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1: (THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.] THE NEAR EAST SITUATION. LONDON NEWSPAPERS ANXIOUS,
LONDON, September 10th,
The auxiety shown in the London papers regarding the Near East situation is tempered by a note of confidence that the Allies are bound speedily to arrange
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realisation of this.
All agree that the situation demands speedy and Arm handling, and they fort. shadow n swift march of events in dip tomatic quarters during the next few days.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBRE 1918, 1922.
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BELGO-GERMAN REPARÁTION
NEGOTIATIONS. FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS NOT
TAKEN TRAGICALLY,
Larpox. September, 10th.
The failure of the Beigo-German nego tiations is not taken tragically in Berlin, partly, doubtless owing to the prospect of an early resumption.
GERMAN PRESS" OPINIONS. The Forwaerts hopes that the Repara and they welcome indications in the tions Coumission will not now auto Trench Press voicing a desire for thematically enforce its decision, that if Germany failed to reach an agreement with Belgium, she should secure her financial obligations to the end of the year by depositing gold abroad,
The Gremania is convinced that Belgium will accept the extension of six month's Treasury Bills if the Reparations mission does not object, THE FEELING IN ALLIED CAPITALS. This possibility is nos admitted in the unless we are sure that our Allien will
Allied capitais, as it would necessitats "stand by us, or that we are able alone, or
the other Allies consent to forego their with other help, to hold it ourselves. Bat this is a contingency nowhere else enter.share of the reparations after the end of the year, and this is regarded as most tained. On the contrary, the unanimous opinion is that the freedom of the Straits unlikely, especially in view of the phrase must be the cardinal point of British in M. Poincare's speech at Meaux, yes terday, reiterating the determination to policy.
'The Daily Telegraph's Military Corres- pondent" discusses the possibility of with drawing the garrison from the Straits
LEAGUE OF NATIONS DISCUSSION.
THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
GENEVA, September 10th- The Fifth Commission of the League of Nations discussed the opium traffic and unanimously passed a resolution. pro- posed by Professor Gilbert Murray, amended in accordance to a suggestion by Lord Chelmsford, asking the Governments belonging to the faternational Opium
ALLIED DEBTS.
MR. WICKHAM STEED ON REPARATIONS.
had come down to what might appear to be a | FAR sordid level of pounds, shillings and panca,
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or dollars and cents, or franci and lire," or evan marks. The subjects that were pre
cupying the Allied and the ex-enemy. * BIG' LEAD* NEEDED.
Governments and the Government of the United States were reparations on the one : BANDITRY IN SHANGHOW-REGION: Mr. Wickham Ateed, the Editor of The hand and inter-Allied indebtedness on the
TWO FOREIGN ENGINEERS IN" Times, was entertained at luncheon in the other. He believed the moment had come Café Royal on July 27th, by the Foreign when a big lest was neccessary, when Press Association of London.. MJ, de those who strove through the war, who Marillac (Le Journal) presided, and there believed sincerely in the ideals we pro- newspapers of France, Italy, Switzerland, themselves deliberately to realize those e prezent representatives of the leading claimed during the war, engki to sat Japan, the United States, Greece, Sweden, ideals in financial practices France might that Shensi regalars attacked the Bandits wish, and rightly wish, that the imitiative in the région of Shanchow, from the west. and Yugo-9lavis.
The Chairman, proposing the health of should come from her. He, as a quite
PEKING, September 11th Reuter's Kaifeng correspondent anya;-
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Convention not to consent to give licences "Our Guest," said they were all very impenitent Englishman, hoped and be. In the melee which followed the Chinese proud to greet Mr. Wickham Steed, £rstly lieved it should come from this country. prisoners escaped, but two foreign en- because he had been really one of them and for this reason, that we happened to selves, for he had occupied in the hierachy be in a more solvent position than any gineers remain in captivity. of journalism the very position they other country among the Allies.
