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CABLES.
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FRANCE'S DEBT TO UK. MCAILLAUX NOW HOPEFUL OF AGREEMENT.
LONDON, August 8th.
It is chcially announced that the Ciovernment authonist "Mr. Churchill finally to make an offer to accept ittle-
Just to
ment of the French debt on basis of 42 annual payments of 212,500,000 on the Ponsibility of France, and sub- to agreement us to details, and with governing condition of proportionate al trainent by France to her enditors. M. Caillaux reserved his pinion, and promised to submit the pro- posals to the French Government.
THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT..
LONDON, August such. The official statement embodying the British debt offer says that the negotia a new phase three weeks tions entered ago, when the Cabinet, authorised Me. Churchill to propose to the French Gov- comment that. Franer's net obligation should in principle be halved, which in volved a payment of £16,000,000 annually Huring the 8 of the British payments to America.
CAILEAUX LEAVES
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY AUGUST 28TH,
Loxboy, August 7th
3. Caillnus departed for France to- day. The French Ambassador and a re- presentative of Mr. Churchill bid him farewell.
The French Cabinet will meet to-night and he will report to it imníediately.
as
1 shall take up my job again a soon I reach Paris: it is a very, big job,
you know he mid in conclusion.
FRENCH PRESS' COMMENT.
PARIS, August 7th." The slow reconstitution of Anglo
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SECURITY PACT
BERLIN POLITICAL CIRCLES ARE: DISAPPOINTED.
SEARLIER CARLES,
DRUG DISCUSSIONS.
LEAGUE COMMITTEE BUSY.
GENEVA, August 19th. The morning session of the League of Nation advisory committee on opium was chiefly devoted to a discussion of the subject of Indian hemp.
At the afternoon session, replying, to Sir Malcolm Delevingne's remarks,"
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FAR EASTERN
NEWS
CABLE
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HEAVY RAINS IN JAPAN.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE BY
SUDDEN FLOODS..
TECHNIQUE OF PUTTING
A TALK TO BEGINNERS BY A GOLFER.
Putting cannot be taught like driving de spproaching, at which success is contingent upon obedience to a more or less fied technique. Putters reach the goal by am almost infinite variety of often highly diver gent routes und methods. However, it may safely be said that the club should ba Bghtly held in the fingers, not grippesă în the palmu, though lightly does not mean feebly
LONDON, August 10th. Cailloux in un interview with The text of the French reply to the Reuter dwelt on the cordiality of the German Note of July 20th on the subject prolonged and sometimes most animated of security has been published, and conversations.
reiterates the declaration in the French
Tokyo, August 27th. Note of June 16th that the Security Pact alleging the manufacture on a large scale with 1,000 partly submerged in Tokohan site the left foot, and the arms close to the
Yesterday afternoon's nins vaulted in 40,000 houses wing damaged in Tokyo, Further, the ball should be nearly oppos casinot affect the provisions of the Treaty of cocaine in Japan, a big quantity of of Pence relative to the occupation of which must remain on balance, large sup-two deaths resulting from landslider which get better resalte, with a first grip, the ball There were several casualties, including sides. Nevertheless, if you find that you the Rhineland. France and her Ailies plies finding their way to other countries caused is trament to overturn and derailed opposite the right foot and the arms clue sides on Some very good were convinced that Germany's entry which are, therefore, unrequired for local passenger tra
Millions of you damage in estimated to hit tely not follow throug
putters tap the bull, others, equally success- into the League of Nations is the only consumption, Dr. Tsurumi (Japan) de have been done. Large areas of the after it. Whichever method be adapted, clared that his Government would inves Saitama profecture have been flooted but there must be ng suspicion of jet or stab eolid basis for mutual guarantee and
tigate the matter, and if the frets were detailed reports from outlying districts are When "addressing ” the ball it is advisas French financial solidarity," is the most Europea agreement, bus Germany must proved, would reduce the manufacture hampered by the damage to communicable to turn the club alightly outwards. This
The floods are subsuling this will correct a very common tendency to tur cheerful thing that the Paris newspapers enter on the same conditions as other further. He stated that the production morning.
the club bead inwards as the ball is struck, allies were not qualified of coca and heroin was confined to have to say as regards the outcome of the nations. The a
DEATHS IN YOKOHAMA,
with the result that it diverger to the left. The bands must not be draw in to the London : converantions. Some dwell on to discuss the conditions of Germany's medical and scientific purposes.
