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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH BRUTER'8 ·AGENCY.] THE LAUSANNE CONFERENCE TURKEY OBJECTS TO CAPITULA- TIONS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4T
THE GREEK POLITICAL
EXECUTIONS.
TRIAL OF PRINCE ANDREW.:
Asums, December 2nd, The trial of Prince Andrew opened at the House of Parliament this morning He was charged with disobeying orders on the battlefold. „.
FRANCE DEPRECATES FURTHER BLOODSHED
PARIS, December and.
Government, through the French Minister Le Temps understands that the Franch
NEW U.S. POLITICAL PARTY PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE
OPENS
1993.
LATEST CABLES. FAR EASTERN CABLE TAXATION IN THE DUTCH EAST
ALIMED MISSIONS ATTACKED. FRENCH NEWSPAPERS EXPRESS GRATIFICATION."
Paris, Decembër 2nd. ⠀⠀ The newspapers are gratified at the presentation of the Allied Note" to the German Government, considering it the the French Government, to test Germany's inauguration of the system, advocated by
good faith."
FARHINGTON, Docoaber find. The Republican Bonator, Mr. Norris, was elected chairman of the Progressing Conference which was attended by thir teen Batiator and twenty six members of the House of Representatives
Senator La Folletto disclaimed any intention of organising a third party.
Senator Borah declared himself in favour of the movement, if the purposemite, this will prove that coercion is use Le Journal says that if Germany sub was to promote practical progrossire ful. potical fortune of any of the particip
LAUSANNE, December 2nd, During a debate in the Capitulations Commission, Ismet Pasha insisted that Turkey was entitled to denounce the capitulations.
The Allied delegates contanded that the at Athens," associates itself whole-heartedly législation, and not to advance the and could not be abolished by ride as France is desirous of doing her utmost capitulations were established by treaty with any stops to protect the Prince's life, onis, unless guarantees were forthcoming. to prevent the shedding of blood, and to
Mr. Child (American Observer) said avoid basty action. that in the event of legal difficulties the United States would be obliged to aatuine the same position as the Allies.
JAPANESE DELEGATE'S ADVICE.
TO TURKEY.
Baron Hayashi expressed the sympathy of Japan with Turkey, as Japan was for long time under capitulations, but Japan took twenty years to prepare a now legal system, and it must be some years before Turkey was able to develop system inspiring sufficient contdence to enable the abolition of capitalations He urged a rapprochement between Tur- key and the other powers.
PRINCE ANDREW BANISHED,
ATHEN, December 2nd, Princo Andrew has been sentenced to porpetual banishment, with military de-| gradation.
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WHAT THE TRIAL DISCLOSED.
LONDON, December 2nd. A semi-official account of the trial of Prince Andrew, held at Athens, says that he was charged, as Commander of the. Second Army Corps, with rofusing to obey the order of the Commander-in-Chief to attack the enemy during the advance on Sangariusi.
U.S. ANTI-LYNCHING BILL DROPPED.
REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TOO. STRONG.
WASHINGTON, December 2nd. The Republican Senators have decided not to further press the Dyer Anti-Lynch ing Bill, against which the Democrats waged the four-day filibuster this week.
PARIS FACED WITH A BREAD FAMINE
MASTER BAKERS' "BESORT: TO "DIRECT ACTION."
PARIS, December sind..
NEWS
[YHROUGE REUTER'S AGRIOT.) REDUCED FAR EASTERN FREIGHTS,
RESULT OF REPRESENTATIONS
MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
BT
LONDON, December ind In response to representations by the section of the Manchester Chamber of Executive of the China and Far East Commerce, the shipowners concerned as the centre of extreme nationalism; is shipments in steamers sailing next week: The Petit Parisien rojoíors that Bavaria, announce the following reductions on experiencing the new method, and de. Straits Settlements 10 per ton light, clares that Germany, if wise will recog-and 20/- per ton heavy froights; 18/6 nise that the times are changing, and the perton Shanghai and Hongkong, 20/- patienes of the Allies is exhausted
per ton to Japan." THE BAVARIAN “INVESTIGATION.” OUTLAWS, ENTERTAINED AT
BERLIN, December ind!
