THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH,
WAR CLOUDS IN NORTH CHINA.
JAPANESE COMMANDER IN KWANTUNG READY TO PROTECT NIPPONESE NATIONALS.
RUMOURS OF RUSSIAN MOBILISATION,
(THROUGH REUTERS AGENCY.]
Tokyo December 7th. As the result of the theatre of hostilities in Manchuria nearing the Japanese de Ionce zode, the Tokyo War, Ofied, an- nounces the text of a communication, which the Commander of the Japanese Army in Kwantung expects to semi aimultaneously to the rival Chinese Com manders, whose troops are now fighting
ju Manchuria.
After emphasising Japan's strict non- interference policy in the past, be warns the Chinese that if hostilities in the tail war zone or adjacent districts jeopardise Japanese lives or property, the Japanese troops may be constrained to act
SENDING NO REINFORCEMENTS. At this morning's "Cabinet Council," it was decided not to despatch reinforce ments to Manchuria.
Foreign Office advices state that 300 railway smards from Liaoyang were sent
military preparations by the Soviet Union. This shows that the Government has adopted a plan for the mobilisation of industry in the event of war, this plan having been draw up by a Mobilisation Commission..
The powder works at Schlusselburg, Ochta and Kazan have begun to work intensively, whilst the Falz and Perm rifle factories are working day and
night.
Several divisions of troops have been moved from West Siberia into maritime territory and to the borders of Manchuria and Mongolia.
CONFIDENCE OF ZINOVIEFF.
LONDOS, December 7th.
The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Riga telegraphs that M. Zinovieff, in a speech referring to events in China, declared that, the movement in the East had transformed the commencement of the revolution in Europe into the begin ning of a world revolution. Already
SPY SCARE IN FRANCE.
A NEWMATA HARI ?* IS' UNDER' ARREST.
Paxis, December 7th. “ Great interest is being taken in the case of a young woman named Magcells Monsoil, otherwise Marthe Moreil, de- scribed in the Prest as a new Mata Hari. She has been arrested on a charge of being a spy in the service of a foreign Power, for the purpose of en- quiring into the aviation, services of France. ` ́
Miss Monseil, interrogated by the examining magistrate, admitted that she
had been engaged in spionage work since March last on behalf of certain English merchants, stated to be dealers
ia wireless apparatus. She stated she had been investigating the number, make and capacity of aeroplanee at the bases at St Nazaire, Bordeaux, Hyères, and Straphael, and the organisation of aerodromes.
Three other persons, stated to be Englishmen, for whom Miss Monseil worked, were subsequently brought be fore the magistrate and examined secret 15 after which all four were taken to prison.
It is stated that Miss Monseil nearly
cluded the police, as the read in the
FAR EASTERN. CABLE NEWS.
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GENERAL
SHOT.
TO' ASSASSINATE HONG
CHAULING.
INCIDENT, ONUR, LINER.
SHANGHAI, December 7th. Lieutenant-General Hong Chau Ling, a partisan of General Chen Chiung Ming,
OUR LONDON LETTER.
BRITISH TRADE FEATURED IN LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.
ANGLICAN VICAR'S CHALLENGE TO THE
NONCONFORMISTS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT."]
THE PEKING, CONFERENCE.
The cabled announcement of substan
who was en route from Canton to Hunan, tial agreement having been reached at was shot aboard the 1.3. President Pierce, the Feking Conference regarding the tariff proposals, has vanited in sur last evening, as the ship was nearing prisingly little comment in the Press here Wooung.
LONDON, November 14th.. WARRIAGES IN CHURCH."
