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BRITISH POLITICAL OUTLOOK
AN IMPENDING RESIGNATION,
THE UNDER SEKITARY FOR WAR-
LONDON, October 19th. Sir Robert Sanders announced at meeting at Bridgwater that" be had dered his resignation as Under Secretary of State for War, but had been asked not to take further action until Thursday's mpling. He intended to stand as à còn- marrative at the next election.
BARLY ELECTION NOT LIKELY,
Lospos, October 17th."
THR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER - 19TH. 1993,
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS,
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COST OF BRITISH NEAR EAST PREPARATIONS. STATEMENT BY WAR SECRETARY. THE FAR EASTERN BANK AND
LONDON, October 18th.
(THROUGH BITTER'S AGENUÏ.)
INTERNATIONAL EXORANGE,
A PROMOTER.
Sir Worthington Evans, Secretary for ACTION BY LIQUIDATORS AGAINST War, speaking in London, stated that con- trary to the exaggerated estimates, the actual cost of the Government's prepara- tions in the Near East would be under twd and a balf millions sterling.
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TREATY OF SEVRES MODIFICATIONS. CHOOSING THE INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE VENUE,
PARIS, October 17th...
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Quavouar, October 19th. The liquidatore of the Far Eastern and International Exchange have fled
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a suit in the Mixed Court against Liu Yu Feng, one of the original promotors of the International Exchange," for $325,000, alleging that Liu subscribed for 33,000 shares a $50, totalling one and three-quarters million dollars, and inter
CORRESPONDENCE. GINGERING-UP THE GOVERNMENT.
(TO THI EDITOR OF "THE KONOTONG “DAILY PRESS."]
JAPANESE ATTACKS, SAILOR WITH A RAZOR.
ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF A SWORD STICK:
The story of an encounter between, a
LONDON'S TRAFFIC..
SOLVING 'THE PROBLEM OF OVERCROWDING.
The following interesting article is taken from the Financial Times of mail wreck --
Si note in this morning's issue Japanese, named Chijio Yamashita, and
"Thers is no necessity to prove the of your valuable paper a paragraph in an American sailor was old to Mr. existence of the overcrowding of our which it is indicated that lottery is Lindsell at the Magistracy, yesterday heads. One need only travel East to West thoroughfares, and particularly the bridge being run at Bangkok in order to rais wher the Tapanese was charged with or South to North by any kind of con-. funds for the erection of a nursing-home.
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It occurs, for me, that such a lottery unlawfully having in his possession avevance to realise that in many cases it was arrested in would take less time to return to the should be held in Hongkong, where there on stick. The man are so many good sports for the pur-Spring Garden Lane, at 1 m, sester-methods of our ancestor and walk. Who has not felt irritation caused by being held pose of raising funds for the purchase of day marning by Sergeant Russell.
American sailor It appears that an the,, following:-
up, rot minates but often very many An up-to-date public bathing beach and the arrested man had some trouble minutes, avery few hundred yards, and it or pool, the same as was recently her in the sight and the Japanese one could caleniate the time wasted, the tried to stiah open the sailor's face with cost of petrol wasted and the consequent opened in Shanghai.
a razer. The sailor, in warding off the loss to every kind of business the result 2-3 shelter. for the scores of young blow, had his hand cut. The defendant
children and amabs at Happy Valley
inasmuch as the Government cannot see
then ran away and returned later with would be astounding.
A superficial glance at a map of London The above are urgently needed, and, sword stick and commenced a house at once shows the reason. All side stroots
to-house search for the American. A It is semi-oficially stated that the signed an affidavit that he had paid up its way to spend a few thousand dollars Japanese girl in Spring Gardon Lane, lead into main thoroughfares, and these Government, while accepting the principle $525,000, rhereas the liquidators aliege IS TO "BURN THIS COMING YEAR. titude of the man, informed the Police tually concentrated on a few bridges across
Reuter's political correspondent dle:
laid down at the experts' discussion for clares that Ministers are" sparing no the modification of the Treaty of Serres, effort to put off the General Election till is of the opinion that the Turkish January, owing to the imminent risk of Nationalist leaders might be led, by the a complete split in the Conservative Party and the danger that would be caused to the prospects of Mr. Lloyd George's
Government.
