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FARIS, August "th
It is reported from. Berlin that as the price of withdrawing their opposition to the Dawes bills the German Nationalists will be given a seat in the Cabinet. Con. menting on this report, Le Quotidice says it be equivalent to selling the Republic,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 80rn, 1924
FAR EASTERN CABLE(ST COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN."!)
NEWS.
(THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENCY.] NORTHERN WAR RUMOUES.
FOREIGN NOTES TO WAICHIAOPU..
PEKING, August 29th. With reference to the Chekiang Kiangsu situation. The Auglo-American and Franco-Japanese Ministers have sent a Note to the Waichiampu drawing, atten. tion to the Note of August 18th. 19, sent under similar circum; which was stances, saying their Governments hold
SHANGHAI PRECAUTIONS,
Sharoår, August 29th. There is slight change in the situation ou with regard to the railways, and little interference with communication with Peking. La Yang-liang's troops are not interfering with the work of the railway staff. Refugers, mostly of the wealthier class, are pouring into Shanghai. ..'.
SENSATION IN THE NEW, TERRITORIES.
MOTOR-CAR BANDITS HOLD
UP VILLAGE.
EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.
'LOUD "LEVERHULME'S FEARS.
RUSSIA AND WORLD TRADE
The fifth annual dinner, of the Institute SIX OF THE GANG CAPTURED BY of Costs and Works Accountants was held
POLICE
HOUSES LIT BY WIRELESS. INTENTORS' CLAIM TO BROADOAST ELECTRICITY.
· POWER FROM AN AERIAL.
Reniarkable results have followed the on July 24th at the Connaught Rooms, test-of an invention by which, it is claim Viscount Leverhulme, president, was in red. electricity enn be transmitted for the chair, and the large company in light and power without cable or wires.
There were exciting and sensational happenings in the New Territory lasted
Sir George Puish, Sir Ernest Benn, Miri 'It has bisen, made by Mr. J. J. Dawson, of night when between, nine and ten welock and Mrs. Williamson, Sir Edgar Sap-Leigh-on-Sea, and Mr. F. G. Milner, a gang of bandits drove up to the anal ders, Me."W. Howard Inzell, Jr. It. of Southend, and it is stated that by this Austen Leigh, Lieut-Colonel Sir John Keane. Mr. B. H. Wilson, Sir William system, electricity could be"generated at a station in Wales and went by wireless Mills, Sir Willian Berry, and Colonel O. C. Armstrong.
to Scotland!!
Martial law 'has been declared in village of San Cheng near Chin Lung Chapel, and no persons are allowed to enter the city alter ten o'clock at night.
The price of rice has gone up from $12
the Chinese Government responsible into 13 and move à pienl. the event of losses by their nationals through fighting.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, are i
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The British Legation has sent separate Note regarding the Shanghai
BraLis, August 5th. Late at night, after the adjournment of the Reichstag. the Nationals and Govern- nient parties were negotiating to find a | Nanking Railway, formula to enable the former to vote in favour of the London agreements.
LATEST CABLES. COVENT GARDEN STRIKE "ENDED."
OTHER PORTERS FOUND.
LONDON, August 29th." The Covent Garden' employers have declined an invitation to meet Sir David Shackleton, of the Ministry of Labour, on the ground that the strike, in their opinion, has finished. The KTOWCRE and retailers are supplying their own porters and when the strikers return to work they will find fewer men will he needed.
ENEMIES OF THE SOVIET. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK LEADER'S
TRIAL.
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Wu Fei"Fa is sending troops by steamer
down the river and also by railways in a southerly direction.
Chang Tao Lin is concentrating ferees in the south of North China ostensibly for annual field work.
AN AMERICAN.. VERSION..
WASHINGTON, August 29th.
