CABLE S.
BARLIER CABLES (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] LONDON CONFERENCE."
TO SET DAWES PLAN IN-ACTION.
CORDIAL “OPENING SPEECHES,
Tespos, July 16th.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 18TH, 1924
LATEST CABLES,
HOME HOUSING PROBLEMS.
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A GENERAL ELECTION).
LITTLE CHANGE IN BUILDING
STREK
LONDON, July 17th. There has been little change in the aikling strike, situation bering. the past The first meeting of the Allied Couter-wrok. The Court of Coquiry has issued ance'onded at one m'elock and is remming ja report, refraining from making any re- commendation, last finding that the main cause of the stoppage was the refusal of Liverpool operatives to accept deserial
Give this evening. »„
terms offered them on June toth and their failure to submit to the decisions. of the National Wages Council. The
Mr. Ramsay's MacDonald, in a speceh, welcomed the delegates and urged the "Importance of enforcing the recommen- 'slatades of the Dawes Committee as"a whole and naaltered. It would be the business of the Conferiner to create con-
dions under which the Dawes plan Sould be likely to work. The Preater hoped that the Coaforever would follow us of a speedy tertiuntion of the
the good example of the Hawes Report" in #pproaching the problemi ts a business proposition rather than from the pálitical standpoint. The Conference Shambl deal solely with the Paŝes plan. Mr. Ran sayMaebend specially welcomed the America representatives, as evidencing the co-operation and goodsil of the United States.
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eet thinks that either side understound the other's pisition. And drclares that a resumption of negotiations offers the only.
muarrel.
· EARLIER CABLES.
THE WORLD'S SPORT.
HOME
CRICKET.
VISTORS MEET LANCS,
LONDON, July 18th... This match between Lancashire and the South Africans at Liverpool opened in lose and cloudy weather before" a "smill attendance. The wicket was good. Thers was seventy minutes' interruption owing) train after" lauch.
Lancashin scored a for 3 tireen 79 and Hallows (21). Hallows did not give a chance, and hit thirteßh fours. Ho batted for three baurs. HÄfirst wicket
partnership with" tiešom, pradpood" 201.
rounils,
BOXIŞA
LEDOES BEATEN,
AMERICAN, WING ON POINTS.
AMERICAN BASEBALL,
The possibility of the housing situation
New York, July 17th. Abe tokistein (ESA) heat" Charles shortly involving the country in a General- Election is being canvassed in political | Ledoux (Fratre) on points over fifteen vinyles. Owing to Opposition activity in the dose of a debate on Mr. Wheatley's Housing Bill in the House of Commons, Last night all amendments were rejected, uf frequent criticisms proŝokid Mr. M. Herud tanked Mr. Maritonald Patrick Hastings to deviare that the fog his noble wards and dial on the Government would only be tou kad to diffinity of the Conference's task in outset the ice of the entry apon the
cinating the interests of the people can peined and in taking steps bo restore
and maintain peace.
He emphasised
TRANETTE,
AUSTRALIAN | NAVAL DEFENCE.
that everginaly in France "most sincerely | TWO NEW CRUISERS PROPOSĖD desired peace. He proposed that Mr. Ramsay Macfionah) should be Chairman of the Conference.
*MELBOURNE, July 17th. The House of Representatives listened
!!
Now Yous, July 17th,
AMERICAS, LEAGUE.
Philadelphia. 5: Chicago, o. Philadeljibin, 2: Chiengo, a Bastan, 4 Tetroit. A New York, 3 Cleveland, 4. Boston, #: Detroit, 152,
NATIONAL LEAGUE, Pittsburg : New York. 5. Cincinnati, 3: Brooklyn, 5.
tineinunci, Brooklyn, G.
Chirago, 2; Philadelphia, D. -St Louis, 7: Boston, 4. S. Louis, 11: Boston, a
OLYMPIC GAMES,
LAWN TENNIS,
FOURTH ROUND BESULTS.
