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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 1925
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SECURITY PACT.
LUTHER AND BRJAND,
BRALIN, Oetober sth.. German correspondents at Locarno: assert that Herr Luther and M. Briand discussed Article XVI of the Covenant.
LONDOS. October 9th.
The Lokal Anzeiger's correspondent Thers were lively scenes at the open, says that it appears possible a formula ing of the annual conference of the will be found interpreting the article, so National Union of Conservative and as to meet. Germany's objections to some Tricist Associations at Brighton this extent. He also says the question of magning. There were 2,000 delegates France guaranteeing the projected Enst present. Delegate Chappell, in moving European arbitration treaties was als that the Council's Report be referred discussed. back, raised a storm of protest by declar]
The Tageblatt learns that M. Briand ing that the country is discontended at has dropped the French claim in respect Government's inactiva. Unemployment, of one-sided guarantee to such treaties. ħr said, is increasing hy leaps and bounds and "agreed that while France should and Government's failure to do anything in the matter in ten months was an ahaission of incompetence. Unless the Government gave some hope of better conditions, it would fall 'There were prolonged cries of dissent and the motion was detented, the Report being adopted with three lissmtients.
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BOOM IN RUBBER? · COLOMBO MARKET REPORTED FAR STRONGER.
Colorno,- Detober 8th.
In empathy with world prices, the rubber warket is strong and has risen were hity couls to tan rupees, al cents,
ponad since September 13th. The upward inevement is likely to
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Stocks on October 5th are repered to have decreased by 400 tons.
Further news is awaited of the disabled steamer, Laumettan, which was carrying between 3,000, and 0.000 tons of rubber Jo New York from Penang and Ceylon, The andlity of otherwise of the vessel to reach America by November is expected to at the market..
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SHIPPING STRIKE. SENTENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, October 7th. The Kildanna, Codie has left for England, raring behind the deserted the ship. The Edinburgh Castle and Kenilworth Castle are to sail for England on October 19th and 18th weepee. tively, after which there will again he a regular mail service to England.
'make 11 declaration, guaranteeing Poland's safety, such declaration should not form part of the Eastern arbitration treaties themselves.
EVENT OF THE DAY."
Paris, October 8th. The press regard the interview betwren Briand and Herr Luther at Ascona yesterday as the event of the day..
The Locarno correspondent of Le Natin quotes M. Briand as saying: "We are quite ready to discuss any suggestions with regard to text and formula, but there is one principle on which we can never compromise-namely our fidelity to our Polish and Czech Ailies."'
The L'Echo de Parie correspondent is of opinion that the advantage secured yesterday by Germany's reported assent to the application of arbitration to all her political as well as juridical disputes will be bought dearly enough if it is true that Frazes cannot alone exercise automatic sanctions if Germany violates the arbitration conventions to be con- cluded with Prague and Warsaw,
ZARLIER CABLES CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.
ENCIRCLING 'MOVEMENT
DEVELOPED.
BEING
Fez, October 7th.
The French and Spanish cavalry have joined up in the Jebel Bouaidir district north-east of Syah,
RACIAL PROBLEMS.
MR. WILLINGDON AIRS HIS VIEWS
LONDON, October 7th. A crowded meeting of the Church Con- great Eastbourne discussed race pro blems
Mr. Willingdon declared that it was This marks the development of a wide imperative that the problem should be encircling movement designed to cut off solved by peaceful methods and got by a slice of Riff territory, eastward of the the clash of races, which would be the Ajdir-Kiffans " line. The French aghastliest tragedy, the world had ever fantry continues to advance northward known. up the valley of Chaouin, towards Ajdir.
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MORE SUBMISSIONS.
PARIS, October sth.
Wholesale nubuissions of tribesmen an the neighbourhood of the teritoring recently captured by the French and Spaniards are claimed in a Fez telegram, which add; advances continue under excellent weather conditions.**
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RUBBER SITUATION.
DEMAND
FOR ABOLITION OF
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LONDON, October 7th.
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ALLEGED FORGERY.
DEFENCE DEGUN IN WONG / MAN
WAI CASE.
