CABLES.
LATEST CABLES, "[TEŁOUGH, ERUTER'S AGENCY.]
LAST TEST MATCH.
AUSTRALIAN - SECOND, ATTEMPT NOT TOO CONVINCING.
SYDNEY, March 2nd.
The weather was sweltering and cloudy towards the end of the day's play Stumps wern drawa at 3.35 p.m., owing to the bad light.
A change of weather is 'taminent. Today, the wicket played well. There
were 21.000 print.
The play today was comparatively un teresting after Saturday's display. Andrews, however, gave a bright and stylish display, batting for 10 minutes under hours and Mitting one five and six fours.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH SRD,
EARLIER CABLES,
GERMANY AND FRANCE.
BERLIN PLAN FOR GUARANTEE PACT IS PROPOSED,
PAS, March 1st-
It is reliably asserted that a proposal for a Franco-German guarantee. pact was received by M. Herrios from Herr Stresemann ten days ago. The proposal is reported to be more general in its scope, than Herr Cuno's offer of 103, inasmuch as it fixes no limit of duration and does not discriminate between Ger-
manys western and eastern frontièrs and does not refer to the possibility of re- course to war after a plebiscite, but aug. gests that disputes should be arbitrated
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M. Herriot replied reserving his opinion pending consultation with the Allies.
د گم
The German proposal, which Herr Stresemann communicated simultaneous The English howling was perseveringly to the other Allies, has been earnestly and good the fielding smart.
discussed by the Allied chancelleries during the past week
Collins injured his finger on Saturday and had not intended to bat to-day.
Together with Kelleway, after the tea interval, he played most doggedly,
AUSTRALIA,
1st Innings.
HL Collins, e Strudwick, b
Gilligan
J. 6. Ryder; b Kilzer
8. E. Gregory, run out
1
16
9g
J. M. Taylor, & Whyrall, b Tate... 13
T. J. E. Andrews, e Whyяall, b
Liner
W. A. Oldfield; a Strudwick, h.Tate 29
14
12
.995
M. Ponsford, eWoolley,
Kilner 80
A Kippax, b Kilner
49
C. Kelleway, 1bw, b Tate
A. Mailey, b Tate
A. Grimmett, not out
Extras
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS
R.
Kilner
4
Tate
4
Gilligan
46
1
0
33
Woolley
0
18
FALL OF WICKETS.
3
-S
Hearne
3
2
02
55 61 20 103. 208 238 230 264
ENGLAND.
Ist Innings.
J. B. Hambs, Oldfield, b Gregory 0 H. Sutcliffe, e Mailey, b Kelleway 22 A Sandham, run out
F. E. Woolley, b (irimmett
E. Hendren, c Ponsford, b Gregory 10
J. W. Heatne. 1.b.v., b Grimeett 16
W. W. Whysall, 1.b.w., b Grimmett 8
.167.
R. Kilner, st. Oldfield, b Grimmett 24 M. W. Tate, b Ryder
95
A. E. R. Gligau, st., Oldfeld, h
Grimmett
5
H. Strudwick, not out
Extra
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Gregory
49
Kelleway
38
Mailey...
Ryder
Grimmett
45
FALL OF WICKETS.
}
6.
——
0
2
9
55 B 109 1 157 163 AUSTRALIA.
2nd Innings.
J. S. Ryder, b Gilliga
S. E. Gregory, bw, Hearne
T J. E. Andrews, Woolley, b
Hearne
ม
J.. Taylor, st. Strudwick, h Tate 25
M. Ponsford, run out
A. Kippax, e Whysall,
H. L. Collins, not out
C. Kelleway, not ont
Extran
Woulley &
Total (for 8 wickets)
FALL OF WICKETS. 12 3
5
·B
7 43 110 130 152 156
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
203
LE JOURNAL'S VIEWS ON
INTER-ALLIED REPORT.
PARIS, March 2nd. Concerning the Report of the inter allied military committee Le Journal states that, as a matter of fact, it is Daly the first Report for the task of the pommittee is far from ended.
The first Report draws the attention of Germany to the grave failures to dis- arm and insists that it is less a question of the fabrication of weapons than the Becret reorganization of the German Army-especially the preparation of off cers, industrial mobilization and re-estat Jishment of the General Staff
Concerning reparation failures, the Meport gives but general suggestions. Havas
LATE PRESIDENT EBERT. TRIBUTE FROM VATERLAND.
of the Republic.
AMERICA
LATEST CABLES.
EARTHQUAKE.
SOME WEIRD FATALITIES IN RECENT TREMOR.
OTTAWA, March 2nd.
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) THE ZOLSHEVIK THERMOMETER.