inmate distrust of the Orientals, to im- agine the Inter-Allied Conference was designed to prejudice Ottoman interests: therefore, the selection of Londos will import a new difficulty into the already Sir H. Forma (Co. L'. member
complicated' degotiations hence, the For Hammer-mithy when speaking at French Government proposes that the Hammersmith, said he thought there meeting should be held at Paris, where the would be no clectiba until April. He preliminary work 'of a settlement of the bad reason to believe that if the present Near East problem was undertaken in Government were allowed to proceed March last.
great surprise in
there would be A store, in the shape of a remission of PROPOSED taxation, in the Spring.
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THE NEED FOR COALITION" GONE.
EARLIER CABLES,
MEETING OF ALLIED EXPERTS.
LONDON, October 17th. Reater learns that Great Britain has suggested to France and Italy that there should be a meeting of Allied experts in LoxDON, October 17th..
London as soon as possible to discuse any Lord Salisburg, addressing the Unionist necessary modifications of the financial "Die-Hards" Arlington House, re- and economic clauses of the Treaty of pudiated the advice of Mr. Chamberlain Sevres. There is no question of a con. to support the Coalition, which was inference: the meeting will be quite in- creasingly unpopular. He said the only formal. No definite decisions will be ground for continuing the Coalition was taken. Italy bas agreed to be repre- the Polshevist bogry, but it was absurdsented at the meeting. France has not to say that the majority of the working yet-replied. class were Bolshevists; they were hard. headed and patriolic. The need for this Coalition had gone and Caionists reg pectfully demanded the freedom of their party.
PREMIER TO SPEAK" AT LEEDS. Losbox, October 17th, Leeds is to be the scene of Mr. Lloyd George's speech on the 21st inst
MR. CHURCHILL INDISPOSED...
LONDON, Oetober 17th.
Mr. Churchill's speech at Bristol "has boon postponed. He is suffering from
astro-enteritis.
MR. CECIL HARMSWORTH
RETIRING.
NEW AERIAL RECORD.
OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR.
MIT. CLEMENS (Michigan), Oct. 17th. Lieut. Vaughan covered a measured kilometre" at the record speed of 248,5 miles per hour in a Curtigs aeroplane.
CAPT. MERRIAN'S MARVELLOUS "ESCAPE.
Loshoy, October 17th.
that Ein paid nothing. The liquidators, therefore, ask for judgment for this sum; also that Lin. be held responsible for the remainder,
MISSIONARIES SEIZED BY
BANDITS
KATENG, Octobar :18th. Two Americans of the Augustana. Synod Mission, the Rer, Fosberg and Lundeen, were seized by bandits at Jachow On the 13th inst.
HOSTILITIES IN SIBERIA. WHITE TROOPS RETIRING.
PRKING. October 18th.
A foreign telegram from Siberia says the White resistanes has been completely broken." The Reds occupied Nikolak on Sunday and are now advancing towards the neutral 2018. The main White forces are continuing to retreat towards Possic Bay, General Dieterichs and his staff will shortly leave Vladivostock with the intention of rejoining the troops,
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REGULATION OF COTTON OUTPUT.
MASTER SPINNERS' POLICY.
INGSEASED ROAD TRAFFIC.),
out of the SEVENTEEN MILLION becoming terrified at the menacing at aro gathered into main points and even- it is up to the public to get busy.
Sergeant who promptly had him arrest the Thames. Valley, last night, where I met scores of
I happened to stroll down to Happy ed.
Mr. Lindsell imposed a fine of $100, with the alternative of sie week im- children and their amahs and all the shelter I could see available was a large prisonment, tree in the neighbourhood of a public latrina
Trusting that some abler pan than mine GUNNER CHARGED ON THREE traction the road trafic is bound to increase will take the matter up, and assuring you of ay hearty cooperation.-I am Yours truly,
"A FATHER." Hongkong, October 15th, 1999,
PEAK TOILERS AT VARIANCE,
PUNTIS AND HAKKAS ENGAGE IN
A FREE FIGHT.
