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RUSSIA'S STAGGERING
DEMANDS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY SKD," 1992
ENORMOUS CREDITS WANTED FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
THE CONDITION OF IRELAND. ROUNDING-UT ** (RBEGULARS.”
AMERICAN RAILWAY SHOPMEN ON STRİKE.
LATEST CABLES, '. (THKÖVER REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. RUSSIA'S STAGGERING DEMANDS.
The Hat
July 1st.
THE BATTLE IN DUBLIN. FOUR (COURTS EXPLOSIOS DELIBERATELY PLANNED.
TANDON, June 30th
ONE-THIRD OF DUBLIN' REBELS CAPTURED.
Losnos, July 1st. It is now stated that the total casualties in Dublin up to the present, number 10 killed and 150 wounded, including soldi. ers and civilians,
Sinco" the commencement of the battle dearly 300 Irregulars have been captured, which it is estimated comprises one-third of the Irregular fires in Dublin; hut it is reported that reinforcements are
LATEST CAREES,
THE STRIKE MANIA. USA RAILWAY SHOPMEN CEASE
WORK.
CHICAGO, June 30th. Thousands of railway shopmen are
LATEST CABLES,
THE MURDER OF SIR HENRY WILSON.
IDENTITY
OF THE ACCUSED.
LONDON, July 1st The identity of Connolly and O'Brien responding to the call for a nation-wide was revealed by their reappearance in strike, issued by the Presidents of six craft | Westminster Police Court as Reginald unions covering shop mechanics from the Dunn and Joseph O'Sullivan, described New England railroads to the Westera as ox-soldiers, and Trans-Continental lines, Members generally are joining in and it is esti mated that 50,000 have already left work, The Irregulars have blocked the streets Engineers and trainmen are not affected with commandeered vehicles, isolating an ant trains are running normalty. area of three-quarters of a mile in the
Enginees and traiumen are covered by centre of the city. Today is compara.eparate craft organisations.] tively quiet, but the telegraphio and tele | MAINTENANCE MEN PREPARED
arriving from the provinces.
phonie isolation of Dublin renders nowa It is officially stated from Dublin that from the roviners unreliable. fifty National troops were buried in the|A. COUP BY FREE STATE TROOPS)
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There was. but little public interest, the prisoners being brought to the Court in
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motor-car under an armed guard They entered the dock briskly, and have evidently fully recovered from their injuries.
LATEST CABÉES. WORLD'S TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP. BRITISH PLAYERS SUCCESSFUL
WIMBLEDON, June 30th. A tremendous crowd witnessed to-day's
plas including H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and HR.H. the Duke of York. encounter, but it produced only indif
Interest centred in the Lenglen-McKane ferent tennis, the champion, by accurate" placing and resourceful volleying winning, 16/1 7/5
The gentlemen's third round was com pleted with the games, the leading Australians Anderson, exception of two O'Hara Wood and Patterson gaining casy victories; the latter over the French champion Borotra., Gobert failed against Kingscote, but Brugnon defeated the veteran, Ritchie, and Cochet has every prospect of beating Misu to-morrow.
Excepting the Spaniard, Flaquer, those remaining in the fourth are all Britishers, including Sir Thomas Lycett, Dawson. Gilbert, and Mavrorodato.
The ladies' second round successes, in sassination and pursuit was retold. Peacock, Miss Ryan and Mrs. Mallery
They were smiling as they consulted type written copies of the evidence taken at the inquest, which had been Curcio, June 30th,
supplied to them. One of them made The Labour Board has secured a pro-notes and sketclzal a witness during the: playes that they will withhold calling a
The non-Bassian delegates are stag debris caused by the explosion at Four Free State troops suddenly sppented from the maintenance of way em proceedings, when, the story of the as addition to Mlle. Lenglen, included Mrs. Eri at the Sgures quoted by M. Litvinal Courts, all of them were injured, thirty in motor-anrs at the Railway Stations strike pending iävestigation by the board. Both were amused during the evidence BRITISH
when he submitted to the Commission! his proposals for credits for the recons
severely, but nobody was killed,
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between Straktor, and Londonderry, and
AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN REFUSE to how they misled the police as re-
TO WORK. MORE TROBLE ON THE COMMON
WEALTH LINE.
The leader of the Irregulars admitted rounded up the irregulars who had been *truction of Russin, involving a total of that the explusion was deliberately in. holding up trains and seizing the goods) of traders, who have now been informed tended to kill National troops, and that the line is free, and the normal pressed his disappointment that the despatch of goods may be resumed
MELBOURNE. July 1st. IRREGULARS DESERTING. casualties were not great..