1925
HONGKONG-MADE CIGARS.
CHINA'S TWO EVILS. INTERESTING CASE AT SHANGHAI, IDLE TROOPS AND OPIUM.
The cigar trademarks case, affecting The Chief Executivo has submitted considerable rights in China, was' 'con- to the Reorganization Conference - # tinued at H. M. Suprem, Court Shang memorandum, based on renmendations hai, on February 28th before Judge Siz ibmitted by the Ministries of War and
the Interior which describes the disband Ingenobl, a Bolgian subject in asking meat of superfinous troops as one of the for an injunction to restrain the Wing most important problems now facing the
country.
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church INFLUENCE RISING IN HARBIN Skinner Turner. Plaintiff, Mr. Carl
at Shawinigan Falls was badly damaged by the collapse of the roof through the earthquake,
BUT FALLING IN MANCHURIA.
Paxo, March 1st. The signing of the Russo-Japatirse Treaty seems to have been the signal for the adoption of, strong repressive mea, sures by the Soviet authorities at
Savetal houses were also damaged by the roofs falling in, or the walls bol lapsing. "Nobody was injured and no damage was done to the power and pa-Harbin, according to foreign telegrams per planta
which report that 500 more Whites have
the been discharged from Eastern Railway, while professor has been put in charge of the Education Department and the former Head of the Bassian Commercial School, apparently suspected of reactionary lean
A number of windows were broken at Montreal, where the telephone service was disabled
HEATHS FROM FRIGHT,
QUEBEC, March 2nd."
Chinese 迦 Bolshevik
It is reported that, during the earthings, has been dismissed.
It is expected Bolshevik propaganda from being struck by débris. The southports indicate that Bolshevik influence quake five people died from fright, or will be intensified in Harbin, though re shore tremor lasted 95 minutes in the is weakening in Siberia, Bay of Saint Pauk
"เ
for two
SEVERAL PEOPLE FAINT.
OTTAWA, March 2nd. The arst earthquake shocks at Quebec were very violent. Several people faint- ed from fright. There was a general panic. Building swayed minutes and some of the small wooden dwellings on the outskirts of the city were thrown down, bat there were no casunities. A section of the roof of the Union Pacific Station was damaged and
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THE WORLD'S FLEETS. SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES IN RECENT PUBLICATION.
LATEST
JAPANESE CRUISERS.
Vitz LosDOS, March and. Commenting on the Return of the World's Fleets." just issued by the Admiralty the Manchester Guardian describes as sensational the disclosure of the fact that the new Japanese, cruizers apparently carry twelve 8-inch guns. The papers says that, if this is so. Japan
"No," witness answered.
Da Co, from selling cigars supplied, to them by Messrs. W. E. Olsen sind. Co.,
·Inc., of Manila, under a trademark which he claims to be his exclusive property Perla del Oriente. Et Cometa The trade, marks or names are. "L
Oriente," and "Impreio del Mundo." troops would mend that they were nos Continuing his cross-examination of fulfilling their proper purposes. It i
R. N. Macleod (for the defence asked: plan which would specify the number plaintiff's manager (Mr. Sieling) Mr. the duty of the Ministry of War to draf Do you seriously suggest that the cigars of regular troops requiral for national which were manufactured in El Oriente side of the question. With the regular defence, keeping in mind the financial factory in Manila, for sale by Messrs. troops being retained only for national Olsen and Co., were not the same thing defence, the duty of maintaining focal as those manufactured before and sold Peace and order in the provinces will fall upon the shoulders of the preesu under the name of Perla?
tionary troops, or town, guarda Apart from the disbanded men sent to the In answer to further questions witness frontier regions a certain number of said it had been the custom to sell the troops can be told off as candidates for employment as town guards and police. cigars to commission agents, who did The Chief Executivo alan submitted the export business and it would be memorandum to the Reorganization Com ference on the subject of opium suppres- strictly correct to say that the factory sion, based on recommendations and re- did no export business. Eighty or 90 ports received by hint from the Minis per cent. of the factory's output was extries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs ported and it was by reason of this large The memorandum refers to opium szak- export that this wide reputation was acing as extremely harmful to the people quired in China.
