CABLES.
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(THROCOU REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. POLLING DAY FINE BUT COLD.
HEAVY PHIL ANTICIPATED.
Loxtos, December 6th,
cold weather. The"polling booths opened seven o'clak in many constituencies
there was a steady flow of voters, inostly city men, as working man, magtly vote in the evening. “It js, expected that quilling will be heavy.
"
The results of about two hundred out -the set egatests will-be-deuared-jonight
(Thursday), including thirty-six in don. Most of the remainder will declared to-morrow (Friday), cómmencing at midday.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH 1923.
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US. CONGRESS ISSUES CHURCHES MAY OPPOSE: LAUSANNE TREATY.
NEW YORK, December 5th. The issues in this Congress will be the Soldiers Bonus, Mr. Mellon's (Secretary of the Treasury) plan-for- reduction of
he of chief importance. »
position from the organised churches, on
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS
(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY,]
JAPANESE FIBE INSURANCE SUBSIDY.
TOKYO, Drerarber 8th The text of the proposed Fire Insurancs
150,000,000 or 180,000,000 Yen.
、 it.
ren'
UNIONIST CONGRESS. AID FOR AGRICULTURE
the ground that it is a betrayal of Christar correar or thE DAILY BULLETIN. To enable cultivation to be intinde than "interests in Asia Minor. Batifica
* OPIUM
SUPPRESSION.
Mr W. Flanagan, M.P.. seconded the motion, and appealed to the confer-f ence to send out a message that the Con servative“ party was pledged that no worker would be penalised for being thrifty. (Cheers)
to.
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CAPITAL LEVY FAILURE. RESULT OF THE EXPERIMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, PENSIONS, AND THRIFT,
Czecho-Slovakia (writes De Robert, The annual ference of the National
Donald in The Daily Eslography"is"the"- Unionis Association concladed at Ply
The motion was unusiniously agreed only State which sing the war has had recourse to a levs un capital According [inguth on October 28th, under the chair
to the British Commercial Attache at manship of Sir H. Nield, M.P. The cons
Viscountess Astor, M.P, proposed that Prague, it has had a very detrimental dition of agriculture and ille safeguard the conference should, press the Govern-effect upon industry al, commerer and Income Taxes, railroad rate regulation Subsidy Bill Jas been published, hemming of the rights of minorities in trai, went to consider the grual raising of the salts have proved-extremely lim the school leaving, age to 16 years for appointing. All individuals and “dogn! beinus, were the themes of two of the children who had no immediate produse persalts are subject to the ts, which is Polling in London took place in fine but im some sort of assistance to Western panied by a statement by the Minister oftebief resolutimis adopted. The question tive employment to go to. About 150,000 assessral ou aif property, movable and children, she said, were out of work, immovable," situated in the ediągry on farmers, while in foreign affairs the pro-Agriculture and Commerce, to the effect compensation for trish loyalists came Turning these out into the streets, was March 1st, 1919, and an all forrigen weur- posal to adhere to the World Court and that the Government is prepared to ex-up and a resolution arging just and ot only a waste of national capital, but fies held by Czech citizens. Fortunes and in others at eight o'clock, after which the Mexican and Lausanne, Treaties will tend the same assistance to foreign, insur-speedy satisfaction of their claims, was making of fuel for the agitators What up to 10,000 verowas, are exempt. The agreed to. The conference adopted ashe urged would also help to solve the tax is the levied on a progressive scale, ance companies should they adopt the proposal in favour of granting pessimus nemployment problems by keeping men's from 1 per cent, on the first 23.000 crowns The World Court proposal goes to a policy of payment of wn per cent, of the to necessitrus widows with young child jobs for men. There were non-progres to 50 per cent. on amounts of 10,000,000 sives in the 'ntonist party, and if they crowns or more. There is also a levy on hostile committed in the Seriate, from claims for compensation. The Govern- Mr. Percy S. Hurd, M. moved a had their way they would sink the party the increase of capital between Fanuary, which it may not emerge, The Lausarmement's advance is expect to reach resolution expressing appreciation of the pas surely as the Bolsheviks would sink 1914, and March, 1919, for which in
dividuals a distinguished from legal Treaty is fikely to encounter serious op-
value of the agricultural mesures passed the Labour party.
