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REPORTS FROM THE RUHR., A HINT AS TO FRENCH AIMS:
LONDON, February 295il,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 1928.
ALATEST CABLES.
SPURIOUS BILLS AND
SPECIE.
U.S. FLOODED BY HUGE INTER- NATIONAL GANG.
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'INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
"eend. NEW YORK, February
International developments aro ex- A hint as to French aims in the Ruhr pected to arise owing to the arrests in area is given in Paris messages suggesting New York of many members of a huge that the Ruhr operations may be made counterfeiting organisation which has the starting point of negotiations which
flooded the United States with spurious may result in a new treaty, supplementing
bills and specie. The Authorities stat the Versailles Trenty. The most definite suggestion raads is contain that arrests were also made at Liver
the Echo
in an
article in
FAR EASTERN CABLE A JAPANESE LOAN FOR BLVENTI
NEWS
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) THE “LISBON KARU” IN COLLISION,
STEAMER REACHED.
BERLIN. February 3rd.
A masage from Hamburg states that the Japanese steamer Lishon Maru collided of Ouxhaven with the British steamer Eluick. The Intter was beached in a sinking condition, with water in the engine-2008.
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P. & O. SHIPBUILDING PROJECT.
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MILHON VIN,
Torto, February, 29nd.
POISON IN GAS.
DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE.
AMERICAN CABLE NEWS
The following Asociated Press cables are taken from the Manila papara: ----
In view of a recent case in Hongkong, RUBBER POSSIBILITIES IN THE
interest:
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It may be recalled that, according to the evidence given at the inquest, three persons (father, mother, and son) were poisoned in their sleep by gas which, es caping from a fractured mainpipe in the
PHILIPPINES, «
WASHINGTON, February 18th
The Department of Commerce to-day
de pool, Hamburg. Naples, Havana, France. MORE VESSELS FOR THE EASTERN/discoverd by the polick in Kores recently, roadway outside, had percolated into the less station failed to mention the steamer
Austria and Egypt.
Paris, written by Pertinax, on the Franco Belgian conversations in
REPORT DENIED REGARDING
FRENCH BLACK TROOPS.. Paris. The article foreshadows the
WERDEN (Rhineland), Feb. 2nd. ultimate transformation of the Franco-
A visit here and to the town of Velbert Belgian administration in the Ruhr area;, where civilians are" now managing the confirms the presence of French colonial failways, into a veritable international troops, including a small proportion of alministration, and refers
to the poss-coloured soldiers, but there are no blick additional treaty being troops. ibility of an ontored late by France, Belgium and perhaps Italy, with the Berlin Govern ment, at the conclusion of the Ruhr enter prise. The hope is, expressed that this
TRADE.
.LONDON, February 29nů. The Manchester Guardian says it is understood that the Poninsular and Orient Company intend building four 16,000 ton ships for passenger service to the completica of Australia via euez, for service in India and the East. The which will release ships of the M. type contracts for the new ships have not yet been placed as it is understood they will be an improvement on the Mongolia type, and it is desired to obtain all the data possible from the maiden voyage of the Moldavia, which has just been completed with great success.
pattern.
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The Gazette officially announces that the Government proposes on March 5th the latter in The Time on this subject. touc
loan amounting to You from Professor Bone will not be without 70,000,000, which will be redeemable on September 1st, 1929.
The issue price will be 09.25, and the "The recent tragedy at Bethal Green, aaked congress through the budget bureau- interest fivo per cont.
to, which your leading article of January for an appropriation of 8500,000 to survey The proceeds of the loan will be 4th.referred, surely makes the demand rubber production, conditions and possi devoted to the extension of various irresistible for a new inquiry into the bilities in South America and the Philip public enterprises,” including
lars would be allotted to the Departmen com danger of the present unrestricted admix-pine Islands. One hundred thousand dol
taro of water gas in domestic gas up of Agriculture for experimenting. No munications
plics. EXPORT OF KITLES TROM. KOREA.
plans were announced regarding the time or percunal of the survey.