DINNER. A communiqué issued at Munich states that the Bavarian authorities investigated ANOTHER BAND KIDNAPS THE immediately after the occurrence, with the incidenta at Passau and Ingolstadt
HOSTS. the result that the police were not found blameworthy. The towns have apologised
PEKING, December and. The representatives of local bodies to the inter-Allied Commission, but it is entertained sixty outlaw tendera at a impossible to take the further penal mea-dinner, at Tsingtan, last night, in order sares demanded. The communiqué con- to discuss terms of surrender, and the cludes the behaviour of the population, enrolment of the outlaws in the police and the growing indignation at the con- force. tinued humiliating control, is compre bensible to every patriotic. German; but the need of the hour is a wise self-control, and the restraint of natural feelings. The blance of a right to continue imposing oppressive and unjustified morificca"
BITTER REMARKS BY GERMAN NEWSPAPERS.
INDIES.
THE HAGUE, December and The Minister for the Colonies announces off sport duty in the East Indies, ex the introchiction of Bills abolishing the bonding for a year the taxes on agricul tural produce there, and levying special tax on oil during 1993. -
BANK OF INDO.CHINA' OHARTER.
MOST OF THE CHANGES AGREED TO,
PARIS, December and. In connection with the renewal of the
Charter of the Bank of Lade China, with which the Colonial Committee is at pre- sent dealing, the Government and the Board of Directors have agreed regard, ing most of the changes, except the estab lishment of an agricultural credit fund, for which purpose the committee proposon the allocation of 1,000,000 piastres, in order to assist the farming community, It is proposed that this amount should be taken out of the 6,000,000 pisstres which are being granted to the Colony without interest.
THE FUTURE OF CHINA.
SPEECH BY SIR R. MACLEAT.
The negotiations took an unfavourable
LONDON, December 2nd. turn up which a band of outlaws, who entertained at a farewell banques by the Sir Bonald and Lady Macleay were were waiting near by, broke in and Chinese Societies of London, last night. tried, off the Chairman of the Chamber Sir John Jordan presided. The guests sentative, all the outlaws escaping.
Lady Addis, and Mr. Tung Kang.
The bakers' shops were, besieged and Allied powers must not be given the sem of Commerce and the Tuchun's repro included Lady Jordan, Sir Charles and
The Frine pleaded that his corps had instructions from the Third Corps, which been ordered, before attacking, to await had not arrived..
Colonel Sariyannis (Deputy Chief-of-sold out early, in consequence of the Papoulas) said, in reply, that an attack down at nooo, because the authorities Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, General decision of the master bakers to close by the Second Corps, to, the northward, only allowed an increase in the price of was impossible, owing to the enemy's bread of fiva centimes a kilogramme. defenceworks.
The Ministry of War announces ita readiness to place army bakers at the disposal of the authorities, while the Master Bakers' Federation.
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BERLIN, December 1st. The Allied Note has evoked much bitterness in the newspapere, one of which heads its comments "A million
a motor car.”
THE SHANTUNG AGREEMENT. DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXECUTION COMPLETED.
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Parixa, December 1st. A communiqué states that the First) sion, as this morning's meeting, verified the agreement and anner containing detailed arrangements for the execution of the Shantung Treaty. They affixed their signatures at noon.
In toasting the guest, Mr. Chao Hain Chu emphasised China's desire for peace. Sir Ronald Macleay, responding, said that with less suspicion towards Chinn, and with foreign co-operation, and the development of her great natural re- sources, China would take her place as a
great family of civilisation.
COLOSSAL MIGRATION SCHEME.