COUNTS.
SAID TO HAVE INTERFERED WITH TRAM-CAR'S STEERING GEAR.
It will be readily admitted that of late. years a tremendous amount of traffic dealt with in former years by the railways is now thrown on the roads, and it will be just as casily realised that with the advent of motor
considembly, and eventually become a hopelesi problem unless dealt with now on lines which will admit of a universal spreading of traffic. We build bridges at high cost, only to realise when they hare been in existence at short time that they are hopelessly inadequate; then wo widen them at great expense, or possibly add another bridge, but all those methods can- not in the end solve the difficulty, which is purely due to the concentration of traffic at the bridge benda.
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This has been realised for many years past, and hence the suggestion to divert the course of the river, and fill up the present bed of the Thames, thus connect- ing South and North permanently, and allow of all streets South to North to be continuous. Such a course would involve AT an enormous expense and hardly be favoured
Before Mr. Hamilton, at the Magis trasy, yesterday morning, Gander E Lingane, of the 18th Co., R.G.A., was charged on three counts: (1) refusing to pay his fare while travelling on tram car No. 33, on October 5th, (2) obstruct ing & tramway official in the execution of The peaceful atmosphere of the district his duty, and, (3) interfering with the above the Wanchai Cap on the Higher steering gear of the tram.
The Tramway Company are prosecut Levels was disturbed on Wednesday by
fracas between the Chisees aarthing. The case was adjourned to Friday
text for hearing diggers and the Chinese easth carriers, or the Puntis and the Hakkas. The re- moval of a plank leg to the trouble which resulted in two broken heads and o20 BLASTING OPERATIONS damaged leg. It appears that the Puntis were engaged in digging earth on a sita.
REPULSE BAY. for a new house. The Hakkns were em- ployed in carrying away the earth. A. deep hold had been excavated and scross- A building contractar was 6ned $180 by this hole the Hakkas had laid a plank Mr. Hamilton, at the Magistraer, yes. baskets of earth, The Puntis removed terday morning for failing to take over which they walked with their the gangway, and on being asked to re. Proper precautions whilst carrying out less and will in duo course almost disap
placa it refused to do so. A free fight ensued. The Puntis were outnumbered
and were badly defeated in the battle royal. When a police posse under Sub Inspector Fox arrived on the scene, two
A CARELESS CONTRACTOR.
Repulse Bay Hotel blasting operations on a site near the
by the Londoner. It would also make all our valuable waterside warehouses/ useless The authom believe that the | schemo propounded by them will solve the
the taxpayer. whole dificulty at practically no cost to
traffic will increase, river traffic is getting
We must bear in mind that whereas road
pear,
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NOUTLINE OF THE SCHEME,
partment, said that complaints had been Mr. Grimes, of the Public Works De received that showers of stones were the rer without, however, interfering It is proposed to create an island in of the Puntis were laid out, with broken being thrown into the air by the force of with the free passage of the water, the the explosions a distance of 30 yards. deduction of waterway being made up by The Fideration of Master Cotton Spin: heads and one Hakka was hopping round On the day in question he made a special giving additional depth. The invention of ners Amsociations, by the act of their on one leg. Ten arrests were effected.
At the Magistracy yesterday morning the matter. He found that the charges scheme possible, and to the modern en- journey to Repulse Bay to investigate General Committee, decisively dissociated four Pantis and six Hakkas were charged were not weighted down at all.
reinforced concrete has made such a themselves on September 8th, from any before Mr. Lindsell with disorderly cou-
gineer it is not a difficult problem to con scheme" for regulating supply according duct.. to demand in order to meet more effec
struct such an island, or rather, platform, carried on reinforced concrete piles On
Lieut. Raynham to-day few for 1 hour tively the present unfortunate conditions ants $2 each and ordered them to be PORTUGUESE CHARGED WITH | either side of the river a free waterway-
mile wind. Capt. Merrian was attempt ing to emulate the feat when bis machine was mught in a gust. When he released the catapults his machine nosedived and crashed, but Capt. Merrian was unbart.
and 35 minutes at Ilford in a thirty-
U.S. ARMY DIRIGIBLE DESTROYED.