After a short discussion the resolution persons are liable. The scale for this in the present session of Parlianient, but
tas varies from, 5 to 40 per cent. I re- urging the Government w-levite mensas defeateil on a show of hands,
THE IRISH LOVALISTĄ,
reived the most runtraictory statements" about the effect of the levy. The concln- Can us to assure this country against | Mr. Robert Sanders (Reigate) moved t the risk of starvation in the time of peril. "That this Conference expresses to. I came to is that it has not been The resolution proceeded to request nd found sympathy for the British subjects success. It has not worked according to ministrative measures for the mainten- of Southern Ireland who have so grie Flan, and it has not given the results ex- pected. The defects are inevitable. The LEAGUE “OF NATIONS"" : REQUEST. aler of the pre-eminence of British live vously suffered on account of their obed des passed in April, 1920, was intendenč stock; the improvement of the produe sence and loyalty, to lawfully constituted make one big haul in order to reduce PERISG December 5th.. tion of deon, wheat, and dairy produce: authority, and declares that it is the the nation! debt. This day will be the provision of simple vredits and of duty of the Conservative party in Parlia-levied once and for all," says an official The Government are in receipt of a comachinery for operative agricultural ment to secure that the guarantees pro-report. After three years it has still to munication from the Secretariat of the enterprise: the institution of better and mised for the safety and protection of levied.
cheaper transport, and whephonic facilities, the Southern loyalist population by the To begin with, the valuation of pro- League of Nations, requesting to be furnish and measures to ensure that the British raders of the late Coalition Government perty was an exceedingly complicated and ed with a "tult report" "ou- the work of housewife got British produce when she and of the present Conservative Govern tedious operation, and led to intermin-
paid for it. Agriculture was the great ment, be given early effect to, and that afsputes. The valus put ou landed. opium suppression - tá China;
est and oldest of British industries and The Seisupia tas berg entrusted with was the backbone of the Conservative al just compensation for property was quite different from the the low which they have suffers assessujent plured, on it for the púrpass It is understood that the German pro- this duty of preparing such report,
arty. What had to be decided was what be paich in cash or equivalent of expropriation. Then, aggin values are posals that the Reparations Commission
insurance piretains the State should pay. securities of sterling currency.? They (not fixed or standardised : Bey Anctuate; Replying to the z-legraphie instructions What was the most businesslike and an had, he said, the promises of, and the inciilence of the tax mmsg vary should authorise the flotation of a loan to from the Cabinet to adopt measures for bureaucratic method of insurance and the Members of Parliament that the same with them if it is to be fair and equit feast ontroversial men of making
anges which had been given to the Irishable. Hou more disputes, delays, anıl cover, purchase of foodstuffs are assured the suppfission of the cultivation of opium British, agricultural paling an integral loyalists would be carried out. They disturbances of trade A bill has been kicked on the beg.
ef support in the United States to the in Hanns and Hupeh, Hsiao You non part of the policy of Empire partner were awaiting now a declaration of the introduced to reduce the lay in order leave her fotel to day
ship?
Government's policy on this subject to comply with the new conditions-de- extent that authorisation is iving given to
state that he has instructed his subordin
Mr. Mark Jonnes (East Wilts), who They were extremely grateful for what preciations of property and, välnet-hat Ladly Eustace Perey was badly injured the American Driver to announce the lates to carry out the Liovernment wishes seconded the resolution, said he was de the Government had done, and with the betare, it can be enforegd, there will be.... last night after a meeting at Hastings in willingness of the United States that
lighted to hear the sperch of Mr. Bald manner in which Lord Eustace Percy and other variations. The plan was to collect win, for there seemed now to be a seal his committee had thrown themselves into 15 per cent, of the tat as soon as valua appiers of her husband. A crowd of
priority should be extender to such, loan,
hope for the future of British agricul; the work of relief: "but these people did tions were ninde and within thirty days. *rowfies "in the hall interrupted Lord it is expected that the Germans will
ture. They wanted to more than any not want charity, they wanted, "theit; after receipt of the drained. to hat cther industries obtained, namely, to hel
rights.
taken three years te cilet the first per- Eustace's speech and a booked cup was request a loan of syraty million dollars,
The Earl of Arran said England, in centage The Act was passed on April assisted by the State against that pafair foreign competition to which they had pursuance of her policy, bad handed over ali, 1920. The valuation for the purpos thrown at the platform, narrowly missing half of which would be offered to American
been subjected, so long.
the Southern loyalists into the hands offer the capital levy was as it March 1st, The official attitude nt Washing...)