FAR
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH WORLD FLIERS
MISSING. AMONG KURILE ISLANDS.
SEX HOPES OVERDre
SEARCH Bỷ" JWPANESE WARSTEPS.
Tokyo, July 17th.' Squadron Leader Maclaren is reported
ww.
to be sis, hours overdue at. Paranashiru Japanese destroyers, bare
search for the machine.
Kot to
PERHAPS LANDED KLSEWHERE
LATER There is no further news of McLaren, but it is believed he landed as an inter- mediate point which was previously pre- pared by Col, Broome.. Two Japanese destroyers are now searching.
THE CONCESSIONAL LEASES.
RENEWAL TERMS,
ACEPDAD BY MAJORITY OF LOT-HOLDERS.
LONDON, July 16th.
In the House of Commons. Mr. Jowett, replying to Mr. Foot Mitchell said the scheme for a renewal of the subdeases granted to firms on ninety-dine years terntrs in Tientsin, Hankow, Chinkiang, Canton, Amoy, and Kiukiang had been approved by the Goverment, who were satisfed that the terms offered, were fair and reasonable...
HONGKONG SHIPBUILDING.
WHY HOME YARDS LOST ORDERS,
LONDON. July 18th. Speaking subsequent to the launching of the British Tudia Company's steamer -
A CORNER OF TOKYO. THE VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY.
The London Times Tokyo correspon- done writės zo
Although so niech at Tokyo has suffer- Salamba, to-day, Mr. Batey, a diretore violenes from the West and trops below, there are still corners of the city of Hawthorn Leslie's, said that orders that have esesped thus influoner of Europe for eight vessels hud meently been placed and of earthquakes.“ in Holland for British awners, mal two
They ale il some degree the counters in Hongkong for Australian owners who part lære at The Temple or Staple "Inte had previously given their orders to in London, They le, many of thui
and trade union restrictions handicapped round, and not over them, and the harsh England. He declared that taxnsion almost in the heart of the city: but the huste of the inpatient streets flows
British builders.
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[voices of eommpering activities - do not invade heir, detachment or pretrate MISSION OF HELP FOR CHINA.
their peace. "They "re discovered by the LONDON. July th stranger, as years ag one discovered At a
meeting of the Missionary the riverside sanctuary in the capital of Council of the Church Assimbly, it was the other Island empires by the simple reported that the Bishops in China wore Press of turning for the first, time słown # Turrow" winviting lane, Cur- anxious that a Mission of Help 1st sensiocity, here as here, lets its rewards, Lout to the Far East.
AM ith has its fairies, and happily The meeting plegidle that the Council | there is still much and impossessed of sheild take steps to confer with the those who margh by the guide book. Bishops of Hongkong and of North Battalions may gaze upon the blowsonia in Ueno Park or journey in specjał China on the matter.
trains go hook upon the Piahurts t Kamakura: bif that will mily mean that- the tiny shrine of foxes on the top of a remote hill in, Azab ka hus, so many more times caped, becoming a public show. And so it is with the gittige in the valley whither fromi Hihiya frum
top a ricksha man will take you, if you can tell him the name of it, for three-quarters of a you or if it happens to be raining for you and a little more. It isn't really a village, hut it is actually in a vallig; a plerum within a nightmare, and the poet who is atrodied in that phrase woubl have song of it if he had seen it.
ARMS FOR CHINA.
ECHO OF COLOMBO SEIZURES.
Lesbos, July 16th Questioned by Mr. Bannon in the House of Commons, regarding the recent seizure of arms intended for China on the stonmer Solering at Colombo, Mr. Thomas said the cases had been forfeit
Al
The Governinent in arriving at this fed and the master of the ship fined. sdceision had „rarefully' weighed sil Troints, such as the competition by for
eign firms.
Harada (fapan) beat Gilbert (Britain), cent, were 'opposed to the scheme. T
Cachet (France) bent Fukuda (Japan),
4-2 6-1, 63.