But there were Imitations upon our action. occupied to day. He had been for years
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for the importation of opium, and other narcotics to which the Convention applies, to natives of countries which have not
LOYANG SCHCOL RAIDED. ratified or enforced the Conreation and
Bandits recently attacked the Middle which have not adopted the system of very brilliant foreign correspondent in We were creditors in regard to the Contin- control of exports and imports approved Paris, Rome, Berlin, and Viends, without ent of Europe, and as creditors we were School in the Eastern Suburb of Loyang- by the Assembly of the League on Sept. mentioning innumerabis other places; and entitled to employ language of a certain and carried off the principat superinten 30th, 1921. The Commission considers they were proud to welcome him that day kind, but we were debtors as regards the the question important and urgent but as editor of what was, in his (M. de United States, and towards the United dent and thirty-nine students, all of whom recognising its complicate technical char Marsiliae) opinion, the premier news States we were not entitled to employ the have since been liberated with the excep- acter, is of opinion that the subject should paper in Europe. There was another rea- same language. That was the vital distinction of five students. be examined in detail by the Consulta- Com-tive Committee on Opium before datinite why they welcomed Mr. Steed. He tion. He believed that this country ought measures are taken. Therefore, it recom. had always held that sincerity was greater without delay to say to the United States, **We OWO you approximately one mends the Assembly to ask the Council and woro important than politics ar to convoke the Consultative Committee na politiciaus. For Mr. Steed to speak out thousand millions sterling. soon as possible to study the question, and his mind was really as essential and business obligation, which we incurred; it if the Committee reports favourably, imperious as the very act of breathing is true, not on our own behalf, but on
LONDON, September 9th. that the Council be asked to give effect Even in regard to France, he could be behalf of others, but as business people we to the recommendations of the Committee most painfully truthful and critical-and intend fully to recognize that obligation, and and not refer them again to the As he knew Mr. Steed loved France, and he we intend to make arrangements for paying Speaking at the Edinburgh Annual Con- was sure that history would say some day it off in the way that will suit you Best ference of the Union of Chines Students sembly."
how both Great Britain and France owed Britain should then turn to her Allies and in Great Britain, Mr. Mon, the President much to him for certain action he took say, "We lent you money, but it really protested against the erroneous idea of in critical and oren in decisive times.
amounted to the pooling of our resources, for the prosecution of the greatest struggle Chinese life propagated by films and Mr. Wickham Steed, in reply, said he recorded in history" We could not enforce novels, wherein Chinese were depicted na was not cre of those admirable people who repayment of that debt. Therefore, we might murderers and barbarians living in a to stabilize European exchanges and to leave to give special performances on great can colleagues might any that that would placed by the type of Chinamsa known as the trained seals," because they were expected no trace of humiliation behind. His Ameri- were possible. These ideas were further occasions. He had been for nearly twenty the United States in an invidious position. years a resident correspondent abroad, a Here again he wished to be quite frank. regular, ordinary journeyman of a fellow, Without the bein of the United States the who assailed the telegraph office nightly with his prose. Therefore, he knew how hard was could not have been won. Having was the work of foreign correspondents. much to lose and little to gain by in He knew that their lives were often thank tervantion, they came in under the influence of a great wave of idealism and stayed less, but he also knew that their work might in until victory was achieved. But having be extremely useful if they were animated rendered us the services they rendered, by the feeling that they had a daty to the and being not a little disheartened by the the country to which they belonged, if they had followed the war, they had withdrawn country where they lived, and a duty to
spectacle of European dissensions which believed in telling the truth as they saw it, somewhat into their own continent, and quite sincerely, without four or favour, with eatain tendency towards aloofness had no ansceptibility to intimidation or to
grownup again. fiattery,
GENEROUS EMOLUMENTS."
GENEVA, September 19th. The Finance Commission of the Longue
THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.
