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UABLES.
LATEST-CANIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GERMAN REPARATIONS
PAYMENT.
REQUEST FOR TIME EXTENSION.
LONDON, July 8th..
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
THE CIVIL WAR IN IRELAND.
LATEST CABLES. -
CLEARING AWAY THE WRECKAGE. Į PRÉSENTATION TO SIR JOHN
Losos, July 8th. Batches of Irregular troops continue to be taken prisoners in the provinces, by National forces. Others are retreating before the Free State advance.
The work of clearing the wreckage in Under-Secretaries Schroeder and Fischer O'Connell Street was begun by steam-roll- have left for Paris to ask the Réparations
ers, with ropes attached, demolishing the Commission for a moratorium in order
|standing "walls, to enable German cash payments to be spread over a longer period.
It is semi-officially explained that though the Government has amassed sufi
An gazing discovery in the "Four Courts ruins, is the finding of the Lord Chief Justice's Chambers intact with the
cient foreign currency to enable it to pay contents undamaged. the 38,000,000 gold marka dua a week" "OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST. bener, the Cabinet is of the opinion that ths payment, if insisted upon, will prove
the last straw.” It is added that all Ger-
min financial circles recognise that with the mark falling precipitously; the con- tinuance of payments would lead to a Guancial collapse, as the arm already done is immense, and recovery will be most difficult, even if the gold payments are suspended.
GERMANY'S EMBRYO
REVOLUTION.
DISCOVERY OF AN ARSENAL.
BERLIN, July 6th.
Several arrests have been effected in connection with the discovery of arms at Magdeburg. Those arrested are all
pro- ident Nationalista, including a Town
Councillor and three ex-officers.
The number of official casualties in the
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PENDER.
FIFTY YEARS JUBILEE OF EASTERN TELEGRAPH CO.
Loxbox, July 8th. The Exiles Club,' Orleans Park, Twic
kenham, was to-day the sense of a pre- the fifty years jubilee of the Eastern and sentation to Sir John Pender, marking Allied Cable Companies. The presente tion consisted of an illuminated address containing $,000 signatures of the staffs of the associated companies, and the insignia of the orders held by Siz John
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MONDAY, JULY 10TH, 1923
WORLD'S TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
MLLE LENGLEN AND MBS. MALLORY TO MEET,
LONDON, July 7th. At Wimbledon, despite showers, thern was a huge attendance, including HM. Queen Mary,
In the first emmi-final, Lycett, beat variety of strokes. Gilbert made a plucky Gilbert Sj6, 9/7, 6/3. Lycett had a greater
fight, but Lycett's hard drives were almost unphyable. The second semi-final takes place to-morrow.
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF SIR J. B. EDWARDS. Lovbun, July 9th.
The death in announced of Sir James Beran Edwards.
FAR EASTERN
NEWS.
CABLE
(THROUGH. REUTER'S. AGENOT.] THE SHANTUNG COMMISSION, EXPENDITURE DURING JAPANESH REGIME.
Lieut. Gen. Sir James Bevan Edwards, in China, latterly as commandant. K.C.M.O., who was born in 1834 was twice He was educated at Woolwich, entered the Royal Engineers in 1839, and say active
PEKING, July 8th."
Chipa, 1864 (gold medal): Suskim Ex Japanse babied a statement of expendi medal): Indian Mutiny (mentioned id meeting of the Shantung Commission the A communique states that at the third service is the Crimean War (Turkish
pedition, 1985 (mentioned in despatches,ture during the Japanese regime showing medal with clasp, bronse star); comman locomotives costing yen 5,130,000 and dant of School of Military Engineering, 1986-88; commanded the troops in Chinas costing yen 3,630,000, but suitable In the ladies" semi-finals, Mlle. Lenglen 1989-90. He became M.P. for Hythe in allowance for depreciation will be made. beat airs, Pracock 64, 61. The English-yas Chairman of the Royal Colonial 1805 and retained the seat till 1899, and
The Japanese commissioners consented wamu made a magnificent start, but after. Fastitute, 1509-13.1
to the Chinese proposal to send-Chinese wards she fell away. Mlle. Teaglen, win-
to work on the Tsingtao-Tsinan railway The Secretary of the Eastern Company uing easily. Mrs. Mallory beat Mrs.
prior to its transfer to China. made the presentation, and the pro- Beamish 6/2, 6/. This was somewhat of ceedings also included the inaugura" a surprise, as Mrs. Beamish bad twica tion of a bed in Bartholomew's Hospital recently beaten the American, but to-day endowed as a memorial to the late Laly she was weak throughout while Mrs.
