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GERMAN MINE DISASTER. MANY WORKERS MISSING AFTER
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
BERLIN, May 10th.
Two hundred miners are missing 13
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925
ZINOVIEFF LETTER AGAIN. CONCERN OF BRITISH TRADE UNION DELEGATION.
LONDON, May 17th.
A supplementary report of the recent British Trade Union delegation to Russia has been published declaring that ao evidence was found that the notorious | Zinovieff letter ever existed, and describ- ing the letter & undoubtedly a forgery,
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DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
DUTCH WIN DOUBLES,
NoosDWIJK. May 18th In the doubles, Van Lennep and Diggerkool beat Zemla and Kozluk by 8-3, 6-1, 5-6.
INDIA ». BELGIUM.
"Brussels, May 18th
In the first round of the Davis Cup
COAL IN INDIA. ONLY BEST QUALITY SHOULD
BE EXPORTED.
CALCUTTA, May 13th. A forecass of the Indian Coal Corn- mitti's repart states that restriction of preferential waggon supplies and forma- tion of a grading board will be recom mended. Only the best coals should be exported, particular care being taken not
FAR
NEWS.
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FÅR EASTERN GAMES.
FILIPINOS MAKE AUSPICIOUS'
"START IN MANILA.
MANILA, May, 18th.
The Philippines defeated China at
the result of a terrific explosion at the Dortsfeld mine, near Dortmund, where and demanding that the Labour Party, Dr. Andreae (India) beat Watson (Bel- to allow the overseas purchaser to be baseball by 7-0. 500 workers are employed at the pits. So co-operating with the Foreign Office, com- gium) by 60, 63, 63.
far only three hundred miners, including eighteen injured men, have reached the surface.
2
Тітка.
The disaster was dus to the blowing up of a store of explosives in one of the pits, the gases spreading to where men were werking. So far 5 dead and 25 injured have been recovered. About thirty are still missing.
GERMAN PRESIDENT'S PAY.
REICHSTAG VOTES SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASE.
BERLIN, May 16th. FacReickstage Budget Committee-haw, adopted the Presidential estimates, pro viding for an increase of the President's annual salary to 60,000 marks and his ex- penser to 190,000 marks. The Communists opposed the proposal and the Socialists abstained from voting:
RUSSIAN PROSPERITY.
PEASANTS DEMAND INCREASE OF IMPLEMENTS.
Moscow, May 18th. Replying to some of the oppositioù from the industrial districts expressed at
the congress of Soviets, to the scheme to increase importa, M. Dzerjinsky (Chair- an of the Russian Council of National Bevuómics) pointed out that the increase 'of machinery' is uparoidable in order to orut the quickest revival of industry, whose production is approaching prewar standards The peasants demand that agricultural implemente be increased to: such a degree that the Soviet factories are unable to satisfy it.
31. Dzerjinksy said that seventeen mil-
liou roubles, worth of agricultural in plements must be imported during the current year.
FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.
DEATH OF PROMINENT FRENCH AIRMAN.
PARTS, May 16th."
pletely investigate the matter.
LEAGUE'S LATEST JOB
POTHER OVER POLISH POSTMEN IN DANTZIG.
84.
misled us regards the precise quality of the coal.
Jacob, beat Washer by 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 147,
The report recommends raising the re- EARLIER CABLES.
WARSAW, May 15th.
bate on the export of coal from 23 per In the Brat round of the Davis Cup cent to 373 per cent. Pooling coal for (European Zone), Britain. Poland, re-export is considered imposible in India. suits were as under:-
F. Gordon Lowe (Britain) beat Sawede, B-0, 6-0, 6-1.
J. D. P. Wheatley (Britain) beat Föer-
DUTCH, r. CZECHS.
THE Hope, May 17th. The permanent Court's ruling in con- nection with the Danzig letter boxes. (referred to in a cable from Geneva on March 14th) is that no ruling should bester, 61, 62, 6-1. made in connection with the, disputed peint by the Danzig High Commissioner, but the Polish Postal Service at that port is entitled to instal letter-boxes outside its premises, though the service should not be reserved for the Polish oficials "and"authorities but should be--for the
public use.
(The earlier cable alluded to reads in part The League Council decided, tives' dissent, to refer to a special session notwithstanding the Polish representa of the permanent Court of international Justice the question of Polish letter boxes and Polish, postmen in Dantzig. which ccasioned much trouble with German citizena in February."]