The Imily Telegraph insists on immedi. resorg debts from Germany, and, if Auntci. as "its reporter. Two Sub-Com- their American colleagues sometimes called agree to liquidate it in such a way as to help and of mystery, where impossible things,
strong independent necessary,... take ate private conversations between the
action. The present alternative seems to Allies before the Turkish peace terms are the deposit of gold abroad, which is discussed. The paper anticipates that
regarded unfavourably in London, us
heralding the farther depreciation of the
Kemal is too wise to advance extreme demands, but declares" that the French mark. altempt to distinguish between Thrace. and Constantinople is a rain delusion,
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of Nations appointed the Japanese, Mr.
financial position of the League and the missions were appointed to examine the financial aspect of the final installation of an International Labour Office respec- tively.
Colonel John Ward, who was appointed a member of the second sub-Commission, in a speech, centrasted the retrenchments by public departments in England with the generous emoluments of the Leaguo officials. He said typists of the Secre- tariat, received a larger salary that he did na an M.P.
The Budget for 1933 of the League and
23,000,000 gold francs.
kines the reinstatement of the former by POSTAL STRIKE IN IRELAND. the International Labour Office exceeds
the Turks is bound to affect the control
of Constantinople.
GOVERNMENT WILL PREVENT
INTIMIDATION
AN APPALLING SITUATION.
Lasnos, September 10th. The Daily News, says the situation is
The Irish postal employés, struck at calculated to appal the wisest statesman-six in
the evening after rejecting the ship. The powers are now unable to avoid Government's offer to spread the redne-
[tions of wages over three months, A a definite decision if they wish to avvid]nugifesta issued by the Government the dies the right of civil servants to strike. another disastrous upheaval in and says that picketing will not be Balkans, and perhaps even beyond. Inilowed as on the case of industrial dis demanda giving something more than putes. The Government will use all its paper security to minorities whose forces to prevent intimidation of loyal miscric are a scandal to Civilisation. officials,
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND INTERRUPTED;
The Daily Mail declares that the pro- blera is too critical to be handled any longer by amateurs. A sound policy must be followed, taking into account Imperial responsibilities, and there must be a clear understanding with France.
Writing in the Westminster Guzate Mr. J. A. Spender champions. M. Veni- zelos original idea of Balkan federation, thus obtaining a settlement through the peoples most interested and who alone can be relied on to maintain it.
NEW GREEK CABINET FORMED. ATHENS, September 10th. M. Callogeropoulos has taken the Port." folio of Foreign Affairs. M. Trianda- Alakos has formed›a Cabinet,
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BRITISH ENTERPRISE IN RUSSIA
LEASE GRANTED TO ANGLO- RUSSIAN CO.
BERLIN. September 10th, An agreement has been signed here to-day by Mr. Leslie Urquhart, on behalf of the Busso-Asistie Consolidated Com paoy, and M. Krassin, on behalf of the Soviet Government by which the former obtains a ninety-nine years lease of pro- Iperties in the Urals and Siberin which the Compally previously owned or leased, and secures the right to manke its own Arrangements with workinen on the usual British trade union terms. The Com Telegraphic communication between England and Ireland has erased as the pany received compensation, partly in organ published a violent denunciation Europe that the United States should cancel result of the postal strike.
cash. partly in bonds, for damage to prc of this miscreant correspondent, whom it perties through destruction or nationali-believed to have received, at the expense of sation. Russian circles in Berlin are the downtrodden Italian taxpayer may ANGLO-AMERICAN YACHT"
jubilant, declaring this the largest thousand lire notes in order thus to belaud an Anglo-Russian undertaking the oppressive Government. He secured public
tion of a fall translation of the article, establishment of the Soviet.
whereupon the Vatican organ waxed loud BRAZIL'S NEW FEDERAL in its praise of the magnificent and courage. ous fellow who had trounced the abominable *APITAL
Italian Government as it deserved. After
CUP. AMERICANS LEADING IN FIRST RACE.
OYSTER BAY (Long-Island).
September 10th.
Four English and four American six-
metre yachts competed in the first of six team races for the Anglo-American Cup. The Americans to-day scored 20 and the i
KING CONSTANTINE'S PROCLAMA- English 10 points.
TION.
ATHENS, September 10th. Troopa returning from Anatolia were landed at Piraeus in the most orderly
manner.
