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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES,
İTELOUAN KEPTER'S AGENCY.]
CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.
LARGE SCALE. OPERATION 16 BEGUN BY FRENCH
#hal country.
Pasts, August 18th.
A communiqué frma Fer states that a targe scale operatim was begun pester shay, for the purjuse of reducing the An army corps and mixed brigade, commiscaded by General Bonchut, a participating in the operation,
With a view to ebegining up the Jebel antra, artillery and aircraft have been incusively engaged on the Riff centres.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1925
OBITUARY. MAJOR-GENERAL J. B. DICKSON..
Loses. August 17th.
The death is announced of Major- General John Baillie Nickson,
Major-General J. E. Dickson, C.B., CM... was born in London on October 24th, 1842, und was thus in his 3rd year at the time of his death. He entered the Bengal Cavalry in 1860, and after ex- changing later into the Royal Dragons, served in the Zulu War in 1979, and the Nile Expedition 1894-3. He commanded the troops in the Straits Settlements in 1490-1900, and the ith Cavalry Brigade in the South African War' in the latter var. 1
(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY..
FRENCH TRADE RETURNS.
PARIS, Abrist 17th. › Hapus Agriéy, cable states that the The French jmports for the first seven teration was opened carly in the morn-months of 1995 totalled 21.070,079,000 in by heavy bombardment, and is francs and 26,357,TON tons against developing aormally. The effect on the $2,010,657,000 Canes and 13,507,078 tons epong "is considerable and at several in same perial last year. Exports were points they show a disposition to give up 23.105,738,000 francs and 17.828.380 tons, the struggle.
against 24,214,581,380 trades and 16,008,202
KARLIER TABLES-
STINNES MOTOR SHARES. WORKERS STILL CONSIDERING OFFER
BERLIN, August 17th. While Herr Exhound Stinnes is con. zinuing his efforts gepri.financial assist- ance from the Prussian Government to preven„ closing' down his motor-works, it is reparïd that the representative of a big American automobile conterà is -contracting with Stimes with a view to the parchase of the entire works and their extension for the purpose of mass pre- tection of cheap cars, which are badly needed in Germany.
berating Herr Elumnd Stinues' offer,
tons.
RATER'S AMÈRICAN SERVICE]
THE PRINCE'S TOUR.
THE ARGENTINIANS EXTEND
HEARTY WELCOME!
BUENOS AIRES, August 17th. Excurted by the Argentine Navy, also
stramers bearing) hy aeroplanes and parties of British, French, and others, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales arrived aboard U.M.S. Curlew and was thus instically writones, a
A HEARTY WELCOME.
LATER.
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
TROUGH AXUTER'A AGENCY.]'
SITUATION IN THE NORTH.
A SPLIT AMONG SHANGHAI UNIONS,
DEYALCATION OF FUNDA ALLEGED,
LEP
TISH LETTER.
MINING COURT OF INQUIRY.
امید
SOCIALIST CONSERVATIVE
CHAIRMAN
not emphasise London's tardiness. Ono. must be content to applauil London for following in excellent footsteps, and marvel anew at the amazing popularity of the pastime. No resort of any proton sion now-a-days, is complete without its putting green. An English contemporary considers that the circumstance "augura well for the future of British golf,” but it is equally permissible to think that it does nothing of the kind. The conditions at most putting greens bear little reser- blaser to those obtaining on the greens of a championship course, and skill at the une gante is not necessarily any criterion of terras at the other. Otherwse, the as whe heat Harry Vardon at a clock golf competition at a garden fête would really be the clamping golfer he laugh ingis claimed to bi. To must tolk-and the discerning folks, too-putting green Rolf is a thing apart. It gives mild exer- difference between a socketed drive and
CHROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Enixurak, July lath. Whatever opinions there may be as to whether the Court of Enquiry into the differences in the coal trade will avert a
it is admitted that the Govern stoppage, ment have been singularly fortunate in the composition of the tribunal. That in itself may prove a valuable asset on the side of peace. The last to challenge the fitness of that Scottish lawyer, Mr. Hugh MacMillan. for the difficult post
It also ix of chairmanship would be the Socialistan overlapping grip, nor care.
la wonderful source of revenue, and it is
เ "CORRUPT CONSTABLE.