Harking back to the Manchu days, it When the Hongkong says that the Manchu Government con factory was started, they produced a cluded an agreement with Britain, and but gave it a new name: "Grand Asia." view the complete suppression of opiuma letter of that convention, which had in tigar similar to "La Perin del Oriente," by following both the spirit and the It was the sanie cigar, but the "Perla" coltivation and traffic, the provinces one it had acquired a reputation and was 2ncil in 1017 the country was free from name was brought into uss later because after another suppressed opium trade this evil. The provinces kept the Central
The idea is that certain number of national defence, For the regular troops regular troops shall be retained from
to be used only for the suppression of del
BERLIN, March 1st.. Thousands of torches illuminated the Tiergarten, through which the coffin con taining the remains of President Ebert escorted by police russed at midnight from the nursing home to the Presidenti- al Palter, where it lies in the State Room draped in black and the colonne any windows, were broken. «A woman is building erniers far more heavirasier to sell. When they first began Government informed of the progress :
died from fright at Three Rivers. Aud-armed than any ever conceived by naval iences in theatres at Montrent became.architects. panię stricken and rushed the exits.
It is unofficially understood that the new British County cruisers will be arin- ed with nine 8-inch guns and the new French and Italian cruisers are officially stated to mount eight 8-inch guns.
The Guardian admits Japan is entirely within her rights under the Washington Treaty in putting such enormous arma meat in cruisers.
A memorial service in and outside of the palaen will be held Wednesday, followed by military parade and later by a service in the Reichstag.
The collin will be conveyed by rail the same evening to Heidelberg, the late President's birthplace, for burial on Thursday
FRENCH FINANCE BILL. VOTE TO BALANCE BUDGET PASSED IN CHAMBER,
to use the names "Perla" and "Cometa" in Hongkong, they used Manila labula
cause no others were available. After 12 months, labels with the Hongkong address were used.
they were making in this work of sup Pression, and the Ministry of the Interior Ministry had received. These delegates sent delegates to test the reports the were accompanied by foreign observers (British delegates).
The result was that all the provinces THE "MANILA" LABEL
succeeded in stamping out the, evil. But Witness was shown a produced at Hongkong in 1992, and bear recent years, owing to provincial dis box of cigars to our regret, says the memorandum, in ing the word Manila" on the inside turbances. opium cultivation and traffe label, and Mr. Macleod skel: Do you have been revived in various regions. regard it as a perfectly lawful proceed-Both foreigners and Chile have point ing to sell Hongkong cigars with a Manied out the districts in which the mili tarists have fostered the cultivation of Witness--I do not consider the inside label to be of any importance.
opium and levied opiura tuxes from the Even if you do not consider it of people, while the Governments thumselves any importance, do you think it is quit the people in the affected regions, show- have received numerous complaints from. lawful thing to do-I never thought iting how the local authorities have car was against the law to do that.
la label inside?
EARLIER CABLES... STRANGE FATALITIËS REPORTED.
New York, March 1st. One man was killed and two women were seriously injured through being shaken off the platform of an elevated railway during the earthquake shock yesterday evening, which was felt as
MUTINY AT LOYANG. far north as Sudbury, in Canada, and
TROOPS FORMERLY UNDER HU as far south as Florence in South Carolina
CHING YININ REVOLT,·. and as far west as Wisconsin,
The seismograph at Fordham University.
PEKING, March Lat. recorded an
According to information given out had the Hongkong, label outside. earth movement of one thir. tieth of
by Hu Ching Yi's Peking representative, an inch
the troops of the former, under the com- mand of Chang Fa Lai and Li Chi Chen, but subsequently recruited by Kan Yu M. Loucheur said that the Bill im-
bave mutinied at Loyang.
Yu Kan has fed, and his where- posed heavy sacrifices on the people, hutused great excitement in parts of New
abouts are unknown. they agree to it for the nancial salva York, people rushing from their homes, Hu Ching Yi's forces surrounded Kan, In answer to further questions witness Mr. Chu Chao Hain, delegates to the tion of the country.
pictures and crockery falling, and chairs Yu Kan's troops at other places, and Hu admitted the importance of the Hong International Opius Conference
Ching Yi sent his divisional leader, Yeo kong factory being connected with Mani and chandeliers swaying. Many "big Wei Chan, to Loyang to take controlla. Broadway buildings were shaken, though and restore order. the crowds were undisturbed.
PARIS. March las. The Chamber of Deputies, after an all. night sitting, passed by 329 votes to 219 the Finance Bilt balancing the Budget at Fen. 34,180,000,000.
Premier Herriat pointed out that this was the first unified budget in which the Gerrann payments figured, namely, For 1,250,000,000 for the general budget and Fes. 600,000,000 for the arinies of Decupation.