SOVIET OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Moscow, July 16th,
Two soldiers have we sentenced to
The valley itself is shaped like the bowl of an eneytious spoon.
AL the broad, end there is a wide belt of trees, which worn a barrier against the envy of the various traffic beyond." These trees bayi latjy been in binssom?" At its pointed end the valley is very deep and its sides are almost sheer, so that pebble dropped from an upper halcony
jare crowded together on the floor of the
Mr. Frank Kellogg, The American Amo a debate on the Defence Ejipment bassular, thanked Mr.", Hanway Mac Bill, authorising a grant of £2,000,000 for
Replying to Mr. Samuel, Mr.' Jowett Donald for welewing the United States the instruction of two main tou crisisers
PARIS." July Tech, delegates who had come in the spirit of and $50,000 for a defence, reserve Juni, (Spain), 75, 16-4, 2-4, 6-2
Richard (USA) beat Manuel Alonso sad the holders of sixty-four per cent.
of the fat had indicated acceptance of death for smuggling two pounds of will fall on a roof below, Tiny houses Belpfulness. He very warmly paid tribute The desate showed that the Labour party Demospurgo (Italy) beat Washer (Belthe terms and only six and a half per opium across the frontier of Turkestan.valley, the narrowrst of paths running to the Dawes Commnitive, and said that does not want warships and down youth, 61, 1-6, 6-4. 6. Americans beloved that than nuluption of fear aftnek, bu ret the Lábourites ad- | 10-8, 2-6, 11,9, 6-2, this Hanes Reqket would be-the, first big toeate the establishment of aerial Avels step in the reconstruction of Europe.
and munition factories,
According to the felt the Federal naval engineering staff have submitted to the Cabinet plans for a Boating dock 800. feet long tuul 190 feet wide capable of 10.02. receiving vessels denwing to feet as an Alternative to the building of a cruiser oxully. If the plans are accept- ad, both of Australia's new cruisers will e built in England and the money thas saved will vaver the rost of the duck,
Signor Stefnul seconded M. Herriot's proposal, that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald eluld be chairman and promised Italian co-operation, in the work of the Confer
The Japanese Ambassador pronised Bilar en-uperation.
...
M. Thrunis (Belgium) expressed enn
fidence that the Conference would sues reef in its workerf julier abil penen.
Mr. Hamsay MacDonald serepteil the Chairmanship, and hoped that the Cont)
would sued. Sir Maurice Hankey was elected Scervtury of the Gegeral Conference and there teclanical committees were appointedi.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in the nurse of his speech emphasising that the busi
assof the Conference was to create conditions in which the Dawes Report would work, said that tai comlitions seerd absolutely essential, namely, the economie and Band unity of Germany and adequate, sheurity for investors in the proposed, wam,
The Dominious were not represented at the morning's meeting but it is ander- stool thut they will be represented at future meetings. Mr. J. H. Thomas and Sir Eyre Crewe, in addition to Mr. Ram- Bay Mazitonald and Mr. Philip Snuwden, composed the British delegation,
"SPANISH REVERSE IN
"MOROCCO:
FALL. OF TETFAN · IMMINENT.
ards.
PARES, July 17th
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HEAVY SENTENCE ON A GERMAN. SEVEN YEARS AT MUKDES.
A CHILD
„CHARGE OF BEATING
TO DEATH..
remaining twenty-nine and a half per fernt. hal said nothing. What the Ta Coste, (France) bear Spence (South
minority askerk for was a life gift of Africa), ng, 0-0, E
Borotra (Praher) *fayat Kingspote forty thousand pounds sterling unually. (Britain), ei, ca su
Jacob (India) beat Washburn (USA). The int-bolders had bought their lenses for ninety-nine years, and now wished to Williams sabrat Kehrling (Hungary)."B-4, 2-6, 3/2/ 4-6, 6-3.`.
convert that into a perpetuity (Minis terial cheers). He was prepared to re-trict Court in Makden recently, when
A case came before the Chinese Dis
ceive a deputation, but there was no
Mr. Scherer, a German employed by prospect of altering the decision
General Chang Tao Lin at the Mukden Mr. F. W. Jowett holds the Portfolio Arsenal was sentenced to seven years of First Commissioner of Works/1 hard labour for an offenes described by the Vanchuria Lily News ns. "beating |a Chinese child to 'denah.”