The women having refused to man the Numerona Irregulars in the Carrigan Commonwealth liner Larg's Bay, the AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
The irregulars surrendered uncondi district, conspent on the Free State management of the Commonwealth line The troops operations, bava deserted and gone has ordered the Larg's Bay to be laid up. to Londonderry where there is a coOther Commonwealth finers will be laid tionally, after destroying all arm prisoners number 140, and the total numsiderable inbux. hur of isoners in the two days fighting quarters of the lonegal Irreas they arrive,
National troops captured Finner camp,
is 150, including many well-known gulers, after a two hours' fight in which
$24000,000 gold roubles, equivalent to The credits approximately £341,000,000. include 1,050,000,000 go roubles für water and railway transport, and hat
for curs; 921,000,000 gold roubles agriculture; 70,000,000 gold roubles for industries, chiady textiles, timber and
pre-war
setu, nad 300,000.000 gold roubles for kmaking and commercial credit-the total to be spread over three years. ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. of When replying to expressions astonishment at the enormous figures, M, Litvinof said that Russia's fortune was 150,000,000,000 of gold roubles. The war and allied intervention 1x five-twelfths of Russia's wealth and fe declare it was impossible to recon struct Russia piecemeal. The original estimätes had been tremendously reduced and only represented a percentage of the total which Russia had expended.
leaders.
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The casualities of the National troops number 3 killed and 55 wounded."
MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED.
LONDON, June 30th.
W
GERMAN SHIPPING ENGINEERS ON STRIKE.
Only fifty pri- two, rebels were killed. soners were taken, indicating wholesale desertions, as the champ recently occupied by hundreds of men,
The Irregulars at East Ilonggul, retired to Inch Island in Lough Swilly, to which place they are conveying provisions pre paratory to withstanding a siege.
The Irregulars took possession of Lisare held up. towel, and Drogheda Railway Station
The Postmaster-General' anuounces that the mail service to South and West Areafter sporadic fighting. land is suspended.
NEWSPAPERS OPTIMISTIC.
LONDON, June 30th.
The newspapers generally are more cheerful regarding the prospects in Ire land, in view of the capture of the garri son at Four Courts. which it is state, was entirely destroyed, along with the M. Sokolnikoff suid that the commer-archives it contained; but as Mr. Chur cial credits were needed to enable the chill remarked in the House of Commons, better state without archives, than Custerative societies to supply the pea-archives without a state." sants with the means to bring grain to
The destruction of buildings and bridges and the commandeering of sup plize in motora, is reported from various parts of the country, but the. National forges have effected numerous arrests, LORD MAYOR AND ARCH-RISHOP'
INTERVENE,
Losos, July 1st. The expectations of an attack on the Irregulars stronghold in Dublin has, up to the present, not been realised. The delay is believed to be due to the efforts of the Lord Mayor and Arch Bishop By man, to induce the Irregulars to preser- ably evacuate the position, in order to avoid the wholesale destruction af pro
A JACKAL RABBLE.". The "towns Banking credits were needed When referring to the participiation of to support the new issue of notes by the the Industrial Workers of the World in
perty: the Dublin fighting, Mr. Churchill corn- Kussina State Bank, and be eoncluded by fully described them as Jackal Rib baying that if Russia is not restored noble. creditor can hope to see much money
back
RUSSIA ASKING IMPOSSIBILITIES.
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When the disturbusen caused by M. Sokolnikoff's remark had subsided. M. átvino promised further details of his demands, and to present a list of con. sions the Soviet is willing to grant Be sulauitled a questionnaire asking for information as to the actual bond hold
ery and their claims, etc.
He said he was of the opinion that the Provisional Government will not have much difficulty in subduing thers.
Two thousand Free State troops parti cipated in the final nasault on Four | Courts, and it is stated that there were no fatalities to the Four Courts' 'garriant.
CLEARING OUT THE REBEL VESTS.
The Free State forces are now tackling the problem of clearing out the rebel nests in Dublin, and according to one report. the captured rebel leaders appealed to the Irregulars in other buildings to sty render. Three rebel outposts offered to
surrenderer, but on the other hand the Irregulars remain in possession of a block of buildings in Sackville Street. including the Post Office.
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In the meanwhile, Mr. Collins, in an interview, declared that he would not Prest until the people's authority was
established.
There was a further surrender of Irre gulars last night, the numbers are not known.
BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED, One British soldier was killed and thre wounded, in an attack on a lorry by the Irregulars. One of the three, wounded "soldiers has since died and the other two
are in a serious condition.