The so-called exchange of populations, namely, the migration of some 600,000 Ottoman Greeks to Greece, and 360,000 Hellenic Moslems to Turkey, was-con- sidered at the meeting of the first Com mission at Lausanne, which, after a pro- longed discussion, decided to appoint a sub-commission including Turke and Grocks, which will endeavour, as speedily This was so unexpected that the Chief se possible, to draft plans for the proof Staff at first thought it was meant as jootod colossal exchange. Tho sub-com- a joke. "If Princo Andrew had executed Government has decided to prosecute the gold marks for damaging the varnish on Section of the Shantang Joint Commi respected and influential member of the mission will also arrange for the exchange the order the battle of Sangariusfi of war prisoner.
would, in all probability, have bead won. General Papoulas, when testifying, ad- mitted that Prince Andrew was not dis Lord Curzon said that he hoped themed from his command because ho is exchange would be carried out volun
the King's brother. tarily, though in some cases compulsion might be necessary. He urged, however, that a great economic lose would be in- volved if the 400,000 Grecks, now residing in Constantinople, were compelled to leave, and hoped the sub-commission would persuade the Turks to allow them "to remain, within certain quarters,
GREEK RESIDENTS IN CONSTAN
TINOPLE.
CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT
POSSIBLE.
The Conference is discussing the posat bility of shortly adjourning the main pro- coodings, in order to permit Pasha to personally subunit to Angora
Ismet
an outline of the proposed settlement.
M. CHICHERIN AT LAUSANNE LAUSANNE, December 2nd.
M. Chicherin has arrived. ANOTHER CLAIM FOR NATIONAL "INDEPENDENCE.
LAUSANNE, December 2nd. The latest arrivals at the Lausanne Conference are the Assyro-Chaldean dele- gates, who are claiming independence and opposing the retrocession of Mosul to Turkoy.
BELLICOSE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. The Türks are most disatisfied with the progress of the Conference, and complain the Allies supported the Greek elaime during yesterday's negotiations regarding the exchange of populations in Asia Minor and Thrace.
that
IRISH REBELS IN ENGLAND.
"A LONG-STANDING CASE. DIS-
POSED OF.
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LONDON, December 2nd. The Birmingham Aizce has disposed of the case of the eleven frishmen. The Crown Prosecutor stated that communica tions between the British and Free State Governments revealed the fact that soine
LABOUR RIOTS IN MEXICO.
TWENTY KILLED, FIFTY INJURED,
MEXICO CITY, December gad. During a parade of Trade Unionists an attempt was made, last night, to rush the City Hall, and this resulted in seri- ous rioting.
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The police fired on the crowd. The latter returned. the fire and, later, wrecked the furniture and set fire to several rooms Federal troops restored order. Twenty were killed and fifty injured.
of the accused were being charged with ing a renewed attempt to hold a demons Eight othors were injured to day, dur rebellion in Dublin, while others had betration outside the City Hall. for requested a tolle prosegui, to which ACCIDENT TO H.R.H. PRINCE come loyal citizens. The Crown Prosecu
the Court agreed,
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The eleven men referred to were arrest ed in England, on May 8th, on a charge of supplying arms to Irish rebels. They were released on bail, but when their cases were called only one of the defendants appeared. The defending solicitor stated that he had seen some of the others, a fortnight previously, in Dublin. There was a possibility that they were prisoners and were therefore unable to attend.
REDUCTION IN STEAMER
FARES.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO.
LONDON, December 2nd. The first trans-Atlantic fare reductions The Turks declare that they will re-Packet Company, of which the most im are announced by the Royal Mail Steam fuse to accept to accept a position inferior portant in the towering of the mantmum to the Bulgarians, Serbians and Greeks, first-class fares to New York, from £47 and affirm that 20,000 Turks are ready to £45 15% during the winter season, for action in West Thrace, while a large which will terminate on June 30th in- Bolshevist forog is ready on the Bessartatcad of April 30th.
bian frontier.
The Russia dolegation lunched with the Turks to-day,
RUSSIA'S BELATIONS WITH BORDER STATES. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
OPENED.
