CABLES.
LATEST CABERS. {THROUGE, RETTEN'S ARENOY.] FRENCH POLITICS.
IPOINTÄRE'S FUTURE
PARIS, May 99th..
A problem of the first magnitude which in transcending in importance
the question of the personnel of the new Ministry itself, is the fate of M. Millerand, whose resignation ís domsaded by the Left pärtins, who urge
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY TB, 14
THE BRITISH BUDGET. CILANCELLOR LOOKS FORWARD.
LONDON, May 27th..
The House of Commons agreed to the second grading, of the Piannes Bill with-
out a division.
Mr. Snowden replying to the debate, stated that he thought they would be able next year," by further coonomies, to finaney the Government's social reform programme without at any rate a heavy increase in taxation.
He believed the present Budget pro
REICHSTAG IN UPROAR
PRESIDENT WALKS OUT.
·RIVAL"GING-BONGS.
BERLIN May 27th "Entrance to the Reichstag was Pouly possible by permit when is feassembled to-day, but this did not prevent tumul tupis scence within
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
"[THEÖÇÜR" REUTER'S AGENCY"]
JAPAN ¦ AND -EMTOEATION.
(VIEWS - ON THE US7BILI
Toxye, May 8th.
Fifty Communists Deputies created a The President's signatures to the Im pandemonium, clamouring for the release migration Bill has again evoked a storm of their gauled colleagues. When they of criticism not only against America quietened down the roll-call was taken, but against all Government is neards but the din broke out again when General to an alleged diplomatic failure.
A LOVE, TRAGEDY. SUICIDE OF A FORMER PONG KONGAMAN
LOST ATLANTIS,
THE LEGEND OF A GREAT SUNKEN.
CONTINENTA In the Statesman recently appeared a.. A tragic story of love and a broken theons of Egyptian Tombs in England, bas upon the structure of the Long heart was told at the inquest at Leigh Barrow at West Kennet in Wiltshire (Essex) on John Briskow Burtonwood, | What people they may have been who constructed the numerous barrows and aged forty, an electrical engineer of tamuli found, not only in England, but Junction road, Holloway, who was found throughout Europe, who, erected Stone- killed on the railway at Leigh It was honge and other similar monuments state that Burtonwood, who recently whose origin is lost in the mists of retarded from Hongkong, wished to be antiquity, has long been a matter of con- jecture, says our Calcutta contemporary. cowe engaged to a Misa Mabel B. Pur- Some have thought that they may he sur, of Trittlewell, but her parents at the remains of a civilization which exist fected. A htter addressed to the Indy,ed remote ages ago, and that the Britous, which was found on the body, reddy of whom Cmsar wrote were their de dear Gladys.-The harder I try to forget generate descendants. The Britons of priests, the Druids, certainly broken, and my nerve, awful. My head
They had a he had objected to the engagement, and believed in the immortality of the spials Miss Purser's father, at the inquest, said written language and a literature they a Burtonwood's return from Hongkong they were learned in astrology, and to witness went sa Tilbury Docks to give kind. They used Stonehenge as a contro a certain extent in natural science of a him his decision Verdict: "Suicide dur for their religions, rites, but that the
Britons themselves created it is unlikely.
rica's domestic and political situation, the news that it was done was received with the deepest disappointment.
The Jiji voices its alarm na to poesing temporary insanity. iblu grave consequences unless prudenos and cincerity characterise the efforts ut
Their
that the President's abdication should be vided a sound economno basis on which Ludendorff's manched. The Though the signature was generally the worse it becomes. My heart a Cresar's time were not wholly barbarians forced by the refusal of any Left leader next year the Government would be able General's supporters responded with considered mevitable, in view of Ame is learful, and I cannot sleep. Goodbye" possessed some culture. to accept the premiership as his hands; to build an even more satisfactory strap cheers and shook their fate at their while the Right and Centre aro equally ture-Ministerial cheers.). (..
opponents, whila tthe General himself, insistent that the President's constitu
who evidently expected the onslaught, tional duty is to remain at his post.
merely, leaned back in bis ses tand smiled Meanwhile the last is by no means:
at the Communistä. heard of M. Poincare whose recent specchon are in the nature of a
llying call to his supporters to close their ranks and ferm an opposition phalanx which he intends to lead..