Mallory was in her best form.
MLLE. LENGLEN UNDEFEATED. Wrumos, July 8th. The weather at the World's Lawn' Tennis Championships was showery, bat the attendance was tremendous, including
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Pender worked out in diamonds and platinum.
National forces, during the fighting at our Courts and Backville Street, is killed and 19 wounded.,.
IRREGULARS' SPITEFUL ACTS OF Denison Pender.
VANDALISM.
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Losnos, July sth. The irregular's stronghold at Blessing- ton"has been captured along with their rearguard. Sixty were taken prisoners.
ANGLO-ITALIAN POLICY.
NO DEFINITE DECISIONS "REACHED.
- LONDON, July 8th.
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Their Majesties the King and Queen.
Mlle Lenglen retained the champion- ship, beating the American, Mrs. Mallory 4/2, 6/0 in the final
The Irregulars who have been cleared
Signer Schanzer, who has concluded his visit to London in connection with Anglo- out from Drogheda are holding the woods
Italian policy, meets Premier Poincare at and the operation of the National fortes Paris, en route for Rome. is driving the Irregulars towards Cork. decisions were reached at the London con-Mr. Mallory evoked the most enthusiar-
No definite
The appearance of Mlle. Lenglen and Sixty Irregulars forming a garrison at vereations, which will be resumed a month tic applause, and it was a magnificent Skeoghouse, Donegal, close to the Lon-heace. donderry border, fought the National troops for six hours and then surrender-
building and wrecking the furniture.
The depot at once estate contained sixed after destroying the interior of the hundred rifles, siktern machine-güns, several cases of pistols, twenty thousand rounds of tiße ammunition and a number of shells.
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. MORE RUSSIAN VERBOŠITY.
Tux HAGLE, July 8th. it was expected that Mr. Krassin's arrival would result in an acceleration of business, but matters are no further advanced as the result of a prolonged sessions of the Debt and Private Property Sub-Commissions, at which the Russians were obdurate, insisting or the grant of credits before they could definitely reply regarding the payment of debts which Bussia might acknowledge,
THE ART OF REPARATEF
There was a perfect thrust and parry of question and answer at the Property Bab-Commission, between the non-Rus- müxas" and "Russians, particularly in the case of H. Litvinoff, who was pressed to give details of properties formerly of foreign ownership.
M. Litvineff replied that it was difficult to identify them, and it was for owners themselves to identify their propertira Driven into a corner M. Litvinoff retort Ed by asking "what is meant by foreign
Ownership?
·
"A, PROPERTY OWNERS'
PRIVILEGE."
He was forced to admit that na ex- owner would be in the same position as other bidders if the properties" were -muctioned, declaring it was impassible to grant a concession to a moneyless, ex- ́ owner, even if ruined by the revolution.
A TYPICAL BULLY.“
BL. Litvinoff told the "Belgian delegate
The only casunity was the commander of the garrison, who was wounded.
ANOTHER REBEL STRONGHOLD CAPTURED
Loxnos. July 5th. The Free State forces operating from Curragh captured forty-seven Irregulars with six motors and large quantities of arms and ammauition at Castle Dermott in Cokildare.
THE CALL TO ARMS...
LONDON, July 8th.
THE FABRIC GLOVES QUESTION.
POLITICAL TENSION EASED.
LONDON, July 8th. According to general opinion in Lanca. shire, where the agitation was strongest regarding fabric gloves, mentioned in tubia message dated July 1st, the political tension has now cased, as the conservative
revolt against the proposed exemption of fabric gloves has not materialiend
MAXIMILIAN HARDEN'S
ASSAILANTS.
RECEIVE BIG BRIBK
BELLA, July 8th. The l'orwaëris states that the instiga
day show that substantini progress has tor of the attack on Maximilian. Hur
Official commiiqués from Dublin to been made by the National troops inden, is an Oldenburg publisher naked quelling the revolt in the provinces.
It states that in response to the call to arms, between 1,000 and 2,000 volunteers THE COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS. onr.lled in Dublin alone, up to Thursday
The Provisional Government statement of 400 prisoners in Mountjoy Prison, na regards the allegations of ill-treatment says they were accorded the privileges of military captives, though they represent forces responsible for looting and 'terrorism during the last two months. They include a number of ordinary criminals. The Government will cot rendered in order to save, their lives, tolerate, on the part of those who sur- efforts to subvert the discipline of the imprisonment they accepted.
