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TAH HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 13D,
LLOYD GEORGE ON GENOA
CONFERENCE RESULTS.
THRILLING
SPEECH.
TEMPORARY NON-AGGRESSION PACT ADOPTED.
IRISH COALITION FORMED.. BUT OUTRAGES CONTINUE.
THE OPIUM TRAFFIC SIR JOHN JORDAN PESSIMISTIC..
LATEST CARLNS, (THROUGH BRUTEE'S AGENCY.)}
GENOA CONFERENCE. NON-AGGRESSION PACT ADOPTED. ZUSSIANS KEPEAT THEIR RESERVATIONS.
Genoa, May gothi
The plenary Commission adopted resolution embodying the temporary non- aggression pact, The Russintis and a few mindr states repeated their reservations and M. Barthou declared at he had
THE SITUATION IN IRELAND: FORMING A NATIONAL COALITION.
LONDON, "May 20th.
THE ENGINEERING DISPUTE.
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS
PROCEEDING.
LONDON, May 20th. "A meeting of the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades at Portsmouth decided in favour of the re sumption of negotiations for a settlement of the engineering dispute. The repre- sentatives of the unions concerned mvel the employers to-gorrow.
FURTHER PROPOSALS FORL SETTLEMENT.
LONDON, May 2nd The negotiating committee of the engineering employers and the uniops not including the Amalgamated Engineers Union, reached a tentative agreement which they are submitting to the in In the Dai Eireann the speaker an- nounced that Messrs. Collins and Ddividual unions on the Zird inst. Valera bad agreed to the formation of a national coalition. The candidates for
election will be nominated by the Party executives.
After the election the executive will consist of the President, the Minister for Defence and nine other ministers from
CITY OF LONDON ELECTION EARL BALFOUR'S SUCCESSOR.
LONDON, May 20th."
In the City of London by-election Mr. E: C. Grenfell the conservative candidate polled 10,114 votes and Sig, Vansittart Bowater, independent conservative polled 8,175. This seat has been held by Mr.
COUNTY CRICKET.
LONDON, May 20th. Middlesex bant Gloustershire by three wickets. La Middlesex's first innings Parker took six wickets for 69 runa, sad in the second innings Bruce made 84 runs.
Notts beat Glamorgan by night wickets the Notta bowler Richmond taking 6 wickets for 44 runs in Glamorgans first innings and 7, wickets for 83 runs in the second. innings. Georgo-Gunn made 100 rung in the Brst innings, and Whysall 99 in Semerset's first innings
In Kent e. Somemet, Woolley made 109 in Kent's second innings and Considine D1 in Somerset's first innings.
Yorkshire (playing Derbyshire) made 251. Roy Kiloer compiling 90. Wadding- ton took 4 wickets for 20 runs.
For Cambridge in the match of the Howell University against Warwick. took 6 wicketa for 24 and Browne (for Warwick) took 6 for 27.
The cable appears to have been badly rutilated in transit.-ED.]
WORLD'S. TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP. COVEY BEATS KINSELLA.
LONDON, May 20th.. Playing at Prince's Club in the World's land beat W. Kinsella, of Americs, by 7 sets to a LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
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-(THROUGH BYUTER'S" AGENCY.]
P. & 0. " DONGOLA ”· IN COLLISION.
THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
BIR JOHN JORDAN PESSIMISTIO.
LONDON, May 20th. Sir John Jordan, interviewed by a representative of the Manchester Guards iam, said he was greatly appointed al the report that the Counail of the League of Nations bad réserved for private cons SHANGHAI, May 30th. The Kumano Maru has collided with sideration the "report in regard to the the P. & C. Dongofa, The latter's cultivation of poppy. This would mean engine-room is damaged and she-return-that the question would be referred back
to a commission, and there would be an ing to Shanghai for repairs.
other year's delay,
ENGINE-ROOM DAMAGED..
(It will be noticed that the departure of the Dongola from Hongkong has been postponed from the 23rd to the 30th inst.)
CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.
«FENGTIEN TROOPS STILI
WITHDRAWING.
TIENTEIN, May 20th." The Fangtien troops "completely evac
and anted Luanchow... yesterday
outside apparently withdrawing Great Wau.
Are
the
A STUPID CENSORSHIP."
SHANGHAI, May 19th. Reuter's correspondent at Poking, sa the withdrawal of Chang Tso-lin's censors in Peking has been followed by a palice censorship which is more sénac less than the former. Telegrams relating to Chang Tso-lin's independence manifesto common courtesy of notifying the sender. This stupid policy is merely antagonis ing the Press.
