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RUDYARD KIPPING ILL.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EARLY SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMONIA.
LONDON, December 3rd.
It was announced this morning that Mr. Rudyard Kipling, who is seriously ill at his residence, Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, passed a fairly good night."
He is suffering from a chronic attack of bronchitis, accompanied by early xy:uptoms of pneumonia. His condition took a turn for the worse last evening, when Lord Dawson, the King'e physician,
was summoned.
Reuter was informed this morning that Mr. Kipling is slightly better. The doctors seem xatisßed, but the diseas must take ita course.
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SAFEGUARDING INDUSTRIES. FURTHER IMPORT DUTIES NOW PROPOSED.
LONDON, December 2nd.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1925
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FRENCH FINANCE BILL,
CHAMBER PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN GOVT:
Paris, December, 3rd,
The Chamber of Deputies, during the discussion of the Finance Bill, yeater day, passed rote of confidence in the Government by 208 to 123.
M. LOUCHLEUR'S PROPOSALS..
PARIS, December 3rd.
M.. Lochear's Eaxation proposals for [offsetting the inerinse in the note issue are estimated to produce three milliard francs. They include an increase of 20 per cent, on the income-tax; 50 per cent. each on property and profits on securities. Measures propose to enforce the imod late payment of taxation arrears, "while new taxes are to be collected within four months on a penalty of ten per cent.
The Bill does not provide for increases of indirect taxes.
The Socialists and Communists voted against the discussion of the Finance Bill. Later, despite M. Loucheur's op. position, the Chamber passed a article, increasing by 20 per cent. the Pax en sales of property to foreigners,
ALL NIGHT SITTING..)
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In the House of Cominans a suries of resolutions were presented by the Pre sident of the Board of Trade under the Safeguarding of Industries procedure, night and was still sitting at noon, "for the purpose of authorising a fire
PARIS. 'December ard. The Chaucher, with the exception of a short interval for refreshnient, sat all
The Government only secured.
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CALCUTTA BOMB FACTORY. STARTLING DISCLOSURE AT TRIAL OF BENGALIS,
CALCUTTA, December 2nd. At the trip of nine Bengalis in November, the prosecution stated that the police finds included a live bomb of the most dangerous typer before is
covered in such searches, as well as noles on the manufacture of seventy-two kinds of explosive, and also the inding of a document addressed to a steamer tra
indicating how arms and ammunition were being smuggled to Luke trea Singapore and the rar East.
[An Indian exchange, dated November 13th, reports:
المدة
cutta were scà renou yesterday 1, con- nection wich the discovery of a bomo factory in a suburb or Calcutta but no turther arress WOTE made. A furge number of messes occupied by students were sarched aba several papers were seized. The house or a reader was niou searched in the Hugii district but
nobody was arrested. It is stated that one of the arrested was the private tutor of the son of a Plendor. On Wednes day, one young man was arrested at the railway station with a revolver without a licence and was placed before the Magistrate and released on bail. It is reported that the same man for a similar offence was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment.]
DEBATE IN REICHSTAG.. HEATED WORDS REGARDING EX-GERMAN RULERS.
CORPSE FACTORY CANARD FAR QUIETUS GIVEN TO STORY IN- COMMONS.
LONDON. December 2ud.
the Thaquintus bas been put ou German corpse. factory story by Sir Auston Chamberlain, who, in the House of Commons,
in reply to Mr. Arthur Henderson, stated that Herr Lather had authorised him to declare on behalf of the Reich that, there was never any foundation for the story.
Die Austen Chamberlain added that the Government accepted the denial and he trusted that the false report would not be revived, •»
IRISH BOUNDARY QUESTION.
"REPORT" AND AWARD TO BE TEMPORARILY WITHHELD.
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NORTH CHINA. SITUATION.
FENG ANXIOUS THAT TUAN RETAIN OFFICE.
THE CELEBRATION OF ARMISTICE DAY. "OUTCRY AGAINST
AT HOME
REVELS
The latest Home papers show that there was a popular cutery against the growing practice of making Armistice. Night the occasion of festivity, and one result of it was the postponement of a great ball at Albert Hall in aid of the funds of the Royal Northern Hospital, and a religious service being held there instead.