FARLIER CABLES,
THE ANGLO-SOVIET
CONFERENCE..
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS.
LONDON, May 27th A divergence of views as regards the satisfaction of claims against Russia la revealed in a gömmua que relating to the proceedings at the Anglo-Soriet Confer-
ence.
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The British delegation, declared the inaceptability of a statement made by the Soviet delegates at a meeting on May 20th the effect that Russia, could not undertake to pay her pre-war debts in full with-back interest. The British mis sion at the same time disclaimed any desire to unreasonable. They did not propose that the debts be paid fully and immediately.
The Soviet, emphasising the crippled ́state of Russia's finances, pointed out her great efforts in the late 'war and sub- sequent trinks, including lamine. Re- Apruting pres claims by private per- sona, they suggeste dthat both Govern ments dctermine a hump sum for settle ment of same, and that simultaneously article ten në the trade' agreement of 1921. be repealed and the property rights of the Soviet in Britsin enter into forec,
ITALIAN-BRITISH TIES!
BATHS OF PROGRESS" AND..
"CIVILISATION.
LONDON, May` sith. The Italian sovereigns, with the Prince
Other papers on the contrary, declare that the lodging of protests" is a sheer of time.
At the conclusion of the roll call, the Communists submitted 's motion demand. both natione, of Fiedmans and Prince Fafalda, hading the release of the prisoners in the an enthusiastic welcome to the City course of which they broke out with the Internationale, to which the other today, when they were presented with
• golden casket at a hinabeon in the parties responded with Deutschland Uber Alles "The noise was so great that Guildhall, were there was A brilliant scent. Those present comprised twehra merabers of the British Royal family, the Premier. Cabinet Ministere, distinguish ed soldiers and sailors and other pro- minent persons, including the Maharajab of Kapurthals...
The banqueting hall was profusely -decorated with pink roses and the
British and Italian fags
the President of the Reichstag put on his
hat and walked out,
THE WORLD'S SPORT.
HOME CRICKET.
in
OBITUARY.
KADY: ALABASTER.
The Britong held the legend of a past- greatness, the story of King Authur being based upon it; and they looked for Arthur's return in company with The Flood-King of the Deluge from the Inys Avallon, the island of the mystic apple In chronicling the death at Boscombe, tros. It is significant that the mistlețiu, Bournemouth, on April 23rd, of Ladyattached to the apple tree, was their Alabaster, widow of the late Sir Chalonur | sacred plant. They looked westward for Alabaster, a London paper says: The this return, as the mystic island was fate Lady Alabaster will be remembered somewhere out there in the Atlantic
Thus the Wicht Night, while unprecis
for by the older generation of China bands. There are those who are not at all dis ing President Coolidgo's efforts
She was before her marriage. Laura Ma- posad to diamies an inpossible the legend Japan asserts that there is no use gowan, daughter of Dr. Macgowan, this of Atlantis, the island-continent, which resorting to argument. The time has well-known amoy missionary Popularis supposed to have covered a great part at whatever port her husband was station of the Atlantic Ocean, and to have sub- come for Japan to do something and acted, she will be deeply regrusted by many sided suddenly as the result of a volcane
of her old friends.
with the freat resolution of the thinks she has any honour to protect.
