CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH MINERS MAY STRIKE.
OWNERS TERMS TO BE REFERRED TO DISTRICTS."
LONDON, March 13th. The Miners' Conference at London Becided to refer the owners terms to the Warions districts. The Delegate Confer..
Face will re-meet on March 25th to
rrive at a decision.
OWNERS TERMS, INADEQUATE. It was also decided that the owners' terms were inadequate nil inacceptable, and the Government was arged' to pass
Miners' Minimum Wage Bill. DELEGATES AWAIT
PARLIA
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1924.
GOVERNMENT MOTION
DEFEATED
ARMY ESTIMATES DERATE.
LONDON, March 13th."
In the House of Commons a Government motion to end the eleven o'clock rule in order to debate the army estimates, cause the business was buid-band, was defeated by 24 to 207 but this defeat is not yegandas vital within the terms "of the statement Mr. MacDonald has made more than once. Mr. Walsh proceeded to latroduce the estimates,
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] **AN EXTRAVAGANT YOUNG ASS."
SHANGHAI FALSE PRETENCES
CHARGE DISMISSED.
SHANGHAI, March 14th. In the British Court yesterday after. noon Mr. King dismissed Norman Bow-
hy false pretences and obtaining credits and various sums by fraud, on the ground that the charges were not proved.
Mr. King described the accused"as an extravagant young was who lived beyond his income.
Mr. Clynes explained that the cours! proposed was the 'trative to takingler, charged with obtaining a motorcar private members time. He admitted response to pressure that a Labourite back bencher's motion to reduce the per. sonnel of the army by 150,000 would be debated after eleven. This evoked Con servative and Liberal protests, culminating in a challenge and the disision. The. only effect of the defeat is that all the time available to private members will be taken up by the tiovernment in order to It is officially stated that it will be opencvertake the business that must, he com do districts to consider the owners' terms pleted before March 31st. A number of in the intergal Tefore March 28th, if fiberals rated with the Government, hence desired; but as far as the Conference is the announcement of the águres mokslain concerned there was no official reference outburst of enthusiasm, amongst the Con- back to the districts, as it as decided servatives and cries of "Reign
ESTIMATES FRAMED BY PREVIOUS Į that the terms were inadequate.
GOVERNMENT."
MENT'S DECISION.
The adjouruunt of the Conference till March this for the purpose of seeing what can be done in the meanwhide to Becure an improved wags for miners by legislation, and if the Minimum Wage Lill, which will come up for discussion on March 21st, be tot proonded with, or I defeated, there is little doubt that the they resemble on legates, whea arh gush, will decide to take a ballot of coal feldy employés with regard to a pational strike after the present agree- nunt expices on April 17th.
EARLIER CABLES.
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dis.
Lospos. March 29th. The miners delegate conference has adjourned until tomorrow, after a casion revealing causal rable opposition te the owners' offer.
LATEST CABLES,
GERMANY'S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY. DUE TO STABILISATION OF CURRENCY.
BEAN. March 13th. The remarkable economic recovery since the stabilisation of the currency is dis- closed, the Chapeclior stating that there are only 130,000 workers on short-time in the nocempied part of Germany, com pared with nearly 2,000,000 in November. The employed have recently decreased
Tie 300,000.
WATERLOO CUP FINAL
LIVERPOOL March 12th, In the Waterloo Cup: "Enal Cuskey Joh Leat Whitechapel.
RUER
EARLIER CABLES,
OCCUPATION.
NO EVACUTION INTENDED,
PARIA, March 13th. Reviewing the results of the occupation of the Ruhr in the Senate. M. Poincare
at four milliarde of frane and the expenditure at en millard, leaving thro miliard availabe ter reparations. No-
at the real for fire arrestimated
!
TONDON, March 13th.
in the House of Commons, moving the army estimates, Mr. Walsh explained that the estimates had been prepared by the previous Government, but he was satisfed that they were framed with due regard to "conomy and the needs of the country. He denied that if the German menace had disappeared
it
must I remembered the distant British possessions manet_ha (Opposition cheers). The left defenceless.
we had to contend with in diffenities Egypt, Iraq, India and the East would not at present warrant any decrease in the strength of the army. There were signs of an improvement in recruiting The policy of substituting machines for man-power required a highly equipped research department, which would have to he one of the first it was posible to drganise.
