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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES, '(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
IRELAND'S GUERILLA
WARFARE.
· ERPUBLICAN PROCLAMATION IN
CORK.
Losos. July 11th." An unconfirmed, report states that a Republic has been proclitimèd in Cork. with which place communications are interrupted.
The Irregulars af Drumkeen last night ambushed & motor car conveying National troops with a letter to Kenny (Raphoe area), One National was killed, one wounded, and another is reported miss. ing.
BARLIER CABLES. HEAVY CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
Losnos, July 11th. The list of casualties sustained in the recent fighting in Dublin, "issued by the Irish Army Headquarters, shows that 19 National soldiers were killed and T11 "wounded, whilst it is estimated that 95 elvilians were killed and 281 wounded."
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 13TE,
LATEST CABLES.
THE PRINCE'S "TOUR,
FURTHER LIST OF HONOURS,
Landos, July tith. In connection with the tour of HR.H. the Prince of Wales. H.M. the King has made a number of appointments to the Royal Victorian Order, including. a Knight Commandership to Admiral Sir Alexander L Duff. K.C.E, C.B.
Commanderships to Capt. Hon. Her bert Meade, "R.N.. D.S.Ö., commanding the "Renown, Brig. General Charles R. Woodruffe C.M.G., C.B.E., and Lieut. Colin J. Davidson, C.I.E., British Consul
at Tokio..
Members of the Fourth Class, Capt. E. D. Metalfe, and Mr. R. "B. Osborne. Private Secretary to the Gov ernor of the Straits Settlements. ANGLO-ITALIAN DIPLOMATIC
CONVERSATIONS. . IMPORTANT RESULTS OBTAINED,
"Roma, July 12th
Signor Schanzer, Prime Minister of Italy, when making a statement to the The city has been quiet since the fall Chamber Foreign Committee, on the sub of the Sackville Street stronghold, ex-ject of his conversations in London, eept for occasional night sniping in the declared that important results had been obtained and the Anglo-Italian situation sudarbs. The tranquillity was broken last night by two ambushes of military had become clearer, whilst Italian inter- lorries, one near Stephen's Green and ests bad in no wise suffered the other on the Stillorgan Road. The masailants were driven off and escaped.
Warfare in the country districts is af an increasingly guerilla character, the Irregulars evacuating their positions before being attacked and frequently
line Burning buildings in the
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BRITISH ENGINEERING FIRMS IN EAST INDIES.
ENDEAVOUR TO FORM CONSOR- TIUM NOT SUCCESSFUL.
COUNTY" CRICKET. TORES AND LANCS AGAEN VICTORIOUS.
LONDON, July 11th. At Birmingham, Lancashire defeated Warwick by seven wickets, Hallows scoring 93, while Parkin captured seven wickets for #1 in Warwick's first innings.
At Gloucester, the home county defeat- ed Worcester by an innings and 2 runs. For the winners Packer captured gloven wickets for 30.
At Hulls, Yorks defeated Sussex by an innings and 100 runs. Evidently this was bowler's match. For Sussex, Gilligan, the old Cantab fast bowler, took six wickets for 20; while for the winners. and Rhodes six for Waddington captured seven for 6 runs
At Leicester Hants led
the first innings. For the southern county Lieut.
Major Fowke scored 75 and 8t.
Day scored 71, while for the home team
WORLD'S TENNIS
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CHAMPIONSHIP.
RESULTS OF THE SEMI-FINALS.
LONDON, July fith," At Wimbledon the semi-Gnals in the Lawn Tennis Championships resulted ad follows:-Anderson and Lycett, beat the Americans Mathes and Cuner, by 6/4 6/3, and 6/2
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FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) OHANG TSO LIN GOVERNOR
OF TENGTIEN.
PEKING, July 19th.
It is unofficially reported that the Government intends to offer" General Chang Tso Lin the posts of Civil Governor of Fengtien and Chief of Chiangchanfu (Chiang Chun Club).
