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MR. BRIDGEMAN REVIEWS WORLD
SITUATION.
LONDON, January 18th, In a speech at Ludlow, reviewing the Government's record, Mr. Bridgeman said it was not generally known that other great maritime Powers namely the Taited States, Japan, France and Italy had laid down since the war over thres
hundred warships; from craisers down wards, white Britain's contribution was only eleven. So don't let anybody say! we led the competition in the new struction of warships."
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PIECE.GOODS PROBLEM. LANCASHIRE URGED TO MAKE COARSER GRADES.
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ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY.
BAGDAD. January 19th
"The Iraq Parliament bas ratified the new 'Anglo-Iraq Treaty, which is for à term of 23 years.
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STORM IN CANARIES. GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY HURRICANE
MADRID, January 18th. Several persons were seriously injured and a hundred rendered homeless as a result of a hurricane breaking on the Canary Islands, according to messages
from Las Palmas.
A deluge of rain swelled the mountain torrents "with the result that bridges, roads and tramways were swept away.
Several villages were destroyed and banana plantations devastated, including ona which was lately sold for a million pesetas and which was obliterated by the in-running sen,
LONDON, January 18th. Urging Lancashire, to start the exten- sive production of cotton cloth of coarser Krädes, Sir William Clare Lces, ex-
Las Palmas town is a desolate sight president of the Manchester Chamber of A number of house have collapsed and Commerce, in a speech, said that the whole streets have fallen in. Even the growth of cotton in India and China cemeteries are wrecked and coffins torn was a factor that would have to be out. reckoned with. peoples were ready to buy cloth made from that cotton Britain should strive for a share of the business. He quoted statistics showing the remarkable in. „crease in Japanese exports of piece goods to China, corresponding with a decline of British's share.
So long as
THE RHINELAND.
eastern
BRITAIN CONSIDERS REPLY TO
GERMANY."
LONDON, January 18th.
Reuter learns that the British Govern ment is at present giving attention to Germany's representations.regarding the number of Allied troops in the Rhine land, with a view to replying suitably
thereto
after consultation with the Franco Belgian Governments.
SQUASH RACQUETS.
CAPTAIN CAZALET WINS
BATH
CHAMPIONSHIP.
LONDON, January 18th. Playing at the Bath Club in the final of the Squash Racquets Championship, Captain Cazalet beat Captain Tomkinson 1/8, 13/15, 17/16-
BANKNOTE SCANDAL. - WASP'S NEST OF FORGERS TO BE SMOKED OUT.
BUDAPEST, January 13th. The Public Prosecutor has asked the examining magistrate "to arrest Bishop Zadravech, the Chaplain General of the Hungarian Army, in connection with the banknote scandal. The magistrate has refused and the Chamber of Indict
GERMANY DISARMS.
FAR EASTERN CABLE LAWLESSNESS AT SWATOW.
NEWS.
{{THROUGH AZUTER'S AGENCY, }
WAR ONCE MORE.
MUKDEN CAVALRY ATTACK WEI YI SAN'S OUTPOSTS.
LOCAL POLICE AND THE LABOUR UNIONS.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STATE „DF AFFAIRS.
BIG ARMS HAUL. This suggestion was adopted but the Labour, organisations were still not satis.
REVOLVERS AND AMMUNITION fed nåd held a meeting of their own in FOUND ON BENAVON.”. the same auditorium and passed resolu-
On December 19th, Chief Preventive tions demanding capital punishment for the chief of the Third Police Station and Officer S. J. Clarke, accompanied by two the other policemen whom they regarded European Officers and a party of responsible for the troubles the dis Chinese Revenue Officers, visited the s.5. issal of the Captain of the Police Ap Bearon, In the firemen's quarters in at Swatow." Concerning the latest dis-prehension Force, and the Commissioner the focale they discovered, hidden in turbance, on the night of the 19th inst. of Public Safety, release of the workers bags. baskets and boxes, 51 revolvers,
Brief reference has been already made in the Daily Prets to collisions recently between the police and the labour unions
(1) Shortly after dark yesterday, police. men of all stations in the city paraded to the Bureau of Public Safety" and ap-
PERING, January 19th."