WEMBLEY EXHIBITION.
ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR 15 LARGER
LONDON, May 16th." It is officially announced, that the, at tendance at Wembley up to Friday night was 350,000 compared to 202,000 for the first six days last year. The latter figures included. Cup Final day: there- fore it is evident that the attendance. this year, has so for greatly increased.
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SUCCEEDS LORD ALLENBY. NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER OF EGYPT APPOINTED.
LONDON, May 13th.
NOORDWIJK, May 18th. la the Netherlands z. Czecho-Slovakia match!--
H. Timmer (Netherlands) beat Kozer
Korelik missed many of his opponent's shots. Timmer played a safe gaune and was good at passing shots.
Macenazer (Czecho-Slovakia) beat S Diemerkool. 3-5, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Diemerkcol's energy was gradually.wern down by the safety acties of Macenauer who played a very fine baseline game in the last three sets, 1-
LATEST CABLES. POLAND OUT OF IT.
WARSAW, May 16th. Godfree and Kingsley beat Kuchar and Steinert, in the Doubles by 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. England has thus eliminated Poland from the Davis Cuff.
SOCCER IN AUSTRALIA. ANOTHER EASY VICTORY FOR ENGLAND'S TEAM.
ADELAIDE, May 16th. The visiting team" of soccer players,, representing England, defeated Austra lia by 4 goala to 1.
LADIES AT GOLF.
OPPONENTS.
"
TROON, May 16th
- Sir George Lloyd, M.P.. has accupied | ENGLAND OUTCLASSES ALL HER the offer of the High Commissionership of Egypt in sucerasion to Lord Allenby." 18ir George Lloyd' has been Governor of Boubay and has travelled extensively in Burnab, India, Egs pl, etc.. He served in the war in Egypt, Gallipoli, etc.)
BOLSHEVIK MENAC
THE BRITISH HOME SE 2ARY ISSUES WARNING.
In the Ladies International Golf Char- pionship (nine aside) the final table reads:..
England: Played ; won 3; lost 0. Scotland: Played 3; won 2; lost 3. Ireland: Played 3; won 1: lost 2. Wales: Played 3: won 0; lost 3. A communiqué from Rabar states the
England outclassed her opponents; ahe French have been successful in minor
In a speech at Queen's Hall, Sir W. lost only one out of 27 individual operations and in revictualling a few Joyuson Hicks, Secretary for Houeniatebes played."
posts,
The prominent airman, Major Mezer gues has died of wounds at Fez. Though previously wounded at the gutset, of operations, he was barely recovered when permitted, at his own request, to re- join the squadron. lle had just been appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour.
M. MARSAL MOBBED.
MINISTER OF EDUCATION HAS ROUGH TIME.
PARIS, May 16th. M. Marsal, formerly Minister of Education, was mobbed and assaulted by students on the Boulevard Saint Michael. He was rescued by the police, after some dificulty.
LONDON: May 15th.
Affairs, alluded to the Bolshevist in-nace. He said: We are willing to les other countries live but we will not allow them to interfere with our Constitution.
"We are bound to take notice of the Communist movement controlled from Moscow and we shall arm ourselves with
the power effectively to deal with that movement
"We do not intend that this country shall degenerate into a Coxumunist re- public (Cheers)
We have to see that the pecessary steps will be taken to deal with this great menace from East Russia.
We are tired of the influx of men to this country who are coming here to embitter class hatred and destroy our Constitution."
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(REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE. ARMS CONFERENCE. NEW MOVE TO LIMIT USE OF PO ON CAS.
WASHINGTON, May 15th. It is announced that President Coolidge favours an international agrec, ment for the limitation of the use of DASTARDLY PLOT FRUSTRATED IN poison gases in warfare
JUST IN TIME.
BELGRADE.
LONDON, May 17th" The Belgrade police report the dis covery of an elaborate plot to assassinate the King and members of the Gabinot, and
to blow up The Royal Palace and the Houses of Parliament. The conspiracy is "attributed to seventeen foreign Com munists who recently arrived in the capital, several of whom were arrested in the act of discussing plans..
SOFIA SENSATION. ELABORATE SCHEME OF REVOLT
AND DESTRUCTION..
SOFIA, May 17th.