FIGHTING IN THE PROVINCES. fighting has been at Drogheda, where the As regards the provinces, the heaviest rebels are holding Millmount Barracks. dominating the town.
A meeting of the Provisional Parliainvested Inch Island in Lough Swilly, A large body of Free State troops bas ment, which was summoned for to-day and intend to starve out the Irregulars. has been postponed till July 15th.
Outside Dublin the Free State for Several kidanpped loyalists are prisoners LitvinoT figures have had some important successes, crush on the island.
The Russian delegationi subsequently announced that M. wege the irreducible minimum.
Thus conscasus of expert opinion is. Last the Bassians cannot suppose that ough money can be procured in 'enable the reconstruction to be completed in a few year and they are of the opinion that the Russinas have not the smallest chance of obtaining their total demands, zand even, the grant of smaller credits would depend on the confidence the "Soviets can inspire with financiers. It és believed the conference will last three sandthe
AMERICAN RELIEF FOR RUSSIA.
SUPPLIES STILL ON HAND.
LONDON, June 30th.
ing the Irregulara xt. Donegal and Drogheda,
A GROWING CASUALTY LIST.
LONDON, July 1st. An incomplete list of yesterday's casual sad 100 wounded." ties in Dublin states that 19 were killed.
Firty Irregulars near Four Courts sur- rendered this morning.
A proclamation issued by the Ministry and forbearance of the national army in of Defence pays tribute to the courage their first battle, and declares with your aid we see the Sght in defence of the people brought to a successful issue." PREDICTMENT OF HOTEL GUESTS.
The Republicans claim that the Free State troops at Listowel, Cakerry and West Limerick have joined the rebels.
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BERLIN, July 1st.. The technical staffs and engineers em- played by shipping companies in Ifam burg have struck and a number of ships
UNITED KINGDOM REVENUE
RETURNS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
Lennox, June 30th. The revenue of the United Kingdom for the first quarter of the financial year ending to-day, is £195,000,000 compared with £204,000,000 for the previous corresponding period. Customs duties mounted" to £3,000,boer compared wită £28,000,000 for the corresponding period.
FRANCO-GERMAN CLASH
IN SIESTA. STATE OF SEIGE PROCLAIMED AT CLENWITZ
Brmis, July 1st_ "Fifteen persons were killed and twenty- five wounded in a collision at Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, between German civilians and French troops.
The trouble was intensified through a state of siege having been proclaimed, Bad Froach armoured-cārs patrolling the streety.
EARLIER CABLES,
A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER",
Bruas, June 20th. After an unsuccessful Polish attempt "to dislodge the German self-protection com puny occupying the town of Hindenburg, surrounded the Germans and a violent combat cusurd, in which one of the French was killed and three wonaded, while 17 Germans were killed and 17 wounded.
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DEFEATED
MAINSTAY AFTER HARD BATTLE.
WIMALETON, July 1st.
gards their identity. When a witness re- marked that the bigger, prisoner had a
The weather wax showery, and ther foreign accent when he shouted to the matches in the gentlemen's mixed dow
day was mainly occupied with opening to stand back, the defending bles, but three of the fourth round solicitor said that both the accused were matches were played, the chief of which the elimination of the British supposed to be foreigners.
mainstay Kingscote, who, after a magni- They were committed for trial to the cont display, went down fighting hard, Old Bailey.
to Patterson, 6/4, 3/6, 3/7, 6/4, GA.
There is now every prospect of Ander son and Patterson contesting the final. The latter's present brilliance making him the favourite. Lycett beat Brugnon, 6/2, 1/6, 7/5/6/3 and Mavrogordate beat Russell 6/1, 7/5. 8/0, these two winners now accompany Patterson into the fourth round.
INCRIMINATING DOCUMENTS
FOUND IN O'SULLIVAN'S. LODGINGS.
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LATER.
The Detective Inspector said that he found in O'Sullivana lodgings six bando liers, and copies of the official organ of the Irish volunteers, and also a letter written in Gaelic and addressed to O'Sullivan from Carrigropbane, County Cork, on notepaper beaded, "Irish Be- public and saying inter alia, "I know Joe, you are not a Free Stater, you could not be. We will have no Free Stat Governor. no outh to the King, and no Lister cut off from the rest of Ireland. The fight must go on, as we have no allegiance to de Valera, Collins or Gri fith. We are not politicians and we give allegiance to the Repablic, and if needs be, our lives.”
ASSASSINATION OF DR..
RATHENAU.
ARREST. OF A SAXON INDUSTRIALIST.