SENT TO GAOL IN SHANGHAI FOR ATTEMPTED "SQUEEZE.“
Charged un remand with cormptly attempting to obtain 820 as a rewand; or inducement for refraining from iurest- ing the laodah ni * ferry-boat for t supposed contraventim of the enties of his liernee, Charles Fletcher, a former con SHANGHAI, August 19th.stablein the River Polier; Chinese Mari- A secret meeting of a number of time.«C'tisions, appeared in 11,M. Polize
[Court, Shanghai, on August '14th. unions affiliated to the General Union of
Defendant, the prosecution alleged, at Labour. Education and Comineren, has
the time of the offence, July 20th-was passed a resolution, seceding from the
enhalyu n
a constable of the River General Union. This action is due to the
Police. At about a aw, on the day in question he was in charge of police pin The situation on the water front is imce No. 3 with a lagalah and an engineer leaders, for they had abundant reason much better to accept it on this pleasant on board. His doties were to regulate to appreciate the efficiency and discretion give-and-take basis than to search for other virtues that are not so pogarent, proving gradually and most of the wharf
river" trake, and to prevent any over-with which he acted as Lord Advrete Wembley will certainly accept it as such olies have resumed work.
crowding on the ferry boats.
for Scotland in their Administration, and it, will not surprise us to learn that in a week or two the putting green (dess In the course of his duties he saw a Their appreciation was shown by the expite London's indifference to golfy is the The Ministry of Communications in ferry boat belonging to Ching Chi Sun tent to which individually and collee-most popular feature of the Exhibition. Peking his authorised the local Fosteressing the river from Pootung and sp-tively, they sought his assistance on PROFESSCH PATŘECK ČEDONS.". Office to offer the strikers an increase of wages, bat the strikers have rejected the
alleged defalcation of strike funds on the part of the lieneral Union deials.
-
offer.
THE POSTAL STRIKE.
Junior glečka, starting on $20 a month were offered $33, but they demand $32.50.. The officials have requested the public not to use the pillar-boxes, but to call at
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the Post Offiep for mails.
COURTING BRITISH LABOUR.
CHANG SHIH CHAO APPEALS FOR SYMPATHY.
pronching asked the laodal why they had so many passengers on board.
cise to thousanrls who neither know the
At
present Mr. Gieddes is Professor of Socio-
The Civil List pension of £100 matters outside his oficial duties, "That
Professor was illustrated by the fact that one of to
Patrick Geddes is of M. Ramsay MacDonald's last decisions interest to London as well as to Scotland. They then towed the ferryboat Lack was to ask Mr. Macmillan to be ebair for Chelsea, like Edinburgh. has its to Postung where the alleged attested man of the Royal Commission on the Eng. Geddes Settlements for students.
lish Lunacy Laws, Since he resumed *squeeze took plaer. A report was private practice Mr. Macmillan has been logy and Civics at the University of sent in by the Woosung, Shanghai Con-Kept exceedingly busy in London, appear Bombay," but before he specialised in stabulary of the occurrence to the Committees, the Privy Council, and the the Martin White Chair for the teaching ing before the Parliamentary Com- Civic, he was a Botanist, "and occupied
missioner of Custents, who after making Judicial Committee of the House of of that subject at University College, In his early days Professor inquiries, gave instructions pun July 27th Lords. His now duties will involve con- Dundee. that when defendant returned to the siderable sacrifier of professional engage. Geddes, a native of Perth, went orchid nents, but the assurance of the Prime hunting in Brazil. He took a big part station from his duty he was ro he told Minister and Mr. Bridgeman that his in the planting of Delhi as India's new. that he had been suspended. This was assistance was regarded na essential was capital, and he was engaged by the Inter- at once accepted by Mr. Macmillan as national Zionist Commission to draw up dane and immediately afterwards e-
conclusive...
a plan for a new Jerusalem. The second fendant left the place, and was not seen
was a job after the Professor's own, hurt. He had been planning new Jeru- until arrested in flankow,
salen all his days, and even the failure of his missionary efforts at Jutropolis dik not quench his zeal.
After bearing the evidence, His Worship convicted defendant, and passed senteuer of four months' hard labour.
BANK CLERK'S DOWNFALL.
SAD STORY TOLD IN LONDON COURT.
OIFTS FROM THE FAR EAST,
The Selangor St. Andrew's Society, Kuala Lumpur, Federated Maley States, has again requested (the Scotsman), through its honorary secretary, Mr. D. Murchison, to distribute a sum of money,"
A BOYISH TRIBUTK.