TUSCAN PRINCE" MISSING. BEOUL, February 22nd..
SEATTLE February 15th, A wholesale and unauthorised export of
A radiogram to-day from Estavan, wire- rifies to China is alleged to have been
A steamship was found to be inen bad house, although no gas-service at all was. Tuscan Prince, which was said to have condition off the coast, and the police laid on to it. The poisonous constituent been wrecked at the entrance to Puget
discoverod Bont to the
many of gas is carbon monoxide, which is not.
vessel said she was sinking. The wrecker thousand rifles concealed on board the only colourless and odourless, but also Sound. The last definite word from the vessel, which was en route to Tsingtao. extremely lethal and injurious to health.
A straight coal gas contains no more digerine started today from Victoria to The rife were of the Japanese military than. 7, or 8 per cent of it, which, in search for the missing steamer. Wireless all ordinary circumstances, may be con- balls to Prince, aaking bor position, fail- The officiala are investigating the
sidered as a not very dangerous proper ed to get a response this afterpon. afair.-
SHARP DECLINES IN" SUGAR tion; but blue water-gas which is now-a-
MARKET. days so frequently mixed therewith at the gasworks, cantains between 42 and 43 per:
New Yoax, Fobruary 18th. FAR EAST.
cent of its highly dangerous propor MAILS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND
There were further sharp declines carly tion.
to-day in the raw sugar market follow- SANGHAI, February 22nd.
associated The Fuel Research Board's Reporting the selling orders which it was im- British Chambers of Canmerce has passed upon Gas Standards (1919), besides re- possible to handle at yesterday's minimum a resolution urging an improvement in commending the "therm" as the future price. A decline of fifty six to seventy natural diluent for coal gas is watergas 4.65 which was one hundred and seventy- the mail services between Great Britain basis of gas charges, suggested that "the three points carried May contracta to and suberquently, the Committee appoint five points below the high mark reached ad by the Board of Trade in 1921, under in the recent buying.. the Gas Regulation Act of 1990, arrived. at the truly amazing conclusion that it was inexpendient to impose any limita tion upon the proportion of carbon monoxide in public gas supplies. The DAY AND MARTIN,
high death roll for gas poisoning during SHANGHAI, February 2nd,
the year 1922, culminating in the recent LONDOS, February 22nd.
The Conference of British Chambers of
The business of Day and Martin, whose Bethnal Green tragedy, is surely a Important arrests of Irregulars were Commerce in China and Hongkong has
passed & resolution welcoming the in-blacking was used by Sam Weller to sufficient comment upon the folly of that BERLIN February 22nd. made this morning, as the result of a tention of the British Government to polish Mr. Pinkwick's boots, is, afbor decision.
Will not some publicspirited meber From Essen Rates that
raid by Free State detectives in the devote the outstanding partion of the more than a contury and a half, to pass
In the first General Degoutee has instructed the
Boxer Indemnity to purposes mutually into other hands. The shareholders were of Parliament take up the matter when
ANTI-EPIDEMIC MEASURES police and other authorities in the Ruhr Dublin suburb of Drumcondra.
beneficial to China and Great Britain asked at a meeting on January 18th to the House reassembles!
resolution consenting to the sale place, a complete Parliamentary return
IN FAR-EASTERN PORTS. arrest Any German Minister, on-
The names of those captured have not The Conference is of opinion that the pass travening "the order not to enter the
funds can be most usefully applied to the of the business..