It is believed that hostilities are im-
minent in the Shanghai-Nanking regions. The American Consul-General at Shang- hai describes the conditions there 11.
inceling to-day to decide upon their aattitude in the event of war breaking out. Conditions are normal at the Shanghai, HangeHow railway station at Shanghai,
except for the military pickets. The trains are running, but there is a slight"|, disorganisation owing to the movements of troops.
PEKING STOCK EXCHANGE,
ALL BUSINESS CLOSED.
P2x15, August 28th.
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The Peking Stock Exchange quietly ceased all business and closed up in definitely, but bonds reamin nominally at
their previously low quotations, which
becoming grave every hour The milind to sellers, except in exceptional tary" have taken charge of the railway station at have elused the gates of the
vity.
STATEMENT DY MARSHAL CHI. SHANOBAI, August 20th. An important statement on the whole tater-Provincial crisis is contained in au interview with Marshal Chi Hsieh yuan, published in today's NoC, Daily News,
as follows: '.
Moscow, August 25th. The well-known anti-Bolshevik. Boris Savutkoff, was arrested in Russian fer ritory on August goth, and is now being
Everybody talks about the unification tried by the Supreme Military Court.
of China." he said. Some believe, as I He is alleged to be the leading spirit have hitherto believed, that this unifica]
tion might be achieved by negotiation. in most of the counter-revolutionary plots But what are the facts! We have been of recent years, operating outside Russia. negotiating for almost ten years, and we are still negotiating. No authority is . Moscow, August 20th.
recognised. So-called independent Gence Savinkoff has been sentenced to death als establish themselves in positions of authority, where they are able to keep inat qecommendal to mercy, consequeat the country from anification, and to pro ona remarkable statement in which he log the internal and international diff culties which beset-China-Although I an said he considered all his counter-revola military man. I am a man of peace
If we could unify China by peaceful tionary activities were mistaken. He re-methods, I should be in favour of it above cognised the justice of the revolution and all rise; but he grows dephiring as the was guilty of the years, pass and as the state of the country acknowledged, be charges," recognise the power of "the
LATEST CABLES. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
IN BURMA.
FURTHER CHANTS,
Rrews worse.
cases where the demand for immediato funds necessitates acceptance of the best
uffers.
MILITARY TRAINING IN JAPAN,
COURSES FOR SCHOOLBOYS..
Toxyn, August 20th.
A definite step towards military train- |ing for the nation has been taken in the reported decision of the War and Educa·' tion Departments to attach one or more cheers to each of the middle and higher. schools throughout the country.
While so attached, the officers will re main on the army active list, paid by the army, will periodically return to their regiments for additional training, and thereby spread a general knowledge of defence principle, which will ultimately result in the practicability of reducing the term of conscription to a twelve month, in accordance with the popular
demand.
If the Cabinet approve of the decision.
The proposed employment of officers is regarded as solving the disposal of 2,000 officers who were to be discharged under the militiary reform scheine, which received the approval of the Supreme Military Council, and simultaneously kepping then on the active list in case of emergencies..
Chow, Chia Wan District, in two Ford motar-cars and held up the villagers with firearms and presumably proceeded to
roh them.
The village is still one containing in all about half a dozen fishermen's huts. A police telephone, conareted with Chin Wan Police Station," is. placed in
the
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village and it is thought that white the robbery was in progress one of the villagers must have contrived to send the alarm through to the Chin, Wan Palier Station.
- The Sergeant in charge acted' with great promptitude and succeeded in intercept ing the cars as they were driving along the road. He was algo successful in arresting six members of the gang. There
was no shooting.
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Pay
A large-finu has now agreed to develop the scheme on the financial side follow
TEST IN A TACHT.
trane.