SUGGESTED LOAN FOR DUBLIN REPAIRS.
Dublin City architects estimate that the re-building of the devastated areas, ex clusive of Four Courta, will take four
years, and the frish Independent suggests an Irish loan of £20,000,000 for purposes of reconstruction,
ELUSIVE DE VALERA.
LONDON, July 8th..
Albert Grena, President of the German Nationalist Movement at Datfriesland. and it is alleged that he paid 25,000. two assailants, named Ankermann and marks, which he received from Munich, to
Weichardt.
..
REMARKABLE DROP IN PRODUCE PRICES. BRITISH FARMERS HARD-HIT,
game, but from the outset it was obvious that Mrs. Mallory had little chance with the champion, who dominated the game.
A feature of the game was the wonder- ful volleying and miraculous recoveries in the second set which was most brilliant. The American was out-paced and out- maneuvred by Mlle. Lenglen's beautiful forehand drives and strong backhand re- turns and it was probably the easiest final she had ever won.
PATTERSON DEFEATS ANDERSON,
BELGO-DUTCH AERIAL
ARRANGEMENT. “
THE HAGUR July 8th.
The Japanese commissioners agreed to the principle of the Chinese proposal re. A provisional arrangement has been garding contracts, commitments and new Beflgium concerning aerial communica meeting.
undertakings by the Japanese railway entered into between Holland and administration, as submitted at the last tion. It was signed by the Foreign Ministry.
FRANCO-SPANISH
"
COMMERCIAL TREATY.
MADELD, July 8th. The Franco-Spanish Commercial Treaty Has been signed. -
NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND.
MUTINY AT PAOTINGYU. SUPPRESSED BY LOYAL TROOPS,
TIENTSIN. July 9th. The Peking and Tientsin Time Pao tingfa correspondent states that a mutiny twenty-third division at Paotinglu. broke out on Thursday right in the
An attempt was made to loot the city, and rifo and machine-gun Bring con... tinued all night" long. The loyal troops finally suppressed the disorders. FORMER AUSTRALIAN COMMODORE CONDITION REPORTED CRITICIAL
MANILA, July 9th.
LONDON, July 8th. Mr. William Watson has been appoint ed Solicitor-General for Scotland.
tland THE DUTCH ELECTIONS. FORECAST OF SECOND CHAMBEE'Spect that he will live.
COM.SITION.
"AMSTERDAM, July 6th.
The newspapers forecast a new Second Chamber composed of 60 Right members, 20 Socialists, 10 Liberals, Right Liberal, 5 Democrats, 2 Communists, and 2 mem- bers of the Bural League.
In the Gentlemen's semi-final, Patter-DUTCH ELECTORAL RETURNS son heat Anderson G1, 3/6, 7/8, 8/1,
A MULTIPLICITY OF PARTIES". 6/3. It was a disappointing game, as both contestants relied on terrific paco
AMSTERDAM, July 8th in service for scoring. Patterson although
The final election returns for the frequently double-faulted, WES vastly Becond Chamber show thirty-two Roman superior, Anderson rarely even reaching shift-wind deliveries.
HENLEY RESULTS, LEANDER WINS THE GRAND CHALLENGE.
Catholics, sixteen Calvinist anti-Revolu tionarist, eleven Christian Historicalites, one State Reformed Church, twenty Social Democrat Labourites, ten Liberal Liberty
Leaguers, one Conservative Liberal, five Liberal Democrats, two Communista and two Country Leaguers. The proportion of the new Chamber is thus strengthened,
CABINET NOT TO RESIGN.
THE HAGUE, July, 8th. The Cabinet does not consider that the
signation.
The physicians who are in attendance on Rear Admiral Dumaresq do not ex-
[On May 15th Rear-Admiral Dumarexq, former commodore of the Australian Fleet, disembarked from the T'anga Maru at Manila. He was conveyed to the Army General Hospital, suffering from severe "pneumonia.]..
FURTHER JAPANESE, NAVAL - CURTAILMENTS.
Torro, July 8th.' The Japanese Navy Department an nounces that in the execution of the cur tailment plan, the naval bases at Port Arthur, and at-Takeshiki and Teiko, in Kores, will be closed down. The Korean reduced to second class. bases at Maizura and Chinkai will be
"APAN'S PACIFIC MANDATES.
REPORT SUBMITTED.