GRIEVANCES OF RANKER
OFFICERS..
Pag
SHANGHAI CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD.
DESPERATE GANG IN YANGTSEPÓC DISTRICT,
י ו!
SHANGHAI, March 14th.
In attempting to arrest an armed gang of five men, in, the Yangtsepoo district. last night, a Chinese constable was shot dead.
A HUGE THEFT.
AND A LIGHT SENTENCE
SHANGRAL, March 14th. Two coolies, brothers, who robbed the dwelling of Mr. Horatin Robertson at Szechuan Road on Tuesday night, were sentenced to five months' imprisonment The
the Mixed Court yesterday thefts amounted to a total value of 100.000 tals, including deels, debentures and jewellery.
SMART WORK BY THE POLICE. The police were notified on Wednesday morning. and eighteen hours later the entire loot was recovered."
(THROUGH SUTER'S" AGENCY.] AN OUTRAGE ON A BRITISH SUBJECT.
SINO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT.
PRELIMINARY DRAFT,
PERING, March 14th.
The Chinese Press has published the preliminary straff, of the Sino-Russian agreement, which was dot brought up-to- date, as it has been the subject of sab sequent negotiations between Dr. C. T. Wong and M. Karakban. This morning it will be discussed by the Calnet.nite which it will be referred to President Tsa Kun.
THE MAIN POINTS.
CONDITIONS AT KWANGTUNG
KOWLOON'S NEW MAGISTRACY.
OPENING DATE FIXED.
The following paragraphs are taken from yesterday's Canton Gazette:
Wong Ting Hon, one of the commanders under General Lu Shi Tal, was recently
The new Magistracy at Kowloon is tợ induced by a gang of bandits to n hont- which took him to their stronghold, and be opened for the hearing of enses on is now held for ransom by the bandits. April 14th. The Magistrato, in charge will Commander Wong's family in Saikwan Mr. E. W. Hamilton who is at present receives a letter from the gang of bandit yesterday demanding a sum of $30,000 for the lease of the commander.
"Hickisers and pirates have become very prevalent in Shuntak along Ma Ning River They are fearless in the extreme, They have themsedves established stations There is reason to believe, however, collect dars from every boat that pass their, territory. Some dues are that the following main points are substantially correct:
parable daily and some monthly, The merchants so far have been obliged to submit and pay whatever was demanded. But the esteering stations have con- tinued to grow they have found it im- possible to pay and several bonts have
(2) After the agreement has been signed, a format Sino-Russian Confer ence will he opened within a month, and all outstanding problems are to be settled within six months.
(2) AB Tsarist Treaties will he de-stopped running. clared mull and void, and new trenties will be drawn up in the spirit of the *1919"and 1920 Russian declarations.
(3) Russin recognises s absolute Chinese sovereignty in Outer Mongo- lia, and" will remove all Russian forces from there.
...
(3.) Boundaries and navigation ques tions will be discussed later.
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CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY.
As regards the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, the following considerations will be observed:-
V
The River Defenc Bureau decides to send a few available gunboats to this robber infested district for patrol duty and protection of the archants. It is hoped that rubbers will consequently become less
Within the last twelve months we have (4) The two nations recognise the witnessed monopolies of all kinds wither granted by the authorities or pre- fact that propaganda against each othered broms military authority. They >hould not be indulged "in.
are monopelies to collect dues or fees or The taxes on certain goods, or trades. Authorities, civil
aswell military, hare repeatedly proclaimed that any man, civil or military, found to harbour or protet any person or persons" who illegally collect fees or taxes of any kind without due sanction will be enshiered and men connected with it be vedely dealt with. Unless the authorities sxeul the orders so proclaimed the finances of Kwangtung will continue to the chaotic and no unification of "it possible. Com menting along this vein the Sun in Wah Poo in its editorial of the 13th inst, went on to say that the merchants themselves are exploiters in the illegal business and (a) All estimates as to price, cond-by their selfah act they have greatly tions and procedure to be fixed by a brought discredit upon the name of the formal conference.
Generalissimu. The only way to stop them, therefore, is to bring a few of such greedy merchants to justice and let severw junishment be meted out to them.