BERLIN, June 30th.. Kucz Henmeister, the Saxon indus- Leialist, whose motor-car was used by the murderers of Dr. Bathenau, has been atrested at Octz in the Tyrol.
AMUNDSEN'S POLAR FLIGHT
FIRST LAP STARTED.
NOME (Alaska), June 30th. Amundsen has started on the first lap in his attempt to cross the North Pole by monoplane. He intends to land at Spitz bergen. OT Northern Greenland, and hopes to make the trip in twenty-four
hours.
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The air portion of the journey will begin at Point Barrow, Alaska..
ROTTERDAM MUNICIPAL
* LOAN.
PRIVATELY SUBSCRIBED.
AMSTERDAM, July 1st. Nothing has been announced regarding Municipal Loan of 12,000,000 forina, but it is reported that the whole amount has been taken up by one concern, and will not be issued for public subscription on the British market
The Irregulars have blown up a rail Upper Silesia, French occupation troops the terms of the proposed Rotterdam
way bridge as South Drogheda, stopping the traffic between Dublin and Belfast. The lines from Dublin to Cork and from Kilkenny to Waterford, are reported to ba cut at intervals of every ten miles.
KIDNAPPED BRITISH OFFICERS HANGED.
The fate of the three. British officers kidnapped at Macroom on April 22nd is now beyond doubt, states the Ulster Association. It appears that the Irish Republican Army hanged them from a
tree.
is unknown.
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REBEL COMMANDERS CAPTURED.
A Free State, cutumnunique, announcing the unconditional surrender of the Four Couris, states that Rory O'Connor, Tam Mellowes and all the principal insurgent officers are among the prisoners.
O'Connell is safe and free.
Gen.
The resistance contirred
VALUABLE ARCHIVES LOST. The explosion at the Four Courts was violent that it broke every window withĩa one hundred yards. The library was blow skyhigh and the archives were scattered to the winds, some being picked up charred, miles distant. for four hours after the explosion. The remoants of the rebels, numbering 130 marched out after their surrender, headed Considerable trouble fa anticipated in connection with the breaking up of the insurgents activities in Dubhán outside the Four Coats.
The prorogation of the Irish Parlin ment till July 15th has been gazetted. The Irregulars have established stronghold in Sackville Street, where DE VALEEA'S ACTIVITIES. they have fortified a block of four hotels. including the fashionable Gresham and
Loxos, June 29thi the intervening buildings with a frontage. of two hundred yards.
The Four Courts was blown up and set Visitors were cleared out and their luggage used for aflame by a terrific explosion which shook forming barricades. It is believed that Dublin, believed to be due to a mine laid by de Valera is commanding the tunnelling the band of rebels holding out in the two The American Belief Administration beneath the buildings, the noise from the isolated parts of the building. Their fate States, that since February 2nd one operations being heard all night.
The lull in the morning was broken by hundred and twenty-one ships voyaged rifle-fire attack on a National armoured-ed and is directing the operations of the
It is announced that De Valera has beadby a pricat fem America to Bussis with lamine car in Talbot Street by the Irregulars, Irregulars outside the Four Courts, whose who barricadci, a side street. After this zulief supplies bought with the Congres a mine exploded near the car,
which scope and resistance in the City is ex- Simal Appropriation of $5,000,000, and caned, and replied with a most vigorous tending.
fusillade.
THE SURRENDER...... $12,000,000 worth of Soviet gold. Those
Shipments have now caded but the im #urtation of American foodstuffs inte ftudia will continue, for the Congres sional appropriation is only part of the aelief administration's charitable re-
sources,
· · THE DISTURBANCES SPREAD. The National Chief of Staff has order ed that looters by shot at sight.
The Provisional Government, announces that Irregulars are attacking National positions at Listowel, Foynes Skibbereen, Abbeyfeals, Newcastle West and Broad ford.
There were three incendiary fires, due to bombs, in business premises at Belfast Several million dollars worth of food last night, is still to come, and all supplies are now THE KEBEL OBJECTIVE, Teing evacuated rapidly from "Russian
Liam Lynch, rébel Chief of Staff, has Burdened with hours, sed his monter issued an army order at Mallow, declar ing that the plan of action has carry The opening at rivers has also considering out will secure complete control of ally facilitated" "inland. transportation. West and Bouth Ireland for the Republic.
shipments
The remaining rebels in the Four Courts hoisted the white flag this afternoon.
STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
A PROCLAMATION,
MEXICO'S.. NATIONAL DEBT.
PLAN OF PAYMENT RATIFIED.
