard when the people of the world are about to gather at a conference table" to discuss peace. it is a tornbly discordant note.
(The late Mr. Hara, who was born in 1884, at Morioka, entered the now defunct Jaw College, Justice Department, but he left it before he graduated and took to journalian. He joined the Hochi and followed the late Marquis Inouye as newspaper correspondent when he was despatched to Korea in 1859 as special cAvoy and afterwards official in the aul in Tientsin. secretary and Charge Foreign Office. He was afterwards con d'Affaires in Paris in 1886 and later became Personal Secretary to the Minis- ter of Agriculture and Commerce, Count Mutsu. He followed his chief to the Foreign Office to be made Director of the Commercial Bureau, was promoted to the Vice-Minister in 1895 and was trans-
Both mover and seconder dwelt on the Mr. Asquith was unavoidably absent. only possible through collective action of world's need of disarmament, which was the great nations. They emphasized that the Conference, for which the United States deserved the world's gratitude, was in nowise competitive with the League of Nations. Settlement of the great pro blems was not to be expected after a few weeks discussion, but the Conference would be most valuable in creating an atmosphere in which subsequently greater things could be accomplished.
PARIS, November 4th.
to preside at
M. Millerand is going go Montpellier foundation, seven hundred years ago, of the celebration of the the medicine school, the oldest in the
Haras ber of foreign students, notably Chinese
LENIN'S LATEST. "SOCIALISM CANNOT BE REALISED IN NEAR FUTURE."
THE FLUCTUATING MARK. BERLIN BOURSE NAMED THE KANGAROO.
LONDON, November 4th. The Berlin Bourse is overwhelmed by sorders to buy and sell. As a result of
named the" Kangaroo
PANIC ON VIENNA BOURSE.
REVAL, November 8th.. meeting of the Communist party, Lenin the prodigious jumps up and down it is
From Moscow-In a speech at declared: "We must return from a state facetiously of capitalism to commerce on a monetary Bourse." The Hon. R. W. EL O'Neill (Speaker basis. Socialiam cannot be realised in of the Ulster Parliament) said that the the near future. Retreat is again neces League of Nations was an ineffective sary. There is no other way. We must peace izstrument without the United place ourselves on a purely capitalist expectant that the Conference would is admittedly a peril, but what revoln. States; therefore humanity was anxiously basis. The strengthening of capitalism achieve the results which they hoped at tionary measure has not been perilous?" the outset would flow from the League.
PREMIER STILL HOPES TO GO. US. WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS.
SERVICE INAUGURATED ON LONG ISLAND.
Mr. Chamberlain said it was difficult to express the unanimity and thankful- nees with which Britain welcomed Presi dent Harding's invitation. The accept ance of the invitation Nations. They should pursue every path hostile or derogatory to the League of was in nowise promising a possibility of roaching the desired ad Referring to Mr. Olyves' agenda, Mr. Chamberlain said that the abstention from going into details of the purpose of the motion was to give a clear, unmistakable, and unanimous message from the Commons of carnest good wishes for the success of the Conference and to impress the British people with the vast ness of the issues involved. The import auce which the Government attached to He then became chief editor of the Osaka unanimous request to Mr. Lloyd Georgo Mainichi. He was one of the right-hand to be the principal delegate. Mr. Lloyd men of the late Princo Ito when he raised George still hoped that it would be pos the banner of the Seiyu-kai in 1900 and sible before long to carry out his inten- waa Minister of Communications from tion to head the British delegation. December 1900 to May 1901. He was then chief editor of the Draka Shimpo.
The House unanimously endorsed the January 1906 he was appointed to the Labour motion on the subjest of the Waal- Ministerial post which he resigred withington Conference after a brief academic the fall of the Seiyukai Cabinet in 1908. debate in which representatives of all He visited Europe and America in 1908. parties emphasised that the motion ex- and te-entered the Cabinet as Minister Pressed the views not merely of the House f Home Affairs in 1913. He followed of Commons but of the country. Count Terauchi as Prime Minister in 1910. A son of the late Prime Minister, is on his way to England to prosecute his studies.