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE Mr. Jenkin, addressing His Worship on the second charge regarding the transfer of 90 China Light "and Power" shares, said before defendant could be sent for trial proof was necessary that defendant had attered the transfer, or that at the tine he sittered the document it was not only, forget but that he knew it was forged, or that at the time he intended to defrual, Ho submitted that there was no existente upon which it was likely that any jury would convict. The defendant,
The case for the defence was started at the Central Magistracy yesterday after noon, before Mr. S R R MeElderry, in the case in which Wong Man Wai, a well- known Chinese merchant auf described, as a managing partner in the La Leuns Bank, appeared, on remand from the previous day on charges of lorgery,
Defendant was charged on three counts: (1) With having uttered certain forged be found guilty, must have had scre documents, conrerning the triusfer of 30 thing to do with the handling of the shares in the Hongkong and Kowloon
document. The only evidence which Wharf and Godown Company; purporting night show that the defendant had the The only practical solution
to be signed as transferor by Wong Chik handling of that Joendient was that of treat the coloureds races in a spirit of Cho (29) With attering forged documents fr. Oman of Messrs. Moxon and Taylor, absolute equality with the whites. If for the transfer of 25 shares in the and all that he said, was that he did not we wished to continue our sociations China Light and Power Company (1918), isk after all the transactions which with and influence over the countries Ltd., purporting to be signed as trans-defendant had with Mesars. Maxon" and which the white races had developed it with attering & forged document, namely sible to say that the defendant had hand..... foror hy Wong Lok Siu Tong; and (3) Tasior. On the evidence it was impor
letter, to the Hongkong Electric Coned the document in question to Mr. Omar- must be by not arrogating to ourselves any race superiority.
pany, Ltd., purporting to be signed by or that the signature of Wong Tok Sib Wong Chik Cho, requesting them to send all outstanding dividend warrants belonging to Wong Chik Co to him care of Messrs. Moxon and Taylon.
All the charges are being taken under section 3, of Ordinance 11. of 1992
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THE FASCIST WAY:
STRONG MEASURES TO. PET
DOWN STRIKES.
Rouż, October 7th.
The Fascist Grand Council resolved
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established to regulate labour disputes. Action by any one glass should not be permitted, and any atrike of State employees or any political strike intend
that only Fascist Unions should be legally recognised ne representing all The claim that the Stevenson rubber | classes of employers and workers, also. restriction scheme has now served its that an Industrial Court should be purpose and ought forthwith to be abolished was made by a deputation of the Indiarubber Manufacturers' Associa tion, the Society of Motor Manufac curers and Traders, the Royal Automo- bile Club, the Commercial Motor Users' Association, and the British Motorcycle and Cycle Manufacturers, and Traders lion, at a two-hours' conference at the "Colonial Office
The Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, who re ceived the deputation, assured them that he would fully represent their views to Mr. Ainery, who was giving his per sonal attention to the rubber situation.
THE O.M.S.
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The correspondent of Le Petit Parides says that the question of Germany's entry into the League and Article XVI Voi the Covenant appear the only pointsÀ, SQUEAL FROM THE SCOTTISH
MINERS. upon which the Conference can now be wrecked.
EARLIER CABLES. ITALIAN PAPER'S MIXTURE OF TRUTH AND UNTRUTH."
LOCARNO. October 7th.
An. Italian newspaper has published a version of the text of the Security Pact which is declared here to be a mixture of truths and untruths, with the latter considerably preponderating It is not proposed to lublish an authorised text of the Pact until it is really corcluded. Such a stage is far from being reached.
NEW SUGGESTIONS MADE.
LOCARNO, October 7th: This evening's communiqué says that the conference to-day heard the report of the jurists on the drafting work pre- viously entrusted them.
The Supreme Court has granted an arter Testraining the deportation of sixteen of the crew of the Kildonan Custle pending an appeal. The strikers' altorney states that the Minister of Justice has undertaken that nobody sball "be deported before being afforded in opportunity of showing that if he remaing in South Atrich he will stitating fresh examination by the
be a burden to the state.
The agistrate sentenced 130 Strikers of the steamer Ballarut to one month's imprisonment each, but granted bail "pending an appeal.