· ROUTE AFRICANS DRAW,"
The Famato, in a more bellicose, view, declares that the inevitable impression in LONDON, May 27th." Os the resumption of the 2.0.0. Japan must be that America has no South Africa match at Lords, the South Africans completed their Erat inningsregard for others feelings seeing she with 10%, Commaille compiling 30, not ould have reached the same ends with "The M.C.C. Oorod 101 for 4 and deout hurting anyone Japan was never clared. Russell knocked up 45 and faced into more serious crisis in her Hearne a similar £gure, Hendren con- tributing 44 not out
history
out
Replying to the Lord Mayor's toast, King Victor Emmanuel expressed his warm thanks, specially to the Prince of Wales, for attending the ceremony. He
The visitors compiled so for the loss declared, the Italians would warmly and the match was drawn.
of one wicket. Taylor boing 50, not out;
preciate the Lord Mayor's tribute to Italian cooperation in the war. Italy earnestly desired to proceed, united to the noble British nation, along the paths of progress and civilisation
THE DEATH RAY
INVENTION,,
FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.
LONDON, May 7th
As the aeroplane taking Mr. Grindell Matthews to France, was departing, a solicitor and one of the parties to an netion in the High Court dashed up to The Sosies delegation further proposed a postponement of the question of claims Croydon nerodrome. ip a motor-ear, just arising from nationalisation of private to bite to inform Mt. Matthews of an property, in view of the belief that the
JJ.
· COUNTY MATUSEN.
OFFICIAL · PROTEST."
TOKYO, Mayatli, The Japanese Government has deeply Surtey beat Glamorgan at Swansea by 299 rans For Burrey Shepherd com regretted the enactment of the exclusion piled 89 and 105, and Jennings took provision in the Immigration Law, which for 17 and 3 for 22.
Lancashire at Chesterheld beat Derby-has been possed despite its requent and shire by an innings and the run. Derby earnest representations since the intro scored 116, Parkm taking for 19, and in the second innings scored 10, Parkin duction of the Bill in the House in takes 5 for & and R. Tyldesley for December last 30. Lancashire scored 167.
Yorkshire beat Notts at Bradford by three wickets. Rhodes in the second in- nings took 3 for 30% For Nolts, Staples in the second innings of Yorkshire took
for
Leicestershire at Leicester defeated Hampshire by four wickets.
Despite the vigorous and repeated endeavours of the President and Senator Hughes to present the inclusion of any discriminatory provision," says a Matsui
MR. J. 4. SUNDIUS,
entaclysau.
THE EARLIEST RECORD, - 4 The earliest record (if we except this. Trouno MM which will be prescatly re The death occurred at Southsea on "ferred to) is the description by Plato il April gard, of: Mr. Ambrose Juba Sundius, the Tanoeus and the Kritis where it 15: Born on December 2nd, 1564, he was ap-stated that Solun (dires 43 B.C.) was pointed a student interpreter in China in told of it by the Egyptian priests, -how 1850 He became Acting. Vice-Consal af is disappeared some 5,000 years pre Pagoda laland in 1691, and was promoted soudy, and of its being the origin of second-class assistant in June two roars their own race and civilization.. later, becoming Acting Consul at Tainan Solon expressed incredulity, the priests" in the same year. In 1907 he was pro replied that the Athenings had no history moted to be first-class assistant, having of antiquity and no antiquity of history. taken up duties as Acting Consul at an observation which applies very well Kangehow a year earlier. Thereafter to our own tintew The Druids had a aa Acting Vice-Consul at Cheralpo, sontewhat similar legend, and the figure Korea, from 1508 to 1509, and from thence the Flood King in connection will it to 1900 Acting Consul at Cheloo. He dil is worthy of note."
When.
not procred to an appointment a Consul Thy, Le Plongeen, in the course of at Yochow, but was transferred to Nan-Archeological research in Yucatan di king in July, 1001, to Wuhu in March, covered many reninins strongly re lead to my in Sayer, 150embling those on ancient Egypt, of lle received the Coronation Medal in which the Mystery Pyramid referred to 1911 and retired on pension two years in the same issue of the Statesman is Inter after his many years activity in an example. There are scattered all China,
SEIZURE OF ARMS. MINIATURE ARSENAL FOUND
over Mexico ruins of such colossal size
Sussex at Ilford beat Essex by thra oficial statement, this Japanese Gay Revenue officers in the Hongkong and however, discovered one, the Tronto→
wickets. For Sussex, Tate in the first emment remains unshake in their unings took for 45.
