CABLES.
MARLIER CARLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.} REPARATIONS CONFERENCE
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 1932
DEATH OF LORD
NORTHCLIFFE.
A FORCEFUL PERSONALITY."
LONDON, August 14th. Lon Northcliffe's end was perfectly, peaceful. The evening newspapers pub-| fish long, descriptive biographies by well-
foresight, tireless energy and unshakable
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ILLICIT OPIUM TRAFFIC. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
CABLE
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NEWS.
EFFORTS AT MEDIATION
{THROUGE BKUTEE'S ACKNOT.] SHOPMEN'S DISPUTE.
SING-JAPANESE COMMISSION. LONDON, August 14th.
WASHINGTON, August 14th.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS REACHED The League of Nations announces, that
The lenders of the non-striking organi
Prking, August lith. twenty of its members, including the antions, after conferring with President
At a meeting of the
PRESS AND WORLD AFFAIRS. PREMIER ON ITS INFLUENCE.
Diplomatie and journalistic represanta- tives of several countries were guests on June 30th at the dinner of the British International Association of Journalists, held at Prince's, Beaturant, Piccadilly, under the chairmanship of Sir William Berry, the newly-elected president of the section of the association..
Mr. Lloyd George, apologising for his in
known publicists, paying tribute to principal European countries, with Ger-Harding, announced that they would Sino-Japanese Commission this morning ability to accept an invitation to be present, A strong impression prevails that the independence, describing him as the many, also China, India. Japan, «Siam continue their efforts at mediation in the the Japanese tabled an inventory, of wrote:
Napoleon of the Press and one of most forceful personalities in public
and the British Colonies nocepted the system of import certificates recommended
the life by the Opium Advisory Commission on
FAILURE. GRAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRITAIN.
LONDON, August 14th.
Allied Conference has broken down. A definite statement is at present unobtain able. The three Allied Premiers and Barva Hayashi and Signor Schanzer
TRIBUTE BY THE “DAILY NEWS." attended a session at Downing Street Seymour Price, states that the infective The Daily Neurs pays tribute to the this morning which was adjourned at endocarditis, which was not improbably League's accomplishment and says that to lunch time, when it was noticed that started during his world tour, was una certain degree, illicit traße in opium Poincare shook hands with M. Theunis able to be checked owing to lowered will no doubt survive, as it survived in and other delegates as if he were taking resistance induced by a strenuous life. the slave trade in face of International farewell.
Streptococci found its way into the blood-agreement, but an enormous' moral gain
!
THE CAUSE OF DEATH. Lord Northcliffe's physician,
Dr.
May 18th.
shopmen's strike
S
UNION PACIFIC OPERATIVES
.....
RESUME" WORKMAN
SAN FRANCISCO, August 14th The strike of operatives on the Union Pacino Railways has been called off. Four trains left immediately, for the east..
SOFT COAL STRIKE NEARING · THE END,
CLEVELAND, August 14th. The soft coal strike in Central and
North-west Virginia and 'Michigan will probably end to-day, as the miners and
additions and improvements to, wharves and warehouses, the total of which, omitting depreciation, follows:-Wharves, including warehouses, Yen 884,911; har- bour works, Ten 1,320,782.
After a detailed statement from Mr. Akiyama, the Commission decided to refer the matter to the Sub-Committee on Public Properties for study and investiga- tion.
of this
But for the pressure of other engag ments I should have been delighted to have accepted your invitation to be present at the annual dinner of the British Interna tional Association of Journalists, the objects of which have my warmest sympathy, and appreciation. Nothing can do more for in ternational understanding and amity than and other countries in
personal a political intercourse. With the
Shoir tuntity for forming s a correct public opinion, by their leaders and articles, and by the interpretative treatment of the news that passes through their hands, they form su and the public, and I for one have no invaluable link between the Governments
hesitation.in expressing my personal grati- two years of stress and storm.
the linking up of the por
The Cabinet meets this afternoon after stream, despite the application of every has been made in that the countenance of 1SHTE Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois lees stations to the effect, that there was de for the services rendered in the last
which an announcement is expected.
treatment known to medical science.
Governments is withdrawn from the traffic
to this morning's meeting of Premier FUNERAL SERVICE AT THE ABBEY and that condign punishment will hore operators have agreed in principle on a
LONDON, August 14th.