A STATEMENT BY THE PEKING CABINET:
Till the question of the cultivation and manufacture was tackled' wholeheartedly, it was not much good imposing systems of importation certificates and other mea- aures through which illicit drug merchants could drive a coach and four..
The attitude of all the 'Governmenta seemed to be that charity begins at home, and as long as their own citizens ware more or less protected, the world- wide aspect of the problem did not seem to engage much attention.
STRONG PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN NECESSARY.
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Mr. Chao Hsin Chu stated that he had cabled the Chinese Government very
Treommended the pact's adoption to his the majority with five from the minority, Arthur Balfour (now Bari Balfour) since. Tennis Championship, G. Carey of Engare entirely suppressed, without the strongly, urging them to reinvestigato
Clovernment,
Mr. Griffith moved and Mr. De Valera
1000.
..
The successful candidate, Mr Edward Charles Grenfell, is a Director of the M. Chicherin requested that an interseconded a motion to hold the election in Bank of England and of the White Star anticonl body and not the League of June. The motion was carried unani-Line. He is Vice-President of the Inter national Mercantile Marine Company nad Nations be entrusted with the treatment mously amidst cheers. The Dail Eireann a partner in the arra of Morgan, Grenfell
and Company.]" of the sanitary questions of Europe.
then adjourned to May 31st. Mr. Lloyd George's final speech was Inadly cherred.
M. Barthou criticised both the fiermans and Russians. pointing out to the former that in 1914, France did not want war ant to-day she again warted peace,
THE PATHWAY TO UNIVERSAL PEACE.
GENOA, May 20th. Mr Lloyd George said that the Con ferenco was the most remarkable in his tory, and would remain forever an inspiring landmark on the pathway to universaj peace, although they had not. progressed na far as the most sanguine bad expected.
ELECTRICAL EFFECT OF NON- AGGRESSION FACT A-WARNING TO RUBȘIA.
LONDON, May 21st. The Lancashire cotton dispate, has been settled.
IGÉNÉRAL SEMENOFF
RELEASED.
LONDON, May 20th. In the final of the Ladies' Golf Char- pionship at Sandwich, Misa Wethered beat Miss Cecil Leitch, the holder by nine
LORD FRENCH UNVEILS BUST OF WASHINGTON.
New York, May 20th. Lord French unveiled a bust of Wash ington'at New York University.
GEOGRAPHICAL" SOCIETY'S
The coalition will be formed without | COTTON DISPUTE SETTLED.up and seven to play. prejudice to the respective positions of the two section. The present strength of parties will be preserved, and present deputies returned, unless nuy-outside interest puts forward successful opposi- tion candidates, as the agreement express- ly permits. Should the Coalition find ity released by an Appeal Court Order. necessary to dissolve. further elections will be held as soon as possible on the basis of adult suffrage,
SHOOTINGS IN BELFAST AND ANTRIM
LONDON, May 20th. Four were killed and twelve wounded in the shootings at Belfast on Friday. The outrages, including many incendiary Arrs, were continued to-day," up to the present three persons have been killed,"
There were also numerous outrages in Antrim Town last night and this macr mast not go out of their way to trampling, including the destruction of the man- on the principles which were our son of Lord O'Neill and Baroness Beros life-brod, namely, the fall recognition of
He warned the Soviet representatives that when they came to The Hague they
thair obligations.
Russia if she wanted money. mast Recept the code of honour which had descended to us through generations, and if the Russian memorandum was the last word from Bussis he would despair of accouplishing anything at The Hague.
The con-aggression part was only pro- visional, but orce it was established the mations would not go back. Its psycho- logical international effect would be elec. trica
Α considerable part of Mr. Lloyd George's finely worded, speech, which was fistened to with almost reverentin) silence throughout, was devoted to summing up what the Conference had accomplished and also to plain speaking to the Rus
In the former connection he ex- press the opinion that, the Peace Pact, the ports and recommendations of the
KLIN
Attacks were made on various Police Barracks, with the firing of railway staticas and private houses in perth Antrim Communication with Belfast are interrupted..
Nra Yons, May 20th. Général Semenoff has bevu unrestricted-
LATER.
General Semenot was released pending the Sufirme Court's decision on his appeal..
́CAN PEERESS SIT IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS? DECISION AGAINST LADY RHODDA.
LONDON, May 201 The Privileges Committee of the House. of Lords decided by 0 votes that Lady Rhodda's claim to a sent tho Committee will give the reason later. House of Lords was not established. The
BRITISH ARMY OF OCCUPATION. GERMANY FOOTS THE BILL. LONDON, May 20th.
