THE HONGKONG
SATURDAY, AUGUST
CABLES.
LATEST CABLES,
(THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY,]
MELBOURNE AND STRIKERS.
MONWEALTH IS DETERMINED
ON FIRMACTION
THE DEPORTATION IBRIE -
MELBOURNE, August 8th“, There are further indications of the Bomen's strike ending. The Trades Council of Melbourne has announced that
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MAZAKILDEZ August
Gurea, August 97%AA #Ppointed aboard. to consider, the ques The whole of the morning sitting of tion of deportation After a sitting lasting itll am the International Socialist Congress passed a the Advisory Committee on Opium was resolution, unanimously condemning the devoted to a discusion of the British pro- posal regarding the export of opium from Communist Internationale, which encouraging revolution in Asia and the Persian Gull. Africa, and calling on the Socialist Party to combat any policy against Russia. It
Sir John Jordan expressed the opinion that import certificates had done more
FRANCE US:
AMERICAN PRESS
M CAILEAUX'S-DE
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS
STORM ON. WED
TREMENDOUS
All newspaper edito
French debt con
to put the
An
Island
Srusky, August 9th, The Labour Premier, Mr. Lang, stated alleged desire of M as his opinion, that the deportation act | United States in a hole,
The Yew Fark Fold says that M. is the most iniquitous ever passed. Ho
xmly refuses to permit the State instru. Caillans and Mr. Churchill are wholly mentalities to be used for the purpose mistaken if they think the debt proble
it is in nowise in charge of the strikes, demanded the establishment of diplo fharm than good and declared that unless fat deporting political and industrial / can be advanced by diplomatią eleverness.
Awhich is now in the hands of the British
seamen themselves,
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more afectiva Russia, urging the Socialist States commonares to prevent a large export it had prised. In the Boviet Union to democratize better abandon the matter. He hoped
their régimna
and restore political other governments would follow India's practice in not attaching importance to certificates. Sir John Jordan
matic and economic relations with Bovice the Committee could take
liberty.
The liner Chitral has arrived and is being loaded by stevedores, who intend
work all British-manned vemols; There was an uproar in the flouse of Bepresentatives when A. Brace (Prime finister) asked leave to introduce a bill ta appoint special police in connection intion of the oppressed peoples of Asia and Africa and the abolition of every
kind of terrorism.
It concluded by exhorting all sections import
with the seamen's strike.
Mr. Charlton, Labour leader, vigorous "I protested against ! springing such
bill on the House
The Senate, after a vigorous sicbale, dopted by votes to the ministerial antion that the Senate will meet to-mer. row to consider special legislation for ap pointing special police, owing to the New South Wales Government's refusal to assist the Commonwealth to carry out the law in regaril sa possible depo LionL
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MANNESMANNS' PROPERTY.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
Director
of Socialists to strive for the self-deters added that nearly the whole of the ex-
STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
TROUBLE ASSUMES SERIOUS PROPORTIONS.
ports from the Persian Gulf were nonin ally destined for Vladivostock but were 1 reality landed alsowhere."
Sir Malcolm Delevingne quoted British, consular report showing that the
Soviet authorities at Vladivostock wero exercising stricter control over opium consignments, but Sir John, Jordan attributed that fact to the Soviet sens deavouring to protect: Siberian mon-
opoly
The American observer, Mr Tuck, Ex- United States Consul at Vladivostock,
DURHAM, August 97th. The shipping strike has asumed serious proportions The crow of the Balmoral Castle have refused to work and the mailing is postponed indefinitely. The atriks has occurred at a critical period, because the ports are congested with staemers waiting to remove an up-agreed with Sir John Jordan
Dr. Taurumi, Japan remarked that precedented maize crop.
Two strikers on the Sandgate many Japanese vessels from the Persian. L'astle, who were sentenced to fourteen Gulf bound for Vladivstock never ton days' imprisonment, have had their sensed Japanese ports. The Japanese
Government had taken steps to
prevent ment of opium at Japanese the transhipment 'ports.