Lord. Northampton on behalf of the committee organising the Albert Hall Ball in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital, in the temporary absence abroad of its chairman, the Duchess of Sutherland sent the following communication to the papers :-
PIRING. December 3rd. A Chinese, editor, after an interview with Feng Yu Hsiang, states that Feng desires to keep Tuan Chi Jui in office for the present. Feng will instruct Huang Fu to summon a military conference, re- presentative of the leading militarists in Peking, to discuss the winding up of military affairs and apportioning the ferritory between the militarists, This is exerted to last one or two months;
When the Ball Committee, in Decem and ning this time Feng proposes aber last, very kindly ouered to organise
a ball on Armistice Night; and when board of the hospital accepted the othe they ware guided by the fact that for six years it had been the custom for in- numerable successful conces to be held on that anniversary.
the Hope of Commons, Mr. Stanley Baldwin stated that after consultation Coalition Cabinet, representing various with President Cosgrave, he had com-leaders. After the military conference, municated with the Irish Boundary the questions of the position of the Chief Commission, which had agreed tem- Executive and the formation of a respon
sible Cabinet will be taken up. purarily to postpone its report and
award.
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BOARD OF EXQUIRY HANDS
.IN. REPORT.
WASHINGTON, December 3rd. The Air Board appointed by President
ganisation has presented its Re-
There are no sensational statements,
BERLIN, December . There we 2 beated debate is the
indemnification of the former Rulingir Houses of Germany.
port
POSITION OF TUAN.
This year, however.. during the last week it has become apparent that a see- tion of the community has a strong feel ing against public rejoicing on Armistice Day.
PERING, Desember 2nd.,
Of course, all those connected with the The position of the Chief Executive is hospital were very averse to carrying out still somewhat uncertain. It is reliably their project if doing so involved hurting the feelings of others? but, with the or. reported that certain very prominent ganising of a ball so far advanced, it seemed impossible to find any alternative Chinese have urged Marshal Feng Y to holding it on Armistice Night except Hsiang to prevail on Tuan Chi Jai toat a great financial loss. remain, stating that his retirement would
In consideration of the correspondence
THE PRINCE TO ATTEND,
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years' import duty of 31 173 per cent: majority of mix in the adaption of Article Reichstag" on the motions dealing with Coolga te investigate the United States probably mean that the Powers would in the Press, and particularly of the
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“uď valorem on, cutlery and gloves, alon gas mantles and an import duty fabric, and wrapping paper. The resold tions were introduced as the outcome of recommendations and enquiries recently
held,
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AN OBSTINATE FIGHT.
LONDON. December 3rd.
After an obstinate tattle during the
IV. of the Finance Bill, increasing the lirait of the Banque de France's advances to the Treasury by six milliard francs.
AL. Briand before the vote. appealed for the adoption of the Article as the corner stone of the Bill,, oaking it a question of confidence.
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cease to recognise the Government, and some time would elapse before the next The Communists submitted Bill advocating the appropriation, without nor Traposals designed to ffect a com-Goverment could obtain recognition; compensation, of all the property of the plète pverhauling of the air services; but and in the meantime the tariff a former ruling Princes. They alleged the Report embodies constructive sugges extrality conferences might break that the ancestors of the former rulers tions intended to overcome the present had amassed property estimated at from causes of dissatisfaction. It recommends 2 to 3 milliards of marks by robbery a policy of aircraft production largely and swindling. The Socialis deputy through the encouragement of private Scheidemann declared that a million manufacture, as the foundation enabling unemployed were starving, yet the nation the United States to provide an adequate expected to pay hundreds of millions to defence in war time. Princes who were mainly bluunworthy
Article V., authorising an increase of seven milliard frances in the note issue. was adopted by a show of hands. Article 11, increasing the general income tax by afeguarding industries debate, in which
20 per cent, the tax on non-commercial practically no progress was made, the profits by 25 per cent, and doubling the Labourite Mr. Neill Maclean dropped amines duty was also adopted-after refor the people's inisery. "bombshell" in the House calling atten:jection of amendments, increasing the tion to strangers present."
property tax and the agricultural profits'
Under parliamentary orders all non-tax by 95 per cert, and exempting certain members, including the Press. were taxation of landowners. directed to retire, whereupon the debate proceeded in secret.