It is officially announced that the police have discovered. & large secret" store "of arms and explosives supposedly intended-
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GENEVA, May 15th. At the arms conference the American. delegation made a statement with regard
REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE.) PLANS OF HAGEN..
PHILADELPHIA, May 16th. llagen announces that he will not go to Britain, this summer, to defend his the championship." He hopes to go there in June, 1020.
title
BOXING.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS AT STOCKHOLM.
WOMEN IN ITALY. GIVEN VOTE IN LOCAL. ADMINISTRATION.
Rous, May 15th. The Chamber has passed the women'r franchise bill extending the vote in local
administrativo elections.
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WAR DEBTS. UNITED STATES ISSUES CIRCULAR
NOTE.
WASHINGTON, May 16th. Et transpires that the United States showed the initiative in seeking a general refunding arrangement with all America's priucipal.war debtors.
EASTERN CABLE GHOSTS OF ST. GEORGE'S.
BICENTENARY OF THE FAMOUS LONDON CHURCH. March 13th was the bicentenary of the consecration of St. George's. Hanover Square, which may be said to trace back its existence to Dean Swift, and some of the ghosts which must-hover about the church would afford material enough for the Dean's savage taste in satire. Swift's pamphlet upon the religious state of the / nation worked powerfully on the imagina- tion of Atterbury, and to Atterbury's Bill we owe that practical revival which was to give to London and the environs, 30 new churches, of which St. George's is the most important. St. George's has been called the chief feature of the Square, but our haphazard methods of making streets ruined its claims to be - considered one of the sights of London, and made it impossible to see the work of John James properly. The fine Jesse window, the Grinling Gibbons carvings, and other details, we well know.
The Philippines defeated Japan at | volleyball» by 21-6, ́21-5.
The Philippines defeated China ng tennis Francisco and Aragon beat C. L. Shih by 6-3, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.
The
Gavia beat C. F. Chou by 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
athletes were entertained by the President of the Senate, M. Quezon at a reception this morning China play Japan at basketball to night.
YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.
THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON. But the chief interest of this particular MANILA, May 17th. church must always be in its human. To-day at football, the Philippines beat documents since, from its very early Japan by 4. goals to will At baseballxistence, it began to assume the place.
among London churches which has be....... Japan beat China by 12-0. In the tennis come proverbial as the marrying church doubles, the Philippines (Sanchez and
of Society. It has played a unique part in the scandals and the romances of a Botanos) beat China (Shih and C. F. Chow) by 6-1, 0% 03.
In the high jump, the Philippines candidate Razo accomplished uft. of inches, a Far Eastern record, Birtulfo (Philippines) threw the discus 192 ft. 82-3 inches, another Far Eastern record. In the 1,500 metres. Japan took all the places with Nawata. Sato, Yoanda, and | Kishi. "Time: mins. 7-4-5secs. The 1,000 metre relay was won by Japan by two metres. The Philippines were second. Time: 3mins. 95.4-3secs.
At basket ball to-night," the Philip
It is indicated that the United States Government circularised all the debtors. including France, Italy, Belgium, Czecho-pines play Japan. Slovakia, Rumania, Greece, Jugo-Slavia, Estonia, and Latvia. The opinion was expressed that the time had come to POLITICAL strike a general balance.
Russia is the only debtor nation not addressed, as she does not pussess a Government recoguised by the United States.
Furthermore, the French Government has been informed that the United States will be pleased, if, when the French "Debt Commission is sent to America it is poss ible for M. Caillaux personally to come to Washington.
IN CHINA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CHINA AND THE POWERS.
QUESTION OF FAMINE RELIEF SURTAX.
century and a half and there are some very queer ghosts among those which re- visit it at the appointed times.
At St. George's in 1789 took place the marriage between the Duke of Kingston and that unscrupulous woman who had been Miss Chudleigh and Mrs. Hervey, and waded through infamy to call herself a duchess. He loved her and lavished bia
came when she stood to take her trial in great wealth on her, but as the time
the House of Lords for bigamy her bean-
faded, "looking like a ghost in those "great black widow's weeds." Her counsel had sworn that, if he did not secure her acquittal, he would "forfeit his right band as a man and his reputation as a lawyer," but she was found guilty and squandered her wealth unhappily on the Coptinent.