U.S. WORLD ELIGHT. WARM WELCOME IN ENGLAND. LONDON July 16th...
The American fliers were given a rous ing reception by a large ceded at Croy dou. They were welcomed by General Braneker, members of the American Fan- bassy and Mrs MacLaren,
Lieutenant Lowell Smith, in an inter de Matin' understands from Morocco View, said he would not do the trip ugain that the Riffs have captured 80 Spani-for a million dollars. The airmen had The Spanish frooms have shan. only had two days' rest since they start dened the Wadtal fighting line. The falled, one in Paris and one in Constan-
tinople.
FURTHER GOVERNMENT
of Tetuan is said to be imminent.
Tetoan is a fair sized port on the Mediterranein cost of Morocco and is situated in Riff country. Nominally it is in the Spanish sphere of infuente. has a good harbour, and does an exten- sive shipping trade.)"
It
EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA.
"Moscow, July 17th, Three people were killed and many houses destroyed by an earthquake it Fashkeut on Wednesday last..
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ASSISTANCE.
WASHINGTON, July 10th The Navy Department has improved plans for assisting the American aviators to complete their work Bight. Ships will be placed along the Atlantic route followed by the airmen. and a chain of wireless communication will be establish ed throughout..
PREPARING FOR, ATLANTIC STRETCH.
"LATER.
The airmen few, thin, morning from į LATEST CABLES. Crosion to Brough, Yorkshire, where the aeroplanes will be fitted with new en WHAT ABOUT OUR DOMINIONS?gines and floats for the Atlantie Crossing.
NO DIRECT REPRESENTATIAN AT OPENING,
LONDON, July 17th.
ha
High Commissioners during the past week
gious,
ÚS. NAVAL VISIT TO HOLLAND.
SOVIET AND PRIVATE
TRADE.
NORTH CHINA FLOODS.
NO CHANGE NEAR TIENTSIN.
TESTIS, July 17th.
The "ily News is informed that this description of the offener is a The Hood level 14 miles west of Tien-gross exaggeration and that a grave in tsin is 14 feet, which shows no change justice has been done, over 24 hours.
JAPAN LUXURY TAX.
TOKYO, July 17. The "Upper House has passed the supplementary estimates of the Luxuries will be effective from date of promulga
it is inderstood that the tariff tariff.
tion, which is not yet fixed pendingi
thos countries understandings. with enjoying conventional tarift rates. The question of gonils in transit has been taken up with importing interests, "
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azing couru song them. Perchest here and there in groups and singly on the green walls of this Pucinsure theen are other dwellings, and from the wân-.. dows of the topmost of them a spectator looking down may what has the characteristics. of & toy town fashioned by some skilled craftsman for the child. of incomparably wealthy parents But the little figures moving about are real The man with the wooden boxes hung
eat it. The waiting call of the pedlar from a pole across his shoulders is self- ings real fish to people who will cook and of ferimented beans comes from humZI lips, and unless the wind is blowing to- clack of the wooden clogs in the flag wards the distant cherry tries the clack- stones will keep time with the quick steps- of the school-boned children, and cut through the "sulined "chatter which a mother. hanging the morning wash on
aboo poles to dry, exchanges over her shoulder with the baby tied to her back. Here and there a her peeks among a few spilt grams of rice a lusty rooster crows far down the hollow, But all the The Manchuria. Daily News: report sounds that may be heard hereaboutK 'reads "us follows:-
belong to the place and are wholly of it. In the early evening. when the paper The Chinese District Court, Mukden; shatters are drawn to and dwellings that handed down its judgment upon the have been since early morning open to German engineer in the servies of the the daylight are closed against the eyes Chinese Arsenal. who had beaten of strangers, yellow patches of light and Chinese child to death. His longure grey silhouettes of the cottages make sentenced the prisoner to seven years' an irregular pattern of squares and ob imprisonment with hard labour""
longs in two tones. The village becomes Mukden foreigners critivize
th more enticing. Perhaps artificial light sentence as rather heavy.