The House of "Commons adjourned at 15.m. to-day. Reporters were not admitted, but it is believed that the re-
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M. BRIAND'S QUANDARY.
PARIS, December 2nd.
1. Briand's new Government has to fner two crucial votes in the Chamber solution, dealing with cutlery passed the tonight, ratly when M. Briand will
committee stage after numerous divi. sions.
"CLOSED DOORS."
Mr. Maclean's dramatic challenge took placu about 30 m, when the cutlery safeguarding resolution haut been under discussion for 12 hours, the Opposition fighting it line by line. The duty had heen confirmed at 4 per cent; and the question of qmitting scissors was under debate when the Press' were excluded. Thus, for the first time since the critical days of the war, when they sessions were Kezret, "Parliament sat, with closed donte.
EVERYBODY, SURPRISED. The sreret session of the Commons aur jrised ofnrybody in the House. The épposition merely hoped to obtain a division an 陨 demand to clear the galleries, hum the Ministerialists, at the last moment. Bunted afirmatively with thenathus proventing a division. There "was only and member of the public in the gallery at the time. The only other strangers were officials and journalists.
demand a postponement of all inter- pellations on his declaration of policy until after the vote on M. Loucheur's so-called Ication Bill, and secondly on the Inflation Bill itself. The latter provides for the issue of 71 milliards of new banknotes, six milliards of which is required for Treasury purposes and the remainder for commercial require
also provides for ments. The Bill raising six milliards by new tatation, the collection of which reabsorbs six
POLITICS IN SPAIN.
ABOLITION OF DIRECTORY DECIDED UPON
MADRID, December 2nd. The abolition of the Directory and the substitution of a Civil Cabinet, with General Primo de Rivera as Premier, is expected to follow a meeting of polifical leaders as the Ministry of War, presided over by General Primo de Rivera, with view to preparing for the handing over of the reins of powe DOWO
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The Directory will reign today and be replaced by a Civil. Cabinet, headed by General Primo de Rivera-
OLDHAM COTTON CO LIQUIDATOR REPORTS HEAVY LOSS BY GAMBLING.
LONDON, December and. The Lancashire option trade has been
.
The Report rejects radical proposals such as made by Colonel Mitchell.
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WAR DEBTS TO US.
PRESIDENT APPROVES SETTLE- MENT WITH RUMANIA.
WASHINGTON, December and. President Coolidge has approved the terras for the settlement of the Rumanian debt of $4,500,000 dollars. The rate of interest will be three per cent, for the first decade and three-and-half per cent. for the remaining fifty-two years. The first seven annual payments will increase, regularly from 200,000 dollars to 800,000 dollars and during the next seven years. from one million dollars to 2,200,000 dollars.
TELOTON EEUTER'S AUENGT-] PUBLIC HELP ITALY.
Houx, December 2nd. Over eighty militon tire have been subscribed tor the payment of tuly dob to the United States in response to an appeal by Signor Mussolini and the Chamber for a popular contribution of one million dollars before December 1st.
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national appeal by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York-and the Moderator, ofe Council of Free Churches, they'
on the night of November 12th when
have decided that the ball will take place
RH. the Prince of Wales, who would not have attended the ball on Armistice Night, has signified his intention, as pre- sident of the hospital, of being present.
Hence some circles are of opinion that
The Albert Hall on Armistice Night Tuan Chi Jui will remain at least some weeks, possibly longer. On the contrary, has been given up by the Committee to
Service of Remembrance, which will be. other circles state that a responsible conducted by the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard. Cabinet is being formed very shortly of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The service, After in which it is suggested Hou Shih Ying will be held at 8.30 p.m. and be of a shall be Premier, Huang Fa the Minister quite short and simple nature." of Communications, C. T. Wang the defraying expenses, all money contribut Foreign Minister, Wang Chung Hunied before or during the service will be the Minister of Justice, Li Lien Chun, given to the Royal Northern Hospital the Minister for. War, and possibly
The committee is confident that it will Cheng Ching Tao the Minister of receive the support of all sections of the Finance It auch a Cabinet be formed, public, whatever their opinion on the ob- it would be with the object of ousting servance of Armistice Day. It therefore Tusa Chi Juri.
appeal to all to assist in one of the following waya 1----
Meanwhile a strong movement is bloot in some quarters, to restore Li Yu hung to the Presidency, but as Feng Yu Hsiang drave him out in 1923, it is thought that he does not desire Li Yuan Hang's return new.