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COLONIAL CO-OPERATION. VIEWS OF NEW GOVERNOR OF NIGERIA
LONDON, October 7th. Sir Frederick Lugard presided at a Tancheon at the Nigeria Club as" a farewell to Sir Graeme Thanson the new Governor of Nigeria.
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Mr. Amery, in a specch, declared that
it was essential that the various groups
New suggestions were made, neces.
jurista. The conference, therefore, de cided to have a supplementary report for a later meeting.
The delegates left on the most amicable terms.
Mr. Chamberlain' accompanied Herr Stresemann and shook hands. The oat-. standing topic to-day is that M. Briand this morning had an hour's conversation with Herr Lüther outside Locarno. The conversation was secret, but it doubtless concerned the castern frontier. GERMAN PRESS CRITICISM,
Los Dos, October 7th Messages from Locarno vid Berlin indicate that Herron Luther and Stress- mann's task at the pact conference was rendered more difficult by the critical attitude of the German newspapers and
LONDON, October 7th, Attempts by British Fascists to enrol as special constables have been abandon- ed at Liverpool, Wolverhampton, and. Manchester.
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A letter from the Chief Constable of Manchester to the commander of the Manchester Fascists was read in Manchester City Council, declining the Fascists offer to join the special con- stabulary. The Chief Constable said that he was confident that Manchester citizens would in the future, as in the past," be ready to help the police in maintaining order in cases of emergency
A councillor suggested that a copy of the letter should be sent to the Home Secretary to teach him how to maintain law and order.
The Scottish Miner's Conference at Glasgow passed a résolution protesting against the Organization for the Main- tenance of Supplies, opining that it and similar organizations would be aned against the miners in the coming con-
flict,
S.S. "LAOMEDON."
"TOWED BY. THE PHEMIUS."
LONDON, October 7th."- A message from Port Said states that the st. Lohmedon reports that she is in Lat. 10.40 N. Long. 58.99 E. steamer Phemina is towing her as a speed of nine knots an hour.
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THE PRINCE NEARS HOME.
DUE AT PORTSMOUTH NEXT WEEK.
LONDON, October 7th. H.H. the Prince of Wales is due at Portsmouth on October 16th. There will be a State Reception at Victoria Station, where the Prince will be met by Their Majesties the King and Queen.
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ed to intimidate the State, should be
punished as a crime,
RUSSO-GERMAN, TRADE.
BERLIN, October 7th. President von Hindenburg informed M. Chicherin that the German Ambas. sador at Moscow had been authorised sign the Russo-German commercial agrees
nient.
FOOTBALL. AT HOME. RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED
ON WEDNESDAY.
LONDON, October 7th, On the Liverpool ground today the English League defeated the Irish League by five goals to one.
The Glasgow Cup semi-final between Clyde, and Queen's Park was again drawn, four goals being divided.
In the Second Division playing at Bradford, Clapton Orient defeated Brad- ford City by three goals to one..
Its the match between Bristol City and Crystal Palace at Brixtol in the Southern Section of the Third Division, the home team won by the only goal of the game.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.] BASEBALL ÎN U.S.A.
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Prrraavaa, October 7th. The Washington Americans have da feated the Pittsburgh Nationals in the first game of the world baseball cham- pionship. by : từ 10
U.S. LABOUR. LEADER. TRENCHANT REPLY TO BRITISH BOLSHEVIK.
Mr T. S. Whyte-Smith (Assistant Crown Solicitor) prosecuted and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Wadson) appeared for the defence.
Reports of the previous hearings linve already appeared in the Daily Press,
Mr. Whyte-smith: With regard to your Worship's finding on the matter of the Admissibility of Mr. Birkett's book, I don't suppose your. Worship is prepared to open that again!
His Worship: I am prepared to open it if you have anything new to ring forward.
Tong was on it at that time. There was no evidence whether the signature was put on either before ar.nt the times Mr. Omar witnessed it bor, afterwards. If there was an evidence on that it my be left to conjecture. The only evidence, of uttering at the present moment was the uttering by use, by handing it to Mr. Omar that it might be witnessedt
His Worship held that us the document regarding the transfer reached the China Light and Power Company it must have been uttered.