LONDON, November 4th.
President Harding will tomorrow even radio central station on Long Island, ing send a wireless message to the world from Washingon inaugurating the new
commercial services in five directions, which when complete will be capable of embracing European, South American, and trans-Pacific countries. conducting simultaneous independent
The wireless station, mentioned carlier, has been formally opened and will sub-
NEW YORK, November 5th.
sequently consist of seventy-two towers a three miles diameter. The preliminary wats succeeded in communicating with Australia and Japan
There is a panic on the bourse owing Exchange Foreign monies rose to an to the sudden fall of the crown on Zurich
VIENNA, November 4th.
are rising daily, especially the price of unprecedented height and share quota tions correspondingly rose Food prices
meat.
PALIB, November 6th.
The reocht collapse of the mark is pre- sumably responsible for the official an mission has decided to proceed to Berlin nouncement that the Reparations Com-
payment of five hundred million gold to investigate on the spat Germany's methods of meeting the next indemnity marks due in January.
EARLIER CABLES. LONDON, November 4th.. Marks on London jumped to 965, then went to 585, and finally closed at 820,
BIG FIRE IN US..
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DR. WU TING FANG VISIT TO HSIANGSHAN UNINTENTIONAL.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG
DAILY PRZSS."]
Canton news item in a Shanghai Chinese 4th instant which says in effect that Dr. paper reproduced in your issue of the DEAR SIR-I beg leave to direct your attention to the untruthfulness of a
out to work for the Government but that Wa Ting-fang visited Mr. Tang Shao-yi at Haiangshan and asked him to come Mr. Tung refused,
With regard to salt, it is ad, article of Formerly the Germans at Tsingtao did monopoly of the Chinese Government. not engage in the salt industry and it is only proper that the salt fields now occupied by Japan shall be returned to China. (Note: If Japan in future should be in want of salt, the Chinese Govern ment may by special permit allow Japan aanually to buy a certain amount of salt from Tsingtac for a cortain number of years).
THE RAILWAT QUESTION
problem, the Shantung, Tsinan-Shuntch "(4) "With reference to the railway
by it and the Kiaochou-Tsinan Railway and Kaomiheu" lines may be given over- to the New Consortium to be undertakea
shall be solely operated by China herselt. I am instructed by Dr. W to inform (Note: or, the duto of its return to China you that his visit to Hsiangshan was having been definitely agreed upon, be unintentional, but out of curiosity while fore its return a temporary undertaking his inspecting the Tai-Kam Island for a be permitted). the boat was passing Hsiangahan after
Mr. Tang to come out of his native place persons shall be divided equally between Lepore Home and that there was no
on joint capital and a business basis may reason or occasion for Dr. Wr to sak the German Government or to private German shares, whether belonging to
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to Canton and work for the Government China and Japan" and, if the shares of as Mr. Tang has never severed his con- privato persona need to be indemnified, nection with the Cauton Government China will be responsible for half of the Yours faithfully,
whole value. T. F. Liti,
Secretary. Canton, November 5th, 1991.
In order to be fair and just the yearly surplus of profits, accrued to the railway during the period of Japanese occupation, should be shared by China As regard that part of the railway ad- nature, such a, the right of organizing railway-police, etc., it shall be exercised exclusively by China:
ferred to Minister to Korea in 1806-7. the. Conference was evidenced by their spread out like the spokes of a wheel with DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT OVER A CHINESE ACCOUNT-KEEPING ministration, which is of political'
MR. HARVEY'S SPEECH. SOME POINTED NEWPAPER COMMENTS.
In
Naw YORK, November 5th." Mr. Harvey's apeochy cabled on October an, declaring that an Anglo-French "American Alliance was impossible is generally commented on,
The Times calls on the State Depart went to give him a sharp reminder that at the present juncture his role is not a speaking part.