Mr. Bramston (Ilford) said Great their enemies (Cries of the Chairman's face, and striking Lady investors.
Shame1919; for the increment tax on the differ- Eustace on the side, After the meeting an inclines to the belief that the situation the retrenchment policy, as its number Britain had built up its position in theThey did this, without consulting the in between values on January 1st, 1914, ders crowd surrounded Lord Eustace's in Germany requires emergency action is in coin with the Budget of 10 world not by Government help and fater loyalists wishes. The vast majority of and March- ist: 1910, the compulsor
EARLIER CAULES.
CONSERVATIVES STONED,
LONDON, Decemize 5th. Fürther election rowdyism is reported 'to-day. The Conservative candidate for Newport"(Mounonth). Mr. R. J. Clarry and his wife were sufrounded by a hostile crowd in the dorks district last night Stones and and were thrown and the curdidate's wife was struck with mud and She was unable to
car and in the confusion. Lady Eustace's right arm was jammed in the door of the car and badly bruised. The crowd joered and shouted as the car drove off.. The Marquis of Linlithgow in a apres at Wallsend, said that Ma, Baldwin's idea of calling a conference of representatives of shipping was to consider the question that if foreigner" did not 'allow their goods to be carried in British ships, we should not allow British "godis tơ Le carried în foreiġu ships, MR. LLOYD GEORBE ON WAGES.
LONDON, December 3th.
| tion of the Mexican Treaty "a regardled
as eprtain,
upon which full diplomatic) intercourse will be resumed,
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FAMINE IN GERMANY?
SITUATION REQUIRES EMERGENCY ACTION,"
WASHINGTON, Deventer 311⁄2"
order to prevent widespread famine.
ANOTHER DÍSSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT LIKELY.
جمة
RETRENCHMENT POLICY.
PERING, December 5th; It now transpiris that the staff of the Ministry of Justics will not be affected by
SINO AUSTRIAN TREATY:
PEKIN, December 6th
ference, but by individuality, and adapt the loyalists never wished for compro collectique of the tax-x-hegan in the cold, ibility to the needs of the time.. This nuse; they held that the English Gover helt af 1921. The tail amount paid up to country paid colossal "surs for agricument was responsible, and it was from date is 3.000.000.000 crowns, equivalent t'v tural produce, and out of those sums the English Government that they ex- £9,000.coo. It is cretain that a large- there might to be ample for everybody pected payment of reparation. If the proportion of the tax will overhe The versineular Press publish a reiers who took a hand in its production. If English Government, wished for repay- collected at all, and the funi Bnancial that the Goverment have drafted in the distribution of their products as they State Government.
the farmers put as much brains into ment they could get it from tho Free results will be disappointing.
did not into growing them they would act com.benutting for help at all..
Austrian Tray, which has been referred to Huang Yang-liang, Vienna, for
BERLIN, Decrar ath. Herr Marx has auzounced that the Government at present is unable to dis pense, with the military state of emer- geney, to which is attributed the state of pence prevailing all over the cuntry. The Emergency Powers: Bill will be dis cussed to-morrow, and be opposed by the rideration, Socialists and probably the Nationalists, and as a two thirds majority, in the Reichstag, is necessary to pass the Bill. a dissolution is likely to follow. GERMAN UNEMPLOYED ATTÁČK POLICE.
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HISTORIC ANGLICAN CHURCH CEREMONY IN JAPAN.
Mr Sterborne sconted as unprnetical he contention that farmers might engage "in production "and" distribution" at the
saur time.