DEFENDANT IN „BOX.
Referring to charge threes. Mr. Jenkin united that this could not he brought home to the defendant at all All that they positively knew was that the docu
ment reached the office of the Hongkong Electric Company and that as a result dividend warrant was sent to Wong thik Chi, czo. Moxon and Taylor. They Mr. Whyte-Smith said he would like to could not assume where the letter came submit that in the case of stockbroker from. The proper channels had been and client it would be unreasonable if open to the Crown to find this guta the other records of that sockbrokeri His Worship decided that there were prima facie cases to naswer in respect were not allowed to be produced in evi-
of charges two and three y deave simply on the ground that the clerk who made the entries was not available. He submitted that the aspect of agent and client entered into the nintier. The stockbroker was so far lentified with his client that he submitted that his entries in the book referred to should be admis sible... All be asked was that the entries should be allowed to be recorded. He further submitted that if Mr. Birkett, who "was 4 senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Maxon and Taylor, was not allowed to speak of the entries fq. the book, then no one was able to. He asked His Worship either to re-open that point ur else to record his (3r. Whyte-Smith's) protest.
His Worship intimated that his deci- sion was the same as that of the previous day on this matter and he must leave it where it was. He would record the pro- test of Me. Whyte-Smith in the matter.
Wong Man Wai' (the' defcudanı) then entered the witness-box. He stated that he was a managing partner of the Ka Leung Bank, a member of the committee of the Tung Wah Hospital and held con siderable property in his own sague, He knew the deceased Wong Chik. Choy be was
clansman of his, and had known him from boyhood. He remerabered when
Wong Chik Cho died and had visited tim during his illness. He gave Wong: Chi Cho's son $1,000 towards the generat funeral expenses. Witness put in a docu ment which showed an initial loan made to the son and widow of Wong Chik Cha and he added that the son came to hims with scrip showing the number of shares and stated that he was going to Cantónu The son left the scrip with him for safe custody. The son gave him permission to sell or mortgage the shares if his firm was in financial difficulties. The son said when he needed the money, defendant could pay him back. When the son died, Wong Chik Cho's widow told him (de-. fendant) that he had better keep the shares, when Ee naked her if she wanted FIRST CHARGE DISMISSED. them back. Defendant then gave evi- [deace as to advancing various sup ́of Continuing, Mr.. Whyte-Smith said that money, sone amounting to a thousand if His Worship, considered that the dollars and over, to the son, "the widow elimination of this evidence with regard and other members of the Wong Chik Cho's family putting in receipts he oh- to the arst charge (concerning the Hong-tained for some of the advances made kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company shares) was fatal to this charge, would His Worship give him another opportunity of addressing him on that! matter.
His Worship" said that he considered it fatal to charge one."
Mr. "Whyte-Smith: Then perhaps Yout me the opportunity of Worship will give addressing you again? His Worship agreed.
Be was told be conld mortgage the shares if he wished to. On one occasion: Es advanced the son the sum of 8800 im respect of China Light New Shares.
At this stage the case was adjourned until to-day
INFLUENCE OF COLOUR
ITS EFFECT ON CHILDREN,
With the increasing recognition of the effect of colour upon temperament
ATLANTIC CITY, October 7th. The position of the American Federa tion of Labour with regard to the Russian labour movement is vividly int dicafed by the repls of Mr. Green, the President of the American Federation, to and address by Mr. Purcell, M.P.mitted that erca after elimination of the experiments-it is natural that special the representative of the British Trade evidence of Mr. Birkett's book, there was most sensitive and suggestible" of ail Union Congress, who criticised the Americans as very slow in accepting still a prima facit case to answer on the now social and political idea. He first charge. This ärst charge referred to hoped that the American Federation the transfer of so Wharf shares by Wong would send delegations to Busais to Chik Cho and he submitted that it had establish close fraternal relations with been proved that Wong Chik Cho could
not possibly have signed the transfer..
His Worship: The question in did the defendunt utter that transfer.
Mr. Whyte-Smith said that be subproved by definite medical and scientific
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GOLF IN FRANCE.
MASSY WINS OPEN TITLE.