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1. That those who have tickets for November 11th will retain and use them for November 12th,
2-That many who would not take tickets for Armistice Night, will now do so for November 12th.
3. That those unable to attend the ball, but approving the action of the com mittee, will send a donation to me at the Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway-rond. N. 7, so that the Ball Committee will still be enabled to help the hospital in its struggle to meet its indebtedness £50,000.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
TOKYO NOW SENDING EXPERT TO MAKE FULL REPORT,
NIPPON COMPLETELY CONFUSED.
Tokyo, December 3rd. Tatsuichiro Funatsu, an expert on Chi- The Government bas appointed Mr.
nese affairs attached to the Foreign Office, as special commissioner with in- structions to visit China immediately and interview all the Chinese letters in all parts of China.
Sir Frederick W. Lewes, presiding at Thereafter he will report to Japan the the annual meeting of the Prince Line, exact Chinese situation. It is understood Ltd., said:-in connection with the re- the Government will await Mr. Funatsu's gular services, operated by the Prince report before determining Japan's posi-Line there have been two outstanding tealures of the past year, viz., the strikes tive polity to China.
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THE PRINCE LINE, LTD.
CHAIRMAN ON THE EFFECT OF CHINA DISTURBANCES.
milliards of the inflationary isse Th startled at an aboancement by the The amount received is thus nearly four pletely gonfused regarding the China in China. As regarda China, the dis
Bill is unpopular, but may scrape through on the ground of urgent necessity.
liquidator of the Cotton Mills Company of Oldham that the Company lost at least £3,500,000, largely by gambling in cotton futures and actual cotton. It is * SITUATION GRAVE.
proposed to form'a new Company to The gravity of the situation and the take over the present Company's mills desire of the Government to Tae im- at price of £600,000. mediate difficulties without delay was
THE M.1" DISASTER. emphasised at the outset of the Minis- terial declaration read in Parliament. ADMIRALTY ORDERS DIVING
OPERATIONS TO STOP.. It continued to state that the Govern ment had decided immediately to vote measures to enable it to avoid recourse to consolidation of any portion of the national debt, and would ask Parliament for temporary. facilities, limited to, the Treasury's absolute needs. Definite re venues for an independent sinking fund In the High Court, as a result of con- would be drawn from all forms of ac- as to avoid solidated actions, claiming salvage required wealth, in such a way muneration, Mr. Justice Hill awarded prejudicing, the country's productivity. An understanding with allied creditors the owners, master and crew of the se Pirmin £22,500 and
is necessary to effect financial roof- n the
struction. Myrmidon £2,072 against the owners, of the .. Laomeinu and her cargo and freight.
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*MR. JUSTICE HILL GIVES AWARDS FOR SALVAGE.
"Los pos December 3rd,
It is stated that the values of the ..
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The Ministerial declaration in the Chamber was read by M. Briand, who hurried from London. The house agreed to postponement of interpellations to allow an immediate debate on M. Laomedon, her cargo and freight were Loucheur's proposals. The latter were at 21,831,118, of which cargo re-submitted to the accompaniment of agreed
murmurs of disapprova, which Inter presented £1,708,111
died down to icy silence.
The
Laomedon lost her propeller
on Derober 6th in Lat. 10.10. N., Lons.
61.49 E., on her way from Yokohama and Penang to New York She was towed into Saez.]
SOCIALIST OPPOSITION.
Prior to the meeting of the Chamber,
HEAL go positive
LONDON, December 2nd.. The Admiralty announces that diving operations in connection with the have been discontinued result has been obtained. 11.is not con- sidered necessary to prolong the search - the cause of her loss is so full
established.
FOOTBALL AT HOME,' MORE DRAWN GAMES IN F.A. UUP
Loxous, December 2nd? The replayed ties in the first round proper of the F.A. Cup fesalted to-day. ne follows:-
Wigan, 3; Nelson,
Darbam, 4; Ashington, 1. Watford, 2; Brighton, 0... Reading, 1 Torquay, 1. Hartlepools, 1; Blyth Spartans, Crewe, Tranmere, 1. Lincoln, 1; Bradford. 1.