Torvo, August 27th.body when the stroke is nude, but allowed the heavinces of the burden imposed on
story of the hoods miding, that there were
Official reports confirm this morning to go forward. This is best ensured by
following through." France, pointing out that if France pays,
four deaths in Yokohama as she will her British and American creditors, she will be unable to pay her French creditors,
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The hundred milliard francs advanced to, reconstruct the devastated regions are entirely lost" remarks D'Eefnie.
The whole problem, says Le Petit Journal, seems to lie in the question of what effect the negotiations will have in America.
The British proposal contemplated a „portion of the French payment being de
Le Matin denounces as offensive the pendent on the yield of the Dawes an-burlesque suggestion that a British nuities, and it was in response to this server should semi-officially attend the offer that M. Caillaux visited London, negotiations between M. Caillaux and where he proposed that France should Mr. Andrew Mellon at Washington. buy in principle a third of her debt to Britain. This means 69 annuities of £10,000,000 on France's, sole rsibility.
respon
entry, which the council of the Lengus decided.
Referring to the German reservations. and arbitral conventions to be concluded between Germany and her neighbours,
The question of anti-drug propaganda praised an interesting discussion, resulting in the committee agreeing that pro- paganda was more harmful than other wise. Sir John Jordan, referring to the present day difficulties of securing
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the reply emphasises that the primary fuller information on the cultivation of object of the Allies is to render a fresh opiam in China, said that Chinese gun-
papa-boats, instead of sẽiting opium, were em-. resort to forer impossible, therefore com- ployed in transporting it. palsory arbitration is an indispensable condition of any past,
tions.
A few bridges were destroyed and several houses carried away in Saitama, Chiba, and Shizuoka prefectures.
IN BANDIT HANDS.
A USEFUL MAXIM.
The ancient maxim, Keep your eye on the ball applies to ali strokes, but to nɔna with greater importance than the putt Lifting the heal is absolutely fatal, and after the ball has sped on its way the eyes, should remain glued to the spot where it DR. HOWARI'S CAPTORS ESCAPE
was. In dealing first with the execution of BY RIVER
a putt one has put the cart before the horse, for before the ball is "addressed” it With regard to the Canadian-America
PERING, August 27th. will usually be necessary to study the Treaty for extradition in respect of The bandits, with their captive Dr."line" to the hole. On a perfectly flat offences against the drug laws, the com-Howard, escaped on August 24th by boat. green the "line" is stright and the player's It coneindes by dwelling on the difficul.mittee decided to draw the attention of They proceeded to Buckuan in Kirin main concern is to hit the ball with the
the League Council to the matter. Province, Chinese troops are puraning right strength ties and delays involved by the exchange With a view to similar treaties with then, but are one day behind... of Notes, and therefore invites Germany said tha the question of a similar Anglo- other Powers, Sir Malcolm Delevingne to enter into negotiatious, carnestly trust Anricum Treaty was at present being ing that they will result is the conclusion considered by the British Government. of a definitive treaty.
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BERLIN IS DISAPPOINTED. COMPLICATIONS FEARED
Benis, August 27th. WASHINGTON, August 27th.
The vagueness of the Allied Security. Political observers in Washington are Nots has disappointed political circles Though the proposal is a noteworthy of opinion that the Anglo-French negotia here, who nevertheless welcome the op Jelvaner on the previous French suggestions are likely seriously to complicat portunity for a conference, steps. for. tions, the gap between the two proposals the forthcoming negotiations with France which are already being taken by Allied remains wide and upbridged. The posi and Italy. Officials are foth to discuss and German Diplomata. It is expected tion is further complicated by impending the latest development, but evidently ex-that it will open in London. Dext week, pegotiations for the payment of the pect France to bring pressure on the French drkt is America, in which regard. Great Britain at the outset made it per Fectly clear that Britain must receive from Frase proportionate puri pušu payments to those France might make to America.