Worcestershire drew with Warwick position to discriminatory legislation shire at Birmingham, Worcester leading against the Japanese, and have instruct first knock scored 81, Root taking 7 for
as to suggest the existence of a pries, and far greater; civilization than that of the Aztecs, whom Cortez conquered INnfortunately, the records of the Aztec
were ystematically destroyed by the "KOWLOON · GODOWN
Spanish priests who regarded them ag the works of the devil". Had thes Ninety-fire automatics and Luger beca' preserved, there is no doubt that pictoly, together with 50,000 rounds they would have thrown light on a fa of ammunition fell into the hands of cinating problem. Dr. Le Plongeas, Kowloon Godowns on Monday morning, S. which contains remarkable ac The arm and ammunition were packed out an island continens, such as in fourteen eases in the No. 2 godown. Atlantis, of its disappearance and of a They had been unloaded from the OSK deluge which followed. steamer 4mur Haru which arrived in The possible existence of a great is- Hamburg vd Suez. All the arms exaltogether improbable by geologists, from of German manufacture, and were cos- the data supplied by the survey of HL.M.S. signed to Hongkong.
Challenger and by subsequent observa tions. Should this theory ever be estab Jished by more définite evidence, it wouldt. provide solutions to many obscure prots lems of zoology, ethnology, archeology. the origins of language and perhaps of the human race itself.
negotiations proceeding with the former uterim injunction which Mr. Justice on the first innings. Warwick, in their od their Ambasador at Washington to port, on Saturday from Bremen and land in the "Atlantic is not considered,
tly declared Worcester scored 105, and 48 for 8.
Kent and Somerset at Blackheath tied
on the first innings.
Government."
[UT COURTESY OF THE DALLY BULLETIN."]
Owners as regards granting them conces Greer granted an hour previously, preu, and in the second 234 for 8, when lodge a solemn protest, with the American vions will materialise satisfactorily.
The British delegation said that alveating Mr. Matthews from selling or though progress had been made towards contracting to sell his invention without u settlement of varions questions, it could not be ignored that there were still rather the consent of three parties who claim wide differences of opinions on the sub that they are entitled to fifty-two per ject of pre-war debts adn propery claims. cent. of the ownership of the invention.. They would present counter-proposals to
Failing an undertaking from the French the Soviet for incorporation as articles company, which is negotiating to pur in the proposed treaty. It was insisted chase the invention, to await the result that the British Government is not adopt of these precedings, action will be taken ing an uncompromising attitude, and R anxious to concede reasonable modifica in the French courts to protect, the in-
vention.
tims · The Glovernment still catertained No new or revised offer bas.boen made the goodwill towards hte Soviet union by the British Government to Mr. Mat
which it had expressed on its assumption thems. An official of the Air, Ministry power by an act of recognition. The stated that rerous inventers are Soviet must remember that the British making claims to having discovered Gorerament is not in a position to carry similar rays. through any extravagant measures, and believed the Soviet would consult its own. interests in rudeavouring to meet the British views.
Somerset scored 188 and 188 for 9, and declared. Kent scored 188, and 12 for 10. They receive two points each.
BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
SECOND ROUND RESULTS.
Losnan, May 7th.
LABOUR TROURLES WAT OSATA.
GLUT OF STNÍKAS.