NO PEACE PRIZE.
Oato, December 2nd.. the Socialist group decided by 34 to 0 The Storting's Nobel committee ha
decided not to award the Peace Prize. cial scheme, which the Chamber Finance for 1925. Last year no pesce prize was Committee passed unamendeû.
Awarded.
to vote against the Government's finas
times what was asked.
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Decrer's Rick SERVICE).
MR." HOOVER'S REPORT.
RECOMMENDS CHANGE IN MARINE REGULATIONS.
WASHINGTON, December 2nd. The anual report of Mr. Hoover cipnasise the progress of" American in-
It is indicated that Government is com- and politica: disturbances in Santos, and situation and desires expert and accurate turbances will only affect the current information upon which to formulate her year's trading resulta, as the voyages future policy.
concerned have terminated since the close Mr. Fanatsu will first proceed to Muk- of the financial year ended June 30th, den to interview Marshal Chang Teo Lan: but in connection therewith I regret that theace be will go to Peking to interview we have been compelled to incur consider the students' leaders: thereafter calling able extra expense, in addition to which upon Wa. Fei Fu, Feng Yu Hsiang and the unsettled conditions have naturally other leaders.
caused a diminution ip the amount of cargo shipped to China during the past. few months. The outlook is still very
THE SHANGHAI ENQUIRY. BRITISH GOVERNMENT REQUESTS
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LONDON, December 2nd.
obscure. It is for this Far Eastern ser vice from the United States that our dustries in eliminating waste. The coun- try hus also benefitted by the botable
subsidiary company, the Rio Cape Line, ja building 'five fast motor ships, the advances of science and improvement of the methods of management. Prohibition
first of which will take her place on the In the House of Commons, questioned berth from New York early in the com- thus has the highest real wage in its
the International Judicial Commission, fastest cargo ships in that trade, and we history and bad three years of ramark with regard to the general concusions of ing year. The vessels will be the able price stability,
Mr. Hoover recommends a radical ro which recently considered the Shanghai have no doubt that our apportera. duction of fees for passports and visas, disturbances, Mr. Ronald McNeill stated will fully appreciate these up-date and simplification of the formalities; that the information: possessed by the facilities. also the appointment of competent Government was insufficient to enable cfacere to measure the tonnage of vessels him to reply. Further information had and a uniform application of American bean requested telegraphically. mesurement regulations, so as to pre- vent discrimination against American vessels, as well as the enactment of Jondline legislation similar to that of the Europaas maritime Powers.
FLYING FATALITY IN U.S. TWO NAVAL AIRMEN LOSE LIVES
IN COLLISION.
SANTIAGE, December 2nd. The US Naval airmen, Captain' Shepherd and Lieutenant Christian, have been killed, their planes colliding at an Altitude of three thousand feet over San Diego Bay.
BANK IN DIFFICULTY.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, December 2nd. The Banco Espanol de Chile, one of the most important banks here, bas ten- porarily suspended business?
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· BRIAND KEEN TO GET PRACTICAL RESULTS.
LATE WOODROW WILSON.
ATTACK IN SENATOR'S POSTHUMOUS" BOOK.
The hitter lend between the President Woodrow Wilson and the late Senator Lodge is continued beyond the grave through the posthumous publica tion of the latter's book, The Senate, and the League of Nations"
In. bis book, with the same bitterness Pizia, December 3rd as marked their relations from 1918 to A special correspondent of Le Matin the time of Mr. Wilson's death, Senátor writes that M. Briand is anxious to get Lodge picks every conceivable flawin. practical results from the Locarno America's war-time President. He places Treaty, He estimates that the Treaty the entire blame for the Senate's failure? would make a better impression in the to ratify the Versailles Treaty on Mr. United States if it would help towards Wilson, whom he calls an intense egoist, the conclusion of an economical agres who Thought of everything in terms ment between France and Germany; and of himself." The book anya that he lack if both countries show co-operation' by 'ed real courage and was merely wilful accelerating payments, to which the and that he was no real idealist, arguing American market would help. V jehote that if he had been he would not have Herr Stresemann is likely to come to sacrificed the Leggie covenant through Paris shortly to talk with M. Briand..
a refusal to accept modification