I am perfectly convinced that if only should be obtained of the number sad
LEAGUE OF NATIONS INQUIRY, poisoning throughout Great occupied sane, and bring him before the been disclosed but it is said that they education of Chinese on British liacs. Day and Martin's had advertised their precise circumstances of all cases of gas The Conference will be glad to see Hong-
The Monthly Summary of the League military court, otherwise, sanctions, such include prominent Republicans, amongst kong University placed in a position to wares during the last quarter of a cen
last, discriminating between accidental of Nations for November last, which has acting com-meet the financial obligations likely to be
during the year ending December 31st deaths and suicides. Upon this should recently come to hand from the Secre- then be based a demand for a public intariat, contains the following reference gards 2.3 essential the education of Brigade of placed upon it. The Conference also re-
Chinese women, oh Western lines.
quiry into the whole cuestion de nove by to this subjset
treaty will receive the signatures of the other Allies.
to
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PROHIBITION OF CERMAN MINISTERS.
Mossngre
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A cable messages published yesterday from Essen stated that the burgomasters of Kupferdreh, Warden und Velhert had reported the arrival of black troops at those places.]
IRISH REBELLION.
REPORTED ARREST OF IRREGULAR LEADERS.
as the penishment of the towns concerned, will be applied.
whom is Sean Fitz Patrick, message from Gelsenkirchen states that the hundred million marks collected mander of the Dublin
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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
CONFERENCE.
BRITISH PORTION OF BOXER INDEMNITY...
by the French was composed of 83 million Irregulars. municipal emergency trency and 17 million from the railway treamity, but
A rumour to the effect that De Valera the municipal currency is out of circula and Liam Yynch were among those cap-
tured is unconfirmed:
U.S. MINISTER'S INDICTMENT OF
tion and the public have been warned against accepting it.
FRENCH CIVILIAN
MANHANDLED.,
BOCAUX, February 22nd. While French troops with a tank were occupying the law courts a crowd hooted, whereupon a young soldier lost his head and unprovokedly fired point blank t ten yards' distance. He killed one work- man and seriously wounded two others. The enraged people manhandled Fronch civilian, who was rescued by the
police.
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EARLIER CABLES.
CHALDEAN TEMPLE FOUND. BUILT 3,000 YEARS BEFORE
CHRIST
PHILADELPHIA, February 22nd.
Sir Frederic Kenyon, director of the British Museum, who is at present touring the United States has received news of the discovery by the joint expedition of the British Museum and the University FRANCE AND RUSSIA. of Pennsylvanis of the ancient temple in the Chaldean city of Ur, built throw CONTRADITORY REPORTS REGARD-thousand years before Christ, and re-
ING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
paired by Nebuchadnezzar.
The Conference of
and the Far East.
the
RUINED BY NOT ADVER- TISING.
was
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Britain
The market steadied lator and rallied, indicating that business was returning to normal.
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SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
WASHINGTON, February 18th. President Harding definitely informed senators today that ho would veto any ship subsidy bull containing provisions for government aid, contingent upon annual appropriations by Congress.
a special Committee composed entirely The League of Health Organisation has
tribunal
The Council of the League, in accepting.
tury the old firm would not be in the made by Mr. This statement Burlison, manager for the once famous plight that it is to-day." house of Day and Martin, to a Daily Expres representative on January 9th. (BY COURTESY OF THE "DAILY BULLY." repro doubt that the business of disinterested persons, and including sent one of its members, Dr. Norman has been ruined, Mr. Burlison con- the best available scientific experience White, to conduct a health inquiry. in tinued, because when in 1898 the firm (chemical, physiological and technical), the chief ports of the Far East, such as DHINA
became a limited company no definite so that the various witnesses may be Colombo, Singapore, Batavia, Bangkok, polioy regarding advertising was adopt properly cross-examined, and their evi-Saigon, Hongkong, Canton, Shanghai, THE COUNTRY'S HOPE.