The question is often asked why it is individual clergymen make it difficult for liberal-minded people to promote good fellowship among the various denomina. tions of the Christian Church. The He was shot by a Cantonese cabin-boy,China is offered tariff autonomy in 1990 he also appears bent on destroying the The fact is featured in the news that Vicar of Cheshunt is one of these, and who entered the General's cabin and dis-on condition that she will abolish lifin, claix of the Church of England to be a charged, fire, shots point blank: The but there is scarcely any editorial com- national Church. A few days ago he rec General was bit in the nose, abdomen ment. I believe the feeling is that fullfused, as a matter of principle, to celes and arme has been removed to hos- information is necessary before a sound brate a marriage between a Nonconfor pital and it is believed he will recover.
opinion can be formed about this mist bridegroom and an Anglican bride. momentous decision. The cabin-boy committed suicide. The
The bridegroom who applied to hivi "In one or two casual references to the was the son of a missionary, and, it motive is believed to have been political. subject it is said that the condition re- seems, a Congregationalist, But since
ferred to the removal ol. tikin-will|e BOOM IN BURBER.
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- WILD RUSH FOR SHARES ON
LONDON EXCHANGE. `·
LONDON, December 7th - The Stock Exchange excitement over rubber shares is more acute than ever, was alleged to be also engaged in orders together with the Armness of the espionage, whereupon she immediately commodity chasing a
rush for shares destroyed documents she was carrying at soaring prices
LATER.
probably be an insuperable difficulty to the bridegroom had not received the bap the Peking Government whose precarious tism of the Church of England, he was position is fully known to all competent ineligible, in the view of the Vicar of observers in this country.
Cheshunt, to receive its marriage bless ing. ....
BAKING FRIENDS AGAIN.
AGAINST THE LAW.
to Mukden yesterday as a precaution. they could note some successes in Chinn Papery news of the arrest of a man who this morning's large accumulation, of bassador and. Frau Sthamer to a little pointed out that the Vicar's refusal in a
It is further stated that the Mukden Japanese residents have closed their
shops and offices, as they fear looting by the defeated troops.
Canton was at present very much like Moscow and undoubtedly other centres
would join i
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"We shall have in the near future,"
said M. Zinovich, "notable successes in
hidden in her clothing
[The reference is to the dancer Mata There was wild excitement on the Hari, who was involved in an espionage rubber market yesterday owing to the plot against the Allies during the war,
1 herewith make a note of the fact: as a sign of the times that a day or two ago de Fleuriau invited the German Am of considerable comment here. It is the French Ambassador and Madame This incident is naturally the subject private dinner party at the French breach of the law of the land, according Embassy. It must be understood that to which any two people who are legally this dinner was in no senso official. It entitled to marry can claim to be mar is felt, however, that the importance of ried in church. Such illegal refusals have the invitation is rather accentuated already occurred in the cases of divorced than otherwise by this fact, and it is person and deceased wife's. sisters, where taken as an indication that the spirit section of the Anglican clergy are of the Locarno Pence Conference is to anxious to emphasise the difference be
and Germany.
and what they assert to be the law of SHEFFIELD CUTLERY.
Christ.
Japan, a country which is, so to speak, and was subsequently tried, found guilty.accumulation of week-end orders. Suh be translated into action between France tween the law established by Parliament
· SOVIET MOVING TROOPrs.
LONDON, December 7th, The Daily Telegraph correspondent, at Riga says information has been received from Moscow with regard to serious stop it,"
CABLES..
LATEST CAKLES, iTHROUGH REETER'S AGENCY.]
INTERNATIONAL: CHESS.
Moscow, Deceraber 8th, Play in the twentieth round of the inter- national chces tournament, has assured first place to M. Boguljubow with fifteen pojate,
The next round will decide whether 3. Lasker is second and M. Capablanca third, or whether the two tie.
M. Boguljubow's victory does not de prive. M. Capablanen of the title of world's champion,
EARLIER CABLES.
SAFEGUARDING INDUSTRIES.
BILL PASSES FIRST READING
IN COMMONS.
"Loxboy, December 7th. The House of Commons after ) discussion on the report stage of the three safeguarding resolutions passed in committee last week, has confirmed the
pregnant with bourgeois revolution. The workmen's movetzent will surely start there and no repressions will be able to
EARLIER CABLES. ÍTEROVOK REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
NO QUESTION OF CONFERENCE BEING HELD.
•
MR. LOCKER-LAMPSON.