MORE SOBER ADVICE BY OTHER
NEWSPAPERS.
since
Rid pE JANEIco, Sept. 10th.. The first stone of Brazil's future federal capital was laid on the general platran south of the State of Goyaz
“HEART OF THE HILLS."""
MARY PICKFORD AS A MURDERYJ8.
AN OFFER TO GERMANY.
Eastender who was taken as a model..
Mr. Mon asserted that the Chinese re
gretted and resented the presence of these people and would like to see the whole lot shipped back to China" He advised students to endeavour to remove this erroneous impression by personal contact while they were in Great Britain."
The
THE CHANGCHUN CONFERENCE. SOVIET DEMANDS.
If it was suggested, "You people in the
CHANGCHUN, September 10th.. Foreign correspondents sometimes needed
Affer adjourning for three days while that great gift of the gods, "a thick skinUnited States are wealthy, you ought to cancel the debts of Europe," they might Those who were not gifted from birth with reply, "But that means we have to pay the Russian delegation communicated with pachydermatous qualities, and who writhed more taxes, for if Europe does not pay, we Moscow and "Chita regarding: disagreo- under misrepresentation or denunciation shall have to pay United States Treasuryment over the scope of the Conference, might find a sense of humour a very good did not merely indle out the gold from an substituie. He remembered once in Rome, inexhaustible reserve. It took the money it the Changchun Conference resumed its more than twenty years ago, he wrote what lent from the pockets of its own citizens, sessions on Sunday afternoon. be thought was a very good article about and the great bulk of those citizens were Russians, acting on instructions from the Italian Government. It distributed hardworking men and women, who in Moscow and Chita, maintained their praise and blame with conscientious in any cases relied upon the interest on partiality, but an Italian semi-official organ the dollars they placed in Liberty Bonds former view that the negotiations must seized upon it, and reproduced it osten- for their
We be conducted between Soviet Russia and ordinary sustenance. sibly in extenso, but carefully expunged must understand these things and the Far Eastern Republic on the one hand all the blame. Thereupon the Vatican realize that every proposal on the part of
and Japan on the other; and that neither or diminish debt resolved itself in American the negotiations nor an agreement can be minds into a proposal that they should limited to Far Eastern questions alone. make sacrifices for peoples who could not The Japanese replied that they would give agree among themselves, and who, Instead of agreeing to diminish their reciprocal an answer at Monday's meeting. burdens and to co-operate in order to pro dace a better future, preferred to quarrel. Therefore, he said, "Let this country that
well-known Mr. W. S. Fleming, a owed a certain sum to the United States American attornay, who has been in wards, in Vienna, if he said anything good say, 'It is a business proposition, I owe you serious conflict with the Judge of the his Honour Judge of the Hungarian Government, it was said the money. I cannot pay it now, but I United States Court for Chin, attended
can pay a certain amount of interest, and last week before he was in the pay of the Magyars; and I will give you my bond for the rest. Lobinger and made a full and complete. later on, if he perceived there might be whether it will be in your interest or not apology in connection with the charge something praiseworthy in the action of the to receive the rest, is your business. My against him of contempt of court Judge Austrian Government, he was nailed in business is to pay."
Lobinger, in reply, said:-As far as he Hungary for receiving money from Austrian
personally was concerned, he bore no coffers.