is the only substitute that has positive A Japanese pressman, who attended qualities. Darkness streams into the the trial, spanks well of the manner in valley, Gilts and overflows it. One by one which it was conducted. He adds the cottage lanterns fade away, as if CHINA CONSORTIUM.
that no one in the audience sees to this rising tide of night had extinguish- AGREEMENT," TO BE RENEWED.
have had occasion for fault-finding. ed them. A single lamp burns on as if Mr. Scherer was formerly employed it were above the highest wave of the LONDON July 16th. with the South Manchurian Railway" ar food. But, in faët, it can boast no im- 1
meeting of the China Consortium Dairen, where he was a respected re-munity. It happened to mark the win- Council was held in the office of the sident. He was well-known to Dr. F.dow of a Philistine who is a spectator Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor Wilhelm, at present stopping at the of these things and of his Japanes poration Representatives of the groups Kalce Hotel, Shanghai, and lived with neighbours who have pu ap their heary were present, and comprised Sir Charles him for some three years, Dr. Wilhelm's wooden shutters with the deepening of Addis (British) who presided, M. Thion account of what happened at Mukden is the darkness, just as they and their for
Mr. Delachaume (French),
Thomas as follows:
bears have done for years untold. It is Mr. E. Scherer has a rather unusual true that they have discarded lamps and Lamont (America), and Mr. K. Yano (Japanese).
appearance and wears a peculiar hat. Candles for municijn vlectric light, best commending the renewal of the Consor him calling out with the impudence faited their ideas about living.
The Council adopted a resolution re
Chinese children were wont to run after that does not mean that they have for tium biceinent upon its noininal expiry common to all children in his unos though a quarter of a mile away there in October, 1925, so that it might remainance one day the unfortunate Cercan * an botel fitted with windowsashes and in force subject only to the privilege of turned round and struck out with his blinds on spring rollern. The wandering withdrawal by members upon twelve stick, but without bitting any of his promenade of the entirely superBuous months' noties.
persecators, One little girl, however, night-watchmen proves that. fell down and cut her leg. Apparently she went back to fur parents, and as ́à
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result of their taking no notier of the FOULAIN COLLISION · AT·
wound she entrheted blood poisoning ne parents asked Scherer for money.
SHANGHAI,
The Imperials Constitution. - issue arisen again in an acute form in conner-
: The Hyote, July 18th- COMMISSIONS SPÄDEWORK.
tion with the inter-Allied Conference, -Admiral MacCully, commanding the There was no second plenary session which opened without direct, Dominion American squadron visiting Dutch waters. representation. Conversations between accompanied by the commanders of the f.the Inter-Allied Conference to-day and British Ministers and the Dubinis paid an official visit to the Minister of
Wyoming, Arkansa
and other officers. there will probably not be another until it Commit an agreement resarching Marine, and later called on the Ear the three Commissions, ilealing with vari- the character of Dominion representation, aval attache in the afternoon gave a gomaster of the Hague. The American us controversial questions in detail, notwithstanding the insistence of Canada
and Ireland that they were unable to be luncheon to Admiral MacCully and his have presented their reports. These bund by the Conference decisions unless suite, the Minister of Marine, and a Comasions, which sat for about two they directly participated in the discus-Pumber if Dutch naval authorities.