Another frail ghost, but more romantic,
SITUATIONs Nelson's Lady Hamilton, who wa
married here to Sir William Hamilton in 1791. Poor Emma had already a past; she was to have a future; she was to know love and sorrow, worship and neg leet A happier fortune was, thát of. Elizabeth Farren, daughter of a Cork apothecary. The actual ceremony of her marriage with the twelfth Earl of Derby was in Grosvenor Square, but she belongs to St. George's, since the wedding was re- gistered there. She had more than 30 years of married life, bore ber husband three chiliden, and held her own at the Court of George III-a happy type of the actress-countess
PERING; May 16th. The Waithiaopu, "Sesterday, replied to the Powers Note of last month, "assent- ing to the imposition of a lazine re lief surtax, under conditions.
ARMS SMUGGLING.
OPERATIONS.ÕE ̈A"POWERFUL
CHINESE SYNDICATE.
LOLA MONTEZ.
Prominent whenever the ghosts usscímble · is the flashing beauty of Lola Monter, who married Heath here in 1849, and has fax to come, to St. George's, for she died in Long Island-Lola Montez, Irish-born, dancer, adventuress, favourite of the King. of Bavaria, uncrowned Queen for two lurid years, surely one of the most curious items of the flotsam and jetsim swopt away in the revolutionary year 1848. She lived 2 years after her St. George's marriage, and wrote her autobiography. A paler ghost is the unlucky. Lady Sussex married here in 1793. The mar Augusts Murray, whom the Duke of riage was declared void under the Royal Marriages Act in the following year. However, some authorities held that an- other marriage outside English jurisdic tion was valid, and they had a son and daughter.
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WASHINGTON, May 15th. Despatches from Paris indicate" that in the conversations between the French former Ambassador, M. Jussrand and En his Annual Report for 1024, the the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Superintendent of Imports and Exports Andrew Mellon, one half of one per cent.in Hongkong (Mr. J. D. Lloyd) writes: is mentioned as the amortisation rate for but the origin was chiefly Germany. Com Seizures of arms still remained high, the-payment of France's debt to Ame-pared with 1920 the number of arras seized of U.S.A. manufacture was very much rica.
less. The Mauser Automatic pistol was the favourite weapon. These were all Becond hand, and were imported chiefly from Hamburg, but considerable numbers
There are thousands of happier ghosts were brought in by the crews of the Messageries Maritimes liners. After the
at St. George's,and it was there that, at arrival of nearly every one of these ships the end of her life, George Eliot married evidence was obtained that arms, had J. W. Cross, who died the other been smuggled in The price paid in Gerday.The Observer.
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This figure is the size as that accept ed by the British. ' It is estimated the rate will involve a French payment of $22,000,000 a year besides interest-
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ALLIED DEBT PROBLEM.
PARIS, May 11th. The Council of Ministers has entrusted M. Briand, Foreign Minister, and M. Caillaux, the Finance Minister, with the task of studying the problem of settle ment of inter-Allied debta.
STOCKHOLM, May 16th. The European Amateur Boxing Chum- pionships have been hold here. The win-REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE) ners are: Flyweight," Pladner (France); bantamweights, Rule (Britain); feather. weights, Andrékn (Sweden); weighta, Johansson (Sweden) welter weights, Nielsen (Denmark); middle- weights, Crawley (Britain); cruiser weights, Pettersen, (Denmark; heavy weights, Persson (Sweden).
RACING IN US.
COFFEE CRISIS. lightPRESIDENT OF SAO PAULO TAKES
PRECAUTIONS.