GENEVA, July 8th Japan has transmitted to the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations the second report on her administration of former German Colonies in the Pacific north of the Equator. The report is the first prepared by a Mandatory Power in reply to a detailed questionaire.
COTTON SPINDLES FOR CHINA.
LONDON, July 8th. The wretched weather" which was ex perienced during the first three days of the regatta, improved somewhat to-day.
In the finals of the Grand Challenge, f result of the elections necessitates its re- { EXPLANATION BY MESSES. PLATTS, Leander beat Thames by a length, tiae
mins. 30secs.
Loxpox, July 8th.”
In the Steward's Cup the Elen filings The Ministry of Agriculture report that beat the Grasshopper-club of Switzerland the outstanding feature of the year 1921 easily in amins. 25secs. In the Diamondi- prices, to approximately values ruling Jack Beresford, of the Thames Clab was the remarkable drop in produce Sculls, Walter-Hoover of America, beat the end of 1916. The suddenness of the fall has hit farmers with special severity. easily in 9mins secs In the Ladies for wheat which was 80 in June, fell Plate, Braserose College, Oxford, beat to 488. 8d. in December. Barley which Magdalen College, Oxford, by a length
s. 8d. to 36 3d.: Ent cattle 106s. 54. in 7mins 47secs. was 738. 4d. in January, 462. 2d; on early in the year to 628. 5d: per out. U.S.A. JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT'S INSTRUO:
TIVE VISIT TO ENGLAND. :
In the Thames Cap Worcester College, Oxford, beat Clare College, Cambridge by two feet in Tins Bdsecs. In the Silver Goblets, Magdalen Callege, Oxford, beat Thames by one and three quarter lengths in Bains secs, Loxor, July 8th, For the Wyfold Cup, Thames beat Kings America. He declared that he was see In the Visitor's Cup, Third Ex-President Taft has embarked for ton by, two and a half lengths in Dwins, delighted with his visit to England, and
changes of judicial procedure in Ame Prove most unfal when recommending Oxford easily in 8mins secs. rica.
BRITISH BUDDHIST MISSION.
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POLISH CABINET RESIGNS.
WARSAW, July 8th. The Cabinet has resigned:
GOVERNMENT RETAINS CONTROL
BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION.
RIO JANEIRO, July 8th. Fonseca to appear within a week, other
The Government has ordered. Marahal wise he will be declared an outlaw,
Larne
detained aboard a cruiser.
Afarabul Fonseca has been arrested and
A state of siege has been proclaimed for thirty days. Shells atrack the Ministry of War Office during the fighting, killing four and wounding six
The political situation is clearing, and as the army and navy have taken up a of a military.coup has now disappeared
EARLIER CABLES,
LONDON, July 8th. Messrs. Platts now admit having large orders, amounting to the figures pre- viously quoted, on their books for the Far. East, but not in a single recent order..
to the effect that they had received an [A cable message dated June 4th stated that lessrs. Platts had denied the information conveyed in a previous cable, order for 1,003,000 cotton spindles from Chine.]
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE. EX-MANAGER SENTENCED.
Pants, July 7th. M. Perotte, the ex-Manager of the Banque Industreille de Chime, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment and
fine of 3,000 francs for fraud in the issue of Pacice Company homla; also to three months' imprisonment für embezzlement in connection with the conversion of taals. The sentences are to run concurrently. The Intervener has been awarded 800,000 appeal
All reports from South and West Ire land indicate that the Government forces control the national situation. Thou that he could interpret his (31. Lit sands of Irregulars have been made had obtained information which would Trinity, Cambridge, beat Lincoln Collego,tand by the administration, the threat frnace as dainages. M. Pernotte intends to
practically all the rebel leaders have been prisoners, and in the course of the week rounded up except de Talera, whose whereabouts is a mystery. He is vari in Dublin, accompanying the rebel ously reported as hiding under a disguise remnants in the hills near the city, and * Krasain intervened, suggesting, that
as having gone to South Ireland foment pestions and answers he put in writing a rebellion. His appeal to America
proved a complete failure.
vino's) answer as he liked, and wound up by complaining that the Russians bad been at The Hague for a fortnight and had given all the information required, but got nothing in return.
ing and the sub-commission decided that each side should omit subjects on which Aley disagreed,
CONFISCATED COLD...
Both M. Litvinoff and M. Sokolnikof
EARLIER CABLES. IMPORTANT SUCCESSES OF THE NATIONAL FORCES."