Duying the demonstration a witting apparatus was placed on Mr. Milner's mator yacht moored to the shore. with a receiver on board. and a dinghy was rowed some distanco There were
beels in the bont. Immediately the dinghy alto electric lights, fans, dynamos, and began to move the current was switched on. The lamys lit, the motors revolved, and the fans and bells worked. The thinghy was rowed round in circles, and the current still fad effect at a distance of 250 yards,
Sir George Paish, proposing the toast of The Institute and its Branches," said. that one of the fruits of the war was that we were living in an age of mass producing a denionstration at · Leigh:»" tion, Sooner or Inter mass production meant ches, living; it meant that wages were going to he higher than they had ever been before. We had learned that the way to make things cheap was paid for god work for good wages. lle men well and to see that we got what we
yet. At th present moment many men was afraid we had uut got to that stage were trying to keep out of the Bankruptcy Court, and the works accountants were greatly help them in that. But already one could see the sunshine of the new day The world was coluing once more into condition of sanity. The coming of M. Herriot, whom he welcomed to our sheres, Mr. Milner, in an interview with a was a sign that our great Ally was at last representative of the London Daily Ez-. heginning to understand the problem with press said: which it had to deal. Trade had been
and because polities had blocked econ-have a central generating station that By cur system it will be possible to
omics. The nations had had their lesion will provide electricity in the ordinary gravest danger of facial trouble unless the means of an aerial into the air. The electric carent, will then be France was having hers. She was in the way.
He believed that
trade was going to reach extraordinary proportions. Within five years there would not be a ship to be hail for love or money,
"
CURRENT INNOCUOTA."
The current is absolutely innocuous
in the air We have proved, too, by placing a Marconi wireless within three feet of our apparatus that it has no effect whatever on the wireless current
sho had a settlement. He bad come to and can be received at any building wired Exact details as to how the Sergeant tion, that the world could not recover a
the conclusion, after careful considera in the ordinary way, by using a special
receiver, which must be tuned in.” 'carried off his successful coup were not fall measure of prosperity until Russia recovered. It was qu unpleasant thing to available to a late hour last night, say, but it was true.
up hüt a representative of the Daily Prex gathered that an urgent telephone mes- sage was received by the police in Row, loun asking for police to be sent out to the village by motorar. Apparently there was some "danger that the bandits would attempt a break away pending the arrival of the Police val.
• JUNK SUNK."
TWO LIVES LOST.
Our invention is worked, by means of direct current, and not alternating cur- rent. On the apparatus-there is nothing moving, nothing glowing, and there are
no valves.
GOVERNMENT STUPIDITY, Viscount Leverhuime, who replied, said that it was perhaps because in modern entered that we had such deplorable "re- war we did not count the cost before we
We have already transferred current sults. He did not follow the argument of from one rooni to another, and in leas Sir George Paish with regard to Russia. less than six months it should be poss He felt we should recover independently ble to supply frem a generating station of Bussin, because, in his opinion not only having a radius of three miles enough was Russia wrong on finance, but her current to light at the houses and work whole system and ideas and mentality had the machinery in a town. I can guar sunk very low. He had heard a Russian antee that the east of light and power ladly say that her relatives in Russia were
in the bunu by our system will 33 per determined to get their girls out of the cent. cheaper ut. least than by any other country, at 1 years of age because they system at present employed. were not shfe.” He. bad invariably found **There are no costs of cables, The collision 28 miles off Waylan Island during that the anin or the nation who did not only wiring is within the house and on the early hours of yesterday morning, our Wren was not to be trusted with the aerial. The receiving box is only money. We did not. in his opinion, put six or eight inches square in a small The vessel was coming to Hongkong from sufficient responsibility upon our Govern- | set, and tán receiver itself acts as meter. Manila. Two juuks got in its track nudespin his sisters very in The saving on, cables and maintenance responsibility was laid upon the business man if Britain was not in the forefront of every branch of commeres, While it was true to say of the aniline dye industry that we invented it and developed it, it was quite untrue to say that we let the
The 8.8. President Grunt figured în a
one was sunk. The engines were stopped And hinc of the crew of the junk, who were picked up by the crew of the other junk, were taken on-board the 'resilient Grant and brought to Hongkong.
The master of the sunken jauks states
berths at the time of the collision are
trissing.