a vernacular paper gives the two follow According to latest reports, Mukdening accounts as "representative atorias cavalry attacked and drove back Wei Yi relating to it r Saq's advanced posts bear. Wanchiatun. on Sunday. Wei, yesterday, began a general retirement from Shanhaikuam: to Chinwangtao, where he will be in touch with the first Khominchun cader, Tan Shih Tao, who is at Luanchow. Wei cem mands about 10,000 men and Tan about
5,000.
PEKING POLITICS.
DR. CHEN CHIN TAO REFUSES TO RETURN
PERING. January 19th. A mandate appoints the Premier, Mr. Hsu Shih Ting, to act concurrently as
Minister of Finance."
Dr. Chen Chin Tao, until recently Financial Minister, has refused to return to ofee.
GREEK DEBT TO U.S.
HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS AT WASHINGTON.
arrested, and payment of compensation
Ammunition.
ا
to the injured and for the damage done on Luger pistol, and 6,664 rounds of at the headquarters of various uniona. After the meeting there was a procession. by members of twenty-three uniors
ough the streets.
THE POLICE VERSION From the 3rd Police Station the follow.
done.
As
There was a sequel to this haul at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when twelve Chinese appeared before a full court of two Magistrates (Mr. R. E. Lindsell and Major C. Willson) charged with the possession of arms or ammuni tion, or both.
The firs; eight men were charged with
Detective Sergeant McEwen conducted the case for the police and Mr. Somerset Fitzroy appeared for the 8th defendant,
À plec' of “not guilty" was entered on behalf of all...
With regard to the four men charged
was any other evidence with respect to
Sergeant McEwen said they had no further evidence.
pealed for redress of their grievance. The Commissioner of Public Safety re- ceived them; and in the address he de-ing statement was issued: hvered before them he advised them to "On Sth instant, a picket of the Car return to duty pending settlement to be pentera Union, Thy Hong Meng by name, decided upon later. After this they re-bought to the Station one Tong Ah turned to their respective stations, but Bak whom he asked that the Station take the possession of nine revolvers and 925 none of them was willing to sign on duty, into its custody for breaking the Union's rounds of ammunition and the remain- Hearing of this, the Commissioner of Strike Rules. On being tried the prisonering four with possession of some of the Public Safety visited, the several stations said that he was repairing his own article arms and ammudition. to put them back to work. Through his of furniture and was not doing anything efforts, a fow of the members of the No. 1 that might be interpreted as being in Station finally went on duty, but by tended to cripple the movement. about 7 pm a tumult was beard in the neither party would agree in regard to vicinity of the Public Park, which was,
the matter, it was decided that both the Mr. Leo d'Almada for the sixth and Mr.» of course, the sign of a further clash picket and the captive be handed over D. McCallum for the other six. M taking place between the police and the to the Bureau of Public Safety to becCallum also appeared for the defenes The picket, however, of the four men mentioned in the second, carpenters, Missiles were thrown from adjudged there. the roof of the Carpenters' Union pre- was unruly and refused to obey this charge.s BERLIN, January 15th.
mises. A big porcelain flower pot was decision. Relying upon the influence of thrown upon the head of a policeman, who his union, he called out bad names and Regarded. in the light of the German
was with the crowd in the street, causing assuming an angry mood be marched out démarche, much interest attaches to the
him to fall down in a heap. He became of the Station without permission. As separately, Mr. Lindsell asked if there periodical report of the Inter-Allied
unconscious and was taken to the China this Station felt that the picket was toa Military Control Commission, which has
Hospital in the Yung Ping Road. He wild to be reasoned with, it at last re- just been forwarded to Paris, recording
was seriously wounded. Another police solved that captive-Teng Ah Bak be hand-these men than had already been pat satisfactory progress in carrying out the
man was also wounded not long after-ed over to the Bureau for the time being. before him. The only evidence so far was that they were members of the crew This was Allied demands çonerning disarmament
WASHINGTON, January 18th.