The resolution was agreed to with only jave dissentients; 19:
TOKYO, December 5th, ̈ How. Motods will be conerated Bishop of Tokyo at St. Timothy's burchi, on the morning of the 7th inst.
This is the first instance in the history of the Anglican Church throughout the world of an independent national church elerting its own bishop in a self-supporting diverse
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THE EUROPEAN CRISIS,
GENERAL MITS'S DEMANDY FOR
FALCONFERENCE
a great Conference of the Powers who are mainly interested in the Repara- tinu questions and at this Confer énée the Governments "of the Powers: should be lirectly representedł
Lord Eustace Perey, M.P., said he had o quarrel with the resolution except that he thought the last few words were not clear. The work of the Irish Grants Committee was not charity, and he did not wish any Irish loyalists to hesitate to come to that committee in the belief that it was it not only bad given smali At: a Alinner given in his banour in TRADE UNION DICTATORSHIF
grants to those who fere destiintei fandon by the South African Luuchenn Mr. G. Rowlandas moved a resolution made advances against claims to cua Club on October 2nd General, Sianis urging on the Government, the duty of ensation by those whose property had made qui important speech is the Euro- protecting the rights of trade union heen destroyed or who had suffered per pan tuntion. The fellowing are the inisorities, and of securing that trade sonal injury," It had spent in this way muîn points in the sperele, union policy should conform with the £233,000, and in order to show them that The time has come for the convocation of legitimate functions of trade unionism the committee was not a mere stationary I also urged the need of legislation to body he would say that £100.000 of that secure the conduct of trade union ballots sum had been spent within this financial under supervision of an independent year. The amour of money they were authority as the best means of saving granting was thus increasing very largely tride tuionis fear the dictatorship of as a consequence of the policy of the GaNeither the Repuration Commission cor trade union officialdom." Mr. Rawlands crument to assist Irish loyalists.
even the Concil of the Tangue of Nations shoull be called on to deal The presiding Bishop will be Bishop said he had been sent by working-men composition of the committee was n
with the situations ALS Joba Mchim, of North Tokyo, al those Conservatives of the county of Glamor guarantee that it was not bureauerntic
Kaywhere there were certain things and departmental in character. As cisions of far-reaching importance will assisting - ut
have to be takenland the consecration will begin on which necessitated this appeal garded the amount of compensation which for the Ballot Act. Prople did not know Trish loyalists had revived hitherto in the paid in England and, that was years negotiations for the foramtion of Bishop Heaslett, South Tokyo, and Bishop bow, trade union officials conducted their cases of personal injury, the awards and Negotiations are foot, to bring about such a Conference, ARISING Lee, of Kyushu, n
ballots, or to what extent members were decrees totalled slightly over £3,120.000. Tt is vitally important that the United under their dictatorship. The Engineers of which at least £100.000 had beenStates of Americ, fould be there as The Armon will be delivered by Bishop Union was just now uking a ballot as to paid. As regarded damage to property, tetive amber and bear, her fult Gailer, of Tennessee.
weight. Bishop Seatt, of Shantung, repress the Church of China.
BERLIN, December 5th. Divatisfied with their relief 'allowaber, netployed, reinforced by colliers, attemy Mr. Doyd George, at Brighton. id be ted to storm the Town Hall at Wanne a he had work They stoned wind fired revolters at tha -was" prepared to work;
"police, who returned the fire. Seven of hefore, with anyone who he thought was the attackers were killed and 20 wounded.
French troops later, restoreid onder. doing his fast in serve the country's in. terests. There was no vountry in Europy EMPIRE.ZING COMBINE which paid such high wages as England.
LONDON. December 5th. The was only one country in Europe A interesting forthcoming issue is a million and a half sterling of debentitres, which paid' wages coming anywhere. near which marks the completion of several
Holland, which was a Free Trade comutes, MR. LLOYD GEORGE WINDS UP LIBERAL CAMPAIGN.
an Empire zine combination, with which it is nuderstood British, Australian and Burman interests are closely identified.