(1) Russia and China agme that the railway was undertaken by them ab solutely as a commercial enterprise, and excepting railway business, all affairs involving the sovereignty of China, or local government. shall be ontrolled by the Chinese Authorities.
(2) Russia agrees that China may redeem the Chinese Eastern Railway with Chinese capital
(4) Russia to be responsible for the payment due from Russian shareholders to the Railway, for periods prior to the Russian Revolution.
VARIOUS DIFFERENCES COMPOSED. The Round Table Conference which was
to have been held at the Presidency
|
COMPANY MEETING.
fulfilling the duties of Second Magistrate at the Hougkong Magistracy, Arrange ments have already been made for, the transfer of a number of the native clerks and an interpreter fram Hongkong Magis tracy to Kowican. From the date men- tioned all cases from the Kowloon area and the New Territories will be dealt with in the new Court, which means a redistribution of the work at Hongkong.
The Kowloon Magistracy is to operate for the time being in the old Faumati Police Station, recently vacated.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR COLLISION. POLICE SERGEANT LOSES CASE.
Mr. Justice Gomperte (Pulsne Judge) delivered judgment yesterday in the case in which Sergt. F. T. James (Hongkong Police) and Mrs. Tames jointly claimed danges to the amount of $677" from the Moon Garage as a result of a collision · between plaintiff's motor eyele and a motor car alleged to belong to the Garage,
His Lordship said that the plaintiff was uing for damages for the negligence of He (his Lord- the defendant's servant. ship) was not satisfied that negligence had been made out. and he thought that oven it there was negligence, there was prob ably contributory negligence on the other side, u
Judgment was given for the defend- auts, with costs..
ANOTHER MANSLAUGHTER
CASE. KOWLOON MOTOR-BUS DRIVER CHARGED
Yan Shi Ming. a licensed motor-bus driver of the Kal Tack" Motor Bus Com- pany, Koklopu, appeared at the Magi- answer to a charge of manslaughter. The case was formally remanded. Inspector J. Og prosented.
A motion relative to, pensions and grievances of certain ranker officers was defeated by 920 to 201, afte# Mr. Baldwin had endorsed Mr. MacDonald's suggestion the appointment of a committed to en- guire into the whole matter. Mr. Pag Croft pointed out that "compared with 1814, we had redund our train for GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTS LEGATIONsterday failed to materialise, owing to HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION tracy yesterday morning on summons in by 280.000. No other country had done anything like this. Mr. Attlee, replying to the debate, declared that wo" were well up to the standard of other armies with regard to inventions. The debate then adjourned.
WTH
LATEST CABLES. AREUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE,
MARVELS OF WIRELESS.
POPULAR SONG TRANSMITTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
NEW YORK, March 8th, The newspaper, New York American, reports that wireless listeners in picked up
popular song from London,
TO DEMAND A RETRIAL,
CONCESSIONS AND INDEMNITY RIGHTS -RELINQUISHED.
COMPANY.
Dr. C. T. Wang's detention at a pra- longed interview with M. Karakhan, at which differences of opinion regarding An extraordinary general meeting of phraseology, also the withdrawal of Rus the Hongkong Land Reclamation Co. was sian troops from Mangolia and the treat-held yesterday morning at the offices of meat of White Russians in Chinese Meer Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., territors were composed.
Mr. D. G. H. Bernard presiding. There were also present: Sir Paul Chater, CMG., Mr. A. S. Gubbay and Mr. R. E. Greensmith (Directors), Mr. L. S. Green hill (Acting Secretary) and the following shareholders-Very Rev. Father Robert and Mery..T. M. Raymond, B. P. White. Ho Kom Tong, J. T. Bagram, C. Boyd, B. C. Randall, E. Saulick. La Chang Shiu. H. A. Rodgers, and W. R. Wilkinson.
PEXixo, March 11th. The For Eastern Times says that the British Foreign Office yesterday instructed the Tegation to demand a re-tril of Colonel Chen Kun Hsien who was in com- mand of the subliers who attacked Mr. Bessel (a railway official) at Fengtai,
tating that the British Government region -Russia relinquishes the right to own fused to preognise the court martial pro concessions in China, and also remits the ceedings since no British opserver wris Bover Indemnity.gproviding the funds are prrent. Accordingly the legation sent a used exclusively for educational purposes. the abolition of Bus note to the Waichinop asking for the She also agrees trial of Colonel" ("ber at an early daysian Consular jurisdiction in China and that two British closervers les allowed; to attend.