malice whatever against the defendant During the war, when he was thought to This country, having said that, should in this matter. As Judge of this Court, cutertain pernicious ideas on the Adriatic then turn towards Europe and say in turn however, the only thing he could now say It is somehow difficult to picture smiling question, and particularly on the subject of to France, Italy, Belgium, Yugo-Slavis, was that this case it now before a higher. There are indications, however, that Mary Pickford the world's sweetheart Fiume, he was suddenly promoted to the and the others: You owe me so much. tribunal and, therefore, out of the Court's King Constantine, in a Proclamation, others besides the Action Francaise are as she is called as a potential murderess. position of one of the largest shareholders We have been perhaps a little optimistic jurisdiction and beyond its power to in our estimate of what we can extract, and control in any way. The motion and re Exhorts the people to bear the terrible alive to the danger, of the Kemalists Yet, that is a role which she sustains in the Cunard Line," and was called "an trial with patience and courage. The dictating terms to the Allies in regard to with complete success in "Heart of the international filibuster," or "s noted agent justly extract, from our major enemy, Ger-traction would be deposited in the fles Proclamation refers to the glorious deeds Constantinople as indicated by the Kema Hills," the new picture which came to of Jacob Schiff." By that time be was many. As a business proposal it would of the case. Any further action must of the Army in the past, and says: "It list envoy, Ferid Bey, The Echo National the Coronet Vesterday,
afraid his skin bad become somewhat possibly be better to give a discount for await receipt of the mandate from the is the King's will to do what the Con- draws attention to the danger to Beirut, It is a story of a feud amongst the thicker, and he regretted to admit that cash. Let us see what we can place the Court of Appeal. stitution allows and the nation's interests of Turkish occupation of Smyrna, and mountains of Kentucky. True to a death these. compliments cost him no more sleep figure at. Therefore, you pay us your part,
The daily average attendance in the bed compact, Mary, as the sturdy little than the recent attribution to him of or part of your part, of what the Germans imposed upon me. I confidently expect says that France must not forget Turkey heroine of the plece, shakes her curls and "deliberate and malicious inventions," or ought to pay to you, The others will do Parks at Shanghai is given as 14,773 per day, equal to 457,063 visitors per month. gets after the man who murdered her even the declaration that he had lodged in the same, and we will burn the lot." Having. In comparison with the total foreign father. Running parallel with the trail the same hotel as the French delegation in got to that point. we should turn to the population of the Statement, saya the of vengeance she treads so gritaly are a place that should be nameless. As a matter derinans and say, "You have-behaved very Parks Report for July, this consus fadi- pleasanter paths of love along which abe of fact, telegraphic records showed that be badly. You were responsible for the war. cates that the great majority of resid-' Occasionally strays. Her heritage is flched from her by a gang of land was placed in that hotel by the kindness of You were the criminals of Europe. We eats frequent the parks almost daily. A grabbers and she heads the Ku-Kux-Klan the Imlina official organization, through forget nothing. But as you are human noteworthy feature of this census is that nightriders who go forth and slay the the good offices of his friend, the Marquis beings, and for human beings there is the frequenters of the Public Garden are leader of the gang Falsely secused of Visconti Venosta, who obtained for him always a chance of redemption, forewear more than double that of any previous having fired the fatal shot, she is brought quarters near the sky in the very excellent your bad faith, give up your obstruction, rear during the week ended July 23rd, o trial but the case falls through when company of some old Italian official friends. recognize this limited responsibility, but 40,001 persons visited this garden. The every juryman gets up and claims that Later on, the bulk of that hotel was allotted recognize it frankly, give us guarantees reason for this, marked increase is not it wha his finger that pressed the to the experts of the French Delegation, that there will be no bad faith in the apparent, for the Settlement's population. The Petit Parisien urges that French That the character of the Venice con- trigger. So the story goes on till it and afterwards, to the Polish Delegation, fature, and will get back to rates of has not increased materialy this year. Bigon and other districts on the casters ference will be radically changed is indi- reaches its great crisis-the moment when Such trivial or interested misrepresentations exchange of a calculable level, we will It is not materially affected by the Band, ahores of the Sem of Mormora, where, it cated in a Note presented to the Quni the heroine comes face to face with her ought never to deflect them for a moment resume trade, and we will readmit you, if as the largest numbers frequent it on
father's slayer.
from what they honestly believed to be their you honestly subscribe to the more limited Saturdays, over 6,000, and on Sundays, alleges, British contingents, have replaced Orsay yesterday by the Italian Charge
duty. It was only on the basis of the obligations which we recognize you must about 7,000, when there is no Band. It Greeks. The newspaper patronisingly d'Affaires inviting France to co-operate.