ed. Those who were then in charge oven dence weighed by a really competent Kirrum, Kobe, Yokohama, Vladivostock, Dairen. The precise object of the inquiry went so far as to hinder progress and
In conclusion, it should be pointed out is to ascertain the incidence of the more PEXING, February 22nd,
development by placing on the market Dr. Schurman, the American Minister now dishes under unknown names, and that the matter hardly comes within the important epidemie diseases, the methods speaking at the American Association the origin of the modern wares never scope of the Therm Committee's present employed for the notification of cases and inquiry, which, unfortunately, seems to deaths, for the control of the diseases, dianer, recalled that last year the became known to the public. Washington Conforegos had just finished, "How many people are aware that Day be diverting public attention from the for the prevention. c* the spread of in- No fection by ships, as as the possibility and that in the interval most of its and Martin's has ever manufactured any really vital issues concerning gas, provisices have been put into effect, but thing but the blacking which wont partly well-informed person wants to upset the of securing uniformity in the methods of there has been no progress in connection: out of use in 1898 when chrome leather present "therm" system, provided that collecting and publishing information and with the withdrawal of extratorritoriality. was adapted for footwear1 Nevertheless for the future it is coupled with a reason of making it speedily and readily access The commission of jurists which should all these years, we have been selling nbly high volumetria thermal standard, ible. have been appointed for this purpose polishes and up-to-date cleaning mater- of (say) not less than 500 B.Th.U.'s per within three months after the Conference inls that are just se excellent as the many cubic foot. The "therm" is a most in- the Health Committee's recommendation have not yet been appointed, due to the now better known ones on the market.nocent and estimable youth of pious on this matter, made at the instance of request for dolay by China. He hoped Even now, if the necessary capital parentage and upbringing, who has un- Dr. Miyajima, ita Japanese member, that this commission would be constituted could be obtained, I am convinced that fortunately been turned loose into a par: pointed out that the propagation of "without delay,, so
that this question, by means of a systematic campaign of ticularly wicked world without knowing epidemics in the Far East was of parti which was of such vital importance to advertising, hard though it is to re-instate the difference between a ton and an ace. cular concern to the Asiatic Members of foreign, nationals, would be settled. The the popularity of a firm whose name hae It is to be hoped that the Committee now the. League, and that the sanitary con Powers represented at Washington desired "been gradually dying: the ancient basi charged with his interests will be able to dition of this part of the world was, ed all other countries. The Governments RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
that China should develop an effectiveness of Day and Martin could once more show him how easily evil communie moreover, a matter that greatly interest
stions corrupt" good manners,
of all the States concerned have promised "Those who conducted the business in and stable Government, but during the be made to flourish. MONTREAL, February 22nd.
to give every assistance to this inquiry, PARIS, February 22nd.
At an inquest at Stepnew on January whose resulta mar lead to the adoption As the result of the recent suspicious past year China has made no progrese in its earlier years it was founded as bag. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs denies fires the insuranes companies have can- this regard. There has been no disband ago as 1770-were not so negligent in 17th en a man who had committed suicide of additional preventative measures and that it is shortly contemplated they will celled all policies with regard to chur-mont of troops, of which there are pro- the matter of advertising. I have in my by placing a piece of gas tubing in his ultimately to closer co-ordination of the resume diplomatic relations with Russisches, schools and religious institutions in bably 1,250,000, of whom, only about 10 possession a proof of an advertisement
his opinion that, judging from the ap- tions. There is so question of despatching a Canada, and have instructed their agents per cent, are under the control of the that appeared in the Courier in 1805.month, the medical witness gave it as efforts of the various health administra to renew the policies at new rates, re- Peking Government. There are also some A Late as 1807 sandwich men dressed P pearance of the body, the gas contained Dr. Norman White's mission is expect- political mission thither.
hundreds of thousands of brigands, as smart footmen used to be sent into presenting increases of 32 to 50 per cent.
between whom and the soldiery it is hard the fashionable boot shaps to inquire if too much carbon monoxide. NEW FRENCH PŘEŠIDENT, to make a distinction, Banditry, which the proper blacking was being used.
has increased, has rouched alarming Famous literary men in the past cen- SENATE ELECTS H. proportions. There has been no progress tury were not by of advertising Day sad
DOUMERTUE.
towards unification, and the country is Martin in their books. Dickens loved to more than ever divided. There has beeti refer to it whenever possible because he Continuing the filibustering tactica,
PARIS, February 22nd. Do progress in financial rehabilitation, hated the firm of Warren, where he work Senator Gooding spoke for Beventy M. Doumervue has been elected Pres and public debts and foreign and domestic ed when a boy. Carlyle, George Eliot
alike unpaid.