The funeral service for Lord Northcliffe
and Signor Schanzer and Baron Haya- shi a proposal was made, according to a French source, that a provisional mera will be held at Westminster Abbey on torium should be granted now and a final Thursday. The burial will take place at decision taken in three months, but M. {St. Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley, Poincare was absolutely opposed to any
TRIBUTES AND CRITICISMS, moratorium without guarantees. “Å plen. ary session of the Conference is being held
at five o'clock. The pozition is regarded as met grave.
A DISCUSSION ON AUSTRIA'S POSITION.
LATER
after follow its detection,
this change, has done something to atong Great Britain by her leading part in
for the long disgrace of her enforcement of Indian opium upon China. AUSTRIA WANTS ANOTHER LOAN.
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MB. LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEW
LONDON, August 15th...
wage acnic. The output of the mines affected is 00,000,000 tons anually.
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U.S.A. BAILWAY STRIKE.
SETTLEMENT PROSPECTS FADE AMIDST CHAOTIC
CONDITIONS.
WASHINGTON, August 14th. The Railway exceutives havò left Wash-
The Chinese replied to the Japanese proposals regarding telephone and wire
no necessity of arriving at any special Japanese Innguage by the telephone ope arrangement regarding the use of the
rators, but the Chinese declared that for the convenience of subscribers some ope- rators understanding Japanese might be employed temporarily The Chinese did not object to opening the Tsingtao and Tsinaniu wireless, stations for public use, but did not agree to use the Kana alphabet.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHANG -
TSO LIK
The death of Lord Northcliffe has evok fed very numerous expressions of grief at bome and abroad. Expressions of sym- pathy flowed to Lady Northcliffe through- It appears that the, Austrian "Note con-ington convinced that the strike will RAILWAY AND SALT QUESTIONS. out yesterday, the senders including Presisidered by the Conference requested a It is now definitely stated that as far dent Harding, Mr. Hughes (Prime further loan of $13,000,000. She declares as the question of reparations is concern. Minister of Australia) and M. Millerand, that unless the money is forthcoming the Government will be obliged to declare its
continue.
PEKINO, August 15th.
ing
It is stated that it is not expected that Mr. Lenox Simpson (one of the Gov-being surrounded by English people, which
Our Guests" in the place of Sir Harry James Yoxall, proposing the toast of Brittain, said these were days when people talked of internationality. Everything was to be internationalised Friendship and unity between nations each nation remain- itself, was a fine thing and a good thing, but the internationalism which meant uni- the natural there which made the hip of peoples differences and nations worth living, would be a bad thing (Cheers) He would hate to seo Earopo Anglified, or Americanised, or Fren- chified, or, (still, more, Germanised). (Hear, hear.) In every country there were inherent differences from any other. (Cheers.)
The Dutch Minister, acknowledging the toast,-paid generous tribute to the Eng- fish people. Every diplomatist, he declared, wished to spend some of his time in London, for the pleasure of living among and “
was the great charm of
of a post in Londen. the Government will attempt any further ernment's advisers) has returned from The English had two words which were not
language. ed, the Inter-Allied Conference has broken | President of France.
compromise, but the union leaders will Mukden whither he went to investigate to be translated in any other lan
gentleman and.."lady." (Cheers.) His down. This afternoon's Plenary Session | The life story of Lord Northcliffe in
questions relating to the Faking-Mukden country and ours. had had their differ remain at Washington for the purpose of cases the economic and financial situa: featured in all the morning papers which inability to carry an
railway and Manchurian salt. Mrences in the past, but we were both chipa
from one block. (Cheers) tion of Austria.
It is understood that term him the Prince of Journalists. They
Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that continuing a month's mediation.
Simpson states that, after a great deal of A message from San Francisco says discussion, Chang Tso Lin consented to referred to the task of the restoration of The Roumanian Minister, also replying, the main rock over which the Conference dwell on the greatness of his genius the 12,500,000 had been already advanced that the situation on the Far Westers has split concerned the question of the tremendous power he wielded, and his without appreciable improvement. It was railways as the result of the strike con- restore the rolling stock and allow the Europe, and spoke of the need of begin- ning the work with countries which were control of Clerman state mines, the forests remarkable achievements in transforming only fair to tell the League of Nationstalled but any trains have been resumption of ordinary traffic on one in seed of a little help and which, if helped
stalled because the strikers refuse to man condition which he (Mr. Simpson) com in time, would become allies in
the work of Buhr and the occupied Rhineland. M. the newspaper world and pay tribute to that the powers all felt the extreme diff them. They consented, however, to move unicated to the President this morning]
The one thing needful was a six trains, marooned in the desert points
of the situation. More than ever, to less uncomfortable places. his great human qualities and his devo culty of making further subscriptions.
and which will be available for publi- his country wished to enter into the most- would yield a very large sum in the waytion to Great Britain and the Empire is SENSATIONAL LOW VALUE President Earding has telegraphed to cation as soon as the matter has been con-intimate relations with Great Britain.
the Governor of Arizona offering the sidered by the Government.