"ELLERMAN AND ANCHOR LINE
REDUCTION.
LONDON, December 2nd. The Ellormas lines and the Anchor line 'announce fare cute to Eastern porta.
MINERS' DEPUTATION WAITS ON BRITISH PREMIER. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION NOT
ADVISABLE.
RaVAL, December 2nd. Heports from Moscow state that, at the opening of the disarmament conference of Bussis with the Border States, M Lit
LONDON, December 2nd. vinoff read a declaration from the Rus The Minors Federation deputation slaa Government, expressing readiness to which called on Mr. Lloyd George on reduce the army to 200,000; dissolve the October 19th only to be told that be had irregular units; limit war budgete, on a resigned-waited today on Mr. Bonar reciprocal basis; and to neutraliss border Law, with the object of urging State agnes. He added that it was imposible assistance to improve the conditions and for Russia to reduce her navy,
wages of miners. The head of the Polish delegation, Premier, while recognising the hardships It was subsequently announced that the Prince Radziwill-who is also acting on behalf of Rumania-expressed a desire for of miners, saw no way of allovisting the
• political agreement, as a preliminary situation by Clovernment intervention. to technical discussions.
CONSIDERATION OF RUSSIAN NAVAL DISARMAMENT REQUESTED.
The Finnish, Esthonian and Latvian delegaten expressed a similar view, and the Finnish and Esthandan representatives suggested that naval disarmament should seriously be considered.
It was finally arranged to pominate jrariona commissiona
DUTCH SEAMEN OPPOSE. WAGES REDUCTION. SUPPORT SOUGHT FROM OTHER
TRANSPORT WORKERS...
ROTT ALDAM, December 2nd. At a meeting of three hundred seamen, i was decided not to sign on at the de- erested wages rates. It was also decided to sook the support of other transport arockern.
BRITISH EMPIRE TRADE EXHIBITION.
AGITATION FOR EMPIRE PRO
DUCTS ONLY CONTINUES. -
LONDON, December 2nd,
Tha Forwaerts says that the Entente's demands will arose a deep, and to a great extent justified, bitterness throughout Germany, but adds that Germany has to thank. her Chauvinista for the hos humiliation.
the Note is calculated to make the blood The Frankfurter Zeitung declares that of the calment German boil, and denies the Entente's right to deal with anybody except the Government.
EARLIER CABLES.
BAVARIAN TOWNS TO PAY FINES IN GOLD.
PARIS, December 1st. The Conference of Ambassadors has for- apology by the Bavarian Premier for the warded a note to Berlin demanding an
OF WALES.
attacks on Allied missions at Pasgan and Ingolstadt, and inflicting a fine of half a LONDON, December 2nd.million gold marks on each town, which chases, near Oxford, H.R.H. the Prince the Allies will obtain the sum from the of Wales foll at a difficult double jump,
While riding in the Beding Steeple must be paid within a fortnight, otherwise
Bavarian revenues. but was not injured.
CEYLON LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILLORS.
REFUSE TO TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
COLOMBO, December 2nd. The Legislative Councillors, who recently resigned as a protest against the Govern- ment forcing through a measure by an official majority, and were afterwards declined to take the oath of alleginace. re-elected, to-day, with one exception,
WORLD'S FEATHERWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP,
ORIQUI RETAINS TITLE
FARIS, December, fad
U.S. WAR SECRETARY CALLS FOR A LARGER ARMY. PRESENT FORCE UNDER 180,000.
WARRINGTON, December 1st. The War Secretary, Mr. Weeka, in his annual report to Congress, declares that the present army strength of 12,000 officers and 125,000 men is inadequate for national safety.
He says: "We can never again make the mistakes of expecting good soldiers to arise overnight and quantities of good officers to be turned out in three-month perioda."-"-
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE-
M. PERNOTTE'S SENTENCE REDUCED. It was decided to have the Teingtad administration "transferred at noon on STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ex-director general of the Banque Indus- December 10th.