wards by missiles thrown from the roof, and also fair progress with regard to
A temporary deadlock has arisen in the and had to be taken to the doctors. In
and that baggage found was seized in the fremcu's quarters. effectives. The date the Commission Greek debt negotiations, as the Greeks the meantime, the No. 3 Station reported terminates its work depends on Gerhave informed the American commission that two of its members on duty at the many's willingness to settle the few that they are unauthorised to negotiate Black Bridge at the time when the sintion points at issue outstanding.
the funding of the fifteen million dollar was being mobbed bad not returned and that they were known to have been at- war debt unless the United States will
tacked by workers and thrown into the extend a further loan of thirty-three
sea after they had been wounded. millions. The Americans have replied() As no satisfactory settlement had that they are unauthorised to make any been reached by their superiors in regard further advances ander the war credit. to their dispute with the Carpenters the city believed that it would be dan gerous for them to go on duty under the EARLIER HAPPENINGS.
circumstances. Accordingly, at about During the war the United States ex-
7.20 p.m. yesterday, they called a strike. tended a credit of fifty million dollars After they had got off duty this way, to Greece but only fifteen millions were they marched through the city on their actually advanced. The Greek Govern- way to the Carpenters' Union. When ment now, apparently, desires, as a con- passing along the Saing Ping Road, they
to attack it by breaking its windows, etc. quarters for a labour union, and began The door of the premises had been closed before their arrival," and because of this they were not able to enter the office which the porter shouted to them was not & labour union at all: Next they THE WORLD COURT,
arrived at the Clerke Union. Here they destroyed the union's signboard and the SENATOR BURAH ATTACKS U.S. core farmiture of the place. Whistles were blown and other noises were set up PARTICIPATION.
as the crowd marched down the street, causing great alarm to the civilians.
When the policemen were swarming into the Carpenters' Union, garrison troops stationed in the vicinity came out and volunteered to separate the two parties, moved to hospital, however, that the It was after the wounded had been re- police were persuaded to return to the
"At about 1 pm on January 11th, Siau Kung Liang, claiming to be a re presenative of the Carpenters' Union,
In answer to Mr. Lindsell, the Sergeant of over 100 roughs, all armed with knives appeared before this station with a gang
and staves.
He demanded that the said that these four men had not claimed station return to him Tay Lin Kui and the baggage in which some of the wea." Mei An Kuo whom he claimed this pons and ammunition were found. There station had taken over from the union, was nothing to implicate them, except and said that the Union wished to parade that the ammunition was found there,
Mr. Lindsell advised the withdrawal them. As this station had taken over
HEALTH OF KRASSIN.
PARIS, January 15th." M. Krassin has arrived her from idoscow and leaves shortly to resume his duties at the Embassy in London, though, owing to the state of his health, he in- It is understood that the Greeks are. Union, the policemen of all stations in only Teng Ah Bak; and none known by of the case against these defendants, re- tends to take a fairly prolonged holiday cabling to Athens for instructions.
in the near future.
FOOTBALL AT HOME. DERBY DEFEAT" PORTSMOUTH IN F.A. CUP.
Lostos, January 18th.
.
the two names given, the fact was made marking that there did not appear to be known to the representative. "In additionsufficient. evidence. In the meanwhile he this station explained that if the two would put this charge aside and proceed persons named had been taken over by with the charge against the other eight this station, the usual receipts must have been issued to the Union In the absenco
men
The first witness was Chief Preventive of these receipts, the demand of the Officer S. J. Clarke, who said that he This was made clear to the representative
In the English Cup re-play Derby dedition of the funding settlement, to draw/mistook the Confucian Religious Head. representative was not deemed warranted, boarded the as. Benaron in the harbour feated Portsmouth by two goals to nil, on the balance of this war credit after allowing for accrued interest on what has-been actually advanced.
at Leicester,
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[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] U.S. ANTHRACITE DEADLOCK. RESULTS IN RENEWED OLDERS FOR BRITAIN.