CHAMPION SHOT.
'CANADIAN 'YOUTH WINS THE
KING'S. PRIZE.
a
micro than compensate for any of current through the air
At the present moment; if "I erected station on Convey Island I could light run all the road traffe by means of wireless electricity
Germans lake hold of it. The reason it
It was just by aëcident that we hit was not a British industry to-day was the insistence by cur Government on a bigh the whole system. Experts who have duty upon the spirits which were an in-seen it, state that it is contrary to all portant part of the extraction of the dyes, theirs of electricity." whereas the Gertuan Government let their The technical director of the firm who manufacturers have it free. Another in-have taken up the scheme was enthusi stance was the motor car industry.
Hostie.. was astonished-to-read of the limensions it and attained in America. He was cer
If what the invento claim is cor- rect," he said, "it will be possible to glit the whole countryside almost by nears of radiating electricity."
The time has come when there must be action, Kiangsu has always recogn Soviet and say He who loves the Rused itself as but part of the Repable of the regulations will be enforced in April that two women who were asleep in their siau nation must recognise the Soviet China, and loyal to it General Lu con-
siders Chelinng independent of the Re-1925. public of China. The fact that the must "hower. I do not ask for pity:""
commercial city in China (Shanghai) in a buffe- between Kiangsu and Chekiang makes for danger to the
fident it was the stupidity of the British Government in leaving in force the old whole country. Shanghai is historically. traditionally and geographically a city of
Many electricni frms in Britain and regulation which required a man with a Kiangsu By a political accident, contral
red flag to precede power-propelled the Australian Government aro of Shanghai has become vested in the so.
wehicles which was responsible for the fact stated to have been in communication called independent officials of Cheklang.
that we had not our share of the industry with the inventors during the last month. This has led to grave, political difficul
in Great Britain. We were told to-day Mr. Dawson, who is the originator of the ties. Complaints have been made to me
that the motor-ear industry in America system, is only twenty-six years old. throve on expurts, and that we had to of opium and arms smuggling and other illegalities. With sorrow and shame
build up all sorts of tariffs to prevent have been forced to admit that although
He was in competition with the most American cars from being a boon and a Shanghai was the jewel among all the
famous shots in the Empire, and earlier blessing to the people of the United cities of Kiangsu, the officials of Kiangsu
The military reform scheme, which has in the week came into prominence by Kingdom. But he noticed that the export could not control it. In Shanghai, poli-
returning the best score in the pre-of cars from the United States was only tical criminals have gathered together the Cabinet, provides for the redueliminary stage of the competition. s per cent of the total. She had 88 per: and plotted to destroy the Republic of
Burke is a student in chemical eagi cent of the total motor vehicles of the Chinny preventing unification. These
neering at Ottawa, and has only been world. If our workmen and our skilled persons are to-day co-operating and sup- porting General Lu. The situation in
shooting for two years. He is a member engineers had ot been kept back untii Fukien was fomented by Chekang, and
one of the leading Canadian volunteer now have had no unemployment in Great of the Governor-General's Foot Guards, all the other nons had a start we would when the rebellion was crushed the rebels were given positions of honour among
regiments. the Chickiang military forces,
Raycoon, August 29th. The Burman Legislative Council has dopted a nationalist revolution in favour of a further grant of constitutional re forne and provincial control for all sub jects except forviga relations and defence. OBITUARY,
LONDON, August 20th. Mr. H. W. Massingham is dead.. »
a well-known Mr. Massingham was English journalist.]
A Router cable also" announces the death of Mr. A. G. Stephen.)