PABIS, December 22nd. The sentence passed on M. Perastte, trielle, has been reduced by the Correo imprisonment, and a fine of three tional Appeal Court to fifteen months thousand francs. In addition he has been ordered to return to the bank the Today they are sum of 806,000 francs which he impro forming a procession with Bags inscribed party drew, with their objections to the agreement.
AGREEMENT.
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A body of students yesterday demam strated at the Waichizopo (Chines Foreign. Office) against the signing of the Shantung Agreement.
THE PAOTING CONFERENCE.
FENG YU HSIANG TRIES. TO
MEDIATE...
The Court declared that accused had not proited personally in the matter of the issue of pacific bonda,
A cable message, dated July 7th, stated that M. Pornotte had been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for fraud in PEKING, December 1st.
the issue of Pacific Company beads. Wu Pai Fu had arrived at Pastingtu.
It was reported last night that General. He was also sentenced to three monthu imprisonment for embezzlement in con- prepared to depart for Paotingfu, where sentences to run codeurrently.]
General Feng Yu Hsiang immediately section with the conversion of taels, the it is believed he intends to mediate be Tao K tween General Wa Pei Fu and Genaral
-FENG YU HSLANG'S MISSION
UNSUCCESSFUL.
PEKING, December 2nd." General Wu-Pei Fu reached Paotingfu last night. General Feng Yu Hsiang re turned to Paking at two o'clock, this morning without meeting General Wa Pei. Fa.
WEDDING OF CHINA'S EX-EMPEROR.
CELEBRATED WITH IMPERIAL POMP AND CEREMONY.
Mr. Weeks mys he recognises that the present financial situation will prevent
PEKING, December 1st. the War Department reaching the maxi- The wedding of the ex-Emperor was mum requiremonts immediately, but adro-celebrated early this morning, with all cates an officers' corps to a minimum of the pomp and ceremonial of imperial 13,000 as early as possible.
days.
He deplores the United States' backward Criqui, the holder of the title, beatness in development of air power and pleads Billy Matthews (England) in the fight for for the establishment of an effective force the Featherweight
Championship of 48 soon as possible. Europe. The referee stopped the fight in the seventeenth round.
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M.C.C. TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA.
VISITORS HOLD SUBSTANTIAL LEAD.
Kinnenly, December 2nd. Griqualand West scored 188, Scott com piling 57. Marylebone replied with 2 runs for the loss of five wickote, Wooliby, having made eighty-three when stumps were drawn.
"OBITUARY.
MR. WILLIAM BOOKEFELLER.
NEW YORK, December 2nd. The death is announced of Mr. William Rockefeller, nephew of the standard oil king. He was considered one of the world's richest men.
BARLIER CABLES..
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ANGLO-PERSIAN - OIL PROFITS.
TWENTY, PER CENT. DIVIDEND DECLARED.
LONDON, December 1st. The report of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the rear ended March 31st shows a profit of £3,180,000 to which the balance of £1,648,000 brought forward from 1921 is added.
A dividend is recommended on the ordinary shares at the rate of twenty per cant per annum, less income tax; and £1,789,000 is carried forward, subject, to excear profits duty and corporation tax.
MANCHESTER COTTON
TRADE.
THE BALLOT ON COTTON- SPINNERS HOURS.
Louvor, December 1st,
A large crowd of Chinese and foreign era were present to witness the entry of the bridal procession to the Palace.
(Continued on next column.)
DEATH OF U.S. CONGRESS- MAN,
NEW YORK, December 1st. The death has occurred of Mr. James representing Chicago since 1897, and for R. Mann, the Eepablican Congressman merly the minority lender, in the House of Representatives, an
** COST OF WINDING-UP
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING.
Lonnor, December 1st.
A supplementary estimate of 27,844,000 for the Ciril Bervice, presented to Parlia ment, includes 25,866,000 in connection with the liquidation of the Ministry of Shipping.