In this respect, therefore, any Franco. British agreemrut could only be provi sional pending the outcome of the other begotiations. Britain, however, is deeply -poncerned in the revival and appeasement bf Europe, and felt bound to respond to ber Ally's offer, and authorised Mr. Churchill to mak", the offer already pabled.
WHAT FRANCE WANTS.
Losons, August 25th. Mr. Churchill, commenting on tho pfficial staterarnt embodying his offer; aid that negotiations had not been broken off,"
buited States for terms similar to those granted to Britain, while it may be atated on official authority that France will be told that she owes Ameries more than she owes Britain; and therefore, her an final payments must be greater.
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POLISH PRISONERS SLAIN.
-ALXTY PERSONS EXECUTED
AT MINSK,
Moscow, August 27th, The Soviet authorities, on August 23rd, executed 60 Polish, pri osers at Minsk Apparently the execution was in retaliation for the recent execution of three terrorists at Warsaw,
CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.
GENERAL LYAUTEY SUMMONED TO PARIS.
Rasar. August 27th. M. Caillaux, in a statement, says that General Lyautey has been summoned to Mr. Churchill agreed to concede a partial France to confer with the Government. moratorium until 1930, bus only partly Marshal Petain, meanwhile, assumes direc accepted the French demand for a tion of operations.
stipulation which M. Caillaux-considered tential to any arrangement, namely, that the transfer of annual payments should be suspended in the event of their threatening to disturb the exchanges. I. Caillaux also expressed the view that guarantees should be given that -France should in no case have to pay the Allied or Associated Powers higher suns than she received from Germany, who may He remarked that the conversations were merely interrupted. He did not doubt a final conclusion of the
LATEST GABLES.
THE BALFOUR MEMORANDUM.
LONDON, August 27th.
ARTIFICAL SILK.
BRITISH AND GERMAN FILMS REACH AGREEMENT.
MARLIER CABLES.
FRENCH IN SYRIA.
REVERSES REPORTED.
JERUSALEM, August 20th. It is reliably reported that following a heavy engagement, in which the Druses forced the French to evacuate Khirbet el. Ghazali, north of Damascus, another heavy engagement took place last night.
A French column advancing from the south-east on Erran was compelled to evacuate strong positions, the Druses following up the retiring Erench. The latters' losses are heavy, and an armour- ed ear, and ac'aeroplane were destroyed. French aeroplanes are bombarding a illage near Etras.
AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.
DEPORTATION SUMMONBES
ISSUED.
MELBOURNE, August 26th. Deportation summonses · are:" being
issues against four persons connected with the seamens strike.,
British shipping totalling 256,000 tons is now idle at Australian ports.. BERLIN, August 27th..
The Governments of Tasmania, Vic The newspapers report that "the British firms, Courtaulds, and the Elberfeld firm, Loris, and South Australia, replying to Vereinigte Glanzstoff Fabriken, have reached. Mr. Bruce's request, promised to take the a reciprocal agreement to protect the respec- necessary steps to protect seamen remain- tive markets of the artificial silk industry.
ing loyal to their agreements.
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RUSSIAN SYNDICATE.
·REPORTED PURCHASES IN-
ENGLAND.
From the British viewpoint, the im portance of the debt offer lies in the
LONDON, August 26th. modification of the policy embodied in A delegation from a textile syndicate the famous Balfour Memorandum, which in Russia expects to conclude in a few necessitated the payment of at least days negotiations with the leading Lanca
£20,000,000 ually by France in order shire firms for textile machinery after to make up, with receipts from other which some of the members will proceed sources, the amount Britain is paging to to France, whose Minister of Commerce, americans
they say, has offered them every assist ance in the matter of credits
But M. Caillaux is not yet nesured of what is universally regarded no a bar gain for France, since the stipulation, That Britain shall receive terms equal to Those granted by America to France, Wenns that the last word will probably he spoken in Washington,
RAILWAY DISCONTENT.
BRISBANE, August 20th.
QUEEN OF HOLLAND,-
WISHES: BIRTHDAY FUND FOR -TYPHOON SUFFERERS.