FRONTIER MURDERER
CAPTURED
DELHI. December 5th... A Muzagai Shinwari, who was the ringleader of the murders of Major Finnes, has been, captured by, & Zhob levy
Mr. Lloyd George, who to-day wound up the Liberal campaign in London by a gret meetingut Camberwell in Appert of Dr. Macnamara ml other Liberal candidates in South London and who sub-corps. sequently proceeded to speak at Brighton, has sent a message to the London electors, decinring that London, the greatest city in the world, is endangered. ~ He says:--"She lives by trade as no other city in the world lives thereby, and, if that trade is to grow,
INTER-VARSITY "RUGGER.” RHODES SCHOLARS IN OXFORD TEAM,
LONDON, December 5th.
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The
whether they would make a levy for the award "given for pre- truce damage the Daily World-n purpose entirely by the Wood Renton Commission now outside the functions of trade unions amounted to £1.018.000, of which there Only last year a Trades Union Congress had been paid £2,650,000, while £251,000 Similarly, Rev.. Y. Nude will be con-representing 5.000.000 people, passed by was in respect of defended decrees which a card vote a resolution to pay 24, per did not come before the Commission, hut Merated Bishop of Osaks at Christ Church member to the Daily Herald, anil, in were automatically rail. Roughly speak spite of that, the Day Herald coulding, therefore, they bad given £5.000,000 only persuade 200,000 people to read the in awards, of which 26,000,000, had been paid and he thought the loyalists were dirty rubbish, (Laughter and cheers)
fairly satisfied that substantial justice The resolution was carried inanimous cessed foz, merce damage
"in that city on the 11th inst
Henceforth there will be two Japanese Bishops in control within the respective
¡areas.
Bishop, MeKim, the Americau Bishop,
from
is a lack of moral justice which is Europe's andeing. The peoples of Europe have faith in America, and T have complete.confidence in America's rendiness to net at the right time, The main issue for settlement will ho the Reparation question. A satisface tors solution is now possible E statesmen will be reasonable,"
Germany is still in a position to pay
reasonable reparations.
the Wood Renton Commission. PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS.
whose resent awards had been handedness the Reparation issue is speedily ⠀ got out of the way Europe mny. Kook The Countess of Selborne (Central down with ccmnendable rapidity and Council) mesed that as soon as the finan-were being rapidly paid.
he faced with situation in which that question will disappear in fai more grave issues
The Oxford “rugger team to theet and Bishop Headett, the British, will havecial condition of the country. permitted! The question of post-truce damage re
jurisdiction in the North and
outside of Tokyo and Osaka,
1 aast be free. He adds that wills Cambridge at Twickenhain on December would deal a deadly blow at the work and [ 11th is definitely selectel. The Colonies wages of the citizens of London.
are strongly represented, there being four MR.
BALDWIN'S POLLING DAY South "Africaux and two Australians, and the Pennsylvanian, A. G Valentine, all Ithodes scholars.
MANIFESTO.
Loxbon, December 8th. Mr. Baldwin, in a polling-day manifesto, appeals to his fellowcountrymen, und women to support him in his fight against unemployment. I ak this," he says for your own sake and for the sake of the rising generation.".
LATEST PARTY FORECASTS.
South
"AN" EPITAPH FOR THE OLD
JOURNALISM, A
was desirable to grant pensions to mained, and the claims, were to come be. widows left with young children. She fore the county courts in Ireland; and id her, appeal was on behalf of sense he was sorry to say they were not going of the most belpless of our citizens. She to begin to come before those courts pictured the plight of young working until the Jonary session. It had been class widows with families whose wage said that these post-truce claims earner was lost, perhaps by accident, and going to be adjudicated on a basis which who were faced with the alternatives of would prevcut real justice being done My H. W. Massinghum, paying a tribute starvation or the Poor Law for the To, that he would reply simply that so children. It had been said the measure far as the Irish Grants Committee were to Bir John le Sage, in the Year States would east £50,000,000, hut, she would like concerned they did not in practice take a Lospon, December 5th.` mau hays: When the old journalis to know how that estimate was arrived post-trace claimgas any less good security The eve of Polling Day finds all parties did arrange agterprise, it was queat. It would be easy to ascertain the than pre-truce claim. They were pre confident of improving their positions grand scale, and supplied wome continuous As ficial at the Conservative head and satisfying diet for its readers minds FOREIGN, TARIFF WALLS
quarters declared that, given fue weather This, in fact, was the ideal of the big STEADILY RISING.