(Cheers). of guarantees, but the British considered emphasised by numerous leader writers.
nasistance of the Federal Government to the achers economically unsound and Wide acknowledgment is made of the
relieve the hardships of marooned pas Burgers at North Bergens, New Jersey. would create the risk of German miners striking if they were subjected to Allied direction. Italy and Belgium shared the French views, with modifications.
Poincare insisted that Allied control
ONE POINT AGREED ON.
Lospos, August 14th..
beneficient part he played in promoting the Irish settlement.
The Northcliffe organs pay very warm tributes to his qualities as a man and an employer.
The Time says his greatness, and genius were beyond question..
1
OF THE MARK."
OTHER CURRENCIES ALSO
DEPRECIATE..
LONDON, August 14th. A scasational new low value record for the mark was registered early to-day, when, in consequence of the breakdown The Daily Mail describis him as a great of the London Conference, the price
receded to 4,530 marks to 21, compared. journalist and patriot.
with 1,370 marks to £1 yesterday.” Other currencies depreciated sympathetically..
The Daily Telegraph writes of him as a great man and a great Englishman.
The Morning Post says his essential bigness was undeniable.
The Daily Chronicle terms his death poignant human tragedy,
The Daily Graphic says his purpose was to make a better, stronger and happier Empire.
The Clearing House debta question has been settled by the Conference adopting the Expert Committee's proposal that Ger many must pay the £2,000,000 due on Angust 15th, within four weeks thereafter, the various Governments to arrange separately with Germany regarding pay ment of their antionals' debts, subject to the-Reparations Commission's approval. M. Poincare and M. Theunis declared that the proposals involved a sacrifice of
The Daily Mail, says his genius gather. principle, but they agreed thereto for theed the greatest congregation that ever suke of Allied unity...
assembled, but he had nothing to say that íuattered.
WE AGREE TO DISAGREE."
LONDON, August 14th. The utmost was done to bridge the differences between M. Poincare and Mr. Lloyd George before the breakdown.
Signor
Schanter proposed the postpone ment of the Conference for six or eight weeks. Mr. Lloyd George accepted, but Poincare stipulated that meantime Germany should meet the obligations Bignor. Schnitzer and Mr. Lloyd George alissanted but offered to allow the Repara tions Commission to decide the German payments, during the adjournment. France disagreed, whereupon the negotis tions ended, Mr. Lloyd George declaring “Wo arged to disagree."
The fears that the breakdown will is volve a breach of the Entente is allayed by the fact that M. Poincare subsequently joined in with others in considering the Austrian question.
The Daily Express says he was a whole- hearted patriot and his services to the
Státo invaluable.
A more critical notë is voiced in Liberal and Labour organs.
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The Daily Herald says his vast influence was used almost consistently for evil on
coral questions of public policy.
PRESS VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE BREAKDOWN.
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EMPIRE-WIDE PATENTS.
REPORT BY OVERSEAS CONFERENCE.
LONDON, August 14th.
The report of the conference of repre- sentatives of the Patent Offices of the Dominions, India, the Crown Colonica, and Protectorates held in London in Junc to consider the practicability of institut ing a system of granting patents which will be valid throughout the Empire has been issued.
Regarding the Salt question, the post tion is more complicated, Chang Tao Lin's 1. Three boghs were hurled at a passenger position being that inasmuch as other pro train crossing a culvert. Each struck a vinces are retaining their salt collections, carriage, shattering the windows and and Feugties had remitted four-eigh ning teh pasengers
A message from Portland (Maine), teonths millions of dollars to the Govern states that fifteen locomotives of the ment this year, it will require a special Maine Central Railway, with a round- house, were destroyed by are. The police Salt Conference at Peking of all the pro declare incendiarism to have been the vines to secure a general resumption of
payments.
cauzu.