SEIZURE OF THE ORDUNA OFFICIALS FRUITLESS" SEARCH. cashiered, while a soldier on whom the
that a called court martint was held There has been no secret for some time
on Chen a Taku at which no witnesses for the prosecution were called and Cheu was sent need to twenty-eight, days and
blame for the actual assault was" placed was given two years at a separate trial in Peking, It is understood that a re- structions regarding the attitude which the Legation should take.
SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE SCHEME
BALFOUR STRESSES DOMENIONS CLAIMS.
The preliminary, agreement will be enforced immediately it is signed by the
parties. responsible authorities of the contracting
"
EXTRAORDINARY - MEETING OF CABINET.
The Cabinet held an extraordinary
morning. meeting at the Premie's residence this It is understood that all known diffeal have free that the
The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen, at the annual general aceting held in January last. I mentioned that it was pro- posed to wind-up the Company as soon certain mortgage had been paid off June. The mortgagors, however, de-
It appears that a little girl, aged 11 years, named Chan Yee Mui was knock- ed down by has No. 3 on February 15th. Witnesses of the accident allege that both wheels of the has passed over the body of the child, fit Inspector Ogg gave it as the view of the Doctor that only one wheel passed over the child.
MYSTERY PASSENGERS. A FULL SHIP AND A HEAVY FINE.
excess passengers..
Pang Muk, master of the ferry Jäunch Fu Sun, was fined $250 in the Marive Court yesterdayson, a charge of carrying Sergt. Joy (Water Police) said he sired to make arenpgements for the futur and asked permission to pay off the murt. hoarded the launch at Kowloon Bay. He passengera. The boat's gages at an earlier date. This has beented
403
vone any longer dreamt of asking them to hours aboard the Delung, yesterday, port of these trials was sent home for Premier, Dr. Wallington Koo, nud Dr. agreed to by your Directors" and this license only authorised 306. In addition
vacuat the Ruhr.
RUSSIA AND" POLAND-
MEMEL AND VILNA QUESTION CAUSES PRICTION.
peape treaty,
New York, March 14th. A party Federal officials spent two breaking seals on the storerooms and liquor bars, but to contraband was found,
BARLIER CABLES, ·
VESSEL SAILS UNDER BOND.
New York, March 13th.
The district attorney has filed a sult in
EARL
#
LONDON, March 13th.
S. T. Wang will proceed to the President
order to stain his aprovals
RECOGNITION AT ALMOST ANY HOUR.
in
The opinion is held in Chinese circles that recognition of Russia will be au nounced it almost any hour,
FRANCE AND THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY.
11
دار
REMINDER TO CHINA.
chickens.
The master said that when the launch
meeting has been called for the purpose to the passengers there were aboard 350 of passing a resolution for winding up pigs, to hullocks and several cases of the Company forthwith. I therefore now brg to propose the folowing extra- ordinary resolution and when this has been duly conded I shall he pleased to answer to the best of my ability any que tions which shareholders may wish to
ask:
left Shan Mei there were only 250 passen- gers aboard. He did not know where the others came from.
Lt-Comdr. Hake (Mariac Magistrate) in convicting accused, "said that the num- That the Company be, wound up ber of excess passengers was not abso- voluntarily and that Lelia Spletely definable, but it was evident that excess passengerk, baving Greenhill, of Queen's Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, regard to the amount of cargo there was be appointed Liquidator for the pur- aboard the boat.
The fine was paid. poses of such winding-up."