ADMIRAL BEATTY'S DECLARA- TION.
KIOTS IN THE. DECCAN. OVER SIXTY PEOPLE FOUND GUILTY.
""
Of the prisoners tried in connection
NASIK, November 4th. with the Malagaon riots in April, in which a sub-inspector of police and three constables were killed, five have been CHICAGO, Nóvember 4th.
sentenced to death and nine transported Admiral Beatty, addressing the Com-to varying forma and periods of impri- for life. Forty-nine have been sentenced mercial Club at the banquet given in his sonment and forty-seven acquitted. " honour, declared that Britain and the United States must stand together for followship's sake. Referring to the azma ments conference, he declared that it was tives of all the great countries could dia- impossible to think that the representa cuss the questions frankly and honestly and be unable to find a solution.
LATEST OABLES.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SEAMEN:
EARLIER CABLES. THE MOPLAH BIOTS,
MILLION DOLLARS.
Do
TROOPS, MINES AND CALLES. "(5) All Japanese troops in Shantung very short, limited period. Provinca shall be withdrawn within a
(6) Before the return of the railway to Chice, the mines along the railway
IN THE PHILIPINES, New YORK, November 4th. Damage estimated at over a million
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE dellars resulted from a ire on the Erie
NEW LAW. Railroad yards at Weehawken.
Several piera, barges and freight cars loaded with following message
Governor-General Wood has sont the
oil, also caught fire, and the adjacent petitions presented to the United States goods, and a four warehouse were des Legislature:
the Philippine troyed. The pier belonging to the Stan- dard Oil Company, filled with barrels of attention of the Legislature the matter of taking.
I have the honour to bring to the may be made a Sino-Japanese under- property Thousands of spectators witnessed the by representatives of the Chinese xesi all being situated within Chinese terri- was considerably damaged. Government, and to the Governor-General and Chefoe and Tsingtao and Shanghai, blaze, which lighted up the sky for miles dents in the Philippines praying for the terial waters, shall be taken over by 7) The cable lines between Tsingtao
BRITISH EAST AFRICA LOAN. repeal of Act No. 2972 entitled "An act China and the wireless atations establish to provide in what language accounted by. the Japanese in Tainan shall also LONDON, November 4th. books shall be kept, and to establish be taken over, the actual cost of construc A British East Africa loan of £5,000,000 penalties for its violation." at.0 per cent. at the price of 90 is being and by its terms becomes operative
tion of which shall be reimbursed by underwritten...?
"The law was approved February last China. November 1st proximo,
UPPER YANGTSZE BOYCOTT. ANTI-FOREIGN SENTIMENT
many instances.”
"(8) Japan should make a declaration It appears that to the effect that, aside from the plan of CALICUT, November 4th.
perhaps undue hardship may result in settlement, agreed upon by both partics, The apacial tribunal has pronounced judgment in the case in which the Moplah
"It is obvious that the law may be ed by Germany in Shantung and based all rights and interests, formerly acquir. rebel leader, Ali Musaliyar and 37 others
destructive in effect, far beyond any com- on either treaties or agreements, aro were charged with warring against the
pensating advantages to the public inter- thereby renounced and no further claim King-Emperor and murdering a British
PEKING, October 29th.