GENERAL LIU AND GENERAL *
ESTUNG'S FORCES OLASE,
1932
SCOTTISH LETTER." THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
[TRON QUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
EDINBURGH, June 7th. Among the Scottish recipients of Birth day Honours the most notable is the Peerage conferted upon Sir Archibald Williamson, Bart, M. F. for Moray and Guthrie, of ragged schools" fame, and Nairn. A grandson of the late Dr. Thomas
the son of the late Stephen Williamson, M. P., of Glenogle, Forfarshire, he is * partner of the great shipping firm of Balfour, Williamson, & Co. anda direc tor of the Central Argentine Railway, Lobitos Oilfields, and other companies. He is a prominent Scottish Parliamentarian, and. was Fiennoial and Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office. His 'eleva election in Moray and Nairn. tion to the Lords will eatail by
PEKING, July 19th." Hsiung Keh Wa's forces met, and an General Lin Hsiang's and General
engagement was fought on the stk at
Brig. Gen. H. J. W. Drummond, who four points; Hochow, Chungchow, Wan-receives a Baronetcy, is Chairman of the Tondou and South-Western Bailway, of hsica and Tigakianghsien. The results which scormous use was made during the are wit known.
war. He is the son of Sir James W. Drummond, Bart. of Hawthornden, Mid GENERAL HSU COMES TO SUN'S Lothing, and a member of the Royal
Bodyguard, of Scotland..
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beyond that of any other nation, and for this success Major Purres was largely responsible.
LOAD TECHCAPE AND ARBROATH.
Lord Inchcape of Strathnavar, a member' of the mission to India in the autumn which is to "try and reduce the ex- penditure," has been presented with the freedom of his native towa, Arbroath. He left the burgh 50, years ago in search of: fortune,and found it. His Lordship bas relief of the deserving poor connected with made a gift of £20,000 to be devoted to the
the sen industries of Arbroath.
LORD MORLEY AS POST-BAR.
In the course of a speech at Arbroath, Lord Inchcape said that he served under Lord Mortey, another honorary burgess of Arbroath, on the Council of India for a number of years, and be told a Gilbertian story in which Morley played the role of Pooh-Bah. "After Lord Morley bad retired from the India Office," said Lord Inchcape,
he became Lord President of the Council, and was succeeded by the Marquis of Crewe, Lord Crews got ill, and Lert Morley was called upon in the emergency to act as Secretary of State for India for & few months. Sir Edward Grey, as he was at that time, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, also got ill, and Lord RESCUE.
Morley took over his daties too. He thus The new Knights include John Macpher became at one and the same time Lord- Pravo, July 12th.son, C.B., FE.CP., recently appointed President of the Council, Secretary of Unofficial reports state that Hsu Chung Professor of Psychiatry in the University of State for India, and Secretary of State for Patterson and O'Hara Wood heat Chih's troops, proceeding to Cauton, in rendered great service in connection with opinion arose between the Foreign Office. Sydney, New South Wales, who has Foreigo Affairs. A serious divergence of Norton and Roper Barrett by 6/1, 3/6, abeyance to Dr. Sun Yat Sen's orders, Scottish lunacy administration. Another and the India Office on a certain subject. 8/7, 6/3,/und 15/13. Geen and Mrs. MeNate by 6/0 aud 0/1,tachment, Gity i to the eastward of Glasgow Town Council. Among his argue the care for India, which we did to Mile. Lenglen and Miss Hyun beat Mrs. have dispersed Chen Chiang Ming's do Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and the State, I was called on by Lord Morley to Knight is William F. Russell, of the With the Permanent. Under Secretary of
mect, Mrs. Stocks and Mias Shut Chow. Further fighting is expected services during the war was the raising at the best of our ability. Lord Morley and now McKane in the final.
soon between Shiuchow and Yintak his suggestion of the 17th Highland Light having beard what we had to say, with WORLD'S BOXING
Infantry, Chamber of Commerce Battalion. & twinkle in his ere said, 'The Secrt- George William Chrystal, one of the tary of State for India is seized with the K.C.B., is a ton of the late Professor Indian point of view, and he will now Chrystal, Edinburgh University, and has collaborate with the Secretary of State for THE S.S. * KAM MA” SOLD | served in the Admiralty and Home Office. Foreign Affairs, and if these two dignitaries The Hon. Bonald C. Lindsay, made a AT LAST.
do not agree he will refer the matter to the C.B., is a brother of the Earl of Crawford, Lord President of the Council."" and is the Assistant Under Secretary for PETSTWICK REFLECTIONS. Foreign Affairs, Sir Auckland Geddes, andor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary who receives the G.C.M.G., is Ambas-
to the United States.
