GERMANY'S SERIOUS
PLIGHT.
A MENACING OUTLOOK.
THE HO GKONG DAILY PRESS MODAY, AUGUST 13r
PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT EBERT.
“BIG COALITION” GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE,
ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
PESSIMISTIC REPORTS: FROM
BERLIN. -
COMMUNIST ACTIVITY.
LATEST CABLES. | The Reichstag, during the debate on Herr Cuno's speech, has been besieged by labour deputations organised by the Communists, who are demanding the re- signation of the Cabinet and the "fornia- tion of a Lamar Clovernment and that the Communist notion of no confidence shall be voted on August 13th. SOCIALISTS DEALAND SEIZURE
Eos pus. August 11th. Pessimistic reports are coming through from Berlin of the coalition of affairs, in
Germany.
The capital is stated to be seething with rest as a consequence of the ter-
rrible increase in food prices.
A PROCLAMATION BY · THE PRESIDENT.
'BERLIN, August 11th. All classes of workmçu are affecţei and they are piller striking or Kong slow. not having retrived any sitisfaction Frota their demand for much higher wages.
In view of the menneing outlook, Presi- dent Ebert has issued a proclamation forbidiling the circulation of pamphlets demanding the forcible overthrow of con? stitutional govermart. or inciting the - pozudaci to viclent nets. The puckung: tion applies to the whole of the Reich. 'Penalties for contravention are thres months' imprisonment and # the not exceeding half a billion marks
"TAXATION BILLS. PASSED BY REICHSTAG.
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BERLIN, August 11th.
OF GOLD VALUES.”
The attitude of the Socialists towards:
SIEMEN SHUCKERT DISMISS THOUSANDS OF MEN.
BERLIN, August 11th...
THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY. INTER-ALLIED COMMISSION'S
DECREE.
The Siemen Shuckert electrient factory bas dismissed all its workers, numbering some thousands, at its branch at Siemens-ordered the azizure of the mines in the stadt, a suburb of Berlin. This is owing to their adoption of go stow policy.
· 1993,
LATEST CABLES.
THE RAKOVSKY ENQUIRY, SOVIET DENIALS OF ANGLO-“
PHOBIA.
Losos, August 11th.
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S "ADENCY.]
THE "ALICE. DOLLAR »
» CUSTODY,
UIDENT.
Coulence, August 10th. The Inter-Alled High Commission, has
Allied Mission to take possession of and occupied tarcitury, empowering the Inter
M. Chicherin's reply to the British explu.t thom where the producers refuse to enquiry reative to allegations against MILITARY OFFICIAL STILL delirer fael under the treaty, The decis M. fasovsky (Seriet representative in provides a musunum penalty of five years' imprisonment for refusal to obey orders or London empatienlly repudiates the Acts of sabotage will be punished by twenty he used certain words as alleged, aud interference with the working of properties, charge of Angle-Phobia. It denies that | | years' imprisonment, or oren deith where
they result in fatalities. THE BURIAL OF PRESIDENT
Workmen who were demonstrating in the Town Hall at Ration, Nilesin, against the_dearness" of food, collided with the police. Four, demonstrators were killed and 10 woundeıl, A mumber of shops, including two gunsmiths', were touted
HARDING. prior to the conflict. "UBLICATION OF BRITISH DOSSIER IMPRESSIVE NATIONAL TRIBUTE.
ANXIOUSLY AWAITED.
Los nox, August 11th. London and other European capitals
the British Ruhr dossier on Sunday, it aro anxiously awaiting the publication of
cluding the Note to France, drafted By the Cabinet this week, which is regarded is the most important docoment since the Armistice.
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claims that, the nomination of such a pro- }
minent man is further strong evidence of the Soviet's desire to develop political and economic relatious with Great] Britain.
The reply denies that M. Rakovsky was ever expelled from France or that he visited there during the war.
IN
lewasu, August 10th.
The 1.9.S.. Ambet procred, to Hankow to-morrow warning, having aboard the military' official Liu.