KAPP REVOLT LEADER ARRESTED.;
BERLIN, December 1st.
It is announced in Manchester that the An official message from Munich says necessary eighty per cent. not having voted that Captain Ehrhardt, who commanded reduction of working hours in the revolt in 1920, has been arrested and in the cotton-spinners ballot, in favour of the Ehrhardt brigade during the Kapp American section from thirty-six to twenty transferred to Leipzig four weekly, the former period will remain in operation until December 81st
A hundred thousand operatives:m affected
A deal af criticism has recently been Taunched with regard to the British AMERICAN METAL MARKET. Empire Exhibition, to be held at Wembley in 1924, in connection with the organisa TIN AND SPELTEB IN DEMAND. tion enterprise, more particularly ra garding the allegation that the exhibition authorities are not employing Empire
London, December. Ist, The situation in America, in the tin sources of supply in equipment and market, shows fairly heary welling. The comestibles, to the greatest possible excommodity has met with good general LABOUR & UNEMPLOYMENT. tent.
The explanations of the authorities demand, the present
price
proving and the measures taken to safeguard the attractive interests of Empire exhibitors, have not As regardspelter, a feature is the entirely stayed the agitation, and it is pronounced scarcity and prompt delivery, now announced that, owing to repro The present firmness is likely to continue, sentations by the Executive Council of for although production is developing under the exhibition, the British Government the impetus of present remunerative prices, I has decided to bold an inquiry.
the process in slow.
LONDON, December 1st. In the House of Commons, Labour amendment, to the Address regretting that the Government had not fully recognised the national obligation with regard to unemployment was rejected by 303 to 172
roten
INTER-VARSITY ATHLETICS.
Lainor, December 1st. and running races, Oxford beat Cambridge At Cambridge, in the inter-Varsity relay
by three events to two./@
IRISH CONSTITUTION BILL.
HUNT FOR PIRATES IN SHANGHAK CHINESE PASSENGERS FROM “HONGKONG SEARCHED.
PLOT SUSPECTED.
The detention of the Tingchow's Chinese passengers at Shanghai last week is thus described by the N-U. Daily News :~.
What is suspected to have been a care- fully-planned attempt-by-pirates to loob the O.N.S. Fingchow was frustrated by the French police on Saturday, who wenf ed, detaining 60 on board the steamer as soon as she dock- Chinese passengers. They were taken to the Avenue Edward VII. police station, where all their bag- gage was examined. After a close search, inating until late in the afternoon, all but..
19 werg relased."...
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During the week Mara Butterfield & Swire had word that members of a pirate gang, were about to embark on the Ying" chow for Shanghai, intending to rob-her on the return voyage after obtaining reinforcements in this port.
While proceeding to hor berth on Satur day morning the Tycho was escorted. toons on the French Bund. Here werd up-stresti by the River Folice to the pon in waiting a strong detachment of gen darmerie and Annamite constables, as well an officers of the Municipal Police As the passengers disembarked they pas od through a posse of police officers td waiting motor-lorries, which conveyed them to the nearest" French police station in Avenue Edward VII Police also went on board the Tingchow to make an ex- haustive search for: clues. Most of the baggage was also re- arms and possible.
moved to the police station for examina- tion
Both Mema Butterfield & Swire and that French Police are still much in the dark as to the precise nature of the plot, vinced that certain individuals, probably but the latter are understood to be con conected with the recent Sus in outrage,
how planned & imilar attempt on the Ting-
Bhipa entering and leaving the port ard being carefully watched by the polics in both Bettlements, as it is feared that other Temela may be involved
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The 13 Chinos detained by the French: 'polics on Baturday in connection with the suspected plot by pirates to loot the O.N.S. Xingehow on her next outward- voyage will be brought before the French Mixed Court this morning. It is under- stitation Bill has passed the committee for the prisoners transfer to Hongkong In the House of Lords, the Irish Constood that the French Police are applying
{singe (without emenilment.
for trial:
Lospor, December 1st.