BELLIK, August 28th.tences suspended for a fortnight to enable of the Mannestaoan them to reconsider the position and Brothers states that negotiations for the assist in gutting the vessel away. ale of their properties in Morocco to
British and Amerienn Group are. proceeding : favourably. The greatest secrecy is observed, the Mannesmanns
EARLIER CABLES. EARLIER HAPPENINGS.
DURBAN, August 7th.
Trouble similar to that acting ships even refused to give information to the England and Australian portà appears Kierraan and British Foreign Officos, be threatened The Sandgate Castle, declaring that they had had enough unbound for America, is held urs her crew pleasant experience with diplomatista. 1.
refusing to sail if their wages are re The Mannesujanns are also trying to
duced. sell their factories in England, New York and South America.
ATTEMPT AT REVOLT.
INCIDENT ON FRENCH WARSHIP
SOON SETTLED."-
Toulon, August 28th,
Simultaneously with the muting on the
The steamer Amicus is also held up, and others are threatened, including the mail steamer Balmoral Castle
DESERT CONVOY HELD UP.
ENGLISH LADY WOUNDED.
BAGHDAD, August 27th
Pla
Sir John Campbell (India) urged, the Persion Government to control the ex- port of opium to illicit destinations, but Sir John Jordan was not optimistic us regards any action to be taken at Teberun and remarked that the Japanese Goreng ment was capable of coping with the situation. He proposed that the League Council should call the attention of Per- sia to the subject and also induce all Powers to prohibit transhipment at their ports and take action to control their shipping
Fenders
MY Walsh the strike lender, visited Mr. Jang to-day, and it derstood discussion-concerned an early
"bilement of the dispute,
frankt and
will
went the
WROUGHT
(Loxto, August 28th,
sini dispatch, from the Loo
Wednes
ber of casualties, including: thr
One hundred: dud:
KUOMINTA.
LEADE
There is high indignation among the Kuomintang
na than too clever wiïardry,"
The Yer Fork Zimra alleges that some es people detect.x subtle plot to put Ame rloa krong in the eyes of Estopeans as BRISBANE August 27th.
5 more hard-hearted creditor than Eng- The railway strike has spread through-and This will not away our Govern. ent Queensland The Premier has invitment in its axed policy crit all unions connected with the Aan The New Tork World states that the remains in the custody tralian Labour Party to confer with the Cabinet.
political effect on the United States of gendarmerie at Peking the Anglo French bargain will be exactly. It is stated that representations- aro being made to Government for his res nothing
lease
ifm
ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE.
TRADE COUNCILS SUPPORT.
MELBOURNE, August 97th.
Minor developments of the strike situa tion are that the trade councils of Mel- bouine and Bydney have passed resolu tions supporting the strikers. The strike in the anthracite coalfields, Federal Cabinet members are remaining from September 1st.
in the capital. Mr. Bruce has postponed. bis visit to Sydney. It is now expected that deportation proceedings will not be Taunched until early next week,
SYDNEY, August 97th Opposing the Trade Council's renolu- tion to declare all British ships black,"
PILADELPHIA, August 18th. The Miners Union has ordered
BARLIER CABLES
US YACHT SEIZED ALLEGED BREACH OF LIQUOR REGULATIONS.
HONOLULU, August 27th
the arrest of Mr. Kuj
who still
the Fengtien
This is not the first time that. Eugene Chen has been in
Peking During the regte of Tuan Shil
a
Kai, if memory serves, he was inconce
as
rated on account of the Petm
of which Mr. Chen was editor, having fallen foul of the authorities At that time.
the lumpers rapidly unloaded the The yacht case, the Bngship of the P&O liner Mongolia, on which the San Francisco Yachting Clab, which whole crew remained loyal The strikers
are reported to be gradually returning started on July 10th with three other yachts for a 3,665-mile race from San to their ships
Francisco to Tahiti, was seized while on
The Orient finer Ursor is still held up. It has over six hundred passengers
TRUCULENT NAILWAYMEN.
way home from Tahiti, because the commander is alleged to have failed to
BRISBANE August 27th. railwaymen hage rejected, the State declare the full amount of liquor on Premier's advice to minit their claim board.
for increased wager to on achitration court, and a general strike has begun
FRENCH DEBT TO US.
TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER FOREIGN DEBT.
A
ALCOHOL FROM BEETLES-
BIOLOGISTS” REMARKABLE.
DISCOVERY,
⠀⠀⠀ Professor Maxwell Lefroy, Economia. Biologíat 1 as, the Imperial College of Science gave instances of the value of the work carried out at Ruthampatend,
Mír: Chan-claimed British
and through the intervention Lenox Simpson (Putman FF.B. M. Minister (Sir John, Chea was eventually releaset
BOUND FOR MOSCOW.
AMBASSADOR KARAKHANDLEAVES PEKING WITH FAMILY
PEXING, August 28th;
Mi Katakhan, the Soviet Ambassador
panied
feft Peking
o
Mẹ
king-wife gand family, night by train for
ravelling, by spe
the Corps Diplolantique officials were on this sta
bid the Ambassador
JAPANESE HS
TOKYO GOVERNMENT SENDS
PROTEST TO CANTUN
THE BILENYOMARU • CASEY,
Tokyo, Angust. 28th. The Japanese Government, bas protest-
to. Canton about the shooting,som three. Japar
One was kiIE
and two seriously
undera
ordered to assist thổ
which rounde
Washixaron," August 27th The afternoon session of the Advisory Mr. Winston, the acting Secretary Committee on Opium opened with the of the discussing the debt sending of a letter by the negotiations, said the Treasury would in- The Imperint-College, he said, that wist on treating the French debs like tempting to realise one of the dreams, of ancial Adviser in Persin, stating that the any other foreign debt, demanding pay the biologist. They had discovered that country favoured restriction of oultivament of the entire interest, and printhe death watch beetle, which is the bane A serious attack on the Nairn transon, when the financial situation par that could be collected from France, contains in its body an organism related e
Candle opal, but he could not predict the total of historic churches and historic homes, French oruiser Courbe, there was an
desert motor convoy between Baghdadmitted and welcoming the proposed. He expected the negotiations would to yeast which is able to change the tro attempt at revolt on the battleship
cellulose of wood fibre into what chemists and Beirut was made thirty-four miles European Commission of Enquiry into open about. September ith Ратія.
the opium situation in Peran Thee. Senator Smoot, who is also a mem-describe as u sügar, from which it may from DamasCUM.
mininder of the session was devoted to the ber of the funding commission, said, the be possible economically to produce power Twenty milors refused their meals when
The party, travelling in powerful eight discussion of illicit trafic Sir Malcolm Anglo-French negolations would not wienhol It remained to be seen whether the Porit was on the point of leaving
cylinder, ears were held up by brigands Delevingne and Sir John Campbell paid influence the American attitude to this discovery might not form the basis Algeria for the Atlantic on June 24th..
tributes to the eports of preventive of France. The American · Government of a very valuable commercia The Captain inunediately pacified the from a district in the neighbourhood of ficials in Hongkong in the matter of dis had already fixed the interest rate at 1e was an economie biologist
coveries and seizure Sir John three and a half per cent
bacterium that could ferment rice, Jeb ei Druse. A fusillado followed, in
Jordan ga malcontents. An enquiry resulted in the
thist the opinion. gave
one and thus maize, or chestnuts into smugglingas
made Britain independen arrest of four men, of whom thres were which Mrs. Brash, wife of the Paymaster the question of
ance and relatively⠀⠀⠀ of minor - imp of the Iraq Army, stationed at Baghdad, Exculpated. The fourth, reruit of ten
tast the best-means of curtailing opiura consumption was the limitation: of pro- months' service, was tried by Court was slightly wounded in the legs.