Admiral Phelps hna peevived instrue- tions to surrender Lia to the Commander. in-Chief, but the latter has written refus- -- ing responsibility for his safe custory.“ Admiral Phelps therefore retains the offender and will hand him over "to the Consul General, who will deal diretly with the Tucbun Hsiao
MARION, August 10th. Amid a husbed, silence and in the presence of vast multitudes of his mouru-
was laid to rest in the cemetery of bis ing countrymen, the late Mr. Warrens Gamaliel Harding, twenty-ninth President,
MOSCOW EXHIBITION. native town this afternoon. The normal
FOREIGN FIRMS ΤΟ BE
** ALICE DOLLAR AGAIN FIRED ON. activities of thousands of cities and towns. all over the country ceased simultaneously
REPRESENTED,
The Alice Dother, on her outward ivip.". 548 the casket was placed in the vault.
wag" fred on Moscow, August 11th.
as Fowchow by twenty This Note was handed to the French Trams stopped, telephones were atdled. Ambassador, to-day, hat will not be pub Millions stood a few moments in reverent
Firm from tixteen foreign countries soldiers belonging to the Kweiehow army. fished in London till six o'clorit on Sun-respect, Shops closed and businesses will be represented at the forthcoming One passenger was wounded. day evening.
everywhere were suspended for the entire NEED FOR SPECIAL RHINELAND day
CURRENCY
the motion' is ancertais, but this may be determined by the Government's action as regards the gold lonn, the guarantees for which the Sorialists consifler inade.
The collapse of the mark has revived qante. The ry of the Socialists is
the French project for a special Rhine, Seizure of gold values," which is equid carnes, which was much discussed at the beginning of the Ruhr occupation; valent to conseription of wealth,
hut was found impracticable. Now that "BIG COALITION” GOVERNMENT the French and Belgians propose to seize and work the mines and coke ovens, the need for a special currency is urgent, and it is hoped that when the Germans are paid in currency equivalent to the franc, they will genernily restic work in pecu- pied territory.
REASON FOR MARK APPRECIA- TION NOT KNOWN,
POSSIBLE.
It is believed in Reichstag circles that the present Ministry will be succeeded by ́to-andled. “Big' Coalition," the Callinet is supported by all except the extreme Left and Right Parties.
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HERR CUNO'S RESIGNATION IMMINENT.
BERLIN, August 11th. The Socialist Party yuted in favour of the non-confidence motion is Government
• Dusarttıorf, August 11th, The reasons are not yet known for the extraordinary panig on the Bourse, dur ing which marks appreciated by anormous strides in dollar and frane exchanges, but Inter, equally quickly reacted to the latest low levels." 245 per, cout
"Bahr miners wages have been increased
The cortege, with the widor and other members of the family, Mr. Coolidge, mom ers of the Cabinet and other not ables, passed through an avenue of tens of thousands of townspeople and visitors. There was no military display or bands. while the funeral services were impres Sively simple. Only relatives and intimater participated in the last simple rites at the
A presidential salute graveside. twenty-one guns was fired as the hearse entered the cemetery, and the hymn Lead kindly Light" was sung by the local church choir. There
ashurt
Was
of
scripture reading, a prayers a byna and the ceremony concluded with the Benedic tion.
Subscow exhibition.
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They include Ger The steamer guards returned the fire, many, $ America, 43; Belgium, 4; killing three and wounding eight soldiers. France, a; Great Britain, 6; China, 3; Japán, 3...
BANISHED FRENCH
MINISTER.
RETURNS HOME AFTER "FIVE" YEARS
CHINESE RAILWAY GUARDS.
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
BECOMING ACTIVE, ..
PEKING, August 11th. The Chiaotangpu (Ministry of Com munications) announces the appointment of General Munthe and Major Wang Ken M. May, a ex-Minister, who was
to make immediate preparations for banished for five years following his con policing the Peking-Hankow! Peking viction by Senate in August, 1918, for Mukden. Ticntein-Pukow, Peking-Sui- dereliction of duty, has returned to his
Patus, August 11th
Throughout the night preceding the funeral thousands had fled past Mr.
yuan, Kinochow-Tsinan and Lunghai Harding's bier. The queue at midaigst home at Soniline. He begins immediately railway lines and the submission of pro. seemed unending, and Mr. Harding on his campaign for election to the pom's to the "Ministry. ordered that the house be kept open
if necessary till suurise, to enable all Chamixer of Deputies. friends to bid ber husband farewell. The Boral tributes were so numerous that they
"The Reichstag'has unanimously allopted "It is believed that Horr Cuno'a resigna MONETARY CHISES EXPECTED TO overflowed the house," the lawe, and the
the taxation bill, mentioned in realitetion is imminent.
unesange dated July 31st, inchubog the Mueasure for providing funds for passive Presistance in the Buhr frei
STRIKES AND FOOD RIOTS.