It is annouserd that from April 1st, 1991, to March 31st, 1922, £3,080,000 was collected by the Commissioners of Cous toms under the German Reparations The Ulster Cabinet has been convoked to Recovery Act. £3,104,000 of this amount was paid to the Exchequer on account of consider the situation.
the costs of the British army of occu pation. INDIAN CONSPIRACY TRIAL, FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT,
FAILURE OF PEACE NEGOTIA.
TIONS.
LONDON, May 20th.
Mr. Grith, in the Dail Eireann an. nounced the renewed failure of the peace negotiations, and moved an election on June 16th. --
He declared that voters will be enabled to record their will on the treaty in spite
LAURE, May 30th. The trial of a number of Sikhs on charges of conspiracy to murder officials and loyalists, which extended over
of whatever intimidation was opposed several months, was ended. Three Sikhs thereto by the representatives of merely were sentenced to five years rigorous two per cent of the population. The imprisonment, two were acquitted and Finance, Economic and Transport Com-Dail Eireann then adjourned.
ose, was bound over to be of good be missions alone justified the existence of
haviour. the conference, although attention had INCENDIARY FIRES IN BELFAST. Lastened on controversial issues. Claim ing that considerable
had been Progress
"LORDON, May 20th. Seven fires, all believed to be the work made towards the solution of the pre- dominantly exciting problem, he uttered of incendiaries, occurred in Belfast this They broke cut practically morning, simultaneously, chiefly among the whole sale stores in the centre of the city,
The firemen succeeded in controlling the outbreaks but the damage is estimated at many thousands sterling..
A WIDESPREAD ORGANISED
the
REBELLION.
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INTERNATIONAL LOAN - FOR
GERMANY. CONFERENCE OF BANKERS.
LONDON, May 20th- Mr. Pierpont Morgan and Mr. Otto Kobo have arrived in England. Mr. Pierpont Morgan attends a conference of bankers in Paris to discuss an inter- national loan to Germany.
a warning that whatever the effect of the Bursian memorandum of May 11th had been in
in Russia effect outside had been disastrous. It had produced a reaction He against the spirit of settlement. declared that if Russia is to get essential she must not outrage what Russians ight describe as the prejudices enter tained by Western Europe in connection with honouring her financial obligations.
LONDON, May 20th. Europe desired to assist Russia, but not
Unlike most of the recent outrages in venn Russian tornado has split one Ulster yesterday's operations were in the Ebre of a single root of those prejudice nature of a widespread crganised rebel- on which our systems depend. ing Mr. Lloyd George said the life-line on Details are meagre owing to the een dislocation of communications, but a con- thrown out of Cannes had not yet been drawn in as he had hoped; neither had siderable number of rebels were involved thirty-Eve large industrial firms and ro
and heavy casualties are feared. been snapped nor released, but we The Northern Government announces desired to draw eastern Europe towards
He wound up with the assertion that it has taken steps in conjunction that the Peace Pact, though at present with the police and military to cope with provisional, was going to endure for the abrill of peace had gone t
through Europe's Weina.
life.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S WONDERFUL RECEPTION.
LONDON, May 20th." A huge crowd, including two hundred parliamentarians and politicians gave Mr. Lloyd George a wonderful reception on his arrival at Victoria Station from
Genog.
Lord Chamberlain was among the first with li congratulations, conveying a him zes:mage from the King welcoming hooo. The popular greeting continued alorg the route to Downing Street, where there was another series of informa], re- ceptions by ministers and others.
DELEGATKS DEPART.
Gero, May 20th
All the delegation have departed ex cept the Russians who leave to-morrow. M Chicherin remains for a law duya.
the situation.
STEAMER DISAPLED. "EGYPT" IN TROUBLE NEAR
BREST..
LONDON, May 20th. Lloyds reporte state that the Peninsular & Orient Company's steamer Egypt which was due to sail from Marseilles on April 28th, was disabled to the westward of Brest.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE RETURNING HOME.
Pants, May 201a.
BIG GERMAN SYNDICATE. TO TRADE WITH RUSSIA.
BERLIN, May 20th. A big German syndicate comprising presenting a capital of a milliard marks is being founded in Breslau to trade with Russia in railway material, agricultural machinery and building materials. Tex tiles will largely figure in the merchan dise to be handled.
MEDAL.
MISS KEMP'S TRAVELS IN CHINA.
PARIB, May 20th. The Geographical Society has present éd a silver medal to Miss I. G. Kemp, who lectured on her recent travels in Chios. NEW LAID EGGS FROM CHINA ARRIVE IN GOOD CONDITION,
LODOS, May 20th. Eleven thousand cases of eggs from China are selling as new-laid, in conso quence of their fitnes after a journey in the refrigorating chambers of the steamer Formose.
