THE
CABLE AND WIRELESS
NEWS.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE) BRITISH TRADE FIGURES.. COUNTRY NOT LIVING ON ITS CAPITAL
POSITION 19. SATISFACTORY."
Rroty, January 22nd.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY
BRITISH COTTON TRADE SHORTER HOURS ALONE CAN PREVENT DISASTER.
Loxoox, January ind. The most effective measure, however
A CHRISTMAS EVE TRAGEDY distastoful, for preventing disaster in the
"TREBITCH LINCOLN'S SON
SENTENCED TO DEATH.;
RUGBY, January 21st. Ignatius Emanuel Lincoin, aged ca bombardier in the Royal Horse Artillery; was to-day sentenced to death Devizes, for the murders of Edward Richards, a brewer's traveller.
Richards was found shot in his garden
JANUARY 23RD, 1926
THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH FINANCE.
OPTIMISM IS EXPRESSED BY MR, “GOODENOUGH.
Empire overseas, which was the key to our prosperity for the future.
RIFT IN SINO-RUSSIAN LUTE.
COMMENTS IN CHINESE PRESS IN PEKING REVEAL THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE."
RED IMPERIALISM" OF SOVIET,
STUDENT LEADERS INVITED TO EXAMINE KARAKHAN'S PROTEST
'TO THE WAICHIAOPU,
to them. He regeets that the military officials do not understand their duties and requests the Foreign Offer to lighten, them
LONDON, January 21st. optimistic view of Britain's finan- cotton trade has been proved to be short
gial position was taken Mr. F. B.
by time," says the Aunani Report of the Oldham Master Cotton Spinners AssociaGoodenough, when presiding at the meat- atlon. Despite the humper American cropping of Barclay' Bank. He declared that last year, and the fall in the price of the position might be regarded as im
PERIÑO, January 2nd. cotton to 10d., a pound, the demand has proving and that here was great hope for
Comments in the Chinese Press reveal fallen off and more short time is being the future. He emphasised that the real urgell to and the continuous additions to strength of the country depended on in: the extent of the rift is the Sino-Russian stock and the slaughtering of yarn prices, dividual saving and it was in that way
luto, which the Chinese Eastern Railway The committee hope this is a tempor-only that we would be able to invest dispute has caused.
CHINA HELD RESPONSIBLE. at Trowbridge on Christmas Eve. Linary phase, pending the establishment of money abroad for the development of the The semi-officia! Peking Daily News
M. Karakban is likewise constrained prices for the new crop. Compared to
thinks that it is time its countrymen's
declare that if the military whose pre-war prices, raw cotton is now at
eyes were opened to the effrontery, of
duty it was to protect the railway are level below the average. The increase in Goodenough suggested that the Soviet agents in China." world prices, therefore, is difficult to be British and United States Treasuries, the The paper invites the student leadersurvilling or unable to do so he is ready lieve not to be a potent factor in stimulat Bank of England and the Federal Reto examine M. Karakhan's protest to the fo dicuss with the Foreign Office the mea- ing a long demand. If this is insuficient to enable the trade to resume full time serve Banks should co-operate so as to Waichizopu, in the light of his teachingssures which as indiapeasable. He in- avoid a tog rapid release of American against so-called Imperialism and also vites attention to the seriousdess of the working, then the problem of further
such as would result from unwise con petition for available supplies. Ho thought that most probably it would be found necessary to economise the use of gold, even after the gold tow in the United Statesne fully 'distributed, owing to the greater volume of credit and the higher level of prices as compared with pre-war days.
The President of the Beard of Trade Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, in a speech at Haligant last night. reviewed Britain's. trade figures for the past year and is hissed as fantastic the suggestion that: coln and a fellow soldier named Iau the country was living on its capital Stewart were charged with the crizie. This he pointed out was definitely refuted
Linenin gave evidence how he and by the trade returns: for, although an Stewart went to the house of Biebardy excess in imports over exports in visible at night, while Richards was away, to trade was obvious and amounted last year try and get money, which they believed to £3s6,000,000, the real position could was in the house. They entered the house only be appreciated after an accurate by an unlocked door but obtained no estimate of invisible exports was made.money. They drank brandy and beer Taking a strictly conservative estimate which they found and were still in the of the invisible exports, the result was house when Richards appeared at the that last year there was a favourable door, Lincoln admitted that in his en-MPLACABLE HOSTILITY TO BE trade balance of not less than swenty-deavour to escape he fired his automatic eight or thirty millions. It was certainly pistol several times in the direction ef not smaller and might be considerably Richards who cried out that he was bit." larger.