APPOINTED UNDER SECRETARY
AT FOREIGN OFFICE, "
LATEST CARERS,
and executed by a fring squad Vata sequently profit-taking occurred in some Hart, is the Malay term for the sun, directions and the final quotations were
But, of course, these are rare cate literally the eye of the day.);
Protection having been given to the below the best, but the tons remains cou-motor trade, the glass makers, and othore gories. It is going very much further under the Safeguarding of Industries and refuse to celebrate any marriage in to estracise all Free Churchmen as such, fident.
Act, many trades which were never church unless not one but both of the fore thought of as requiring to be spouses is a baptised member of the bolstered up by a tariff are coming for Church of England. Even the Roman ward. Shefield cutiers are among the Catholic Church is less exclusive; it number. Their claims toprotection habitually consents to celebrate mar were put before a Board of Trade inquiry ringes where only one of the spouses is a few days ago. One striking face was a Roman Catholic, provided certain mentioned to the effect that whereas undertakings are given as to the as- Shefield taught the world how to make bringing of the children.. steel, during the war Sheffield manu-
It is very likely that more will be heard. facturers gave away trade secrets con of this case. No donat those who want earning vital processes to alien countries, Disestablishment will make the most of and the latter, having learned the it. If the Anglican Church were dis secrets, were now penalised by having established it is said nobody could object foreigners anderselling them.
LONDON, December 7th.. Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secre- tary at the Foreign Office in succession to Mr. Ronald - McNeill, who was last month appointed Financial Secretary the Treasury.
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CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORY FORREST IN TEST TRIAL AT SYDNEY.
SYDNEY, December 7th. In a Test trial match, played here, & team representing the "Best" defeated Australia by 156 rins..
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LONDON, December 7th. In the House of Commons, Commander Kenworthy asked whether, in view of M. [Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson, who Chicherin's presence in Paris end the has been M.P. for Wood Green since recent conferences with M. Briand, the 1918, is 50 years of age. He was educated Government would take opportunity to at Eton and Cambridge and was called hold similar conferences with a view to to the Bar in 1908. He first entered the nettlement of outstanding questions. Parliament-in-1910, representing Sale bury. He was Parliamentary Under Mr. McNeill replied that the Cover Secretary to the Home Office from 1923 closed, Bardsley and Locê each female population of England andings of the Labour Party is apt to lead·
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ment had not received any indication. that M. Chicherin desired auch & con- ference and the Government was not pre- pared to make those concrete proposals for the settlement of outstanding ques tions.
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A further conference would not serve .any useful purpose,
WIRELESS MEN STRIKE.
MANY VESSELS SAIL WITHOUT OPERATORS.
LONDON, December th
to 1924.]
RAILWAY CONFERENCE.
INTERNATIONAL GATHERING MEETS AT MOSCOW.
Moscow, December: 7th. An International Railway Conference has opened hero to discuss the problem of through traffic from the Far East to Western Europe via Soviet Russia. The conférence is attended by representatives
Soviet Government, France, of the In the House of Commons, Sir Cunliffe Germany, Japan, Latvia, Esthobia, embodied special finance Bill, entitled Lister stated that reports from the Lithuania and Foland. The proposed the Safeguarding of Industries Customs principa ports showed that up till the through route will cover about 8,750 Duties Bill, which`was, formally read a
evening of December 4th, 25 passenger miles and be the longest in the world. Srst time.
and 194 cargo ships had left without The journey from Tokyo to Paris will wireless operators. The number of passen. ger's affected not available. The
was Association of Wireless and Cable Tele graphists.claims that over 700 operators have joined the strike."
FRENCH FINANCES.
OPPOSITION EMBODY OBJECTIONS
IN SEVEN BILLS...
PARIS, December 7th. The scope which the Opposition will exercise La disagreement with
the
HOME COAL - SUBSIDY.
comprehensive Snancial policy of M.TO COST NINETEEN MILLIONS,
Loucheur is embodied in seven separate Bills, including measures for creating freeh sources of revenue, establishing a sinking fund, preventing fiscal fraud and the flight of capital, altering rail way rates, and improving methods for collection of income tax.
M. Loucher hopes ultimately to secure an additional eight milliard" frames annually.
LATEST CABLES.