The tremor was the most intense in the eastern United States since 1753. It
Two hundred New Hampshire villagers proceeded to church, fearing the end of the world was coming
An Ottawa message says the xeisino The Finance Bill includes the follow-graph reports indicated the epicentrum ing import taxes: Sugar, Fes. 10 per of the disturbance as being four hundred quintal; cocoa, Fes.. 81 per quintal; tea, miles east of Ottawa, in the vicinity of Fes. 82 per quintal; rise, Fes. 8 per the Saguenay River, in Quebec. quintal; and also Fes. 22 per kilo on nearest record to the epicentrum showed cattle of meat; real, park mutton or a quarter of an inch of movement. Many beef, Fes. 11. per kilo, with a reduction People fainted with alarm in eastern
Canadian cities, of one-half for frozen meat.
THE BABER AKALIS.
DACOITY MOVEMENT REGARDED AS ENDED.
LAHORE, March 1st. The Baber Akalis were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government, also murder.
The daccity movement of this no- torious sect is now regarded as ended with the conviction of the leaders, re- ported in an earlier telegram,
EARLIER CABLES. REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE.]
CAJU ISLAND EXPLOSION.
DEATH ROLL LESS HEAVY THÂN FIRST REPORTED.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 1st.
The death roll resulting from the Caju Island explosion is not so high as was at first feared in the confusion of
the moment, though it is known that at least 300 were injured.
Many workmen on the island saved their lives by foreseeing that an explo sion was inevitable when the lighters caught fire and their cargoes of petrol and kerosene spread over the waters of the harbour.
1
RECENT SAYINGS-WISE OR OTHERWISE,
"N
I bate Thulas,
Bolshevion,—Jr.
7.
Yoo Wei Chun arrived at Loyang at 11 o'clock shis morning.
on hearing the report of the muting, The report adds that Liu Chen Hua, fied to Sianfu from Heingyang.
PREMATURE REPORT.
PEXINO, March 2nd The report of the flight of Kan Yu Kan and Liu Chen Eua seeins at least prema- Government, saying Flu Ching Yi is in- ture. They have now telegraphed to the
thought it was all right se long es we ried on these illegal practices. T
It Ministry of the Interior, in en operation never occurred to me that this was at with the Ministry of War, has telegraph-
uolair.,
ed to the provinces instructing them to Have you never had, a warning about carry out the opium suppression laws, this, that it might be unlawful -No, Lhut-ho notice has been taken of these don't think so.
instructions
A-report has been received from Dr. Talfred-Sze Dr Wang Chung Hui, an
WAS IT LAWFUL.
Mr. Jugenoht wrote to him about Geneva, saying that they had been severely possible difficulty in getting labela re- | attacked by the representatives of various gistered at Hongkong with the word Powers concerning the fact that various. **Manila" upon them, but witness still Tuchung were involved, in this lopiem did not think there was anything unlaw cultivation, and at the conference table, ful in having "Manila, on the inside the ammorandum continues, ofte dele label, as the of manufacture, so gates gave a pledge that the Reorgani on the outside.
was one Chinese question of opium suppression." dealer who wrote asking that cigars pro- The Ministry of the Interior express- duced at the Hongkong factory shoulded the hope that the Chief Executive
label
would bring about i frank discussion In one of his letters, Mr. that he had no objection to use of the provinces, with a view to deciding upon
inscription on the
the labels at
& fandamental policy for opium sup pression.-Bruter,
Ilong as they bel appeared sation Conference would take up the
have a Manila and not aid wmong the delegates representing the
The dulging in hostile military movements in "but he went on,
various parts of Henan, without the least
cause
ed
'we must prac-
be prepared to be stopped in this tice some day or other." He went on [FROM THE ** DAILY BULLETIN."] to suggest that the person most likely to take up such a matter would be a REPORTS OF FIGHTING.
PLAINTIFF'S TRADE SECRETS. man who was strict upon the letter of PEXING, March 1st.
the law; also, be pointed out that they
Witness was next examined at fength. as to the effect of climatic conditions It is reported that fighting between were not harming anyone by the prac upon the manufacture of cigars. Hu Ching Yi and Kuu Yu Kan began at tice, and had no intention of deceiving agreed that the tobacco leaf was very He Loyang on Feb. 18th, and at Hsinyang on anyone.
this letter, also Mr. In-sensitive to February 22nd, Hu Ching Yi's troops genohl referred to the possibility of the would not say that weather was the
weather conditions, but suffering an initial reverse at Lochienchi, firm's Hongkong products being contest single factor with which the sigar near Steahui, where a reginent was en fiscated in Australia
but on recovering they drove
Why should he have thought that? ask-
maker bait to contend, although it had krapped,
Yu Kan's forces from Hainyang.