USA. COAL STRIKE,
CONFERENCE ARRANGED.
CLEVELAND, Angust 14th.
HEW JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL FOR HONGKONG.
TOTO, August 15th. Mr. Lewis President of the United Mr. Seiichi Takahashi has been appoint Mineworkers, states that a conference od Consul-General at Hongkong.
will be held with the operators in a few days. Mr. Lewis speaks of the possibility of settling the strike shortly.
JAPAN'S ATTITUDE' TOWARDS CHINA.
Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the anthracite miners, has accepted an invitation to confer with the mineowners with a view A POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE. to reopening mines on the old wage- arbitration. scale, submitting other questions, to
FIERCE FIGHTING IN
IRELAND,TMTM
.
M. Folde Teller, counsellor to the
Belgian Embassy, likewise responding, atter ed the regrets of the Belgian Ambassador for his absence.
other lands" spoke of the difficulties which The Chairman, toasting “ Colleagues from laced foreign correspondents who often worked in a hostile atmosphere, and said that if journalists all over the world knew each other Better; if journalists of the various countries were as familiar with each
other as were ambasadors and ministers, we should have very much less international trouble (chcers) and if they knew damuch of each other as did international financiers, ruch understandings might, randar misun- derstandings between nations very difficult indeed. (Cheers.) He hoped the activities of that association would spread in this and other countries. (Cheers.)
Responses were made by Mr. H. Niell vice-president of the Foreign Press Assoica- tion, and M. Emile Cammaerts, who expressed the opinion that English had become to a large extent an international language.
LAWN TENNIS COMMAND- MENTS.
Toxyo, August 14th. Japan's attitude of non-interference in
Mr. A. E. Beamish has written a book, Chinese domestic affairs and respect for First Steps to Lawn Tennis," and a her sovereignty has been officially reviewer says he has never road a more affirmed. Until China has established a practical, simply expressed, and usefully AN IRREGULAR SUCCESS. unified Government representing the will illustrated book for beginners than this. of the people, Japan consider it in one by Mr. Beamish, himself one of our The conference agreed that a patent
LONDON, August 14th." appropriate and premature to give finan-beat all-round players without pretence which would be operative throughout the Empire was desirable, provided that it The Irregulara bave recaptured Dundalk cial aid to China, which, if done, would to the "panache" of Alonzo, or the so- would not in any way affect the autonomy and made prisoners of the National not only violate the principles of foreign taty of Norman Brookes. The photos LONDON, August 15th of the Dominions or India or the rights garrison. They blew up the police policy already laid down for the purposes by E. ED. Sewell showing the right The breakdown of the Conference in and facilities at present enjoyed by an tarracks and then marched on and of the Washington Nine-Power Treaty, grips and positions, are just the thing
On but hinder the tendencies in China to generally deeply deplored. M. Poincare inventor in those countries. The confer- occupied Danleer snd Drogheda, has reaffirmed that France is now free to ence therefore decided upon a scheme to the other hand, the Free Staters have obards better conditions and real unifice
Lion. take independent action against Grr. establish a central office to receive and tained fall possession of Cork City and suburbs, and have regained Queenstowa, many if she is outvoted on the Repara examine applications for the grant of Youghal, and many other towns and JAPANESE ARMY REORGANISATION. Lions Commission but it is hoped she will patents. refrain from such perilous nction which
FURTHER RETRENCHMENTS. the Coalition organs think signify the tearing up of the Treaty of Versailles SIR VITHALDAS D. THAOKERSEY It is hoped that some harmonious solution will yet be found, possibly by a later
LONDON, August 14th eonference at which Reparations, and
The death is announced of Bir Vithaldas Inter-Allied Debts will be considered together.
Dawoodher Thackersey,
OBITUARY,
villages on the south coast of Cork. The opponents are still engaged five miles out |side of Cork City..
THE " ADRIATIC.” EXPLOSION
SECOND-ENGINEERS HEROISM
TOKYO, August 14th, The first steps in military reorganisa tion were taken to-day, when seven artil lery regiments were disbanded and 320 feld offers, including 42 with the rank of general, officially placed on the waiting
BANDITS ATTACK HARBIN VLADI VOSTOCK EXPRESS.