As regards Hood, and Bret Harte all immortalisód minute on the stabilisation of wheat ident of the Senate by 148 to 133 votes. debts are prices. Mr. McKellar followed on a The latter were cast for M. De Selves. stability, there were no less that seven the firm's name.
Premiers last year.
"We have never altered, although wa The country's hope number of topics, his sole auditor being ex-Prefect of the Seine.
lay in the honest and industrious popula have improved, the recipe of the founder, hairdresser. Molasten, the Republican, Senator Jones, who is in
Doncaster charge of the Bill. In commemoration of
tion, who have always scoopted the Washington's birthday, Mr. Glass took up
loadership of the educated alan, in trance, vinegar, and many other quser the filibustering scheme, reading Washing
which he included tradere and bankers, ingredients are contained in the famous
blacking." ton's farewell addres
as well as the graduates. To these we
Day and Martin's have a capital of must look for the establishment of a more effective and stable Government, while £282,000 in Ordinary and Preference foreign nations could help by thely good-hares There are 1,500 shareholders will, sympathy and rendering such service as Chizs might ask.
PARIS, February 22nd.
THE CANADIAN FIRES. The Echo National states that the Cabinet has decided to reopen, negotia-HIGHER INSURANCE RATES FOR tions with the Soviet Government, "and a mission will be deepatched" a mouth hance.
D.S. SHIP. SUBSIDY.
FILIBUSTERING TAUTICS
CONTINUED.
WASHINGTON, February 22nd,
DEBT FUNDING. RATIFICATION ADOPTED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, February 22nd. The House of Representatives has "ratified the Anglo American debt settle
ment Billy*
The British bonds under the debt. wettlement will be of the largest denomina tions evor issued from the Bureau of Engraving. The greatest will probably bo for a billion dollars.
WASHINGTON, February 22nd. The House of Representatives has adopted Senate amendments to the debt settlemont Bill, of which the principal provides for Congressional instead of Presidential approval in settlements with -other nations.
DIPLOMATIC LIQUOR
"AND A DIPLOMATIO STATEMENT.
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PRINCE GEORGE'S ILLNESS. ANOTHER MINOR OPERATION PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
LONDON, February 2ad. Prince George has undergone a farther operation at Buckingham Palace, this morning, of a minor character, and it Was quite successful
EMPIRE EXHIBITION. MR. JOYNSON HICKS REPORT ADOPTED.
LONDON, February 22nd. The executive council of the Empira Exhibition has adopted Mr. Joynson Hicks' report.
THE DAVIS CUP.
IRELAND 18.8UES A
CHALLENGE
LONDON, February 22nd. Ireland has challenged for the Davis
Cap.
(Vontinued on next columa.)
LARGE PROFITS, QUESTION OF A SPECIAL. SURTAX.
Loxbos, Fobruary 2nd.
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BILLIARDS" CHAMPIONSHIP.
T. 8. LEUNG WINS SEMI-FINAL.
ed to last about six months,
TELEPHONE MANNERS.
The Coroner (Dr R· L · Guthrie).--||- With pure gas it would be much more difficult, if not sarly impossible, to commit suicide↑
The telephone service in most places has The witnicas: Yes, it would be much been subject to a deal of abuse, but, more dificult. Carbon monoxide pro- it is Lot often that we bee raised the ques tion of telephone etiquette, the question of a definite code of procedure to be duces unconsciousness very quickly,
So the gas companies followed by all telephone users. Mr. J. M. are in fact laying on to our hours a very Keynes, the economist, at present sp virulent poison—Yes,
The Coronet :
WOMAN.: AS MARINE- ENGINEER.