THE HAOTE, Anguat 20th. The Queen of Holland expressed a wish, for collections to be made in Holland on her birthday for the sufferers in the
August 10th. It is hoped that Dutchmen abroad will meet Her Majesty's wishes,
cyclone in the East Netherlands on
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IMMIGRANTS FOR U.S.A.
EXAMINATION, BEFORE SAILING
PROVES SUCCESS.
ITALIAN AIRMAN.
ARRIVES AT MANILA
MANILA, August 27th. Major Di Pinedo arrived here at 8.20 this morning.
THIRSTY WEATHER DRINKS. NEW AND OLD WAYS OF MAKING
· LEMON BEVERAGES.
This thirsty weather is the time for. making beverages which are palatable as well, as being really thirst-quenching.
The old-fashioned; “imperial / water. served the needs of our grandmothers very well indeed. - Tormake this druk,” the rinds of three lemons, mixed with four to five punees of sugar, must be laid at the hotram of an earthenware crock or pan. An ounce of cream of tartar rust then be builed in three quarts of water until WASHINGTON, August 27th.. Interviewed on his return from Europe, completely dissolved, when the liquid is the Minister of Labour, Mr. Davis, said poured over the other ingredients. Stand that, the experiment, of examining would-be for 24 hours before straining through immigrants from Britain and from Ireland must and bottling. before euibarkation, had succeeded beyond bis expectations and was solving one of the grottest problems of handling immigranta. Mr. Davis forshadowed that the plan would shortly be extended to all the principal countries.
TENNIS IN USA.
FURTHER RESULTS IN GAMES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP,
Here be it said that for one shot that is too strong, at least twenty stop short of the farget. Remember, Never up, never in,” and give the ball a chance of going down Most greens, however, are undulating, and here the line will not ouly be curved bus may be painfully suggestive of a corkscrew. It is often helpful to stirvey the situation from the hole as well as from the ball..
Haring got the "liye," it is useful to select sothe intermediate point on it and aiming at this, to concentrate on making the hill sa over it. Some players like the intermediate point, which may be a blade of grass, near the Ill, others prefer it halfway or farther,
THE NEXT AGE.
GEN. SMUTS PREDICTS HIGHER SPECIES OF HUMANITY.
General Smuts's fascinating presiden tial address before the South African Association for the Advancement of Science at Oudtshoorn on July 6th re- ferred to the possibility that Europe 10,000 years hence would experience as-
other great ice age. This South Africa climate, be observed, will also gradually ecomo cooler, until we shall again have more moist and rainy conditions than to-day, and wildernesses will have pass ed away. In all probability our preset human races will before the next phas have disappeared and given place to a higher species of humanity, which, it s hoped. will occupy the next uge
AMBROSIAL"; LEMONADE. Anambrosial lemonade can be pro duced by the following recipe: Thinly peel about half a dozen large lemons and steop their rinds in a quart of water.
Enlarging on the Inct that South Next morning the fluid should be strained Africa was ten thousand years behin and sweetened, while the rescued rinds the times as measured by European can be boiled in a fresh quart of water standards of culture, the Premier All the juice of the peeled lemons with pointed out that its Bushmen were no that of two oranges and add a pint of
fresh milk. Stir a little, and then add the thing but living fossils whose contem
poraries disappeared from Earope thou-, first brow of the sweetened liquid. The sands of years ago. The Taunga skull boiled peel water can afterwards be added was the latest of the series of outstand- while still hot. After cooling the lemon- ing finds which showed the possibilities
de should he well strained.
BROOXLIXE, August 27th. In the contest for the National doables championship to-day, results wers:
Patterson and Hawkes beat Lott and Williams by 6-8, 4-6 6-3, 6-3, 6-3,||
A restorative and refreshing pick-me-up Johnston and Griffin defeated Tilden and can be made from the yolks of two eggs Wiener by 7-9, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. (^
Richards and Willians defeated Manueled sugar. When a tablespoonful of orange well beaten up with two ounces of powder Alfonso and Flaquer by 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. water has been added all should be beaten and half a pint of holling water poured on.
ATHRACITE COALFIELDS.
NO HOPE OF AVERTING STOP-
PAGE OF WORK.