Loxuos, August Juh,
There are strikes and food riots, both
GERMAN PRESIDENT'S APPEAL"
On the anniversary of the adoption of the Weimar Constitution all the Gavern- ment buildings were befingged. A solemn
sitting of the Reichstag was attended by President Ebert and all the Ministers, but public demonstrations were forbidden in
in the occupied and unoccupied portionsview of the unsettled internal and ex.
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TERMINATE,
The Olarreer's correspondent at Berlin states that the Reichslank ecceded, in throwing six billions of paper money on the market, thus saving an nonte situa tion. The Reichshank, in an announce ment, affords hope that the monetary erises will terminate in n few days. SENTENCES ON BADISCHE ANC“
DYEWORKS DIRECTORS.
The court-martial at Landau sentenced two directors of the Badische Anilin Uye- works to six years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000,000 marks for refusing to assist in the removal of stocks of material
of Germany, due to the extraordinary ternal situation. rapidity of the fall of the mark, making President Ebert, in a unifesto, ex-cized by the authorities. Other directors paper marks valueless
sants becoming increasingly reluctant to send supplies to the towns and with the fixed income and wage-carring classes impoverished, and the revenue from taxa- tion conacquently negligible, the situation
culice what happened in Russia, and the cronemic cullipses frequently pre- picted as the result of the Rahr occupi,
tion seems imininent.
He
With the penhorts the Gernunn people to reumin united in work and sacrifice,; and they will "re-
over from the presenti suffering. denounces the occupation of the Ruhr and concludes by anying that the "Ger- mass in the Rhine and Rohr have set un example which will always stimulate us Don't despair. History teaches that a conqueror intoxicated with power "never has right on his side." The closing of shops in Berlin, which NORTH SEA PILOTS ÖN STRIKE BERLIN, August 11th.. conumenred on August ath, threatens to
The tube trains have resumed, but the develop into a general strike of retailers unless the Government allows prices to tramways have ceased to run, as the men employed at the power station have be fixed on a gold busis similar to that
struck dfixed or expiorters, industrialists" and The latest addition to the strike move- wholesale dealers, who have long sincement is a strike of North Sea pilots at refused to do business on any other basis. Hamburg and Bremen, who are dissatis
fied with their pay. ́STRIKE ON BERLIN UNDER-
GROUND....
BERLIN, August 10th.. Trafo on the underground railways is 'at standstill owing to a strike, foll wing the dismissal of three workmen,
DEMAND FOR TAXATION "OF. PROFITEERS.
The guid lot mentioned in lerr Gun's speech, and the bankers' offer of an advance of foreign currency to the value of fifty million gold marks to the Reichsank, in order to buy foodstuffs, are regarded as only palliatives.
RAILWAY RATES TO BE INCREASED. 600 PER CENT.
BERLIN, August 11th. German railway rates for passengers and goods are to be increased by six hundred percent. from August 20th. FORCING GERMAN WORKERS TO ABANDON RESISTANCE
PARIS, August 11th.
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were sentenced to eight months' imprison
ment and a fine. of 140,000,000 marka.
EFFORTS TO STABI ISE BELGIAN CURRENCY
NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS
· AND LONDON.
LOAN
32. Brisstes, August 11th, Negotiations are pregressing for the futation of a French Joan to Belgium of between four hundred, and hyr hundred million franes, with, a view to stabilising Belgian curreggy-
RESTRICTED.
LATER
adjacent gardens.
Throughout the day people poured into the city in continuous streams. Hundreds fainted owing to the great beat, and Were treated at emergency hospitals.
Cabinet, the Speaker, and the gemporary Mr. Coolidge, Bir. Taff. members of the President of the dentis neted as the pall.
bearers.
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
LONDON, August 10th, Flags were half-masted all over Great Britain to-day on the occasion of the burial of Mr. Hurding.
Memorial services were
AEROPLANE CRASH
FRENCH AVIATOR AND PASSENGERS KILLED.
PARIS, August 11th.
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KIDNAPPED BRITISHER.
STEPS FOR HIS RELEASE,
PEKING, August 11th. Advices received from Yunnanfu gra
The well-known airina, Poulain and to the effect that Mr. Weatherbe is com two passengers named Arthur and Joseph fortable. A foreigner named Cowley is Seep, were killed instantly in an acro-procceding to the bandit headquarters in plane crash: The cause of the accident an endeavour to effect his release, while the garrison commander at Tali has order." is not known.
ed steps to be taken to have Mr Weatherbe liberufed.