OSAKA, May 7th Recently there have besu many labour The weather for the amateur golf troubles licze, na, for instance, the strike championship at St. Andrew's, was glorious. Centuzes of the contest were of over 300 gas workers, which seriously Roger Wethered's brilliance in defeating interfered with the supply of fuel for the former Oxoniaa, D. Cox, by 7 and OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
and the splendid fight by the school households and works. her champion, Mathieson, against the "Over 100 conductors and motor men on LONDON, May 27th. Carbridge captain and English inter- The Air Ministry, in a statement, says national, Storey, the laster winning by the suburbia tramway ala struck work, The Soviet delegates deprecited the it had offered. Mr. Grindell Matthews 3 and 1. Kollayton beat Hilton, S. and 6 and the operativos in a large spinning pessimism with which it had been a number of opportunities since last Febru- depriving the latter of the distinction of tempted to surround the Conference isary to give a demonstration of his ap winning his bundredth amateur chemmill erased work some quarters, and insisted on Russia's paratus, but Mr. Matthews made no pionship match. Tolley beat the Brad Other Marikes" included over 1,000 innbility to averpt burdens incompatible arrangements til he interviewed the fordian, Clough, 4 and 3. Braid beat with her remourers i
Air Vice Marshal Bir John Salmond, on Bell, of Inverleren, 7 and 6. Saturday last. The demonstration actu The only American competitor, from ally proposed by the inventor was shown Honolulu, named Brownbeat the Liver- yesterday and it consisted of the lighting pool man, Grahur, & sod 1, in the first
...
LANDLORD FINED. TENANTS RIGHTS UPHELD.
The landlord of Nos. 17, Lok Hing
CITY OF GOLDEN GATES. Lane, was summoned at the Central The legend of Atlantis is, that hundreds Magistracy Yesterday, for attempt of thousands of years ago (we are wil ing to evict the tenants
urcunsciously, tramelled by that absgirc Mr. Neville, of the Public Works chronology of 400 BC.) there was an Department, stated that though the land island-continent covering a great part of lord had a permitt to carry out only the Atlantic, from which indeed, this certuia minor alterations to the roofs occan derives its name. It was divided and window frames, ho hrd proceeded from the continents of Amerian, Africa to have bamboo scaffoldings and roatting and Europe by wide stretches of ars erected across the entire front of these It is said that ite people attained to = houses, ostensibly to pull down the front Ligh state of civilization, and they esta walls. It was a deliberate attempt to lished colonies on all of the other cant tinents. Its capital was of unexampled.- eject the tenants.
Defendant was fide $100.
size and splendour and was called the City of the Golden Gates."
wartors of the Osaka-Iron Works, and Central Magistracy, yesterday, nocted by a circular canal, the circum...
TROTSKY IN SUBDUED MOOD.
tending the death of a fourteen-year old Moscow, May 27th
M. Trotsky in a subdued speech at the of an electric lamp and the stopping of round. The others were all escond round Communist Party Conference affirmed his a small motor-cycle, enging by the ray|matcher solidarity with the rest of the party, say from a distance of fifty yards The in- ing he regarded himself as a private sol-venter provided and arranged all the dier, and discipline was necessary in the apparatua,
OLYMPIC FOUTBALL.
N
PARIE, May 5th."
stand against their enemies. His former. The statement ray representatives attitude was dictated by the bureaucracy's were shown nohting to bear out the Holland beat, Rumania by six goale to threat to enter he Communist party and Press statements regarding the possibilia in the Olympic areciation foutball separate it from the workers.--.
tiea of the invention, and it was impos match.
41
1,500 workers in a Mike coal miner
These strikes are regarded is counterofensive by labour against possible reduction of wages and other ap favouräuld measures.
"TENFIA:
THE STRAITS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Dr. Minnett gave details of the past mortem oxamination held by him, and after a number of Chinese had given other evidence, the enquiry was ad. journed until next Wednesday afternoga.
There grew the trees which bore thes golden apples of Hesperus. Four rivers- CHINESE BOY'S DEATH.
flour in opposite directions from Mr. R. E. Lindsel, sitting at the central mountain, and they are co an inquiry into the circumstances attend ferrero of which enclosed many miles.