est, if adequate time for preparation be by any kind shall be made regarding The Herold says too much" impe tanco
soldier. Thirteen, including Ali Musali-of the foreign steamers at Chungking are on a relatively small scale, especially Further details regarding the boycott and other traders whose operations are
not granted, in the cases of merchants them.' yar, were sentenced to death and 21 to contained in a foreign official telegram those located at points far removed from METAL IMPORTS TO CHINA. should not be given to Mr. Harvey side BRITISH PROPOSAL REJECTED AT maining three were recommended to merry 23rd. It states that when the vessels in good reason, may not readily provide remarks on international Alliances when
transportation for life. The property of despatched from Chungking on October educational centres or who, for other all convicted was confiscated, dienssing economic problems
question reached Chungking agitation themselves with was begun by the members of the People's with the law,
means for compliance Patriotic Association and student organi- zat ons, a crowd of whom interfered with Philippine Islands, trade with China and In the economic development of the the coolies and prevented them from un- other foreign countries in the Orient and loading cargo. The Chinese soldiery are their nationals within the Philippines, said to have supported the demonstrators dates from prehistoric times and a to-day under a pretenen of protecting the reasols, a bighly important factor.
The Morning World sarcastically com pliments Mr. Harvey on transferring the State Department to the Embassy, thus kindly relieving Mr. Hughes of his reightiest enres.
GENEVA,
GENEVA, November 5th.
committee on maritime quesions has re- The International Labour Conference's The Tribune says that what Mr. Harvey age from eighteen to sixteen for compul jected a British proposal to reduce the. thinks and says is not of great conse tory medical inspection for employér on quence. President Harding and Mr.vessels, except where only members of the Hughes may be sequitted of conferring same-family are employed. authority on him to defino American attitude.
SINN TEIN CONFERENCE. SIR JAMES CRAIG MEETS, MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
WORKMEN'S COTTAGES... BILL FOR CONSTRUCTION BEFORE FRENCH CHAMBER.
PARIS, November 4th: LONDON, November 8th. The Chamber is examining & Bill-pro- The Ulator Prime Minister, Siz James viding for the construction, within ten Craig, has arrivest in London and has had years, in various industrial.centres, of- an-interview with Mr. Lloyd George at hundred thousand cottages-to-be rented Downing Street;
to workmen at very low rates-Lavas.
as minors.
This ro-
LATEST CABLES NO HAPSBURGS WANTED. HUNGARIAN ASSEMBLY'S BILL INADEQUATE.
PARIS, November 5th, The Ambassadors Conference is repre demanding that the terms of the Bill be senting to Hungary the inadequacy of excluding Karl from the throne and extended to cover every member of the Hapsburg dynasty."
1
EABLIER CADLES:
cluding Karl from the Throne of Hung- BUDAPEST, November 4th." The Assembly-bas pad the Bill er
Ary,
For the
market in China has assumed consider- Since the European War, the metal
figures of metal imports are as follows:-- able proportions. Pre-war and post-war
Ts. 1013 1914
28,908,16€ 20,420-632 1920........ 61 565,175
An analysis of the imports shows iron,
On the initiative of the British and future, wise public policy must look to and mild steel in the greatest quantity American Censuls, an arbitration com- the maintenance and further development and at the highes value, as will be from sitting on October 23rd, with the object increasing friendship. mitter was then-formed and held its first of these valuable.commercial relations and the following table of settling the difficulty."
Copper
·
» Tia.
-476,195 Galvanized iron 339.182
Tinfoil Lead Mercury
*****4.73.201
- 474
gaining ground in the Upper Yangtze commendation of the Executive. I now
Anti-foreign sentiment is said to be approved by the Legislatures upon re-Iron (pig and wrought). 5,567,009
I find that the law referred to wea Valley owing to a popular supposition recommend the postponement of the date thet internal strife in China is being when this law shall become eflective to fastered by foreign intorcats.
The recent fighting in Hupch-has-in-tive investigation of the matter with the January 1st, 1923, to permit an exhaus
ported to have grown steadily worse ing, 10 far as possible, any unnecessary flicted serious losses on many of the in view to determining a method for gradual habitants and the situation there is reprogressive application of the law avoid. during the past few months-Reuter. hardship.
A
have disturbed the trads for 1921.-Them
· 52.128 Tinned plate sheets
~102;079 589,388 Iron Anchors Recent events in the Yangtze provinces
332.254
Pas