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BARLIER CABLES.
INTERNATIONAL INTER- COURSE.
WHAT AMERICA DEMANDS.
WASHINGTON, May 19th.
to economic restoration.
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the question of the recrudescence of poppy-growing and to invite the Chan bers of Commerce, and the educational bodies and the Anti-Opium Association to participate. He had also urged sirong public anti-opium propaganda, wherein the student class would be the greatest
PIXING, May 20th. The Cabinet has issued the following statement regarding Chang Tao Lin manifesta of independenca which is officially based on Reuter's report of aid. May 14th:
Chang Tso Lin argues that President Hsu Shih Chang sacrified the territories of Manchuria and Outer and Inser Mongolia, Jehol, and Chahar and says these regions are no longer part of the territory of the Chinese Republic,
OKINA "BANK CONSORTIUM. AN UNFOUNDED REPORT.
LONDON, May 20th. The report that the China Bank Can- Chang Tso Lin, without the order from the Central Government transported sortium was considering withdrawal from troops inside the Greas Wall with the in: Chinese matters is unfounded. tention of causing hostilities. again the Government instructed Chang cent meeting of the Council of the Consor Tao Lin to withdraw his troops to their tium was unanimously of the opinion original stairs, but, instead of obering, that the Consortium should continue the ho started warfare, greatly damaging the policy of holding itself prepared to assist metropolitan area.
Time and
The re
The Government dismissed Chang Tso it China's economic and financial develop. Lin and appointed Tuchuns and Civil ment, if upon the establishment of more Governors to attend to affairs in Manatable political conditions there, its good churia. The Government also resumed offices are requested. control of Mongolian affairs formerly in the hands of Chang Tso Lin. This shows the great importance the Government attaches to affairs in those regions, more- over, the dismissal of Chang To Llo merely meant a change in the person ruling those regions as the sub-Govern ment; it had nothing to do with thos regions themselves. The territories of the An important paper on the uses of Chinces Bepublic were laid down in the various dyestuffs in the treatment of, Constitution and cannot be influenced by disease was read on March 30th before the Chang Tso Lin. In consequence of his Society of Chemical Industry at Man- dismissal Chang Tao Lin declares that chester by Dr. Arnold Renshaw and Mr. the aforesaid regions are no longer part Thomas Fairbrother.
GERM-KILLING DYES.
MANCHESTER · SCIENTISTS' EXPERIMENTS.
tion anu rebelling against tho, nation branch, or "FOR Ehrlich's famous.
dyé must
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of the Republic. This proves him guilty They referred to the great dye-drugs at of serious crimes, violating the Constitu present in use,
The object of this of chemistry was to produce poi Mr. Child, conforring with Mr. Lloyd Chang "Tso Lin says that treaties and: George and Signor Schanzer, communicated agreements made by President Hsu Shihs having definite and specie effects the American viewpoint that Russia must Change and after May 1st shall not on the germe of disease.. rid herself of sovietiam as the first essential be recognised unless he approves, but the kill one particular germ, but not the Central Government is recognised by the human host of that gorm. Great strides Addressing the Chamber of Commerce of Powers, and such are legal. Since his have been made in this direction;
works where the disposal of the · BOWN FU the United States Mr. Hughes said that the dismissal, Chang Tao Lin is an ordinary illustration was the fact that at sewage pemible by the use of a specific dye-stuff uations might adopt whatever policies thay citizen and how can he defy the Govern pleased concerning local affairs, but if they meat? His announcement shows that he depends on bacterial action it is now Ought international intercoase they must intended to act the part of traitor to the to kill other microorganisms which are.
Government. The Cabinet hopes that the hostile to the
germs without perform their international obligations. They put themselves outside the pale of presentatives of the Powers will not be injuring the latter. (This is analogons to
fooled by Chang Tso Lin.
the killing of birds of prey by a game It is understood that the Cabinet scat keeper.) Already dyes have been found international intercouse if they adopted a policy of confiscation.
the foregoing statement to the Laga which in the same way pick cut and destroy in the blood many of the germs of disease.
LYNCHING HORROR IN
GEORGIA.
SLOW TORTURE.
DAVISRED (GEORGIA), May 19th. There were horrible scenes at the luck-. |ing of a 15-year old Negro in connection with the murder of a woman mail entrier: A mob of 2000 participated. The Negro was tortured over a slow fire till he impli cated another youth. He was then burned at the stake. Two hundred shota were fired at the body. The mob is searching for the other ind.
ANOTHER TEXAS LYNCHING. NEGRO STRANGLED AND BURNT.