New York, August 14th. It appears that in the last stage of the [The deceasul controlled five of the The Adriatic has been docked. Capt.list. Conference France stood alone in her largest cotton mills in Bombay He was David stated that he did not know the refural of the foal compromis proposals formerly a member of the Bombay Legis cause of the explosion which occurred in involving an adjournment until after the lative Council and President of the Cor-the hold fifty feet below the main deck Allies had carried out the funding-opera-poration, He was deeply interested to in a pile of coal on which, it is alleged, tions with the United States and immedi-Indian mining and railway extension and thirty tons of brass had been thrown. nto application of guarantees already de- was a director of many Joint Stock Com The passengers paid a tribute to the manded from Germany by the Committee ponies. From 1910 to 1913 he was a mem-heroism of the second-engineer, Mr. The Franco-Italian delegation is pre of Gnarantees. It is pointed out in ths her of the Imperial Legislative Council, Carrigan, who crawled into the gushll
Independent Liberal organs that Mr Calcutta He was knighted in 1906.] hold, rescued a man, and extinguished the Lloyd George might still secure an accept- able settlement by offering to remit France's war debts in return for a more "reasonable view of the Reparations
The Coalition organs rennon with France in friendly but more or less strong terms.
paring to leave to-morrow,
A Paris message says the Reparations Commission in a Note to Germany agrees to a suspension of the instalment due on August 15th until a definite decision is reached.
AUSTRIAN QUESTION REFERRED TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
LONDON, August 14th. The Conference has agreed to refer the austrian qastion to the Longus of Nationa
(Vofiinsted at fact of next column.Y
THE DAVIS CUP.
O'HARA WOOD DEFEATS GOBERT!.
BOSTON, August 1
In the Davis Cup Competition, O'Hard
Bames,
Herrin, Uhavis, as the scene of a des- perate four hours battle between some 5,000 strikers and a small company of mine goards who were on duty at a mine where strike- breakers wees working on Jano 22nd. The
ALL PASSENGERS ROBBED.
A large body of Hanbuses attacked the
VLADIVOSTOCK, August 15th.
Harbin Vladivostock express near Pograd nitchnain, robbing all the passengers During a serious fight, four Japanese soldiers were killed and seven wounded
The Hunhuses were driven off by Chinese Shoops from the neighbouring Chinese Station.
A
To the average player bred on the do- mestic lawn or at the suburban club, often on badly kept courts and with balls which have seen their best days, the temptation to fall into evil habits is overwhelming, to cramp his stroke in order to return the ball over the net anyhow to slice and chop before he has learned to hit fair and square, and hard to the place be wants the ball to go to, and to omit the all-important footwork. To his cost does the writer known these temptations which keep so many of us in the ruck. All these erila and others are we advised by Mr. Beamish to eschew, and told the why and the where fore.
For a man, choose a racket from 18 oz. to 14 oz. da weight; for a woman, 13 ox to 13 oz.
Use a different grip for forehand and - backhand strokes.
back the racket, swing it forward to meet To take an ordinary bass-line ball, swing
the ball, and having struck it let the racket follow through.
Learn to anticipate the Blight of your opponent's ball and be there to meet it,
Put yourself into a sideways postion to the direction of the ball's Hight, with shoulders at right angles to the.net when shaping to make a ground stroke,
The sforaing Fuat aini The Times concur Wood defeated. Gobert by 28, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.fenders were forced to hoist the white far †ALUE RAILROAD HANDED OVER TO After you have made your shot-don'
in thinking that new men are needed to take the reins of British policy, the corner stone of which should, according to the Post, be a sensible understanding with France.
Australia has thus beaten France and meets the United States.
ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN WIN.
Boston, August 14th. The Daily Mas declares that the British people are not going to allow nay British
In the Davis, Cup Competition, Patter administration to quarrel with an allyson (Australia) defeated Cochet (France), for the satisfaction of the Germans, {6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
According to reports received in New York, the coalminers on strike at Herrin, Illinois, seized the strike-breakers and, roping them together in groups of six, ordered them to run out of the town. The strikers, then
MOBOOW.
VLADIVOSTOCK, August 15th. Chita, in principley has decided to turn proceeded to shoot them down. It is stated over the Amar railroad to Moscow, killed in this way. It is feared that the carry out the casential regration of the thult at least thirty strike-breakers were owing to Chits being without funds to
number so murdered is over sixty.
remain ** planted" on the court
In serving, learn to throw up the ball. uniformly
In receiving a service, support the head of the racket with the left hand, a
Always try to play with players better than yourself.
Keep your eye on the bay.