CHAMPIONSHIP.
DEMPSEY AND WILLS SIGN CONTRACT.
New York, July 11th. " Dempsey and the negro, Harry, Wills. have contracted to box for the world's heavy-weight championship, the time and place to be arranged later.
TWO NEW BRITISH BATTLESHIPS.
TO COST ES,000,000 EACH.
Lox, July 11th.
Hsien.
VESSEL REALIZES $10,000. After having been in the hands of the Buctioacers for several months, the s.8. Kuwe Jia was sold yesterday without. reserve at public auction by Messrs. Lam-
mert Bros. auctioneers, for $10,000 to the Asia Corporation and Development Com-
pany.
THE CLOUDS OF RACIAL, WAR.
Losbos, July 11th. Sir Walter B. Townley, at the annual retreat. The condition of the prisoners meeting of the British Chambers of Com taken indicates that the Irregulars are meret in the Netherlands and East Indies. dispirited "and poorly armed and sursaid that endeavours to form a consortium
of engineering has which had set up that notwithstanding aircraft and sub- Sham Shui Po und has been sold under The as. Kam Mo is at present lying off establishment in the East Indies, in order marines, the Admiralty believes it feaan order of the Court. She is a wooden the Dail Eireann, and a number of other to successfully compete with foreign in-sible to build capital ships that will be ship of approximately 1,800 tons capacity and Far East. In the world today, he said, simply does not lead itself to a crowd"
reasonably proof against any likely with accommodation "for prisoners have escaped from Purtobello Auences already established there, had up method of attack; consequently the Gov-Chinese passengers. Her length over all not recognise human worth except in those this respect it differs from all other sports
craïnent declined to reconsider its inten-
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Robert Barton (De Valera's Minister
of Defence) and Macdonagh, members of
Barracks
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LATEST CABLES.
SUPPLYING ARMS TO IRISH
REBELS. ACCUSED FAIL TO APPEAR AT ASSIZES.
LONDOS, July 11th Ax unusual development occurred in Connection with the charges against eloven Irishmen, mentioned in a cuble message dated May 5th, who were re
to the present not been crowned with, suc. cess, but efforts were being made in
several directions.
AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE, PROCLAMATION BÝ PRESIDENT HARDING.
In the House of Lords, Lord Lee said
tion to proceed with the construction of is 252 feet and ber beam is 25 feet, two new battleships, which, with acces sories, would cosi eight millions each, Arid necessitate scrapping four existing battleships "under the Washington agree-
ment,
THE
The Golf Championship Committee must equitable conditions for the Amateur Cham have felt that the problem of derising
pronship, while at the same time confining, the field to managable proportions, had by their Prestwick experience become more The colour problem, and its dangers to the world was the text of the closing acute and baffling than ever. At all costs address of the Rev. Dr. Donald Fraser to it seems imperative that when the Cham- the members of the General Assembly of pionship is played near the great centres of the United Free Church of Scotland. Most population a Saturday final must be avoided.. attention was, naturally, paid to the state of There is nothing undemocratic in this sug Moderator laboured for many years, but masses of the pleasure of watching golf matters in South Africa, where the Bev gestion, nor any intention of depriving the important references were mado to the East at its biggest, and its best, but gald about 800 a great manace was rising because men would of the proportions we had at Prestwick. In whose skins were white, and while they at which men engage in and the crowd delight tempted repression the soul of the depressed identical to both the finalists, and ashup. to watch. Of course, the conditions ate peoples was waking to life, and no power on earth could keep it from expression. Unless pened at Prestwick, both had the temper the teaching of Jesus Christ about bumanament which is impervious to such ex- and raling, of the nations, there would in these might have been brotherhood became the conscience, active traordinary conditions, bat conceivably evitably awaken a greater and fiercier ex-advantage to one of the players. The final plosion than anything in the past. Men of the Ladies Open showed how one tried to find salvation for their own race by player may be worried by the crowd and acts which limited the morementa and the other supremely indifferent to it. But residence of the other races. He knew that that spart, there is far too great risk of the there was terrible danger in the flooding of rub on the green," which might even their land with people of a lower civilisation settle the destiny of the whole event. Church set herself to the full introduction than that of the governors. But if the BESTRICTING THE ENTRY.