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LONDON, October 17th. Mr. Cecil Harmsworth has notified his constituency that he is not standing at the next election as he desires to make
SAN ACTONIO (Texas), Oct. 17th. room for younger men.able to take up The Army dirigible "C" was return- Parliamentary burdens. He avows himing to Washington after a trans-consin self a strong supporter of the Premier.. ental fight when it was forced by wind. [Mr. Cecil Harmsworth represents the against the hanger from which it was Luton Division of Bedfordshire, He being taken out and its huge envelope polled 13,501 votes as a Coalition Liberal ripped open. The his of escaping g at the last elect' a, against 5,961 secured warned the crew of twenty, who leaped by Mr. Willer Ball, the Labour can- out of the machine and fed before the didate.]
explosion, which totally destroyed the machine. Four of the crew have been U.S. PROHIBITION DISPUTE. to hospital with broken limbs and STORAGE ON FOREIGN VESSELS
The
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in the cotton industry,”
The Magistrate fined all ten defend-
bound over in personal bond of $10 each to keep the peace for six months.
CHINESE COMPOSITOR
STEALING A BICYCLE.
cotton spinners haw in view an inquiry As their resolution shows, the master
tionalizing the Americat section of the as to the advisability of farther soc cotton trade in any future movements for short-time working. In other words, pro- duction may, by arrangement, be regulati ed in particular sub-sections of the tradeMESSES: KELLY AND WALSH AS bicycle on Saturday and failed to return dens.
SUMMONED,
COMPLAINANTS,
of, say, 120 feet width would be left of the requisite "depth. The island platform A Portuguese youth, named Victor would vary in width from between 300 to Never, living at Yaumati, was charged 500 feet, and be laid out with roads and before Mr. Lindsell yesterday morning, blocks of buildings. The island would with the theft of a bicycle from a bicycle form a continuous building area suitable shop at No. 37, Praya East, Hongkong for hotels, offices, Bats, shops and iny It appears that the defendant hired the other class of property, and public' gar-
it. He was arrested
the defendant, and asked for a remand Youmati riding the machine,
Mr R. E. A Webster appeared for in order to prepare a defence.
The case was adjourned and the de fendant was allowed out on bail of $250.
in course "counts,”—ie, American cot- ton yams-but this is as far as possible view of those best qualified to judge, Wing Chi, was charged before Mr. removed from any ambitious and, in the
A Chinese compositor, named Fan utterly impracticable scheme of balancing Hamilton, at the Magistracy, yesterday slack trade in the American section by morning, with having left the service of down the highly specialized fine cotton September 20th without giving due attempted arrangements for damping Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., on spinning and manufacturing industry on notice,
Mr. F. C. Labrum, in charge of Messrs. which the prosperity of Lancashire ao largely depends. It is a mistake to see Kolly and Walsh's Printing Works, saíd in the willingness of the master cotton the defendant was employed by the firm apinners to regulate production in some as a compositor at a wage of $25.30 per American cotton.spinning mills any in-month. Since the recent fire, when the tention of joining in a larger scheme of printing works were destroyed, there interference and control, such as wad had not been sufficient work to warrant exercised by the Cotton Control Board regular attendance of the compositors. LONDON, October 17th.