Loxes, July 7th.. were bombarded with questions at the
Cathal Brugha is dead." meeting of the Deht. Sub-Commission. ating at six different bases on a circular One thousand National troops are oper- The questions wore at first, oral, and frost of fifty miles, and have rounded up Fre then handed over in writing, in Irregulars in the hills south of Dabku, ssing machine-guns and bombs; they have ejected bands of mutineers from positions M. Sokolnikoff was searchingly queen woods, fields and villages. Troops, tioned regarding the origin of the gold erating from the Curragh, drove a wedge
into the retreating Irregulars and entr @guring in the Budget, and replied that and prisonered thirty. The various attack all funds were derived from confiscated ing sections joined up to the evening and surrounded the main body of rebels in a Lhurch property, employed solely to fight strong position in the hills between Bles- the famine.
sington and Bratas. Escape ia hopek sa,
July itth
Cavan, surrendered after an all-night Eght to a National force of 300,"
order to ease the stroja.
la cable message dated June 17th stated that Ex-President Taft. was visit jadicial procedure, with a view to recom ing England for the purpose of studying...
ending certain changes in UBA law.]
AMERICAN STRIKE
DISORDERS. FATHER WOUNDED AND - SON
KILLED
CHICAGO, July 8th Numerous disorders are occurring in connection with the strike which started on July 2nd. The atrikers stoned the strike-breakers into the Clinton work guards, who were escorting a party of shops to
The guards fired a volley, wounding a striker and killing his fourteen year old son.
Two companies of Stato infantry are proceeding to Clinton imediately "THE DUTCH LOAN. SECOND INSTALMENT.
LEAVES FOR “TIBET.
LOYDON, July 8th.
BRAZIL QUIET.
A British Buddhist Mission to Tibet,
BIO DE JASKILO, July 7th. with the object of investigating customs,
The Governanc
announces that the religion, language and monastic liters editious movement has been completely turo, will shortly leato. Some of the suppressed. members BIO already proceeding to Ladia.
BRITISH INDIAN CONVOY "ATTACKED.
ONE OFFICER AND EIGHT" MEN KILLED
BLA, July 8th. British Convoy near Bararitangi. Ons Jalakhal Mahands on July 1st attacked British officer was killed and the casual killed and three wounded. ties amongst other ranks were eight
RUSSIAN TSARIST OFFICERS, BENTENCED. FOR MURDER:
B BERLIN, July 8th The Russian Tsarist officers, EchaLelaki and Tthoricki were sentenced, respectively servitude for shooting M. Nabokoff and attempting to shoot M. Milinkof.
COUNTY, CRICKET.
PARLIAMENT DEBATE DEFERRED.
PARI, Inly 7th The Bill relating to the Banque In. dustrielle will not be discussed before Parliament adjourns on the 12th. instant, MARSHAL JOFFRE'S INFLUENCE. LONDON, July 6th.
▲ Paris message says that nothing Very sations has yet been done to put the principle of saving the Banque Indus- trielle de Chine into effect, and Marshal
·BAIN: PREVENTS COMPLETION OF Joffre's attention will be of importance.
in setting: the institution on its feet.
MORE FOLITICAL SCANDAL -
LIKELY.
MATCHES,
London, July 7th Owing to main, no matc
Were com plefed.
Regarding the way in which the Bank's At Sheffield, Yorks led on the first innings torate, the newspapers of the right
Affairs Mame Conducted by its Paris dirno against Derby.
Fazliamentarying anggest that an ela
brat innings against Warwick.
At Leicester, the home county led on the borate pettinal, and financial scandal
pt
At Liverpool, Bussex led on the pammings against Lancashire, BRITISH TROOPS FOR CHINA NOFTH LANCS." COMING EAST.
Lostor, July 7th
The Lat. Eoyal North Lancashires are
Constantinople.
mast eventually be brought to light The corruption of Deputies is hinted at, and the word Panama, is whispered.
count noms of these suggestions be While it is donbilera necessary to dis- longing to that violent parts warfare, which the French carry to such matters, with a lack of reticence which is really fundamentally healthy, overtho as it must be recognised that a moru to involve not only M. Briand, but even M Millerand, who each, when Promier, Itovally supported M. Berthelot.
Both Sub Commissions adjourned to An Irregular garrison at Curraghtown, for the second instalment of 150,000 to twelve and, fourteen years pent shortly proceeding to North China from or less direct attempt, is in the making
AMSTERDAM, July 8th. Sugeriptions are opening on July 15th, Borins in the State Six por cent Loan of 300,000,000 florins.
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