The entry of players in the Amateur of the Gospel to all nations, they would Championship is also much too great. One place among the lower races a leaven which would raise the status of the people, and in this way remove the danger of races ming. ling. The menace was not the infusion of colour, but the clash of differing civilis fatione.
ANOTHER MILK CASE. Sanitary Inspector H. L Lockhart prosecuted a Chinese at the Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, for selling, milk not of the necessary substance and quality required under the local ordinance.
The defendant is Lau Mun and he is the proprietor of a dairy at No. 10, Cochrane The case came up for hearing a formal remand of one week for the con- before Mr. E. W. Hamilton who granted
Street.
DUTCH POLITICAL
SITUATION, WASHINGTON, July 11th.
ELECTION CAUSES DIFFICULTY. Following "numerous reports that rail-
THE HAGUE, July 11th. way strikers are interfering with mail
Queen Wilhelmina received the Premier, trains, President. Harding has issued a proclamation warning all persons to recult political situation resulting from the
with whom her Majesty discussed the diff
Train from interference with lawful plections. The Queen receives the Presi-venience of the defence.
dents of the Sintes General' tomorrow. efforts to maintain inter-state trans- portation and the carrying of United U.S.A. TO EVACUATE SANTO
· DOMINGO,
Icased on bail. When the case was called at the Birmingham Assizes, only one prisoner appeared, and the solicitor for the defence said he saw some of his States mails. The proclamation also in
ligats in Dublin a fortnight age. and thej intended to appear at the Assizes. sites the co-operation of public author- PROVIDED RESIDENTS APPROVE, He was not aware of their present where.ities and good citizens, to uphold the abouts, and possibly they were prisoners, laws and facilitate operations essential The State Department has adopted a or dead, or perhaps had taken refuge in to life and liberty and the security of
the mountains.
The Judge accepted the suggestion that they were detained, owing, to circum. stances over which they had no control, and adjourned the trial
[The eleven men referred to were arrest ed in England or a charge of suppling arms to Irish rebels.}
END OF HAGUE CONFERENCE? RUSSIANS' IMPOSSIBLE ATTITUDE
THE HAGUE, July 12th.
The President of The Hague Confer.
race has announced that no useful pur pose could be served by continuing the discussions, owing to the attitude of the Russians.
NEXT REPARATIONS PAYMENT.
ANGIO-FRENCH DISCUSSION.
LONDON, July 19th.
It now transpires that Prointer Poin- care was not invited to proceed to London earlier than originally arranged, as buted in an earlier cable message, as it is understood that neither the British nor French Premier considers that there is any need to precipitate allied action, but the two Premiers will thoroughly discuss the situation when M. Poincare goes to "Toulon at the end of the month.
BARLIER. QABLES,
HELPING GERMANY OUT::
** PARIS, Juno 11th. The Reparations Commission has de cided to credit Germany with 18,000,000
property..
EARLIER CABLES,
MORE " DIRECT ACTION "
METHODS.--
WASHINGTON, July 11th,
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tentative programme to evacuate Santo Domingo, provided that it can be ascer tained that evacuation meets with the approval of the majority of the Domini can people.
RAILWAY DISASTER IN SPAIN EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAINS COLLIDE.