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BOUTE AFRICANS 15. SOMERSET,
LONDON, August 28th.+ At Taunton the South Africa-Somerset match was resumed in dull weather, on an easy wicket. The South Africans scored 208, to which Taylor Contributed and Catterall 90. Catterall batted for 106 minutes, and gave three chanees. He hit two sizes and fourteen fours Bridgen took 8 for 61. Somerset scored 138, Carter taking 6 for 150; and the South Africans then compiled 10 for the
SHANGHAI REASSURED,
These rebel troops are now being used to attack Kiangsu. How can China be unified if Chekiang and Shangbai are scenes of constant plots against the Gov- ernment, and i from Chekang efforts are constantly being made to make the east of China independent from the rest of the country? General Lu has broken the peace agreement by these activities, which all will agree must make more dis tant the day when the Republic of China shall be as great and as strong na she was in ancient
times. The interviewer here asked Marshal Chi if he was acting on his own account. He replied: "Anyone who has studied my career will realise I am not impetu ous, and would not take this step unless I had authority to do so with the consent of my colleagues. I bave no selfish am- bitions and am not setting out to conquer the country This effort is designed only
THE REFORM SCHEME.
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been finally, approved and had now gene
The King's Prize, the most coveted trophy competed for by riflemen, was won at Bisley by a 18-year-old Canadian, Private Desmond Burke, a
There were several competitors ahead of him in the 800-yards round, but he shot
tion of four divisions at an estimated saving of Yen 158.500,00 approximately, the bulk of which will be devoted to the establisiunent during three years of three aviation corps, one tank corps, two anti aircraft corps and for chemical and scien-magnificently, at the 1,000 yards range,
his card reading 3 "bulls, an inner, tifte research, leaving Yeu 1,300,000 in bulls," an inner, and 7 "bulls,"
When the shoot was over Burke was accordance with the general retrench-
presented to the Prince of Wales, who ment policy laid down by the Govern said to him: "It was a remarkable per formance. I am very glad to have seen
ment.
INDO-CHINÄ MILITARY OHIEF.
PARIS, August 29th. General Andlauer has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the troops in Indo-China.-Hegar.
COTTON STANDARDS.
The King subsequently sent a telegram of congratulation to Burke.
Sergt. A. G. Fulton, late of the Queen's Westminsters, was second with 996, and Canth, late Royal Engineers; and Sergt. Capt.-D. Smith. South Africa; Sapper A W. L Alton, late Honourable Artillery Co., each scored 227 points.
THE PRINCE'S "BULLS."
It was the first time that the Prince of Wales had visited the ing shooting meeting. After watching some of the marksmen he tried his own skill on the The Liverpool Cotton Association has running-deer range. inclusion politically of Shanghai in rejected the scheme for universal stand-
Firing six shots with a sporting rifle,
to establish what is right, namely the
Britain.
RIGITTE OF THE NATIVE,
He could mention many other indus tries. Sir Hugh Clifford, one of our allest Colonial Governors, had called at tention to the fact that in Sumatra and the Dutch East Indies the growing of palm trees for the making of pulm oil was a serious menace to the prosperity of British West African territories, and Sir Hugh had invited British merchants, manufacturers, and capitalists to take hand in preventing the position being lest He (Lord Leverhulme) emiled because he knew the conditions in Sumatra and in our Crown Colonies. In German territory
LIBERALS" ONLY PROBLEM." HOW TO: RAISE THE WAGES OF THE WORKERS.
Mr. McCurdy, speaking at High Quarry, Crockham Hill, in the Sevenoaks Division, recently, said the only thing which, ought to interest Liberala for the next quarter- of a century was the problem of how to. raise the wages of the workers in Great Britain. Liberalism had
won't hany battles in the past, but the greatest and biggest battle of all of Liberalism had yet to be fought the battle of economie freedom
How could we secure for the British worker the high standard of wage, and comfort which was essential to any real programme of social reformi It was bot achieved. One had only to compare the by Socialism that that progrees could bo state of the worker in the United States
and 'Russia.
The new Liberal programme recognised brey facts: (1) Coal is the basis of British wealth; (2) our coal resources are capable of enormous development; (3) more power and cheaper power supplied- to industry would enable us to raise pro- duction, profts, and wages.
loss of oue wicket, whcu stumps were Jiangsu as "Shanghai is geographicallards adopted by Manchester. It is stated he made a score of 21 out of a possible were not allowed to stand before public not in greuter need of works "and costs
drawi.