(THEOTCH HAVAS AGENCY,]
LOUCHEUR'S PLANS.
PARIS, December 8th
STERLING.
take a fortnight.
WORLD EMIGRATION: FORTY-FIVE NATIONS AT ROME CONFERENCE..
The "Rest," in their first innings, made 380 (Macartney &, Victor Richard zon 50, Kelleway 99 not out).
In their second innings they scored 298 runs for a wickets, when the innings was
making 54.
The complaint is chiefly directed to its right to act as a peculiarly exclu- against German "dumping," and scissors sive sect; but while it retains its national status and enjoys national revenues it were mentioned to prove what is hap dozens of scissors were imported into THE FULLY OF FASCISM. pening. In the last five years 1,691,983 aught to discharge national obligations. this country, and the greater part were The Government authorities are not retained for home use This was at all pleased with the Fascist Paris equivalent to supplying all the adult here whose interference with public meet Wales with a pair of German scissors to trouble. The London police would They ecat only is. ed. a dozen; and some be glad if they coutented themselves to wearing black shirts and drilling and posturing at their headquarters; but it is another matter when they appear in public, and create a disturbance. Their favourite plan of showing their fervent patriotism is to capture & Red flag from Socialists to the strains of God Save row, and police intervention, and occa the King." Naturally this leads to a sionally some broken heads.
Hendry, for Australia, took 5 wickets specimens were produced at the inquiry The Chairman took a pair, pressed them on the desk before him, and they snapped in bits like a piece of sugar candy. THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.
Australia, at the first attempt scored 920 (Collins_102), Arthur Richardson, :65ffing for Tthế"Rest" "captured 4 wickets for 49.
*The second innings of the team repre- seating-Australia realised 99 (Gregory 100, Collins 81).
Grimmett took 5 wickets for 91 and Blackie 4 for 71.
EARLIER CARLES. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE} · ·
POLITICS IN AMERICA REPUBLICANS IN FULL CONTROL
OF LOWER HOUSE.
The Lord Mayor's Show this week, which was favoured with fine weather instead of the November drizzle that a spoiled so many similar pageante, was a very spectacular afinir. As usual, it attracted many thousands of spectators along the route through the streets of the City past Temple Bar to the Law Courts.
The other day a
gang
of Fascist
The fact is that in this sold and great country where freedom of opinion is allowed there is no need of self-appointed defenders of national interests. The police and if needs be the Army and A feature of the procession on this Navy can do all that is required it any occasion was a long string of allegorical of our home-bred revolutionaries go too cars representing various parts of the far. Anyway there is no room for Fas British Empire.The cars were laden eists on the Italian model to assist the with carefully selected examples of the Government to carry out the duties which material products of the various parts properly belong to Government. This is of the Empire, Australia thowed an how the public at large see it..
normens Christmas pudding, with the abjeet of inducing, the British house- wives to make their Christmas paddings hooligans made off with a motor van this year entirely of Empire products. containing 8,000 copies of the Daily New Zealand had kind of travelling Herald. Many people here have no love exhibition of dairy produce, mutton, for the Labour, paper in question, but
things would soon become intolerable wool, fruit and honey; while India dis every faction which disliked a paper for played cotton yarns, and ten, as well its political opinions were to be allowed 4 as carpeta AN EMAIL A
Thus one saw as the procession went to confiscate supplies on the way to the hot-heads throwing a day's issue of the by materials from many lands, the newsagents. We should have Labour exhibit in each ense being to drive home Times into the Thames. that the British Empire is really a huge TEE FLANDERS POPPIES. department store, outside of which it
WASHINGTON, December 7th. The proponderance of regular Repub- Healy in the House of Representatives was demonstrated by the election of Mr. Longworth as Speaker, also the adoption Bow, December 7th of rules in the House.
Despite the combined. opposition of Forty-five nations are represented in democrats, and Republican insurgente, the the committee of the International Convote for adoption of the rules was 208 to ference on Emigration, the outcome of 198. the Bomo conference in 1924
Bignor Musolini, welcoming the de
AUSTRALIA AND U.S.A
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS.