many for a second-band Mauser pistol and 100 rounds of amunition Was from £10 to £3 158. Much of the ammuni. tien for Mauser pistols was noticed to be of very recent German manufacture.,
As the result of the seizure of a con signment of arms from Germany, and the receipt subsequently of information from
the Home Office, the operations of a powerful syndicate of Chinese arms smugglers were brought to light The tyndiente. had been working since 1929 at least, and some of the arms
ARMY OFFICER LINGUISTS. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
In au Army Order relating to courser in foreign languages the fact in, dis- closed that the situation as regards the number of officers studying foreign innguages is unsatisfactory, but no ex-
seized in 1923 were traced to them. Five planation is offered as to the cause of arrests were made, including a clerk em this, nor is any indication afforded as ployed in the Official Receiver's Office. to the proposals for ensuring an in- Rio De JANEIRO, May 15th. Two of those arrested absconded, forfeit pravement beyond a statement explain- Investigators have been sent to theing heavy bail, three others, were banishing the course of study and the direction United States to enquire into the suddened from the Colony, there being technical that every facility is to be given to decrease in purchases by American objections to the use of the large amount officers who are desirous of attending the THE KENTUCKY DERBY WON BY tion of immense stocks at Santor
coffee importers resulting in accumula of evidence against them. The syndicate classes,
FLYING EBONY
The president of the State of Sao Paulo declares that Sao Paulo, is taking maca. mures to prevent a collapse of the market and is oking the co-operation of reigh bouring coffee-growing states to pravent financial crisis-in the event of a break
Louisville, KENTUCKY, May 18th The Kentucky Derby, over a mile and quarter, the Blue lliband of the Ame
to Article V of the draft convention as rican Turf, was won by Flying Ebony, sociating itself with the desire to pre-ridden by the star jockey, Earl Sandey in the market. vent the illicit trite in arme bat declar- Captain Hel was second, and Son of John
ing that control to prevent such traffic third Time: "Imin. 27.2-5secs. could best be exercised by the exporting
Betting 10-tot Flying Ebony.
ILS. RAILWAY'S FINANCES.
:
AN INVESTIGATION,
and
The subjects are Hussain, Arabic, Chinese, Bulgarian, and Japanere, and the courses, for Russian and Bulgarian are at King's College and the other threo at the School of Oriental Studies.
WAA composed of Chinese Searaen's There are altogether, 50 vacancies, Boarding House Keepers operating in of these nine each are allotted to the England, Germany and Holland with Aldershot and Eastern Commands, ave Headquarters in Hongkong. Several firms each to London District, Northern and who supply Chinese crews to shipping Rhine Commands, four each to the Nor. Companies were concerned, and one firm therm Ireland; Scottish, and Southern which did a stevedoring and compradore Commands, and one each to Jersey and businese ausequently closed. The syadi. Guernsey, cate handled very lorge sums, and must have made very large profits during 1923, the profit on a successful operation being at least 500 per cent.. in all, the actual syndicate making about 250 per cent, and the remainder being made by individual members retailing the arms in small quan Lities amongst their sailor acquaintances employed on the coasting vessels plying from this port. The chief member of the ayndicate frequently noted as a Police La terpreter in London, and was connected with many of the Chinese drug dealers re cently dealt with in London. A large namber of raids were made in conjunction with the Police, and a mass of documents. collected, the examination of which prov ed extremely laborious. A large amount WASHINGTON, May 15th of information was obtained which proved Lieut-General Nelson Miles suddenly useful to other administrations. The expired white witnessing a circus performenhers of the syndicate were effectively
dispersed both here and in Europe.
and importing countries, and it might Quatrain, who started favourite, finish-COMMERCE COMMISSION ORDERS not be desirable to include a provisioned well back among the nineteen unplaced which might be construed as authorising horses. the detention for examination of ships temporarily in transit in the territorial waters of one of the high contracting the vessel might possibly contain a con- parties merely owing to a suspicion, that
signment of arms not properly authori sed, as such a provision might easily lead to abuse.
WIDER POWERS POSSIBLE. The committee of the arms conference for in armed insurrection and the blow.bas voted in favour of the principle that
ing up of bridges and railways. Large the export of arms and component parts sums of money have also been found and capable of use in military ways and several arrests have been made.
otherwise is subject to licence.
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COTTON PROBLEM. PRODUCTION 16 ONCE AGAIN TO BE CURTAILED.
New Yonk, May 16th. A meeting of the National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers passed a resolution in favour of curtailment of production as the only prompt, and efficient remedy for the present condition of the cotton industry.
WASHINGTON. May 16th. The Infor-State Commerce Commission Announces that it has ordered an inves tigation into the financing of the Chicago Milwaukee-St. Paul Railroad, which ro- cently went into liquidation,
mance.
OBITUARY.
GENERAL N. MILES
It is explained that the object of tho courses ia to enable officers to master the rudiments of a language before pro- ceeding abroad for the purpose of study, and the qualifications necessary for an sucer to be recommended are that ke must hold a permanent Commission in the Regular Army, that his previous record, educational and military, must be such as to justify expenditura on further education (special qualfications, such as, an aptitude for learning languages or for general staff duties should be stated), and that he should be unmarried and under 30 years of age. Before a final selection is made, officers may he required to attend at the War Office for an interview