BOLSHEVIK DEATH SENTENCES.
HIGA, August 11th. Adviče, from Moscow state that three members of the Follava secret society have been sentenced to death on a charge of opposing the Third International.
WORLD OF SPORT.
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LINCHENG INDEMNITY DEMANDS:
CHINA MAY OPPOSE SUPERVISION
OF RAILWAY GUARDS: -
PEKING, August 11th.
held at Westminster Abbey and Sz Margaret's. The former was of a remark ally cosmopolitan character. Crowds, of Americans assembled outside the Abbey The door was closed early owing to the throng, many being unable to gaiù admix. Fifteen sion, and these remained 'outside. hundred.Americans were among the con- gregation, which was representative of all classes of British society. H.. the King was represented by the Duke of York, wearing the Air Forcu The soccer match China r. New South uniform. There were Cabinet Ministers, Wates reacted in a draw with, 3 goa's be difficulty over foreign supervision of Privy Councillors, representatives of the Services, and diplomats resplendent in n
CHINA
NSW SOCCER SYDNEY, August 11th
Cowes, Augude rith.
In Chinese political circles the indem- aity demands and the glismissal demands, excepting the dismissal of the Tuchun, embodied in the Lincheng note, are re- garded as being acceptable, but there wil
the milway guards,
EARLIER CABLES,
HOME CRICKET. A
The question is also under consideration their uniforms. The ervice was fully TISH-AMERICAN YACHT RACE. of raising a sterling jean in London to choral, and the congregation joined inost prevent the depreciation of the Iranc.
ferrently in singing Mr. Harding's EXCHANGE OPERATIONS TO BE favourite hymns. “Lead kindly „Light”
The third race for the British-American and Abide with Me."..
The Kiry dil not race at t'oses, their Cap was won by Great Britain, who thus In view of the recent depreciation of
AarskELS, August 17th, M-jesties retuanning on the Royal yucht, lead by 72 to 38 points. the Belgian frine, a gyal decreo is being whose flag. like the flags of other yuchta, SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO SWIM published to-morrow prohibiting, under was half-musted. The Baltic Exchange seters praaities, all exchange operations suspended business for an hour. except for payment of goods bought The service at St. Margaret's ne
LONDON, August 11th. abroad. Firms authorised to carry on commodated the overflow from the Abbey.
The Americans, Charles Toth and Sum exchange operations must deposit a large The congregation included a party of Richards and an Argentinian, Maciel left Gloucester beat Worcestershire at Bristol bond and furnish wedaily record of any Americans who had just arrived from Dover together this afternoon in unby five wickets. For Gloucester, Dipper (transaction. †
Rotterdam specially to attend at West attempt to swim the Channel. Maciel and in the first innings scored 171, and Parker minster Abbey and were must disappointed | Richards have abandoned the attempt. took 7 for 72 and 6 for 78.. Por Worcester, when they found, there WAS DO
LATER. M. Foster in the sciond innings compiled accommodation.
121.
KARLIER CABLES,
THE EUROPEAN EXCHANCES...
-Lospos, August 10th.! Exe anges, after improving, reacted, The Belgian frane was it 103.85 but clised Advices from Mayence state that what 105.26; and the French fries at 80.75 den passive resistance, the French have to the pound sterling, cbsed at sixteen, to a view to forcing the workmen to shanMarks, after being nominally at ten millions occupied the labour bureau and -pro hibited the payment of the dole to the phteen millions unemployed, who will be directed to the
Beery, August 10th."; Franco-Belgian regie of other works Government pre prohibata Gernins where work is offering. The measure will:lling work ahrad on the ground that probly be extended throughout the the sales tro having a detrimental effect on
exchange.
PRINTING MONEY IN BILLIONS,
COMMUNIST :DEMANDS: THREE- DAYS GENERAL STRIKE CALLED.
Bentay, August 11th Excitement has heen, intensified by the Decision of the Communist leaders and the workmen's councils to call a three dușă' general strike.
FRENCH TRIBUTE.
Paris, August 10th, The Ministers of War and of Marino represented the Government at a Harding memorial service in the American Pro- Cathedral Drum taps were sounded in the Place Concorde.