The position was even better than these figures suggested for during the last two years Britain bad been receiving importa which were set off against exports of
The other soldier was nequitted of murder but was re-arrested for burglary. A notable feature of the case is that Lincoln is the son of Trebitch Lincoln, an alien, who was at one time Member
reducing the costs of production mast he surplus gold or a too rapid deflation, to examine the reasons for the loss of situation and the necessity of taking
altered more drastically than hitherto.
GERMAN NATIONALISTS.
4
SHOWN TO LOCARNO PACT.
BERLIN, January end. The German National Party, at a con- ference last night, agreed to submit to the Reichstag a motion, making a series of demanda tantamount to declaring implacable hostility to the Locarno Treaty, the entry of Germany into the League of Nations and the determina-
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IMPROVED "PROSPECTS.
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Mongolia, the activities of Soviet agents extraordinary measures and the "grave in Sinkang and elsewhere, and the consequences which may, arise if the ruinous conditions imposed in South situation is allowed to continue, adding: China by Soviet Agents at Canton and My Government will hold China res. other Southern centres.
ponsible for all damage inflicted through Referring to the threat of the Soviet the actions of Chinese authoritics, as to resort to armed intervention, the well as from outrages by the military, " vernacular paper Shil' Jui Fih Pan says | The Russian Embassy states that it that if these reports are true, then," the only insists on the principle of payment mask of friendship for China, which and the fixing of definite dates of pay- Soviet Russia has been wearing in this ment for the transportation of troops. country for the past few years, will be
exposed in all its nakedness There is It does not demand payment in ad- no doubt that we are opposed to manco. perialism; but we are equally set against Red Imperialism, which has clearly
credit during the years 1919, and 1820 of the British Parliament, and was during tion to oppose the new Luther-Stress expressed by Mr. Goodenough who pre-/xposed its designs in this country."
But the balance to-day owns insuficient. It was not nearly so much as before the war and today the country, needed a bigger balance for the purpose of pm- viding new capital for the dovelopment of new markets..
SLUM CLEARANCE. PROPOSAL THAT STATE AID BE GIVEN.
the war, on his own confession, found guilty of espionage and deported to Prague. Counsel for the defence in to day's trial appealed to the jury not to let Lincolns's unfortunate parentage
enter into their minds.
LIBERALS AND LABOUR.::
SPEECH OF LLOYD GEORGE AROUSES COMMENT.
this
Пluony, January sand."
Reay, January 2ist. A Cabinet Committee has been set up
Mr. Lloyd George's speech at Camar to consider the proposals of the Ministry of Health, relating to alum clearance and von yesterday, in which he declared that rural housing. It is understood the pro- the Liberal Party would not at posal is that state assistance should be moment negotiate an alliance with the given for an admitted period in conjuné-Labour Party, but would strive to in tion with County Councils to enable rural crease its own strength, is the subjee. house owners to moderniac their dwell of varied comment to-day,
Mr. Amnion, who was member of the ings or place them in a proper state of repair. It is suggested that the County late Labour Government, declared” the Connells and the State should share he did not think there could ever be a equally the cost of the work involved, coalition of Liberal and Labour, but he to be repayable by house owners. A believed that some of the Liberals would further proposal is that, the local authori- come over to the Labour Party.
Commande Kenworthy, MT., who is ties should take over slum areas not obly for demolition, as at present, hut also one of the leading younger Liberals, de- for improvement and that estate manageclared in favour of an immediate active ment commissions should be elected to working arrangement between the Labour
supervise work which would be financed and the Liberal Parties, in preparation
by the issue of housing bonds,
....
ITALIAN DEBT TO U.K. MR. CHURCHILL TO CONTINUE TALK WITH COUNT VOLPI
Beary, January 22nd.. The Chastellor of the Exchequer, 31. Winston Churchill, has returned to Lon- don after public engagements in the country, which have kept him away during the last two days and this afternoon he and Count Volpi will again meet. British and Italian experts have meanwhile been engaged on data relating to the Italian debt and their studies will be the subject of to-day's discussion between the prin cipals of the two delegatione
unique is expected this, evening.
com
MR. ALAN COBHAM. COVERS SIX THOUSAND MILES WITHOUT HITCH.