during the war. "
Ispite of this the Company had paid American Embassy announces
The "committee also decided to take the men their full wages. On October that the sale of intoxicating liquors in
ballot of the members in the American 7th, which was payday for the pom prohibited on ships within American
section on the question of a stoppage of positors, the office received a chit, stat Territorial waters from the 7th inst., and
the mille on Saturdays and Mondays for ing that the defendant was sick and that the provisions of the Prohibition
the four weeks beginning September 2ird, asked for his pay to be handed to an at Following the declaration of a 300 per Act are applicable to ships leaving for-snt. Vividend, the Director of the This decision of itself is a sufficient reply other man named in the chit. The other "sign ports. after the 21st inst. on enter. Vacuum Oil Company voted an increase
to the exaggerated optimism as to the day Mr. Luorum sent ore of his assist ing territorial waters. Prohibition does of stock, from fifteen to seventy-five prospects of the cotton industry which has ants to the Hongkong Printing Press not apply to foreign vessels passing million dollars.
found currency lately.—Times.
where he was informed the defendant was through the Panama Canal, but not |
working. He found that this informe tion was correct and gathered that the defendant "had been employed there since October 4th.
The defendant said that he was work ing permanently with the Hongkong Printing Press. He was only engaged on odd jobs as there was not sufficient work at present at Kelly and Walsh's
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $30, of which he ordered the defendant to pay $25 to the complainant's firm as
touching an Amerian port.
It is noteworthy that the foregoing
LABGE STOCK" INCREASE.
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does not mention the prohibition of MISSIONARY CONGRESS storage of liquor on foreign vessels, which, was the subject of the recent Daugherty ruling
Reuter understands that the British Note mentioned yesterday is a reply to the suggestion of the United States months ago that Britain might assist the United States in stopping the liquor traffic by taking certain precautions, at British ports. It does not refer to the Daugherty ruling.
MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO SCOTTISH CHURCHES.
LONDON, October - 17th.
re
SUEZ "HARBOUR WORKS CONTRACT.
DUTCH FIRM'S HEAVY CLAIM. CAIRO, October 17th The Dutch firm, Messrs. Boa, claiming "£400,000 (Egyptian) and dam The King in a message to the Scottish for the Government's recision of a Churches Missionary Congress at Glas-tract to construct a new harbour at gow to-day, spoke of the noble sell-Suez, owing to alleged breaches of co Sacrificing work on the mission fields and tract. described the Congress as a happy ugury for the future of missionary
His Majesty hoped endeavour
and prayed that the joins déliberations of the Churches would be a source of new strength and inspiration in spreading the Christian Gospel.
BRITISH POLICY OUTLINED Heuter learns that, after much discus mom between the Foreign Office, the Colonisi Office, and the Board of Trade on the proposed Anglo-America, co- operation in regard to muggling alcoholic liquors, British policy has been
REDUCTION IN BRITISH Eramed on the following lines: Britain sympathises with the desire to, in every
RAILWAY FARES. wy, prevent breaches of the American law from British colonies; indeed, ontla COMMENCES IN JANUARY. ago instructions were given that irre gularities should not be permitted and
LONDON; October 17th. The British railway companies will orders given to officials with a view to preventing further transfera of American reduced their faces on January jut by ola to the British fag pending com- aac-seventh, which is equivalent to a plote investigation. If, despite the pro-farthing per mile, thereby bringing down cautions, the fictitious owner secures the increase of 16 per cent, made during registry, proceedings will be taken and wartime over the pre-war fares, to 50 the ship be subject to forfeiture.
Per cent,
RUBBER REVIVAL.
SHARE PRICES ADVANCE.
SUBSTANTIALLY.
LONDON. October 17th.. The predominant feature of the Stock Exchange jesterday was the revival of rubler shared Business was bigger
prices rose substantially,
compensation,
on Tuesday in
beth
The present banks of the river and the
the course of the roads leading north and island would be linked up by a series of bridges, say, 40 feet wide, and occurring in
bridges of comparatively small spans. in south, generally providing two additional; between either two of the existing bridges. By these means the tralle would be spread over the whole area of the river, and any accumulation such as now exists would be impossible. Where public buildings, such as the Houses of Parliament, the County Hall, etc, occur the island site would not, be built on, but kept low and laid out as Parks, so that the view of these buildings would not be interfered with.
THE FINANCIAL (ASPECT..