New Yox, June 30th. the plan for the payment of Mexico's The Mexican Government has ratified
debt, which was recently signed by the | Mexican Secretary to the treasury and | the' International Bankers' Committed.
EMPIRE COTTON GROWING. IMPOSING A LEVY ON THE TLADE
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In the third round Cochet beat Minu ̈ 3/6. 3/6, 3/6, 6/9 and he is now the only Frenchman left. He meets Ander- son in the fourth round.
Miss Ryan and Mrs. Peacock entered the fourth round and O'Hara Wood and Mie, Lenglen, made a convincing initial ap- pearance in the mixed doubles. HENLY. GRAND "CHALLENGE. GUENT NAUTICAL-CLUB'S EIGHT SCRATCHED.
BacsSELS, June 30th: The Ghent Nautical Club's eight has been scratched for the Grand Challenge at Henley owing, to an accident to their stroke.
BARLIER CABLES.
HOME CRICKET.
LONDON, June 30th. At the Oral, Oxford University" Ied Surrey on the first innings. Hopkins and Lyon for the Oxonians, scored 61 and 60 respectively.
At Gravesend, Kent beat Leicester by an innings und 162 runs. For the victors, Woolley scored 123 and Hurst 104 "nut out.
At Birmingham, Somerset beat Warwick By i wickets, Greswell-capturing seres wickets for 42 and White nine for 58.
Worcester by seven wickets.
At Nottingham, the home county beat
the first innings, Bassell scoring 118.
At Southampton, Essex led Hasts on
At Northampton, Lancashire beat the heine county by an innings and 99 runs, Parkin täking nine wickets for 82
At Brighton, Cambridge University beat Susses an innings and 26 raus, the Cantals Fiddian-Green and Dogurt scor ing 118 and 166 respectively.
'ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM COMPANY.
ENORMOUS RESERVES,
AMATIDAN, June 30th. At the annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Sir Henry. Deterding said that the Company's liquid naseta word now larger than on December Slat. As regards the allied companies be did not think that it was in the interests of the shareholders to publish the balance. sheets, but affirmed that the present liquid forins. assets amounted to several bundred million
THE CULTURED PEARL QUESTION.
A TEST.
Pants, June 30th.
LONDON, June 20th. A meeting of naturalists and jerøl ex- The cotton revival bas induced some perts will shortly finally decide whether British colton interests to seck Parliamon natural pearls are distinguishable from tary power to impose a compulsory lory the cultured type. The two varieties will of £50,000 annually on the trade, for the be indiscriminately mixed and will be ent: extension of cotton" growing within the open where there are differences of opinion. be introduced in the House of Commons Empire. A bill to this effect will shortly
TRADES RUSSIA. as the outcome of a report by the Gov ernment committee of enquiry to thì TO BE MAINTAINED AS A STÁTE British Cotton Grosera Association:
EARLIER CABLES......
US. SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. PRESIDENT HARDING SAYS NATIONAL WELFARE AT STAKE
WASHINGTON, June 30th,
A Proclaination astied by the Provisional Government to-day describes the casualties suffered by the people's army in defending citizens' rights against the forces of an- archy engaged in a conspiracy to destroy the Treaty which gave back Ireland and ita Au account of the explosion at the Four resources to the peoples alter ernituries of Courts was communicated to the House of surpation and which calls up the people Commons by Mr Carmebill, who stated to engage in a hopefuse had unnecessary that it was caused by a mine laid by the war with Great Britain. The rebels are President Harding, speaking at a dinner insurgents, which they aprang under the fighting ant for the Bepublic but really to of agricultural leaders at the White House, part of the building secupied by. Free bring back the British. The proclamanid that the ship subsidy legislation now Blate troops Thirty of the latter were tion. dwell upon the Provisional Govern before Concrem, had been offered na A killed and injured. Large numbers of ment's constitutional rims and says it solution of the national problems. Fermis documents are among the debris. There will not hesitate to appeal to the people could no longer be independent of overseas not much hope ng the building for support to any call which the Provi-trate, an the American mer hat which is still pulire.
sional Government may be compelled to marine d are them of carriags of {Continued at foot of seat, polutan.) make.
their surplus.
MONOPOLY.
Moscow, June 30th. A meeting of the Soviet trade sepresenta- tives presided over, by M.- Krassin Das unanimously decided to cristala a Stato
caopoly of trade.
LITHUANIA TO BE RECOG-
·NISED. DE JURE,
AMBASSADOES. DECISION OF
CONFRENCE
PARIS, June 30th, The conference of Ambassadors bar re- solved in principle upon the recognition of Tathunuia de jure. América abalained.