CHANTILLY, October 7th. of Colonies should come closer together. political parties, the former particular golf title here to-day, defeating Comp Arnaud Massy won the French open The same natural and economic forces y protesting at the report of a possible ston, of North Manchester, at the thirty-it which brought scattered Colonies into German abandonment of objections to six hole in a replay by 142 strokes to Dominious was going to bring scatter Franc's standing guarantee for the 150. Both players tied with 201 yester
day ed administrativo Colonies, if not into Eastern pact in rétura for French won- federation, anyhow, into much closer cessions as regards the occupation of the association with each other.
Rhineland.
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Sir Graeme Thomson expressed the opinion that closeness of touch between the Colonies and the Colonial Othes should increase in a very great degree He hoped that it would even be possible for Calonial Office officials to visit the
Colonies. He suggested the formation of a standing Transport Committee at the Colonial Office to co-ordinate tho experiments of different Colonies and advise in regard to new experiments.
The nationalists have even sent a prominent Reichstag supporter to La caras apparently to apply a restraining influence on the German delegates ac ions if it is deemed desirable.
Another message from Locarne says that the German delegates are prepared to accept the plauses dealing with general arbitration on all Franco-German ques tions of a politico-juridical character.
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MINISTRY'S ARRANGEMENTS.
the defendant.
attention should be directed towards that individuals-the child.
Psychologists tell us that during the first seven years of its life, the child in chiefly subconscious, and responds to out- side suggestions and stimuli to a very great extent.
Mr Green, amid the greatest en-
This being so, the effect of immediate thusiasm, thereupon announced that the
environment must be very marked, as, American Federation would never affiliate Mr. Whyte Smith said it had been indeed, it is, and it is impossible to take with the present Russian labour move proved that the transfer was issued by too much care us to the surroundings in ment, and added We are unwilling Messrs Moxon and Taylor, who were his which a child is placed, and in which i to pay the price of casting in our let brokers, and it had been also proved spends the greater part of its tinie with a class that would destroy as if that these shares were sold and it had both in the nursery or play room, and in This applies particularly to colous, could.
been proved that the defendast оп another occasion signed the name of the clothes worn. Wang Chik Cho. He submitted that this this point from an artistic aspect if not Fortunately the modern mother studies established a prima facie case against At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday the defendant. They had general evi- from a psychologien one, and soft har afternoon, when Mr. E. W. Hamilton dence that the signature of Wong Chik monious tones are the rule instead of the adjudicated in conjunction with Mr. Cha was signed by
exception in the nurseries of today. TOA. D. Forrest, two Chinese were each
His Worship: Not on the occasion of The colour psychologist, however, sentenced to two years hard labour for the first charge.
urges that a definite colour scheme possession of daggers, and another Mr. Whyte-Smith submitted that while should be devised to suit the tempera Chinese, for the possession of a revolver he agreed that the first charge was not ment and peculiarities of the child. In connection with the recent fall of sentenced to three years' hard labour.
and four rounds of ammunition was perhaps proved, he still held that a FOR A LETHARGIO
CHILD prima facie cases had been established. the franc, the Ministry of Finance de
and that it put the onus on the defence Certain colours have definitely stimu nounces ne purely speculative the recent At the Marine Court yesterday, be to disprove it bet
lating, sedative, or recuperative proper operations on the Paris and foreign fore Licut Commander. G..F. Hole. R.N., Hi Worship said there was some evities and should be need according to the several points of various foreign, ear-cribed na being of Fakien, were each to convict the defendant on the first Bourea which resulted in a rise by one shop coolie and four fokir, all des dence, but upt, in his opinion, sufficient effect it is desired to produce. rencies. It Announces that the Govern- Snod 810, with ten days' hard labour, in charge. He therefore dismissed the first and vitality-a stimuisting colour scheme For a lethargie child-lacking energy ment will use the credit arrangements default, for being on board the charge, adding that he held that there should be used the colour vibrshoes. with Mesars Morgan's for the purpose. Tjibodas without the permission of the was evidence of a prime facte case with thus produced having's definita energis. of stabilizing the franc.
master or the officer in chargé
regard to charges two and three,
Ling effect on the child "
STABILIZE IT.
PARIS, October 7th