MR. PAGES LETTERS,
TRIBUUE TO BRITISH STATESMEN,
Ambasender Page's letters in the World's Work contain the following: Impressed by the qualities of Lord Balfour and Lord Grey I am afraid, the writes to President Wilson), I have almost outgrown my living hero worship. There isn't worshipful material enough lying around in the world to keep a Looking at the scheme from a financial vigorous reverence in practice, but these point of view it is astounding what a wall two gentlemen by birth and culture have amount of property would require to be at least sometimes seemed of heroic size purchased or reconstructed to form ap to me. It has meant much to know them proaches, and moreover, practically speak- well. I shall always be grateful to them for in their quiet forceful way they ing, building land thus erected world amply me much to establish right relations compensate for the expense thus incurred, theso people, which pray God I hope to cost of the scheme, so that the remedy of tand, indeed, would more than cover the retain through whatever new trials wo may yet encounter, for it will fall to us the evil now existing would cost the yet to loose and to free the British and taxpayer nothing at all. A large area of a Briton sat free is an American. That's foreshore on the Bouth side would be all you can do for a man or for nation reclaimed at the same time and work found of men. The Foreign Secretaries are not for tent of thousands of unemployed in all only men of much greater cultivation than trades. their Prime Ministers but
of greater moral force. I've come to like Mr. Lloyd George very much. He never delivered river would not be spoilt, but improred. lettura on Dryden and he dosen't even Who can possibly call the muddy South a good game of golf, but he has what | river front beautiful as it is now? The free both Lord Grey and Lord Balfour lack, waterways on either sido enable the river touch of
genjas,
whatever
that is not the traffic to and from wharves and warehous kind that infaite pains but the kind to be kept up, and list, not least, the that acts as an electric light fashed in the execution of the schethe could be dealt with
The authors claim that the beauty of the.
speak of to anyone, and being spread over many years. It may be pointed out that u reinforced concrete structure is permanent, and does not require periodical painting and other maintenance charges,
A Puking daily, printed in English, in perlu bave nearly been the other day that ex-
of bin." in sections, thus causing no incontenience to responsible for the statement that the Government has experts, experts, experts, present missions of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's re-everywhere in any department where things presentatives to Mukdes, Ticntain, Pekare not going well. I have found boards and ing, Proting, Loyang and Hongchow are committees and boards of experis but in not merely intended to be return calls to one department it least I've found various leaders as reported. The paper substitute for them. I let twenty experts continues:"Dr. Bun has been negotiat 30 und 1 put in one man
things ing with various parties. He is thorough gaz to move at orco. Do you know any
you let me know "A little bile
au
The exction of a large area of new building rites in the heart of London will emble the authorities to do away with
than for a long time, and in many casesly convinced that it is of no use to effect real wen! When you hear of say won't slama end to replace congested areas,
be
the reunification by means of brute force, dined with me and after dinner I took Generally speaking, the island would be"
ago or to control the situation by the influenco
to
a corner
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DECLINE IN COST OF LIVING of any particular party no matter
how red your message to him on Tropathy with the level of embankments and
the drawing room and built in terraces and vary in level, in nm- strong it may be. He has proposed to all
"God knows
Pm
trying," be replied.
existing bridges, but the road in the centre of LONDON, October 17th. the party leaders the convocation of a the President that; and tell hur to statistics show that the average loved on
The Ministry of Labour cost-of-living Conference of the provinces for the settle talk to Lord Balfour Presently he broke the land would counet up the exiting
ment of all outstanding problems of the
out: Madmen! I never saw any such bridges. It is obvious that fast vehicles, September 30th was 78 per cent above time. It is capooted that his proposal task and he pointed across the room to like taxis, motor-cars, etc. would nestle the pre-war standard, compared with ya will be approved by them all.
Carzon, his first Lord of the Admiralty land rode and the new bridges, thus por cent, on October 31. This the Sun will again become an important got to settle it and we've got to settle it the almost exclusive use of heavy and slow. Madment But the President's right, we've leaving the existing bridges and rends for Towose since October, 1917.
Sgure."
vehicular traffic,
now.”