A MIXED COURT YABLE,
LONDON, August 18th. Mr. Chang Shih" Chao. the Chinese Minister of Justice, has telegraphed to -The Writer of Wales was noidily wel. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Mr. Bertrand
donated by the Society, among deserving The boys of the fishing villages along comed by the crashing of salates from Russell Mr. H. G. Wells, Mr. Bernard
and necessitous Scottish hospitals, with the shores of the Moray Firsh are keen, a special direction, that £5 should be çgg collectors, especially of the many sea Meanwhile the workers are still deli. Argentinian warships, whistles from "a Shaw and others, declaring inter "alin
allaented to St. Dunstan's Home for birds that nest among the cliffs on that. FOORT of vessels in the harbour, the drone that the Shanghai Mixed Court has no
Blinded Soldiers. The gift-which this rocky roast. One Saturday afternoon re- year amounts to £50-has been divided crntly a" score, or so of these als set out though they have not rereived last week's of aeroplanes circling verhead, and by legal foundation. It is due to its exist- shouts of welcome from the packed maisener that the local Chinese Court is pre-
At the Mansion House, on July 6th,qually among the ten following institu. on a bird arsting expedition. They gene wazes in full.
stregt, through which he
vented from holding a judicial enquiry Peter Geddes, 36, a celrk, was sentenced tion:--Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; rally climb up the rocks from the shores was slowly
to six months' uprisonment in the second Longmore Hospital for Incurables, Edin-hats the tide was in on this occasion into the recent shooting affair. driven amid a shower of flowers -not to
division for stealing 443 from the Hong-burgh Royal Infirmary, Ulasgow West.they had to go to the headland and work The continued existence of the Mixed kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Infirmary, Glasgow: Royal Infir- their way down to where the nests were mention the clicking of the inevitable
Court. Mr. Chaug adds, will constitate his employers. The defendant, who had mary, Dundee: Royal Infirmary, Aber. One of their number, a sturdy boy of 14, cameras and cinematographs. •
heen in hospital siate April ud, suffer-een Perth County and City Royal had just reached a sort of natural further evils that are bound to breeding from injuries said to have been inufirmary: Northern Infirmary, Inver plateau when his font slipped and duas
he felt 50 feet headlong into the sea." Of course, rescue was out of the ques- tion, but his body was found when the tide went back. Next Saturday, the rest of the lads again set out for the head-
MANNESMANN BROS. SYNDICATE TO"BUY THEIR VAST
PROPERTY."
BERLIN, August 17th, Reuter jeans that a gigantie financial deal, probably the biggest since the war; is, at present being negotiated. whereby 20 Anglo-American' syudjette, the names of whore "imembers are not disclosed are To purchase the eative property of Man-
· nesmann Brothers in the Spanish zone in Morocco and Riff territory,
This vast property includes harbour works at Alhue-mas and elsewhere, zinc, sulphur, and other mines, and large
ructs of agricultural land.
The city in the evening was brilliantly laminateil. The Prince was entertained at a banquet at Government House, followed by a military tattoo.
LATEST, CABLES
SOME HAPPY SPEECHES.
Bresos. Anes, August 15th. The gala and banquet at Government Palace was muerously attended. Those present included (overninent and Civil authorities. Diplomats and other promine ent personages.
President Alvear, toasting the Prince The reason for the sale, is reported to of Wales, said that his visit afforded a
de the unsettled situation of the country,wonderful opportunity to draw closer the Mannesmano's not seeing any prospect of enrrying our without political compli- cations. They intend concentrating their
netivities in the Balkans,
COUNTY CRICKET.
Lostos: August 17the Playing at Cheltenham, Kent heat Gloucester by an innings all 47 runs, The sores were!
Gloucester, 71 and 300, Kent, 418.
troubles,
STRIKE IN PEKING.
BRITISH CHANCELLERY IS STILL WITHOUT CHINESE EMPLOYEES.
DOMESTICS DRIBBLING, BACK:
PERING. August 18th, The British Legation is still without employees in the chancellery.
The fitters at the power house have not yet returned, though" the domestic servants appear to be dribbling back.
ITALIAN AIRMAN.
MAJOR DI PINEDO REACHES CELEBES.
HATAVIA. August 18th, Major di Pingdu, the Italian nirman, has arrived at Merado,
flicted by himself, appeared in court with his head bandaged, and was allowed to
be seated.
era
ness: Newington House for Scottish Blinded Soldiers and Sailors; and St. Dunstan's Home for Blinded Soldiers. GIFT FROM HONGKONG LADIER.