RUGEY, January 22nd.
A telegram to the Daily Mail from Mr. Alan Cobham, who is mapping out an air route from London to Capetown, reports his arrival at Nhola, in northern Nigeria, after four hours flight from Abercorn, 345 miles away at the foot of Lake Tanganyika By trekking through a desolate forest area, this journey takes approximately a month. Mr. Cobham re ports, that pot the slightest hiteb with The aeroplane has been experienced on six thousand miles so far covered.
- OBITUARY.
MR CHARLES DOUGHTY.
for the formation of an alternative government. He is reported to have on with the Conservative Party in power and no strong alternative government. I eer- tain leaders stand in the way we will find a means of getting over that."?
added: "We cannot go
ÍTHROUGH REUTEN'S" AGENCY,]
CHRISTIANS AND MOSLEMS. MISSIONARY COUNCIL APPEAL
FOR FUNDS.
LONDON, January 22nd. The report of the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly, dealing with the Moslem world, says that the inter- pretation of the Christian message to Moslems is vital to world peace and the safety of Christendom and cannot he postponed.
The strengthening of existing missions and reviving lapsed work will cost an extra £20,000 yearly. At least another, £20,000 yearly are needed to train experts and staff adequately for the missions in Trans-Jordania, the Súdan, North Nigeria, the diocese of Singapore, Persin and possibly Madagascar.
mann Cabinet to the utmost.
SPANISH AIRMEN.
LEAVE PALOS EN ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA.
-H" KARAKHAN'S NOTE...
Chinese soldiers,
KUOMINCHUN ACTIVITY,
Regas, January 1st,
NO AGREEMENT REACHED. An optimistic view of the future was
PEXING, January 22nd. One passenger train left Harbin for Changchun on January and returned the vided at the annual meeting of Barclays
PEKING, January 218 next day; but no agreement has been It is not doubted, however, that the Bank. He said the position of the
31. Karakhan, the Russian Ambesį reached regarding the resumption of Reichstag will reject the motion, as the National Debt" was again improved. sador, has forwarded a Note to the normal trafic. Otherwise the situation is National Party's demands are regarded Deposits of people with banks had been Foreign Office which says, inter ditt, that unchanged.
LATER. January 18th, on as Utopian and not worth discussing at well maintained. Bank loans had in forcibly occupied cars of a mail train, M. Karakhan is sendinga. Note to present, except the demand for the recrenseri and bank investments had been which was in readiness to depart for Chang Tao Lin, couched in similar duction of the Allied occupation forces reduced and those movements gave some Harbin When the railway workers de- terms.
An unconfirmed report states that the in the Rhineland, about which all Parties are agreed; and the Government indication of improving conditions.manded that the soldiers leave the train,
the latter forcibly seized an engine and railway workers and the military have will encounter difficulties in the Reich-There was, as unimployment and there took off the keys of the switches, stopped reached an agreement whereby C.ER. stag unless it can make a reassuring were also signs of improvement in British milway manoeuvring, and prevented the train services are resuming. statement in this connection...
industry in many directions. At the passage of a loaded freight train from Kuang Cheng-tae to Changchun: As re- same time the balancing of certain Con-gards the passenger traffic the violent
PEKING January 22nd. tinental Budgets and readjustment or actions of Chinese, soldiers were still The Sino-Russian friction sema to bu currencies upon a gold basis bad resulted more abominable On January 17th reflected in the increasing Kuominchun or should result in increase in the pur- the Chinese Military hearquarters arbit activities, the leaders of which party are-
to resume the expedition chasing power of the countries concerned rarily and forcibly dispatched a mail arranging and abould produce improvement 1a train to Harbin without waiting at the against Chang Tao Lin and also are British trade with the Continent. The stations for receipts of permits, despite endorsing the Chibli Governor, Buen retart to the gold standard would assist the closed semaphones which, according Yueh's invitation to Marshal Feng Yu in the regulation of prices at a love! to railway regulations, constitutes a Hsiang to resume active control of the which would enable this country to com- crime. Consequently switches were des Kuominchun forces. pete with other producing countries and troyed at many stations. Only through there should be no question es, to this exceptional measures taken by railway country being able to, maintain a net men was this train saved from being favourable trade balance or to avoid wrecked and consequent loss of lives. undue strain upon the gold reserve. It semed to him therefore that, one might regard the situation as becoming more sound and one might feel that there was good ground for encouragment especially when it was remembered that Great Britain was only in early stages of recovery from the enormous financial strain of the war of which she perhaps had borne the largest share...