LONDON. March 13th.. When the Longue of Nations appear a reefe to a solution of the future of Meme).
the Federal Court demanding that Gov- In the House of Lords, Earl Balfour Russia has intervened by dispatching a Note to Poland protesting against a settlement confiscate the ss. Ordung. Sub-asked for information with regard to the ment of the question by a third parts, assequently a conferens between Royal Mail Singapore scheme and moved for the being a violation of the Ruse-Lithunuan official and Government renresentatives papers. He contended that the abandon agreed to" release the Ording under a nient of the project would be a disastrous A Warsaw
message says, the newspapers milion dollars bond, so as to enable her mistake, which would have an Empire. are very indignast at what they consider sail according to schedule on Saturday wide echo and the consequences of which BOND UNREASONABLY HIGH could hardly calculated. He fail stress on the fact of Australia's, New Zen- WASHINGTON, March 13th. land, and India's reliance on the British hint at a possible rupture of Russ Polish plained through the British Embassy, to contingencies, however improbable, with The owner of the 8. Ordins have comflet, which would be uselang in certain
the State Department to the effect that at a base. He declared that he
would the bond of a million dollars for themagine no release of the vessel is unreasonably high, which rendered the cousin TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR credings.at. this meeting and confirming.
Beet
the stile tame of the Nets and are particularly incensed at the passage ques- tioning Primal's right to Vilna. They
diplomatic relations,
POLITICAL CRISIS IN
GERMANY.
DISSOLUTION
OF THE
REICHSTAG.
BERLIN, March fath Owing to the Opposition insistence on altering the Government's emergency. decrees, Herr Ebert has dissolved the Reichstag. The date of the elections bas not get been fixed.
A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
FRANCE ENTHUSIASTIC AT FRANO'S RECOVERY,
LONDON, March 13th. The greatert enthusiasm in France has been occasioned by the improvement in the frano, especially when it again passed the
psychological century" and - closed `at
98.25.
OPPOSITION TO SUMMER-" TIME IN HOLLAND.
THE OIL LEASE CON-
TROVERSY.
U.S. GOVERNMENT SEEKS
CANCELLATION, "
New Yoxx, March 13th. While public interest in the oil investi- gations is perceptibly slackening, atten tion to-day centred on the opening of the Government's suit for cancellation of the oil leases, in the Federal Court of Chey- enne, Wyoming There is an posing array of counsel on both sides. Mr. Sin
TA
inefficacious
PERING. March 14th. The French Minister yesterday sent a Note to the Waichinope warning China not to forget that other powers pos interests in the Chinese Eastern Railways if she is making a settlement on this tion with the Russians,
OBINA AND THE POWERS.
DISCUSSION,
The motion was seconded by Mr. H.
White and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said"-A further extras quesordinary general meeting of the Company
the greatest oceans of the world, and ir connection with the existence of the most
Losos, March 13th. important part of the Empire. He
The Times referring to the Chinese the defensive nature of the
Government's present request to Legations cheme, which woult safeguard peace, of Fowers signatory to the Nine Power
and termed fantastic the nation that a base three thousand miles from Yokohama could
menace our Japanese friends. In Chelmsford announced that the Gowrument hoped to be able to make 1 statement on it policy in both Houses os March 15th. The House then adjoitus
PROTECTION FOR "SARAWAK
DESIRED...
LONDON, March 13th.
Treaty, for a preliminary conference to discuss matters relating, to the 2 per cent. increase, in customs duties, suggests that the opportunity might be taken to press home the need for a settlement of the claims of Vicker, and Marconi loan rote holders, on which interest in default and "the question of redemption will arise
shortly.
will be held here on the 29th March at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon for the pur- pose of receiving a report of the pro! if thought fit, as a special resolution, the relation that has just been passed. That is all the business.
A POSTAL COMPLAINT » ÀT SHANGHAI
"
. BELATED MAILS FROM HONGKONG.
there were.
j
HARBOUR SCARE. DELAY LEADS TO FALSE ALARM
OF PIRACY...
There was some excitement on the har- hour yesterday morning when the rumour got abroad that another of the Hongkong, and Yaumati ferry. launches was missing. The natural conclusion arrived at wan that the launch had been pirated. The launch. May ng, was due at the Horg kang wharf at 3.30 am. to commence the daily run. She did not påt in an appear. ance and as a result of this there was quite a commotion 'on the Company's wharf. The officials of the Company weIO leommunicated with. They immediately gof.. The C. Daily News" in a lenderette in touch with the police who tiroceeded to on Postal Matters says: A matter that arrange to search for the craft, but whilst details for the search were being carried is much more important than the sort- ing of the mail matter when it reaches out the launch put in an appearance at the cleared up. The launch, at the concin- getting it here at all. For many months the arrivale of mails, from both Europe son of the previous day's service went and Hongkong, have been innoyingly to the Mongkek wharf where she tied up irregular and have caused no little locon and had her engines and boiler gee venience. We will take the last week or hauled. The work was not completed tre so, in regard to the Hongkong mails to scheduled time: hence, the delay. Shanghai, as an example. We will deal with newspapers, which always are post-
elair announced the suit would, be fought gir William Davison, who asked with LBY. COURTESY OF THE DAILY EULLETIN." Shanghai, however, is the question of Shamsuipo wharf, and the mystery was
to the bitter end."