Church, Hongkong, have sent a gift of view. Each entried a large shell in his The Ladies Association of the Union laud, but with a different mission in £20 in recognition of the work done at pocket. One by one the boys descended
It was stated that the defendant enter. ed the bank's service in 1912, and finally became second clerk in the outward-hill department at salary of £750. His manager said he was looked upon as "one of the most capable and rising men in the bank's "servier." In the present case he cashed a fictitious order on the cashier for | RITUARY. £245.
21
The solicitor for the prosecution, said the total amount involved was £3,000, the thefts extending over a period of five
years.
Newington House for Blinded Scottish -ex-Service-mon. Edinburgh........
At a nursing home, Glasgow, Catherine Ann Ferguson, of Penrith and Hongkong.
WILL PROVED.
to the spot where their companion had fallen.aud placed a shell"in-position. When completed the collection formed a beautiful crOSH, I how the cross some
time later by craning my neck over the top of the headland, and I could not but wonder at, and admire, the heroism and Mr Janet Weir or Clark, widow of devotion of these brave northern "long" George Clark, sometime merchant in for their dead companion. London and Hankow, 17, Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh, and formerly resid-AXIE AND THE DAGPIPES. ing in Loudon, £43,316,
The wolicitor for the defence, said bis client was a married man with one child, and if he had a further opportunity would make good. Further evidence" was given of his exrelleut war record, which includ. THE GOLFING CROWD. ed the award of the M.C. on the field..
The Lord Mayor,, in imposing the sen tener, said he took into consideration the excellent charaïter given the defendant by his colonel, and also the fact that he barl tried to shoot himself.
historic bonds of Anglo-Argentine amity, The Prince of Wales, in reply, said that South Afrin and Argentina were both | new lands, with different problems to solve, but both weer working-confidently for human progress and civilisation. He was sure that Anglo-Argentine friendship shore of Minahassa, in the Celebes. It is
a free port with a large trade to Batavia A arul caninercial intercourse would be ung and China. The population is 4,000, 3- longed definitely.
" "ry"
President Alvear has cabled ji message of goodwill to King George.
RICSHA COOLIE'S ·" SQUEEZE." COURT STORY OF EXTORTION IN SHANGHAI.
Meninde is une of the most beautiful towns in the East Indies, on the north
A LOATHSOME FILM. CINEMA USED FOR SOVIET
PROPAGANDA.
REWARD OF ENDEAVOUR,
NOTABLE COUPLE WHO HAD
LOWLY BEGINNINGS.
SHANGHAI MIXED COURT.
HAS IT POWER, TO CONVICT
· AGITATORS?'
Here is the late Amir of Afghanistan's opinion of the Scottish bagpipes as told by Sir Michael O'Dwyer in his new book Tom Fernie and other leading profes-India as I Knew It" (Constable). At sionals having scotched that story of a banquet at Jelalabad the famous" deliberate interference with MacSmith by pipers of the Black Water played during the crowd at Prestwick, the old problem dinner. In the approved fashion they of what to do with our golfing crowds may marched round the table, sixteen in nur be approached with calmer minds: Theber, and almost raised the roof by their controversy now rages round the question volume of sound. Finally, as the time whether there is to be a national Cham-came for the loyal toasts, they formed up pionship course, or whether the events behind the Amir's chair and redoubled are to be taken to such isolated plages their efforts as a special compliment to him. Machrit and Machrihanish. It is one They slowly filed out. As the stirring strang DE J. H. Taylor's choicest recollections died away, Sir Harold Deane turned to that he won, the first prize in a Machric the Amir and said. "I hope your High- tourney long ago with nobody but a fewness liked the pipere! we are pround Baboniting thought,
pressmen looking on. Personally I think of them," The Amir's reply W And living wisdom with each studious the national Championship course a pro- "Splendid, magnificent, but one would
year.- Byron,
position that is much too big. After the have been sufficient.". Two Britons, who after years of course has been laid out at a cost of any. arduota and self-denying study have thing from £20,000 to £100,000 think of suddenly sprung into world-wide fame as the staff of men to keep it in order, the joint parents of a remarkable new Then, again, if the course Moscow is exploiting the Cinema in its discovery, already alluded to in our down near London, 1s
were Isid is talked of, insidious campaign against Britain and columns, which will revolutionize thewouldn't that be a slight to St. Andrews British prestige. Advertsements in the attitude of the medical profession to- and Scotland generally George Duncan Another flagrant attempt at extortion Moscow papers announce that the Goskino,wards the cancer scourge, are Dr. W. E.says St. Andrews is the finest test of the of the part of "public ricaba coolies in the Soviet Cinematograph Trust, has com- Gye and Mr. J.. E. Barnard, the latter world, and with him out that point almost The Court of Consuls is to be called Shanghai was brought to light with the ploted, after a month's hard work, of whose expertness in ultra-miscroscopic everyone agrees. One of J. H. Taylor's upon to de ide the question of whether arrest of a coolie, at Sinza district on 16,000-ft. Siin entitled
"The, Yellow work was of enormous assistance to the solutions to the crowd problem is to have the Mixed Court in Shanghai has or bas August 17th,
Racc
former in his purely medical researches." the ratire course roped, off from tee to not jurisdiction in the proscention of un The evidence against the coolic was un-
It depicts the life of the Chinese factory substantiated owing to the absence of the workers, and the villain an English these prominent figures in the world of be left for the crowds-rough or other the International settlement and charged.