MARVELLOUS! -
The Magistrate to defendant: So you have never emptied rubbish over the verandah in your life!
The Defendant': · Never.. The Magistrate: Marvellous! You are the first Chinese woman I have met who does not do so,
Chinese political circles in Shanghai are, much intrigued concering the arrival there of M. George Hsu, Chief Judge of the Court of Cessation at Canton, and especially concerning his subsequent departure for Peking. He has been described as being charged with ä mission from Sun Yat Ben, but someone claiming to speak authoritatively has denied this report.
CHICAGO, July 11th Several railways have curtailed the
PARIS, July 12th. mail-train schedules, owing to the shop. A message from Madrid states that 30 men's strike.."
were killed and 30 injured in a collision "The Wabash Railway authorities report train near Valencia. The latter was between the Galician express and a mail that three thousand miles of line have mostly filled with passengers going on holi- It is reported at Hankow that an agree cossed to operate,
day. The dead include a judge; a gent has been reached between the Trouble continues at various places senator, and a deputy.
Tuchun Teao Kun and the Chief of the where collisions have occurred between
Aviation Bureau, for the opening of the strikers and strike-breakers,
| FATAL FACTORY EXPLOSION, regular air service between Poking and Neither the owners nor the miners have FIVE YEARS PENAL SERVITUDE it is said, that the expenses required for Hankow. Arrangements have been made, yet replied to Président Harding's "pro- posals for a resumption. Neither pro-
the equipment are to be borne by Tann fosses satisfaction with the proposal.
Kun and that aeroplanes and aviators will be supplied by the Aviation Bureau. mails and will cover the distance between The aeroplanes will carry passengers and Peking and Hankow, in eight hours.
FOR OWNER
Losos, July 11th.
HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM. March last in a factory at Tipton, which In connection with the explosion in PROPOSALS BY THE GOVERNMENT.esulted in the death of eighteen girls,
LONDON, July-Lith.
In accordance with the Government's reform proposals, the reconstituted House of Lords will consist of 350 members made up of four categories-brstly, the Royal and Spiritual Law Lords, who elected directly and indirectly from out w be
secondly, members permanent, side; thirdly, Hereditary Peers elected by their order; and fourthly, members elected by the Crown. The last three categories will have a limited tonore.
The right to veto Money Bills will continue to be withheld from the Lords, but a joint Committee of the two Houses. will replace the Spo'er of the House of Commons as the arbiter of what con stitutes a Money Bill.
gold marks on account of interest of the The House of Commons present power Commission's reserve fund, payment for to enforce Bills in orrtain cases during d5eu, etc., thus reducing the indemnity || the lifetime of a single Parliament with payment dup on the 17th inat, to out the consent of the House of Lords $132,000,000. It in understood, Germany shall not apply to measures amending the has agreed to pay.
constitution of the "House of Lords.”
John Walker Knowles, the owner, has been sentenced to, five years' penn! servitude, on a charge of manslaughter. Mr. Eber Chadwick," the manager, was acquitted.
EXPLOSION AT GERMAN EXPLOSIVES DEPOT,
BERLIN, July 12th. is an explosion at the Groden explosives Thirty workmen were killed or injured
depot, near Cuxhaven.
'INDIAN POLITICAL
DISTURBANCES, NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND PRISONERS.
Srata, July 11th Excluding Moplah convicts, the total number of prisoners taken in the recent political movement amounts to 3,815.
(Continued at foot of next column.)
COLLAPSE OF THE MARK.
ANGLO-FRENCH DISCUSSION.
LONDON, July 11th.
M. Poincare is due in London at the end of the month to attend the Allied George huis invited him to come earlier to Near-Easter conference, but Mr. Lloyd discuss the serions European situation following the collapse of the mark, par ticularly in connection with reparations A GERMAN MANIFESTO.
BERLIN, July 11th » The National Trades Federation has issued a manifesto declaring that the world's peace and economic progress are at stake, and exhorting the members to endeavour in every way to prevent strengthening the position of the German
reactionaries.