BRITISH RUSINESS MISSION
TO RUSSIA,
London, August 10th. A party of business men, headed by. Mr. F. L. Baldwin, a'cousin of the Premier, chairman of Lecos Traders, Limited, which is an association of eighty British enginer,
THE CHANNEL
The Argentin Tirsboshi. started from Cape Gritaez this evening.
-·LATEith The Argentinium, Tiraboschi succeeded in swimming the channel. He landed at Dover at one o'clock.
RECORD TIME ESTABLISHED." Tiraboschi nished very strong. He: was accorded a great reception. The time is unofficially given as 40 hours, which is a record.
Toth abandoned the attempt 24 miles frnia France, after swimming for eighteen,
hour
TENNIS
EOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND. August 11th. by Human, August 10thing concerns, formed ten years ago laiko - Vincent Richards A few busfraktikat.. the State print secute British interests in Russia, has left singles, defeating Carl Fischer, the inter- won the annual ing works has been settlel enabling the on a mission to Russia, where it hopes to collegiate champion, 6-2, 6-2, raumption of the printing of billions of conclude definite business with the Soviet. paper marks. The banku have decided to
the energy nay cheques oli ne million and PEASANT OUTBREAKS IN fire million marka in order to incet the currency she age.
RUSSIA.
The demand is growing for more strin-Ruhr area gent taxation of industrialists and pro teers, who have thriven on the inflation 'of currency, while other classes' have been, bled thereby, if the state is to find the revenue adequate for its needs, as the speeches in the Reichstag dehate dicated. Germans suddenly realise that their future depends upon themselves and
Thoy back up the demands for the mpt 'upon Great Britaja; but it remains resignation of Herr Cuné, the confisca to be seen whether the Government is tion of food stuffs, recognition of pra letarian control commission, minimin strong enough to extort the necessary wage of sixty gold pfennigs an hour, work It is understood that the British revenue from the industrialists, now that for all unemployed, and war cripples at Note to the Allies, infer it, laff stress on is clear that ovasion of taxes means full rates and the release of all polition the accessity of plaining, either from ra prisoners. The Socialists are also depurations or from Britain's Continental mol merely the evasion of reparation pay-manding the payment of wages on a gold debtors, a sum ufficient to meet the British
debt to the United States. ***
zest, but economic bankruptcy;
basis.
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BRITAIN'S WAR" DEBT:
LONDON, August 10th.
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LONDON, August 10th. Yorkubire at Icicestor beat Leicestershire by an innings and 74 runs. For Yorkshire, liboden took 4 for 46 and 4 for 30 and Sutcliffe knocked up 90..
The West Indies best Somerset ut Weston-super-Mare by 198. The Weat Indian, Challenor, in the first innings compiled 79.
Sasser at Cardiff beat Glamorgan by. 175. For Susser, Tate took & for 62 and 7 for 56.12 MAR HATS
Middershr best Kent at Canterbury by seven wickets Kent in the first inpings scored 445, Wooley contributing. 70, the highest weare of the season Kent
their second inning compiled 159. Middlesex secred 457, Murrell and Mann contributing 86 and 79, respectively, and in the second innings compiled 148 for 3, Man koocking up 53, not out.
Essex at Leyton best Hampshire by the eccond innings stored, dll, not outs shine wickets. For Ester, O'Connor in innings Hampshire in their second Robert and Howard Kinky Beat: scored 201, Douglas taking 7 for 72. Richards and B, LC. Norton in the Lascashire,at Manchester beat, Notta final of the doubles, 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1 by tan wickets. Notts in the first innings
DAVIS CUP.
compiled 251, George Gunn contributing Chicago, August 11th...
115, and in the second innings 01, two men absent, hurt.
have occured in [the Odessa, Ekaterince'ay and Kashio 6-1, 0.2, 12.
Lancashire segred, 2031and 111 for 0, and Don districts, also in the North
The Australians showed superior crisse Makepeace knocking up 62, not out, Caucasus. It is reported they are the re- court, driving, Anderson in particular Warwick at Birmingham bent. Northamp salt of the vigorous measures used by the making marvellous drives The Japanese ton on the first innings. For Warwick, B. Soviet collectors, who are employing militin were mostly forced to play as the back of Quaife in the first innings compiled 99, not to nasist them in requisitioning on as a the court. They played erratically at the out, and Captain Parsons in their second
innings scored 131.
lax
Rra, August 10th
the
Numerous anti-Soviet peasant outbreaks in Davis Cup Competitions. Ander- tiek: 3-for-5 and Kickinott 3 for 15.
fot.