LONDON, December 7th. That the coal subsidy will cost the nation nineteen millions sterling, is legates, extolled the work of the Rome ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION PLANS revealed in Supplementary Estimates, conference, prominently drawing atten ehowing that the original estimate of ichtion to the problems of migration to millions has been exceeded by nine which the war had given exceptional millions
importance.
Simultaneously the estimates provide for £1,100,000 as the Government's share of the Wembley guarantee,
THE IRISH AGREEMENT. SECOND, READING OF BILL IN DAIL IS POSTPONED.
FOOTBALL AT HOME.
RESULTS OF LEAGUE AND-
CUP MATCHES.
LONDON, December 7th Replayed ties in the first round of the English Cup resulted as follows s
Bradford, Lincoln, 1. Blyth Spartans, 1; Hartlepools, 1." Bonding, 2; Torquay 0. Kettering, 8; Worcester, 6.
LONDON,- December 7thi M. Loucheur's Finance Plan is includ The Dail, after a heated discussion, ed in six Bills. They provide for net Cosgrave's motion on the second reading ddjourned the debate on President revenues, creating a sinking fund, of the Bill ratifying the Trish agreement,, punishing makers of tales tax returns, although a motion by Mr. Cosgrave to suspend the standing orders so as to providing for the exchange of Rentes, enable the second reading to be taken In the First Division of the English rovising railroad rates and perfecting the to-night was carried by 76 to 38 against League, Burnley beat Birmingham by
cerea the opposition of the Labour and to 1, whilst in the Second Division Porte general machinery of revenue and taxça, Farmers parties.
mouth defeated South Shields by. 4 to 2
LEAGUE HATCHES.
to the minds of the man in the street
It was pleasant to see as one passed is not necessary to go to purchase any along the streets of London on November
véry poetical conception. But it is to Lord Haig's appeal to wear a thing required. It jo not perhaps & 11th how well the public had responded eminently suitable to the times in which Flanders poppy. It was seldom that one we live, and quite in keeping with the failed to find: the red flower in a man'a slogan it is desired to make universally button-hole, and, of course, the women popular, "Bug British Goods!"
were glad to wear the poppy, too. The fund" sent out. 28 million poppies Iceb GNDERFUL CONCIL. #
ear and this year the number stated has been increased by five millions. The poppies went to all parts of the United Kingdom and to such Dominions and
MELBOURNE, December 7th The Rockefeller Foundation has offered to establish reciprocal research scholar chips between American and Australian
iversities. Mr. Copland, who is Pro I looked out particularly as the pro fesor of Commerce at Melbourne Univer- cession passed along for the Lord ity, has been invited to the United Mayor's gilt coach, having heard that States to anttle the details of the scheme, it has been recently redecorated. It which is somewhat similar to the was rumoured that the coach in begin their own. At an instanes of the wide- Rhodes scholarships: Candidates must boning to break up in spite of the care spread character of the appeal which
raduated in economics and commerce
TAXES IN U.S.A. REPRESENTATIVES PLAN RELIEF
ADMIN INCOME TAX.:
Colonies as, have not similar- funds of
bestowed upon it. But this week it Poppy Day now makes, it is stated certainly showed no signs of senile with appreciation in the Press here that decay. I believe the coach is actually last year, Hongkong got £8,000 by the the oldest vehicle of a ceremonial kind to existence; for it dates back soveralle fact that pops Day
that Poppy Day comes years before the wonderful coach in late in the year puts the observance in which the British Sovereigns go to open a place by itself it does not compete, in state the now, seraions of Parliament, as it were with the customary flag days WASHINGTON, December 7th." It was built in 1757, and is really most and flower days organised in the summer Before the adjournment, the House of beautiful-like some production out of for other deserving causes. I learn that Representatives placed at the head of Fairyland. Many will recollect the pro the officials of the fund are well antisfied. the agenda a tax redaction Bill reducing found impression the historic coach has with the London results, but it will be the next year's revenue by 30 thousand made more than once upon Farisians some weeks before they are in a position dollars, of which 194 thousand will re-when it has been taken across the to say how much money has been obtain. present relief of income tax.
Channel.
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