FIVE MONTES, TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.
parently deep in another exposure of politicians incompetence, has raised this question in a letter to a London journal. At no time during the day," he protests, can I rely on a quarter of an hour's.... uninterrupted work. Any unconcentrated porson who finds it easier to ring up than to write a postcard, any hostess making up her party, any American tourist to these shores who, thinka bo would like a word with me; is entitled by the existing conventions, and is able, Miss Victoria Drummond, the first wo-suddenly and at any hour, to interrupt man to go to sea as a working engineer my business and make me attend to In the semi-final of the Billiards Chamou a steamer, arrived at Liverpool on their Mr. Koynce outlines three pionship of Hongkong, played at the Jaary 11th on the Blue Fungol liner principles of a proposed code of telephone V.B.0 last night, Mr. T. 8. Leung de Anchises after a five months voyage to manners thus: To ring up a private feated Mr. M. Teung by 163 points in 750. Australia. She is the daughter of Cape in any cass in which a postcard or thought inconsiderata; a stranger should At 300 the contestants were level, but tain Malcolm and the Hon. Mr. Drum-letter would do equally well should be from thence on to 500 Tsang had decidedly mond, of Meggioch Forfarshire, grand bare no more right to use the telephone In the House of Commons, questioned the better of the game, the scoring board daughter of the frat Lord Amherst of of a private house than to open the Front
god-daughter of Queen door; it should be bad manners, except | as to whether he was prepared to intro- showing, Tsang 500, Leung 350: The Hackney, and duce legislation to secure for the Stato latter, however, was by no means din Victoria Miss Drammond never had a among intimate friends, to issue an invita a portion of large profits like the conraged and, with succession of fine day's illness during the voyage and re- tion on the telephone, which gives the Imperial Tobacco Company's, Mr. Bald breaks soon overhauled Tsang who had gularly attended to her duties. She had guest no time, without apparent rudenest win said a special surtax would be only reached 582 on the conclusion of the no mishap, and did not even back her on his part, to consider whether be in mattor for argument and would be raised gams. The highest breaks were: Leang ahin, as do most male engineers Asked really free, and whether he wants to 43, 40, 37, 34, 33, 22, 20. Taang 36, 33, if she had been disillusioned by her first accept. There must be many others who at the forthcoming Barget debate.
23, 91, 21.
som trip, she said she had liked the ea have suffered in a similar manner to Mr. AMERICAN AND GERMAN
perience better than she thought the Keynes and would welcome the adoption was dixious to continue her wa-going of some such principles as those outlined. LOAN PROJECT
career. She wears a blue uniform, with; Ar, however, It is not everybody who skirt, gold braid on coat, and a peaked endures mental anguish from the liability hat. She formerly sorred in the shore to be rung up at any moment, an Indian tax of the Bine Faurel Line engineering contemporary suggests that a suitable department, and learned the theory of datinetion might be made the numbers her profesion with the ginowing de of all those who desire their telephone moment might be starred in the telephone. partment of the Oeledoulan Shipbuilding med sparingly and only on occasions of and Bea-Kugineating Company, Drandse
directory.
[BY (DUETERY) OF THE KERAUT" CONSUL.]
ARGENTINE LOANS
Mp Heary Dix, a millionaire cotton Bonnos Aires, February 2nd,
dress manufacturer in the U.8.A.. has WARRINGTON, February 22nd. The Government has submitted to Con-
turned his business, valued at £200.000 Secretary Mellor ban informed the gress a Bill for a foreign loan of 150 The Finance Committee of the American over to his employee. He has also frated House of Representatives that it is million gold pesos at six per cent, at Bente unanimously rejected the German them £50,000 without interest, and offered incompatible with public interet to 92, and an internal loan of 700 million demand for a loan of one million in give his services se an employee, with disclose the amount of liquor Imported paper pesos: to consolidate the country's dollars to purchase goods in the United ont salary, should the new concern need
I his assistance. Boating debt. My foreign diplanatio representatives.
States,