"PHILIPPINES LEGISLATURE. hours the evening are dealing with the Canada, indeed, despatched Senator
GOVERNOR-GENERAY'S, ADVICE. authority of the Reparations Commission Belcourt to London is Envoy Extraordi and the security of investors and bondary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and
MANILA, July 17th. bolders. France and Britain are uniting seribed by the newspapers to the net his absence from the Conference is
Losnia. July 10th The Legislature opened its ninety-day but he did not consider himself respone collisions occurred in the Huangpu In this Honer of Commons, replying to session. Governor-General Wood sent a sible in any way for the injury and look-on the 10th inst. The first took place at to secure the presence Americans of the Reparations C Commission In case of
that the British Government suggested a Major Kindersley, Mr. Ponsonby said German default. If this solution preves panel arrangement wherchy each Domi- the liquidation and expulsion order message briefly urging the passage of an span the unmais of the parents as about & o'clock in the morning when the outlet an attempt at fraud After 10 days thiYK. str. Fahimi Maru came into col
child died and Scherer was subsequently lixion with the Jensien Transport Co.'s Sinpossible, then steps may be taken to nion would alternately participate, in the relating to the Russo-Caucasian Company session, to better economic conditiona. call in the Agent General for Reparations. Conference. Senator Belcourt refused to had been suspended during fresh negoti
arreate, with the result already descrily str. Yuentah. The accident is believed. ations between the Company and the
BRITAIN AND BOXER INDEMNITY. | od
to have been caused by difficult tiden Soviet.
This is Dr. Wilhelm's explanation as The Fashimi Mura escaped practically
kustaine Jamaged, but the BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CO. RAILWAY. BUILDING PLAN TO BE retailed to him by the accused man, cor
roborated also by ʼn letter he has receivevere damage on, the port side. ANNUAL DIVIDEND.
ed from a third person, Frenchman
Japanese ship was inward bound, but Lombes, July 18th.by the way. On the strength of his eward bound, had to put back to Shang-
the Chinese vessel, which was then out Tu the House of Commons, Mr. dence, says the NGO Daily News, it
repairs. said the project of building a railway, a grave error of justice and that inves the day between a Jardine vessel and the Ponsonby, replying to Sir W. de Frace, certainly seems to us that there has been to go into dock-for
The other collision occurred later in commercial development, with tigation into the circumstances of the
muntar-vers S. C. No. 1.
Bring
Ing balance of the Boxer Indemnity, had been case should be made by the authorities rarely seen in Shanghai-that of Nicara brought to the notice of the British Gov. Dr. Wilhelm, who lived with Scherer for gun The motor vessel is, a ship rather erament, but not from any official source three years at Newchwang, says that he more than 100 feet in length and arrived It would be submitted to the committee is a particularly kind man who so far hote from Manila. Her bowk" wern by whose opinion the British Government give the little presenta of fruit and advising on the utilisation of the funds, from maltracting children would often damaged rather badly, while the Jardins steamer sustained some injurica to Ber ould be guided.
boat davita.
"THE" PROPOSED LOAN. Following the newspaper's revelations
agree, to this.
FRENCH PRESS VIEWS.
PARIS, July 15th. of the recommendations of the Repara tions Commission, cabled earlier, a com- overcome, the papers, commenting on the Though aware of the difficulties to be münique has been issued broadly cover- ing the same ground but suggesting opening of the London Conference, peiat Joan the conclusion frst of anderwrit- at giving America e impresion dividend for the past year is two and
reference to the Mf. 800,000,000 out that the speecher of the delegates
The British North Borneo Company's and that the Allies will be able to reach an foreign banks, instead of the
with
LONDON, July 10th.
ing contracts beiwhenmpletion agreement. The Press note with satis. three quarters per cent.
of the subscription. The Commission in fact suggests that the underwriting should be done before evacuation and sub ecription taken up after, evacuation.
(Caudhisted on nest column.)
faction that the Conference got immedi ately to work on the basis of the Franco- British note of July 9th. Some of the papers emphasise that Mr. MacDonald stated that the Treaty of Versailles would not be affected-Havas
DE VALERA RELEASED.
LONDON, July 6th. that Enmon De Valera and Austin Stack It was announced in Dublin to-night
have been released.
querous measures, thrown
CONSIDERED,
sweets.
The