WASHINGTON, August 27th. Its reliably stated that Government observers do not see any hops of averting stoppage of work in the anthracite coal fade, 3% from September 1st.
MS-B B. McElderry and the mem- bers of the jury who are enquiring into the Po Hing Fong disaster visited the
will be resumed next werk.
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of South Africa as a great field of re- searah into the human past. In botany, also, there were in South Africa tarea> biological problems could, therefore, in living fossils like the cycads Certain this country still be studied in life which.. in Europe could only be deduced withe difficulty from, fossil records, Dis- coveries already made pointed to the A amply prepared lemon quencher possibility that South Africa might yet can be evolved by boiling a sliced lemon, figure as the cradle of mankind, or, at together with eight lumps of sugar, in a least, one of the cradles. The ground Pint of milk, afterwards straining, G
for paleontological research lay cumber Delightfully fizzy" and quickly pre-ed with the possibilities of great die pared is a drink made by straining the coveries, and he trusted that South juice of a large lemon in tumbler African science would yet rurn for itself three-quarters filled with water and the scientific leadership of the Southern sugared to individual taste before adding Hemisphere.
a pinch of carbonato of soda General Smuts mentioned that two Children love bubbly" beverages and years ago in London, he discusand with should appreciate the following ginger- Dr. Simpson the measures which shoul beer, which shu be used the day after be taken to pince the South Africa bruised ginger allow the proportion of one Hard times prevented the execation of on August 31st to demand the restoration,
Bad quarter ounces of cream of tarter, his plans, but his successors had better of a recent 5 per cent. reduction in ber 1st are the Italian Convent, St. and juice of two Jémons. The ginger and the opportunity. If the Union and Aur- Further schools re-opening on Septem- two pounds of lamp, sugar, and the peelfuck and he hoped they would exploit Mary's (Kowloom), and St. Francis fruit rinds should be well braised together tralie, following the (can English Schools, as well as the shorthand in a mortar with half a pound of sugartana, could agr classes in Caine Road and St. Mary' and then placed with the other ingredients in a large pan Six quarts of boiling
Ageneral railway strike is threatened yesterday afternoon. The enquiry preparation. To an ounce and a half of meteorological service on a proper basica
HOCH??
GERMANS
BELGIANS
respe
The telephone service between Hong-water must then be added and, after the kong bud Kowloon will be restricted mixture has cooled to luke warmness, la DEPARTURE
fone could be during Saturday and Sunday whilst couple of tablespoonfuls of brewers yeast
the of one of the summarine cables is being re can be mixed in. Allow ten hours for a pa COLOGNE, August 28th,
paired. It is expected that the full the consequent fermentation before strain- tive The others will remain in London to
The Belgians handed over the Duitservien will be restored on Monday, ing, bottling, tight corking and depositing meteorology should becom continue negotiations with Lancashire burg
Bridgehend at midnight||
Teht ESO in a cool place
place of that scattered and Yorkshire firme.
On Wednesday afternoon a detachment A useful lemon, sherbet, which can be ancient mother continent of completin the evacuation sanctions in of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the made at home and utilised Members of the delegation, interviewed,
En land declared that they have already signed that area.
Yast Surrey Regt, threw a cordon around economical beverage for thursty members 1, contracts with three Lancashire firms The Church bells of three towns rang, carried out another raid on suspected ing ingredienta: One ounce of citric acid of
the Pokfulam district, while the police of the family, is compounded of the follow- It is noteworthy that the payment of involving & considerable sum, and added and the cafe and cabarets were allowed idlers About ten Chinese were taken and two drachtos 212,600,000 ronresents 3 per cent of the that they are anrious to place orders in to remain open all night long. Orchestras into onatod Police office
extence of lemon to ing French debt contrasted with 31 per cent England. Despite more attractive offers at milnight played Deutschland Ueber M. TH King (Direc
present were four pounds of cantar, sugat-well mitkla ito hack America hitherto hus exacted from made by Germans, no orders had so far. Alles to prodigious vocal accompani- Intelligence), and Mr. WE
of Criminal Two teaspoonfuls of this mixture stirrer
rand in a tumbler of water make's good thirs been placed in Germany
her debtors
menfr