New York, January 10th, The anthracite mines deadlock has re
WASHINGTON, January 18th- In the Senate, Senator Borah, made
on December 19th. Accompanying him were Revenue Officers Beattie and Ward,
Witness despatched together with a number of Chinese
'revenue
ofc073:
However, the representative made the situation a cause for. Shame, and from the sense of shame he grew furious. In an instant, he ordered the crowd with him to commence mobbing the station Revenue Officer Beattie with a party of After seizing the rifles from the guards of Chinees into the firemen's quarters on this station, the crowd entered its offer the port side of the fo'c'sle; „while For fear of giving cause for disturbance, Revenue Officer Ward was sent below to the Chief of this station restrained the the engine room. A little later witness assistants from offering resistence to the was called by Revenue Officer. Beattie Further, the members of the and a "quantity" of arms and ammuni- crush. entire staff at this station retreated into tion was handed to him and on his in- their sleeping quarters to show that they structions placed in the Revenue launch were unwilling to come into collision with the mob swarming into the station. In and taken to the Imports and Exports
menta, has also declined to prosecute the sulted in renewal of interest in Welsh another of his attacks on the proposal coal. It is reported that large orders of the United States to join the World were placed in Britain last week. Coke Court, and suggested that the February Police Training School There they held spite of this, the roughs went on destroy. Department. Nothing was tampered
Bishop on the ground that he is not epgaged in criminal transactions and not attempting to flee from justice.
A WASP'S NEST,
Count Apponyi, in a speech at a
social club, declared that the supporters of legitimism were organising not on political but social lines, and the next step would be the institution of an or ganisation of Hungarian women under the presidency of Countess Apponyi. He added that the wasp's nest of forgera must be smoked out.
POLAR EXPEDITION. ITALIAN OFFICER TO TAKE CHARGE OF AIRSHIP.
Dato, January 18th. During a conference of the past few days a contract has been agreed upon under which the Italian, Colonel Nobile, commands the airship Yorge for the potár expedition,
8. very scarce and Steel Companies re- port extreme difficulty in obtaining sup plica.
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WASHINGTON, January 18th, Mr. Hoover, giving evidence before the Rubber Investigation Committee of Congress, expressed the opinion that Americans were "well on the way" to a solution of the rubber problem without Government aid. He thought relief would be brought about by action similar to that of the American Motor Rubber Company which is contemplating definite projects in Ceylon, the Dutch Indies and the Philippines.
10th vote should be taken on a resolution of America's adherence, but this is too distant to suit most of those in favour of the proposal. The situation is be coming difficult for the opponents of the World Court, as the Tax Reduction Bill is the only other measure pending before the Senate.
The House of Representatives, by 359 votes to 1, has carried a resolution, ap- propriating 50,000 dollars for the ex- penses of American representation at the preliminary disarmament discussions at Geneva.
Witness enumerated what was seized.
a meeting at which four resolutions were ing the furniture of this station. After with.
this destruction, they seized the 1st, 2nd, 3rd assistants of this station and Cross-examined by Mr. Fitzroy, witness passed by them, namely:.
paraded them, beating them is they were being paraded. When the procession was said that when he sent the search party in progress, help from the Burella of into the fo'c'sle the firemen had already" Public Safety arrived for the victims. Through the intervention by the fores gone ashore. It was in a disorderly state from the Bureau, the assistants paraded and he passed comment, at the time, on weró removed from the hands of the the contusion.
In answer to Mr. Leo d'Almada, wit-. roughs, but they had been very badly wounded and had to be sent to hospital.
"The Union then went to stir up otherness said he received information regard- unions, and all these then came out in a
port
(1) That the chief offenders of the Carpenters' Union be executed.
(2) That the Bamboo Workers and the Carpenters' Unions be dissolved.
(3) That adequate compensation be made to the ard police station for the damage done, and for the medical ex- penses incurred by those wounded...