WASHINGTON, March 13th.
In the House of Commons, replying to regard to protection of the oilfields in chairman of the oil Investigation com
Senator Ladd succeeds Mr. Lenroot as Sarawak, whether the question of pro mittee,
DEVELOPMENT WORK HALTED.
CHEYENNE, March 13th.
vaths, than in Singapore had been een storage for the bayy in Sarawak rather sidered, Mr. Amman pointed out that under the Washington Treaty no cost defens or fortifications could be establish Judge Kennedy of the Federal Courted thers in peace time. They would there has appointed Admiral Strauss of the fore rely primarily for defence on the United States Navy, who was the Gov- presence of a British feet. Sarawak was Promont's nominee and Mr. Watts, vice- not in a suitable position for, il fut
of the Sinclair Oil Corporation, storage for the fleet.
nominee na
na receivers of "con". trol of the Teapot Dome sil reserve, pen-
lants
Tas Hagus, March 13th. The Second Chamber has passed a resolu- tion by 45 to 32 asking the Government, in the general interest, to repeal the euming the final disposition of the proper- mgr.time law,
"SANTIAGO'S" CREW RESCUED
LONDON, March 13th. Lloyd's at New York report that the British steamer Galonia), dun at Newport News, wirglones that it has picked up a boat with the crew of the siezmer San Liago,
tem-
The Judge bay also granted porary injunction halting any further development or work on the Teapot Dome
reserve,
ANGLO-AMERICAN LIQUOR
TREATY
WASHINGTON, March 13th. The Senate bas ratified the Anglo- American ship liquer treaty
(Continued on next column).
LATEST JADLES.
NEW SECRETARY OF US. NAVY.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13th. Mr. Curtis W. Wilbur, Chief Justice of California Supreme Court, announces that he has accepted the Becretaryship of the Navy in succession to Mr.Denby,
CHINA'S TRADE MARK LAW.. FOREIGN CHAMBERS PROTEST.
"AGAINST RECOGNITION,
PEG, March 13th. letter signed by the foreign. Chambers of The Diplomatic Corps have received Commerce in Shangbai proesting against the recognition of the proposed Chinese Trade Mark Law.
ed promptly at Hongkonk, and usually it appears strange that with all these arrive here from three to five days and and other boats, coming from Hongkon occasionally two, after publication. On no steps should have been taken to send mails on some of them, and so avoid the the morning of March 1st, there was The letter emphasises that whereas under European, American and Japanese local delivery (at the hoxes) of the Hong- hiatus of practically five days. This, of law appeal from the registrar of trade kong morning papers of February 28th course, is a matter mare, affecting the marks can be made to a Court of Justice, and 27th. So far as we can trace, the next postal authorities at Hongkong than OUN the proposed law makes no such provision, delivery of Hongkong papers was on the own local officials: hut it seems that if with the serious consequences that the late afternoon of March 6th, when those strong representations were made fr Registration Bureau is constituted the of March 1st were received. At just he- this end the Iongkong postal people ole arbiter in disputes regarding registra fore noon yesterday (March 8th) those of might conceivably do something in regard tion or infringement.
February 28th and 20th were available. to the Shanghainmail. As to the mais The letter concludes by pointing out that Obviously there is something wrong in from Europe, we can at least congrat the alleged protection which foreign trade regard, to this. There was no delivery Inte ourselves that matters cannot get mark owners get if they register. is wholly between March 1st and March 8th and much worse; no mail now ever appears illusory, as a law promulgated by the yet on every day in that period hosts to be expected": people apparent's
just accept them with thankfulness whea Central Government commands the light arrived at Shanghai from Hongkong,
est respect in the provinces.
(Continued at foot of next column) {ever ultimately they arrive.