Many wonderful things are told of the Chinese boy named Leung Chit Tin, who Atlanteans, for example, tonn thời
skill in biology produced the honey-bes was knocked down and killed by a com from certain flies, though the wasp was mercial motor-lorry in Queen's Bond Central on May 3rd. Crows Sergeant the regrettable result of a provious ex- Alexander was in charge of the case for her ment that miscarried; they evolved
whint from the seeds of certain grause, the police.
and potatoes and the seedless banane They had astonishing scientifip now- ledge in other directions at which we today are only just beginning to arrive. But unfortunately, they, like ourtctres, applied this knowledyn to the ends of mutual destruction: They were divided into kingdoms, the principal, of which WARNING TO OWNERS had the Golden City as its centre, and they wore always at war. As they grew OF PROPERTY.
in' knowledge, so did they grow in mi
until quity
the gode" lost patien MAGISTRATE'S STRONG COMMENT. with them. After several prolínicary
which were
disregarded me warnings, At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday such warnings always sro,
was decided morning, Mr. EW Hamilton was mainly to make an and of them. The huge engaged with cases of infraction of race in other parts of the PW.D. and Sanitary Department roless corript and showed
determined to er- "commented, the fact Thus the "pods sinem-goes will have an opportunity of seeing The Face in The Dark" starring that changes of ownership of property pange the Atlanteans, and the last Mirth of a Nation in Intolerance" shuld be taken in this matter, as it sided. One result of this was the drain Mae March, who made such a bit in should be registered. trong notion remnant of their island forthwith sal
The Face in The Dark" in the current was only wasting the time of Magistrates ing of this great inland ca which is now feature at the Queen's Theatre whore it and the public service not to do so the Sahara Desert; and soother that its has been delighting, audience with its Those remarks were made during the sands eventually anothered the wid cleverly precut molodrama-detective bedring of a summon against the owner fertile tracts of Egypt and brought about atory and riquant revelation of how of certain property for not having con- the decline and anal disappearance o gaze or bana, robbers work.
formed with the PW.D. regulations.
its agaient civilization,
M. Ugianoff Bercely attacked Trotsky able to form any definite opinion reward: Italy heal Spam by one gurl to në. and said he did not regard him using the value of the device. Mr. Mat- private but a commnader. He declared thews was accordingly offered an im
EARLIER CABLES. they looked to bim for leadership, and mediate opportunity to demonstrate the would not have confidence in him if he stopping of a small petrol motor provided REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE) tennis championship retained when only brought confusion to their ranks
The conference unanimously passed resolution approving of the policy of the central committee.
DEATH SENTENCES SUSPENDED.
The Central Executive of the Soviet has telegraphed to Leningrad ordering the suspension of the death sentences passed on seventeen judges on May 25th,
PAYMENT OF DEBTS AN IMPOS.
SIBILITY O
M. Zinoviel declared that the payment of deble was an impossibility. Refering to the recent agitation within the party, he, said iron solidarity was a thousand times more urgently needed, while free dam in grouping was inadipissible.
HEAVY STORMS IN U.S.
38 KILLED 70 INJURED
Jackson (Missiesipi), May 27th. A series of heavy storms Esa swept over sections of Southern Mississipi, and hitherto eleven persons have been killed and 31 injured. Serious damage has bean done.
LATER.
by he Government. He was not asked to disclose any information regarding the rays and he was to be paid £1,000 im mediately if the test were successful, the only condition being that he would allow the Government a fortnight to consider the basis of further financial negotiations for the purchase and development of the invention. The statement concludes that Mr. Matthews refused the offer,
Mary has agreed form cabinet. FRENCHL AEROPLANES FOR bring States show that the storms Reports from the Miseinappi and
TURKEY..
which swept over the country severely damaged seven towns and villages Two families have been wiped out while they slept in their homea, which were demolished. It is estimated that 35 por sons have been killed and 70 injured,
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 27th, The Turkish Council of Commissara has sanctioned the parchass of sixteen Breguet scropianes from France.
D. H. Kleinman, holder of the 6.0,0.
he met R. N. Hamilton in the final ol· this year's tournament, last week win, ning 6-3, 6-2
CINEMA KOTES.
QUZEN'S TRIATEL
For the last time tonight Hongkote gulation EAN Bagh Paulf better things -
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world.
ed promise