& lot to
lot to do with the mamafacture of Mr. Macleod. which they hold, while they are pressi ported to a British colony should bear
Because (answered witness), cigars ex-16 in its capacity for holding water
The tobacco leaf was spongum towards, Siesbui, which. Kan Yu Every child at some time of its life Kan's troops held.
the name of the place where they were,
His Lorship-The sudden arrival of Apother is a genius. Sir John Cockburn,
4 typhoon would be liable to affect a rovement is progressing made. ;
AUSTRALIAN OBJECTIONS. against Meugtain, where an action has
certain amount of tobacco leaf which probably begun.
might at the moment be on the work And if they bore the name of Manila man's bench ready to be made into when in fact they were manufactured in sigurtness replied that it would. Hongkong they would be liable to con-
Heli fiscation That was what Mr. Ingezohl went on to say that he had not taken thought.
note of the difference in the water sup Were there any complaints from Aus-plies in Hongkong and Manila, and had tralia--Complaints of what f
no analysis made of the water used im About these Hongkong made cigars- the Hongkong factory. He only knew
customers?
that the Hongkong water From
I never patronise anything Bernard Shaw,
Education is no longer a ritual; it is a glorious adventure. Dr. Lucy Wilson. Thomas Hardy is the nearest approach to Shakespeare now alive-Mr. Siegfried Sassoon.
To my mind the pipe is the least at- tractive feature of my husband.—Ifra. Baldirin.
on
SUFFRAGE IN JAPAN. COMMITTEE AMEND GOVERNMENT BILL RE PEERS.
Toxyo, March at
Was t
There is nothing more wearing than the Government Bill by striking outcompyone in Australia.-We had excellent one say Mr. Ingenobl hall
long rest for a healthy person-Jr. Lloyd George.
The black-coated city man is not usually solvent datil the age of forty-five. Mr. H. Chiappal.
may school life in the shadow of the cane. I am all the better for having spent De, H. Crichton Miller.
One cannot do less work than one is naturally able to do without ceasing to respect oneself-Dr. Cyril Norwonił, -..
Did
The Suffrage Committee have amend- tho clause which deprived the peers of the right to vote or stand for election fecated in Australia-We had com you have any of your cigars con- to the Lower House
plaints but these were about weevils in the cigars (which no one can prevent). There were no complaints about the trademarks.
#
REORGANISATION CONFERENCE.
FINANCIAL AND MILITARY MAT- TEES TO BE DISCUSSED.
· In what do
cigars Mr. Macleed asked. say secret or special method of making
(300-YEAR-OLD - INDUSTRY. Witness The fermentation of binders and fillers (the inner and secondary core within the outside cover or "wrapper") IDENTICAL TOBACCO, AND MANUFACTURE is of great importance to the quality Withess denied that the price list of of the cigars, and he was for years the PEKING, March, 2nd.
the Hongkong factory were made out only manufacturer who did this.
The Tho Reorganisation Conference" meets in pesos in order to bring the Hong- tobacco leaf was left to ferment for
three to six months Other to-morrow, when it will continue discus- kong goods to resemble thosd of Manila
mann- I have come to the conclusion that xion of the memorandum on financial ad- much Bided fluctuations in
justment and discuss the memorandum the Hongkong dollar, and this was an per, using gum which was an extract
"By using pesospec
did facturers
pot do this. He had also they
a special method of attaching the WILD on military reorganisation.
advantage to the kept the price of thrchaser because it of rubber, and tasteless. Witness
that the manufacture, of cigars fairly level. A considerable duty had to be paid, on least 300 years old (as counsel
Manila was an industry t cigars imported into Hongkong, but no
Buggcated) or that the notion duty had to be paid on cigars manufactur ed and sold there. No dificulty had been closeongkong was comparatively experienced in making a Manila cigar in a inscription, sent out by Mr. Ingenahl
new idea
The labels bearing Hongkong They were able to make the to be used up in the Hongkong factory, Dr. Kreig's bulletin states that Suname cigar by adopting the same method were old stock. He probably sent 100,00 Yat Sen is brighter and that his appetite of manufacture and by using tobacco of them, fitt in better. His 'pulso is 118 and lem. Jest of equal grade. peratura 38.6
Moon (Continued on next. L'aluma);
America is a paradise for women and England & paradins for men.-fian Actu Ware
I try to stir up discontent, but I am afraid not so successfully as I would like. The British nation is a very contented nation. Mr. J. Maxton.
DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
There are in good many towns in this country which never think about their housing conditions until they get a small NEW YOKE, March 1st. Belgiam and Portugal bave challenged Labour Party on the Couvel-Zard for the Davis Cup.
Eustace Pock
DE. SUF YAT SEN.
BULLETIN, GIVES HOPEFUL REPORT OF PATIENT.
PAXISG, March 2nd
of
manufacturing
The bearing was adjou
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