It is a remarkable fact that both of green. Nothing but the rough would alleged strike ringlender arrested withi complainant whe was a visiting scanun man, who is represented as the superin science started from modest beginnings. wite. from the Bank Line vessel Elmbank, but tendent of a factory in which a number Dr, Gye was the son of a railway worker than to lay down a national course, about matters directly affecting the Settlement That would be a cheaper way with operating in Chepei in conncetion with t critlenie was toll revealed that the of young Chinese girls are employed. The and began life as a railway clerk at 17s. the selection of which there would be coolic had adopted the customary procefim could not be shown in Europe because per week. By dint of extraordinarily greater controversy, and dissension than dure of running with his passenger into of its indecencies. The hero is a young diligent home studies, and also extreme prevails now about the crowds. Chinese territory and there demanded an Chinese Communist student, who is self-denial at an early age, he equipped After a two hours' conference at the exhorbitant amount of fare. For a run guided, and advised by his friend, himself mentally, and financially to take Presidential homestead with" Mr. An. from the Palace Hotel, into Nantao the Russian agitator of the Third Interna: a B.Sc. degree at London University, and] A Wandering Scot" reminds us that are Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, coolie demanded sixty cents, and each tional. The end of the picture shows the later to proceed to the University of golf is still an exclusive game in London.
Neverthelem London has always an eye Tz, the accused, is charged by Mr. and Senator Smoot, who reported on the time the foreigner, protested the demand Englishman boarding a steamer to leave Edinburgh. Belgian debt negotiations, President increased until finally as much as $260 China and the happy factory under the
Mr. Barnard was formerly a Jermyn for the main chance, and possibly the Maitland, Police Prosecutor, with, first, Coolidge made, a stateraent to pressmen. was paid to the coolic to prevent an management of a Chinese Soviet
Street hatter, with a strong leaning, as reason which has inspired the introdue being an undesirable; second, being The Moscow board of censorship has an amateur towards scientific miseros- tion of a putting green at Wembley. It leader of a strike of workers of the Progress, he said, was satisfactory, and assault at the hands of the crowd which
passed the picture as having untold agita copie work, and so great a degree of pro- is a belated contribution, towards Tramway Company and, third being n ne deadlock had developed.
The matter was reported to the police tion value, and the management of the ficiency did he laboriously achieve in brighter Exhibition, but when one re-leader of assaults upon a number of Conference will reassemble to who investigated and arrested the coolie Goskino has been congratulated and order this, that he was eventually enabled to members how long it took Edinburgh to persons. morrow, when a final agreement may be who was sentenced to three days' imed to make a hundred copies for distribu- adopt it as a profession to the exclusion follow the example of St. Andrews in The decision of the Court of Consuls" expected.
prisonment
the institution of putting greens one must is awaited with the keenest interest
In lountster's first innings, Freeman took six wickets at a cost of 31 runs. When "Gloucester went in for the second time, Dipper compiled 52, Hammond 81, and Bloodworth 22 Freeman took six wickets for 114 runs. For Kent, Woolley scored 178, and Hardinge made 76, and Collins 08.
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BELGIAN DEBT TO US. COOLIDGE MAKES STATEMENT TO PRESS.
PLYMOUTH, Vermont, August 17th.
Ther
had collected.
tion in Russia and China.
of His hat business.
"...
WHAT BOOTLAND DOES TO-DAY...
This point. was raised in Court by Mr..
3. Em Lemiere, who with Mr. Russell Chen is defending. Tz Kyeu Kwei (28) alleged strike agitator and powerful mem- her of the Pramway Strikers' Union on trial for this offence at the instigation of the Tramway Company,