(4) That hereafter the Chamber of Commerce shall be held responsible for the safety of the policemen in service in Swatów."
To prevent the situation from growing worse, the General Military Headquarters and the Civil Administration Department have deputed special representatives-to- co-operate with the Mayor of Swatow and the Commissioner of Public Safety in offering mediation aiming at a peaceful settlement. In the meantime gendarmes of the Troop Headquarters are doing patrol duty in place of the policemen throughout the city.
MANCHESTER GOLFER.
ACCEPTS PROFESSIONAL PUST IN MEETINGS CONDEMN POLICE
NEW YORK.
New York, January 18th. Arouts will be taken from Rome to Mr. Hoover, stated that the Adminis While staying at St. Augustine Spitzbergen embracing Marseilles, Paris, tration had advised against direct loans Florida, Archie Competon, the North Fulham, Leningrad, Vardoe and Kings by American banking houses. The British Manchester golf professional, who is Bay 1 Leningrad is unavailable the rubber and Brazilian coffee interests had Norge will go from Fulham to Vardo grounds for the financial strengthening touring the States with Massy, has inti rid Oslo, Swedca. There will be sixteen of such interests to operate against mated that he has tentatively accepted or seventeen aboard, and they include; American consumers. Mr. Hoover sub besides Amundsen and Ellsworth, Lieu-mitted definite proposals, including the an appointment with the New York tenants Riiser Larsen and Omdal of last authorisation of federal conservation and Metropolitan and District Club. Thus, year's expedition; also Captain Misting, control in emergencies; also provisions Britain loses one of her best known of Amundsen's ship loud and scientific for joint buying of commodities at pre- experts Tere will be an italian crew, sent under foreign control.
golfing personalities.
parade, with several thousand members, ing the Benaven after her arrival in beating all patrolmen they met in the between 9 am, and 11am,
“Mr. d'Almada » It was a bigger find procession
than you expected, Mr. Clarke?
Witness: No, I did not get so much as
Two policemen of this sation, Teng Tsu Sing and Eng Fat, were attacked at the Hui Lan Bridge, and mercilessly thrown into the sca. At Hau Chu Lane, in policeman No. 49 of the 1st Police Station was, surrounded, I expected. (Laughter.) attacked, and rendered unconscious, and his life was not taken on the spot only because of intervention by the Garrison Troops stationed in the vicinity.
In reply to Mr. Lindsell, Mr. Clarke said it was not possible that his searchers had been responsible for the disorder and "The above are the actual facts of the confusion in the foe'sle. He was told by The People's League convened a mass case. In view of the lawlessness of the Revenue Officer Beattie that it was in eeting of representatives or the various labour unions, members of staff of all that state when they entered it. It was organisations. A representative of the stations believed that they could not go Kuomintang in the city was elected Chair on duty without danger and so they had the opinion of witness that someone had man and the proceedings began with the decided to be off duty for the times being entered it before the revenue par
party recitation by the audience of Sur Fat The cute has been investigated by re-arrived and had to the place to pieces. Ben's Last Will. Then followed a num-presentatives of the Civil Administration Revenue Officer J. W. Beattie described her of speeches in which all the blame Department, the Chao Mel Rehabilitation the state of confusion of the firemen's Bureau, etc. As regards wounds suffered ; quarters when he entered with his search for the disturbances was fathered on the Police
at the bands of the labourers, certificates party. He also spoke as to the removal The Secretary of the Department of have been issued by doctors. In spite of Lol 21 bags, boxes and baskets containing Civil Administration spoke of what hap this, the Revolutioniat Weekly has issued seamen's kit and arms and ammonition pened as "a more trifle," and emphasis a Special giving a one-sided report of the In answer to Mr. Fitzroy, witness said ed that under a Nationalilt Government incident. For fear that the public may there was no one in the fo cʼale when he the Police and the People were one, and hemis-informed on the matter, this entered it f the case should be left to the Government Station hereby ine under its seal, this At this juncture, the case was adjourned to deal with as Justice required.
Statement of the Case.”
until Monday afternoon,