The Conservative hoped, not newspaper entrepreneurs of these times, to-merrow, Lostos, December sth.nly to maintain their majority but even Commercially minded as, they were, the
to increase it. ·
Lawsons, like the Walters and the Lloyds Mr. Kylant in a speech at Southamp. It is stated at the Liberál honilquarters had the zeal for public instruction, and ten said it was impossible for any business that the canvass had been very encourag despised the scheme of sylinbub catering inau to ignore the fact that tariff walle in foreign countries were steadily rising inerent Thral enthusiasm is report which took shape in Lord Northcliffe's
ed from all over the country. The official ramshackle mind. against Britain all over the world. Che foreign country in addition had prohibited declined to make any forecast, but The Time stod for one school of declared tunt if the promises made to education by the press, The Daily News British steamers trading between the ports them were fulfilled, then everybody was in for another. The Telegraph for a third. of crast. If the Chilian law had for a big surprise.
But all were sustained by staffs of writers passed his compaur would have Labour headquarters are confident of an with full minds, who knew the world
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hers of children of school age left pared, to advance as much against it
He make fatherless in any portion of the kingdom if it were & ure truce claim.
gested that the conference should pass from the census.
Mrs Norton (Bermondsey) moved to thesolation in the confidence that the amend the resolution to make it refer Government had already gone forward to "necessitous" gidows She also with the carrying out of its pledges and moved to leave cut the opening phrase, would continue to do 50.
as soon as the financial condition of the coustry permija.”
The amendment was agreed to, and the motion as amended was adopted.
RIET, PESSIONE, AND TAXES. Mr. G. Bowlands moved that the Con
The resolution was adopted unanimous
Speaking at a meeting of the House wives! Union, Mrs. Juson Kerr quoted several cases where prices had been
not holding new. modern vessels to increase in the party's represcutation in politics and diplomacy; of action, ófference should appeal to the Government reduced as a result of an organiɛnd boyett |
British
so that workers not
The Itür occupation cannot be squar
ed with the Renaration Brovisions of the Treaty The French have begun the revision of the Trenty-a, process which will go very far. Auther mouace is the danger of German
disintegration
I (ne
hope she will do) Germany makes a ist despairing appeal and throws herself on the compassion of her conquerors in the Great War T trust this great Empire will not hesitate for a moment to respond to
appeal and to use all its dipl iontic power and influence to support der, and to prevent a calamity which would be infinitely more dangerous to Europs and the world than was the downfall of Russia six or seven years, be done quickly, for the crisis in its ago In any cake, what we do shelt
most neute form has arrived. This country and America have been very strongly pressed to cancel all, their laims ágatost the Allies but they Js danger, lesta policy of excessiva generonity may simply enable France stil marte effvelively to subsidize and
- Mater militarism on the Continent.,
ing a large number of additimal workmen there would Cyriainly be 171 Labourites personalities of weight and individual polishing or askering the income-tax
Any suggestion that, the Conservatives would rek totion returned, probably more, and that Labour character, often tough, but fine, and harte haiged for being thrifty: The to havharge Lion, or to our nucle
her own confession Charged on her
troduce proposals calculated to under minb the countri
As regards the weather, rain and sleet good and is manager of the type of tion also asked the Conservative party Lady Dinsdale widow of Sir John If von dk in the corner, and refuse ti vital shipping is forecasted and it is believed that this journalist whorn the Northcliftes have to consider the possibility of evolving a Dimsdale, whe committed suicide fair the gains you do quite as much Fupremacy could be dismissed as absurd.
will lessen the Tory poll, while not affect wiped out, anuch as the American gun-schema of contributory superannuation Whitetable Churchyard, as remanded in harm to yourself as you do to auch de (Continued at foot of next column,) ing the Labour vote to the same extent. › men wiped out the buffalo.”
for workers of all grades,
custody at Whitstable for inquir