ARKANBAS, May 20th. A Texas mob forced the jail and seized negro who recently killed a whito mah, tied a rope to his neck and dragged him through the streets till he died from strangulation. They burnt the body on a pyre.
tions
Wang Shih Chen has agreed to accept the Premiership on conditions that Chow Tre Chi carries on until after the Dragon Festival.
CABINET MAKING.
SHANGHAI, May 20th. It is locally reported that Wang Shih Ching has consented to form a Cabinet. OUTRAGES BY SOLDIERY `IN
HONAN.
News is just to hand that the Rev. J.. P. Bruce, MA., of the English Baptist Mission, former President of the "Shan- Christian University, has gained the London University Doctorate of Litera ture for a thesis on the philosophy of Cha Hai, the greater commentator on the Chitiess Classic. Dr. Bruce was almost the first, if not the first, to gain the SHANGHAI, May 27th. London MA degree in Chinese, For A message dated May 18th, from Afteen years, in such spare time as a Kweiteh, in the eastern portion of the strenuous touching and administrative. of the province of Honan, statis: the career has left him, Dr. Bruce his patient- city was looted last night by its own ly pursued his investigations into the soldiers, Eve fires were started and thought of Chu Hoi, Starling, as most large section of the city was wiped out Western readers do, with the idea that
were persona
killed being Chu Hel was a clear-cut materialist and many burnt to death. All foreigners are safe, therefore, mainly responsible for what-is having taken refuge in the mission. Fong by many considered the nonetheistic, materialistic trend of what may be Yu Haiang's soldiers arrived the morn
termed the orthodox interpretation of the ing and have taken charge."
Olaesica, Dr. Bruce has, as the result of The text of Chang Tao Tan's declara long first hand study come to admire tion of independence is given as follows: Cha Hai as an out-and-out idealist, "I have received Peking's tolegrains and whose basis of interpretation is essentially mandates but I am taking na natics of spiritual. Mears, Probainin of London them as I do not now recognize that thears shortly bringing out a work by Dr. Three Eastern Provinces, Jeho, Chabar Brace in three volumes. Two of thesa and Inner and Outer Mongolia are part of volumes are taken up with Dr. Bruce's WASHINGTON, My 14th. the Republic of China under the juris- translation of and notes on certain works President Harding gave a dinner to a diction of the Peking Government. Now, of the Chinese philosopher, the third number of steel magnates at the White therefore, I am personally saruming con- volume in his entimate of Cha Ha's House. He urged the abolition of the trol over these places. All lives and pro philosophy This third volume is prac 12-hour working day, but gave an assurance perties of citizens of friendly nations tiesily the then for the doctorate. The that the Government did not infand. to will be protected to the best of my ability the puple in-Faking and Nort: China Two people, one of whom was a stud-interfere with private opterprise. He ex- and all-former treaties shall be recognize whe best seen the work in script ent, were killed and several injured in pressed the opinion that the Unitedd as binding. I hereby announce that speak of the remarkable lanight and fresh- States was about to witness a great I have declared the independence of the mesh of the sed, patient places mentioned and hereafter a patand wholarly instigation which charac a gas explosion at the laboratory of the industrial revival, and could only hope as relating to foreign affairs must be terizes it Dr. Bruce is cs of the coole Harvard University,
that such abolition was carried out before brought to my notics at the Ganers is source of quite pusher of people business was in full swing again.
Headquarters at Luanchow where they in China who are teaching psychology, Mr. Cary, President of the United States will receive dae and proper consid rphidsophy and theology in Mandarin, his Steel Corporation, afterwards declared that tion. Beginning from this at this front abeeta being used their rough all 41 steal men prosent favoured abolition Emeral Command will not recognise a form, by teachers who can wait for the binding any treaties that may by made works to appear in thefished stato. if and when practicable.
relating to the above mentioned places Dr. Brico is to be congratulated on a
tained from tis without authority first having been a very islonily gua ded, dem conferred
"GAS EXPLOSION AT
HARVARD.
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL. INJURED.
Loubos, May 20th
GREECES *** MAKESHIFT * CABINET.
ATHENS, May 20th.
Mr. Lloyd George arrived hero and continued his journey to England. Ha A "makeshift Cabinet has been did not alight from the train. Lord formed under, M. Protopapakis with M. Hardinge, the British Ambassador, met Goararis as Minister of Justice and M. him at the station, but not M. Polnare, Stratos as Minister of the Interior.
AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY. WORKING DAY REFORM
Afcommittee of steel man presided over by Alr. Cary has been appointed to vestigate the matter.
distinction.