atmost frankness towards oneself, and the accept, we will readmit you on a fair provides, however, this, year, larger lava Baggerty that if the Kemalists advance with the British and Italian Governments northwards to attack these British contin- in sending representatives to meet the Passengers leaving the port of Amoy atmest frankacss towards the readers of and equal footing to the family of Western space; and increased seating accommoda gents, the latter will doubles welcome Turkish and Greek representatives at last year numbered 760 foreigners, and their public, that they could ever make of civilized nations; and then, with that the intervention of French troops, and Venice to discover the possibility of estab451,644 Chinese, while passengers arriving the Press that great regenerating influence done, as a family of Western civilized that the Turks are unlikely to refuse a lishing a preliminary basis of peace. at Amoy were 1,019 foreigners and 415,063 it ought to bey and could be, when it was nations we can become intelligent phy French request to refrain from an attack: According to Paris messages, Freach Chinese Competition for the passenger animated by the true sense of its responsi-sicians to that great invalid in the ourselves out That was what he believed East Bussia--but not before." Me would happen. He might be totally wrong, upon the British.
diplomatic circles consider a suspension traffic to Singapore was so keen at one bility towards the public weal
He imagined that when the American but he was convinced that in the long ran The Matin, referring to reports that of hostilities necessary before a conference Period, says the Commissioner of Custome,
CREDITORS AND DESTORS.
people heard that Europe was beginning to the thing that counted with peoples was Kemalists have been surreptitiously equip can be held, and such suspension entirely that the rate for a steerage passage fell
The countries the represented were to-day settle her affairs, that England had paid the big view, the high line, the thing that ped with Franch; arma, asserts that cer concerns the opposing General Staffs. As, as low as 60 cents per head. Emigration
interest, which gave people a chance. If they could "tain Grecks a year ago supplied Mastapha however, steps have already been taken from this province is always very great, in a position of at the danger. The war, big instalment of with machine guns and rifles, and declares at Angora to secure an armistice, it is and must continue so while work at home the consequences. the war, the mistakes incidentally might militate against her produce that state of mind in the world, it that the British Government must be dis hoped that the conference at Venice may available and when the demand for labour takes made since had placed them in a posi-American grain or cotton, and that the to peoples, if they could put scepticism at a
is insuficient to employ all the labout made at the Peace Conference, and the mis purchasing power in the matter of illusioned if they think French soldiers open in mid-September will participate in a pro-Greel rusade.
is good in foreign countries. The ten- tion in which they verily stood almost on the weight of a debt of one thousand million discount, and relegate mere cleverness of "All that we can give Britain is advice Constantine may abdicate and that M. labourers to return to their native land the more dangerous because they were not American markets for the next twenty or In connection with the rumours that deney; however, is for the bulk of the verge of the abyss. The position was all sterling was going to embarrass the that terms must be made with an enemy Venizelos may be recalled, it is perhaps as soon as they have accumulated enough sustained now by that enthusiasm or that thirty years, they might say, "Let us come whom one cannot beat," says that journal. significant that M. Venizelos arrived in savings to enable them to live in comfort indignation at the wickedness of their foes into the swim again, and help them and
(Continued of foot of next column.): | Paris to-day from Bt. Morite
that austained time during the war They -(Oontinued of feet of seat columna.),
JINGOISTIC FRENCH PRESS
COMMENT..
a demonstration of your known virtues of | attitude in the great war; while the patriotism and concord.”
Temps anys it is unthinkable that the Turks will try to force the hands of the Allies as regards Constantinople or the Dardanelles, or raise a threat of Turco Bulgarian co-operation in Thrace.
Another factor making for the triumph of more sober views in France is the fear of her protégé nations of the Little Entente of Turkish re-entry into Thrace. SCOPE OF THE VENICE CON. FERENCE.
LONDON, September 10th. If French Press comments are an indica- tion, the Anglo-French Entente was never in greater danger than to-day as a result of the Kemalist victories, according to Pario papers, which continuo to talk of Mustapha's success almost as if it were a British defent
troops" be immediately despatched to
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tion:
they could again give confidence and hopp
could begin the upward march towards o calculation to temporary oblivion, then we state of the world that might eventually not be unworthy of the ideals for which wo fought.