On the Western Pacific slopes were 500 million Asiatics with the smallest allotment of land per capita of any "nation on the earth. On the eastern slopes were six millions of whites with the greatest allot. ment per capita of any nation on the earth. No legislation in the world could keep these people apart. Salt water of different densities when it met was bound to coalesce. And the nations which dreaded the coming of one another were bound to see the day when they could no longer be kept apart. He saw no hope for that problem but in the Christian Church, giving Christ's Gospel to China and Japan, levelling up their culture to Christian standards, and Christ's Church, teaching men, in spite of prejudices and hatrede, that before God there was but one race of mankind, and brotherhood was the only key to peaceable relations. ▲ BOUT A BOOT SUCCEEDS.
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out of the difficulty which is finding favour, is to restrict the Championship to players of a certain handicap who are mem- bers of a chab which bas pet its handicap- ping on a proper footing. It might work drastically, but it would speed up the business of standardised handicapping.
ISCELLANEA.
Mr. William 1. Hunter, ex-Amateur_ Champion, is lost to British golf. He has been appointed representative of a Galashiels Woollen manufacturing company, and will sail to America almost immediately. It will be remembered that after winning the Championship--which he has just dropped at Prestwick he went round the leading. golfing centres in the United States.
The estates of Keir and Cawder have
bon registered as a private limited liability company, with a capital of £50,000. The proprietors of the extates, Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling and the Hon. Mrs. Stirling, are the first directors.
the Far East to know that Captain Moody, It will interest many of your readers in the first captain of the famous tea dipper Cuty Bark, is still alive. His addrees in Maodoff House, Auchtermuchty. The Sir William Noble, who has retired from captain is 93 years of age, and though the chair of Engineer-in-chief of the somewhat frail, still takes an active in- general Post Ofhce, is a Scotsman,pro terget in affairs, and in the Catty Sark outside the nunks of Parliamentarians. helped to design and afterwards com bably the best known Scot in London in particular, which as a young man he He is President of the Burna Cint of mandad London; Vice-President of the Aberdeen, Englishman who was a fellow Banff, and Kincardine Association; a traveller with me last week on a short sen tion, a Director of the Royal Caledonian men travel, so much Governor of the Royal Scottish Corpora trip propounded this theory why Scots Schools, and incidentally one of the beverage can be obtained on the high seas most successful of our electrical en much cheaper than anywhere else-and, gineers. He began his career 5 & moreover, at practically all times.
and telegraphist in Aberdeen, BOIS OBITUARY, AN years later this grit and ability gained At New York, Bir Ernest M. Rasburn, for him the post of facturer at Gor-
son of Sir William Enebarn, M.P., for don's College, Aberdeen. After bolding Dumbarton: 44. Sir Ernest was & Glasgow several other posts in Scotland he, in 1897, man, and was for a time bead of the charter. received an appointment on the technical department, afterwards director, of Easburn staff of the Post Office in London. His lag chance came with the telephoning of week from 5 am to 11 p.m. His rise there Landon, when he worked seven days after was rapid and uninterrupted.
Scotland's national
Varel, shipowners. On the outbreak war, being rejected by the Army authorities vices to the Government and filled several on the grounds of health, he offered his ser-
important posts in the Ministry of Shipping, Major T. F. Parves, who succeeds being eventually Director-General of British Sir William Noble, is a Berwickshire Shipping at New York. His home was at Scot. He studied in Edinburgh, served in Auchengower, Helensburgh, on the Clyde. the engineering department in Edinburgh Sir Emest's widow is one of the leading Post Office, and afterwards was transferred Badminton player in the West of Footland, to London. During the war he was res- and invariably takes a high place in ponsible for the electrical equipment of the tournaments Arroy Bigual Service. As is well known, Died, at 8, Midton Street, Springburn, in the later phases of the war the system of Glasgow, George Shearer, aged 76, late telegraph and telephone communications of chief engineer, Orient S, N, Line, alao the British armics reached an extraordinary Canadian Pacific Line, Hongkong and degree of development and efficiency, far Vancouver,