MADRID, January 2nd. The Spanish airmen, mentioned on January 20th, have left Palos en raute tu South America
messages from King They Alfonso to the Presidents of Brazil, Uruquay- and The Argentine.
carry
[4 mesenge, dated Huela, January 20th, states that Major Franco and Captain Ruiz De Alda have arrived in
seaplane from Melilla, the first "hop preparatory to leaving Palos De Moguer on Thursday for America)
BRITISH RAILWAYS.
NEW TROUBLE ARISES OVER WAGE AWARD.
THE ECONOMY BILL
BUGBY, January 22nd.
LONDON, January 21st. Trouble has again arisen in the rail way world, to-day's conference of the branch delegates of the National Union It is understood that the Government's of Railwaymen rejecting the award of the Economy Bill will be before the House National Wages Board which, after con of Commons at the same time as the sidering the Companies, claims for Estimates and Parliament will, therefore, reduction of wages and the men's be able to envisage. both. counter-claims for increases, issued it The papers state that the Cabinet report on December 9th, particularly Committee on economy, presided over by maintaining the status quuIt is not the Prime Minister. in another fortnight worthy that the men's leaders, the exat most will have completed its task at Minister Mr. J. H. Thomas and Mr.
any rate for the present with the result Dobbie, signed the Board's report that expenditure to be budgeted for in. Though to-day's conference is generally April will certainly be logged to regarded as the most critical since the total for the current financial year. last big strike, it is gathered that the decision merely reflects a movement for [re opening the negotiations. The dele. gates were not anxious to commit the Union to strike action.
SITUATION DELICATE
THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
THE. MAKWAR DAM.
IS FORMALLY OPENED BY LORD LLOYD.
SUN YUEH'S INVITATION.
PERING, January 1st. It is stated in Cabinet circles that Sun Yneh as circularised the Kuominchun leaders, advocating Feng Yu Haiang's recall to the political stage, in view of the reappearance of the Feugtien troops inside the wall.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN,
LATER
TRAFFIC "PARALYSED. The Note goes on to say that the out rages continue and that military officials are virtually encouraging them, being evidently anxions to paralyse, railway work on all sections. Furthermore, on January 17th and 18th the Harbin police
It connection with the expedition were indifferent, even encouraging, while a mob of upwards one hundred com against Chang Tao Lin, the proposal was mitted acts of violence towards the rail- that Lu Chung Lin, garrison command ant way agents The Note refers to the at Peking, should command the right interference at the Mutsimibe and fank; while Chang Yung Jung, military Ipien po stations, in consequence of which commissioner of Chifeng, should command M. Ivanoff was compelled to anepend the the left. Their forces were to inits at services. M. Karakban then protesta Chaoyang, after which they would march most energetically at this violation of against, Chinchow. the agreements between China and the SNOW STOPS FENG. Soviet, and requests the Foreign Ofice
Simultaneously, a report from Kalgan. to instruct the local authorities to pat an end to the outrages and restore order; states that Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang has and to inform him what measures have postponed his departure, owing to heavy been taken. M. Karakban also points nowstorms in the region of Urga, which out that the U.S.S.R., having full remake it impossible for Feng's party to gard to the sovereignty of China had re-travel through Mongolia Feng, there- nounced its protection of the railway fore, is awaiting more favourable weather. on the presumption and hope that the A message from Kalgan states that Chinese would appreciate such a move Chang Chin Chiang assumed the office and treat with particular consideration of Tupan of North-West Frontier Defence the interests of the railway entrusted at Kalgan on January 1st.