The driver of her car, called Murdoch duction wherein cooperation with the Japanese would be most effective. He was also slightly wounded,
said he hoped the Press would note Bir the convoy named John Campbell's statement that they The leader of
es could not rely on the measures of some Bentley was seciously wounded. All
governments dealing with the optam pro- thren were taken to hospital at Damasens blem
A consignment of gold liras, despatched to Syrin by the Imperial Bank of Perkin at Baghdad, was stolen by the brigands. The loss is covered by insurance"},
Martial at Toulon. He was sentenced to
3 years, imprisonment, disinissal from the service and payment of costs.
ZIONIST CONGRESS:
DR WEIZMANN RESIGNS FROM?
COMMITTEE,
VIENSA, August 28th. “overtaken the Zionist
At yesterday's meeting of the Zionist Congress, Dr. Wei
popular who
Eart
rom the
Jy reputed to
Balfour to
executive committ
followed
though
majority, WOL abstentions
"characterised by many
DEPE
OF BRANES;
TERRITORY
FIGHT:
from Fez staten
pied the whole territory:
esmen, niter förts.
Isis learned at Baghdad that the French authorities are taking steps to patrol the disturbed area with Camel Corps sud neroplanem Meanwhile trans desert trafic is suspended.
COLD COMFORT.
COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA.
PREVIOUS POLICY NOW BEING
REVERSEDIA
Rigs, August 27th. A reversal of previous policy is con tained in a resolution passed by the General Committee of the Communist party reinstating the rights of pro-Be volution technical, specialists in all bran The remainder of the sitting was secretches of industry, granting them improved housing conditione, facilities for educa THE SECURITY PACT.
tion and their pay recording to qualifica GERMAN REPLY TO FRENCH NOTE
LONDON, August 27th
Reuter learns that the German: Gore
ernment has nominated Dr. Ganas, Direc tor of the Department of Justies, to meet the Allied experts to discuss the Security
tion
an otherwise essential soure Of acetone
motor
rom the fortress a shore, the
afties ensuing
GOOD, NEWS FROM SHANGHAT
After citing examples of the unnliness M of the fees paid to biologists in compari- STATE OF EME son, with the great saving si-moday to which their discoveries lead, Professor letroy continued c
GENOTENDED.
Just 28th
The state of emergency here intended:
I have no hesitation in saying that the economic biologist can save immense sums to the country. The tragedy is that the men are available but their services
-Messrs. Carroll are not made use of
the laboratories from Singap are available, but the
vanced to $1.29 ing for carrying out the
change in the
searches: the public are
The follo to be
provided with the necessary information, clared Pajams, but will not pay the biologist or the in Teluk Amsons, stitution for which he works, the fees that are readily given to them the
or the
FRENCH SOCIALISTS.
PRIVATE PACTS INADEQUATE.
August 27th” The Bocialist Cong ses difficulty has Pact when a meeting can be arranged, eg | been overco by the peace committee me the work coo
agreeing to a resolution insisting on the enforcement of a pr declaring that privat
PARIS, August 7th
PROFESSOR PARKS LECTURES ON The German reply to yesterday 1
EARTH'S CRUST.
LONDON, August 27th. It will probably be cold comfort for the victims of the earthquake in Tokyo, and Yokohama that ey are not the victimm of a brutal and meaningless catasta but a sacrifice for the Jafety Yet that was the burden of an
Toronto Professor named Fer British Association meeting at Souths tion. Professor Perku assorted that if
with very active in She gre and are strongly rein-level ergha front
reduce
SN, OPPORINg (and rej
French Note has been Briand.It agree
| negotiations, and, announces of abjurist to London, to Allied
FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.
FRENCH TANKS GOOD
"Although a sirocco izp French tanks were most - ebló to-day's operationa
red resistance,
zas gained fresh objectives, nota Amseftdriving the Bra supported by Biff contingente, în
TOTLAWATLE
not to cont
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fould
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FOREIGN SIPS PROFIT
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percent.
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marries them known broker in Singand
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