OTHER GAMES.
security for the future..
part of Kinngau. My colleagues in the that the proposed agreement will give no 33, with four bulls and an inner, his Government and the neighbouring pre- vinees desire that I should take this step, and I have their hearty support and co operation.
I
before the war they granted 990 years lenses. When he pointed that out to air. Joseph Chumberlain twenty years ago, Mr. Chamberlain did the same, but be did, not think any Colonial Minister had done it since, Seven years was the Colonial Office idea of a lease for grow
trees which did not come into full bearing for thirteen years! (Laughter.) He doubted whether, governments were While here in Great Britain private rights
departments on, national policy--so that utility, the policy of the Government over
was that old native rights must be they might look ahead-even than busi
ress men. (Cheers) He was going to all third shot missing the target. I mustified." Other" nations besides the these oversens countries in's few months, The Association entered the scheme have had a very kind marker," he r Dutch, considered that the march of time and be would find, when he went to Nigeri last year with the satenting of making marked.
demanded changes, and that capital must and he would find, when he went to every effort to carry out the agreement
have security Were we going to treat Nigeria and West Africa, this policy of "Your newspaper may sure the adopted, but after only 12 months it has
these overseas possessions in the same Surrey at the Oval beat Leicester by an people of Shanghai that my troops will been found that its provisions are improc, The world in one unit in regard tout way in which we had treated the respect for native rights, which was in Finnings and 155. Leicester scored 133, be orderly and that, once Shanghai hasticable, and the Department in Washing trade and no part of the world is "out-
histor-car and the anfliuc dye industries the interests neither of the black man, nor Fenley taking 7 for 67. and 130. Fenley become a part of Kiangen again, the ton is not able to carry out the terms esile that unitis Robert Hughes,
When we had these territories empty and the nation, nor the Empire.
The toast of the Prees" was proposed taking 5 for 40 Surrey compiled 418 for smuggling of opiuni and arms will cease in a reliable or satisfactory manner. The
We must be prepared for the possible made no attempt at development, and by Lieut. Colonel Sir John Keane, and 8, declared (Sandham 115, Shepherd 12), and that in the commercial capital of the directors of the Liverpool Cotton Assoc arrival of a period of contraction in carn- there were at the same time overlowing replied to try Sir William Berry Mr. R. Geary took 7 for 30
country all efforts toward the destructionation are prepared to consider any other inge, especially in industrial securitles. nations, notably Japau, what was going Yorkshire best Hampshire at Ports of China by continue civil war will suggestions submitted by the Department George Tauche.
La be our position? We should be forced. Wilson proposed The Visitors," and mouth by ten wickets. Hangshire scored ease. Again I rest that I love peace of Agriculture. If no agrement is rouch
1 the trade of this country is to be to give way, as we did in Samos, in the Mr. R. G. Austen Leigh responded.
The toast of Kindred Institutes "was 74, Kilner taking & for 3, and Macaulay 1 want peace and I am ready to make the directors are considering what
for 31: and then 07, Kilder taking pence. But China must be unified, and if form of standard Muli bo dopted by developed we must have a well-organised Cameroons, and elsewhere, when laitonoured on the proponition of Br. W. for 16. Yorkshire scored 136. Kennedy it be necessary to unify. China by war, Liverpool for contracts made for delivery chain of communications abrond was made by a virile, energetic antics Howard Hazell, and Sir Ernest Benn
then there must be war."
after July 31st, 1926. taking 7 for 41; and then 38 for 0..
F. J. H, Hanou, M.P.
(Continued on next column) replied,
Scotland es. Gloucester at Bristol was draws Gloucester scored 223 for B, de- clared, and 111 for 8, declared. Scotland compiled 167, and 147 for
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