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
The railwaynien's decision create a delicate situation as the award is due to come into operation on February 152 Pao waba KHARTUM, January 1st. The Conference meets again to-morrow 10In the presence of Sir Geoffery Archer, consider the next move, though its 200 European guests and 10,000 natives, believed that no decision for strike action Ford Lloyd formally inaugurated the will be taken until the Union's Exco akwar Dam by operating special tive has met the Companies and endenwitch in the form of a silver statuette youred to reopen negotiations or secure of King Ameshema: the Third, the first BARON SHIDEHARA IN SPEECH
postponement of the application of the known irrighter of ancient Egypt, there award
[SEITISH, WIRELESS SERVICE.] FRESH NEGOTIATIONS.
by opening the siuices, after which the inflowing waters were bleed by Dr. Gwynna, Bishop of Egypt, and, Sudan, and by the Grand Cadi of Sudan
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,] JAPAN AND MANCHURIA
BEFORE DIET. »
NIPPONESE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS.
SWATOW NATIVE CUSTOMS.
KWANGTUNG REDS SEIZE STATION.
PEXING, January 21st.
The first act against the integrity of the Customs has occurred near Swatow where the Kwangtung Reds have taken over, fifteen miles from Swatoy, the Native Customs which were under the Maritime Customs. But hitherto they have not interfered with the chief native customs, station of that district in Swatow which is under the control of the Mari time Customs Inspector
TOKYO, January 22nd, RUGBY, January 22nd.
In opening the Makwar Dam, Lord Lloyd Replying to interpellations in the Lower The rejection last night by the de-
paid a tribute to the genius and patience House of the Dict, Baron Shidehara legates' meeting of the National Uzion
of Lord Cromer, of which the Sadau Foreign Minister) stated that Japan of Railwaymen of the recent award of
was now reaping the fruits. He en intends to take steps to establish her the National Wages Board creates a phasised that Egypt need not be alarmi commercial rights in Manchuris on a situation of some delicacy which for the new cam would not de- permanent basis; if the Peking Confez being continued to day. The rejection prive Egypt water. He said there ence raises the extraterritorial question: was carried by a majority against the should now be bo diffealty in reaching But, meantime, he wishes to withhold BRITISH advice of some of the union leadership settlement amply guaranteeing the from publication a concrete plan which cluding Mr. JH. Thomas It is needs of Egypt and simultaneously allow is now under investigation garded as certain that efforts willating the Sudan steady progress and once be made to open fresh negotiations development with the railway companies, which have accepted the award.
NEED OF WORKERS. The Report on the Far East states that a minimum of 172 men and women workers are required immediately, of whom 106 are needed for China, 24 for Japan, 23 for Singapore and 48 new recruits are required annually."
The Report dwells on the rennaissance in the Far East, manifested in the de- mand for education.
It says that China is attempting the RUGBY, January 22nd." same experiment in education "on" a The death has occurred at the age of purely material basis which Japan shows
Ismail Birry, the Egyptian Minister eighty thres of Charles Doughty, author signs of abandoning. Every phase of
of Public Works was present at the of Travels in Arabic Deserts which the Church's work, touching education,
ceremony, and voided the pride of the was published thirty-eight years ago and should be emphasised, strengthened and
part played by Egypt in initiating is still regarded as a classic. His writings made effective. The Report recommend- show profound knowledge of life and ed that the whole question of Christian The N.U.R delegates conference has Gezir's irrigation project He had no manners of peoples encountered on his work among Far Eastern students in instructed the executive to open negotiatoubt that the water supply artifcially extensive travels in all parts of the Western countries should be investigations immediately in regard to the wagen controlled was amply sufficient for all
world
ed
[THROUGH REUTLE 8 SGENCY-]. QUESTION OF WAGES
LONDON, January 22nd,
question
PRIDE OF EGYPT.
“their demands,
HIJMS, "IWATE”**= -1 JAPANESE TRAINING CRUISER VIBITING AUSTRALIA.
HAROLD BALME. MISSIONARIES REQUEST HIS RETURN TO CHINA
LONDON, January 21st. In response to a request by the Stand- ing Committee of the Conference"; of British Missionary: Societies that be should reach Peking in time for the MELBOURNE, January 22nd Treaty Revision Conference for the pur The Japanese cruiser. Twale, touring poses of consultation, Dr. Harold Balme, the world, has arrived here. The vessel President of the Shantung Christian sails for Hobart on January 28th University, bas sailed for China, vid
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