CABLES.
THROUGH KAVAS AGENCY.). NEW FRENCH DAM.
TO SUPPLY PARIS AND RAILWAYS WITH ELECTRICITY.
PARYS. June 6th.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
LIBERAL SPLIT.
MOVE TO RECONCILE LORD ASQUITE AND "L. G."
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS. MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, 1925
ANOTHER BOMB OUTRAGE. AMERICAN LEGATION AT MONTE VIDEO ATTACKED.
MONTE Vinso, June 4th. A similar bomb outrage was perpetrated outside the United States Legation here se accurred at Buenos Aires on May 17th, but there were no casualties
[REUTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE] PANAMA GOLD REEF. SENATOR BORAH. CONCERNED ABOUT BRITISH CONCESSIONS.
WASHINGTON, June 5th. Rrast, June 4th. Lord Oxford, the Liberal Leader, in a At White House, it is learned from speech which he made at the luncheon President Coolidge, that he understood A new dam, with hydro-electric plant, in honour of Sir John Simon, referred that the grants of surface and sub-soil
[A Buenos Aires message, of May 17th the River briefly and with restraint to the con- concessions to a British corporation in stated-A bomb exploded in treat of the Creuse, near Eguzon, the first step introversy between himself and Mr. Lloyd Panania are without objectionable fea-American Embassy late last night and aga. The explosion is suggested to be harnessing water power at Massit Cen-George, Leader of the Liberal party latures." He assumed, however, that the responsible for slight material dam Governments and Departments involved connected with the recent denial of a will continue their enquiries "to make new trial of two handits, Sacco and Van- sure the contracts are satisfactory as far Massachusetts. I as the United States interests are con- cerned."
has been constructed on
eral, which will provide a suficient the House of Commons. quantity of energy for the electrification of railways, and will supply the Paris district.
"
zetti who were convicted of murder in
·IDEA.
MR. CHURCHILL IN GOOD FORM. FUTILITY OF ONE BIG UNION
HIS SECOND BUDGET.
DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF HIS SPEECH.
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NEED FOR INCREASING- INDUSTRIES YIELD.
MR. CT. CRAMP'S VIEWS. Mr. Churchill, easily and anguriy dominated the scene for his second- Mr. C. T. Cramp, Industrial Secretary Budget, wrote the Daily Telegraph Par- of the National Union of Railwaymen, liamentary correspondent in an interest-speaking at Nuneaton, defended the action of the delegates in accepting the ing description of the Budget debate. Some Ministers want room, so to speak, award of the National Wages Board, and in a reference to the Coal Commission's for a full swing as they stand at the box.
report declared, "Ouo can safely say The Chancellor of the Exchequer is one
The Prime Minister, retired that if any attempt is made to orush the He said that he had plready explained
of them within himself, was busy conning one miners down below their present stan
dard of living, they will receive the unit- his views as definitely and unequivocally
paper after another during the two hours as he could. To that explanation he had
that Mr. Churchill was "opening "ed support of all the trade unions in this country. Mr. Cramp mid he had no idea what the recommendations of the The dam which is the most import nothing to add and from it he had
[ån earlier cable stated: In the Senate, LIVERPOOL AS AN AIR PORT. parase is-bis Budget. He looked
Commission would be, but, unlike some) full holding nothing to take away. In regard to yes Senator Barah moved a resolution reques: in France, has a
of his friends, he did not foresee, the inevitability of a great crisis over the capacity of 33 millions cubic metresterday's meeting of the Liberal Parlia-ing information regarding alleged British
mining position. There acemed to be solution mentioning The electricity produced will" permit aamentary Party under the presidency of Government concessions in Panama, the
Tudications that the trade of this coun- try was on the mend, and, if that were economy of 250,000 tons of goal annually. Mr. Lloyd George, the sense of which he natural resources of Panania accured by the British Government. It is under. understood was to be conveyed to him, atood that Senator Borah has been pri
so, he believed it would have its effect upon the coal industry Lord Oxford said he would receive anyvately informed that lands were acquired such communication not only with for the purpose of rubber-growing. It may be remembered that over a year ago courtesy but with respect.
Panama granted a concession to British interests containing prospecting rights. over two large areas for gold and other sub-soil minerals.]
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FRANCO-SYRIAN WAR. JEBEL DRUSES SUFFER HEAVY
LOSSES.
BEIRUT, June 5th.
The French columa, continuing to advance in southern Djebel, defented the Druses, who suffered very heavy losses
and left 122 dead on the field.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE MOSUL FRONTIER. ANGLO-TURKISH AGREEMENT
SIGNED,
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 6th. The Anglo-Turkish agreement regard ing Mosul has been signed.
SITUATION IN EGYPT.
ADLY PASHA TO FORM A CABINET
L
CAIRO, June 8th..
On the recommendation of Zaghu Paska, His Majesty the King has invited
Adly Pasha to form a Cabinet. Pasta has consented.
Adly
COAL SITUATION. MINERS' DENY FRESH SUGGESTION BY OWNERS.
BRUSSELS, June 4th.
Mr. A. J. Cook has arrived by a plane from London to attend the macet ing of the Executive of the International Federation of Miners, bringing with him a letter from Mr. Evan Williams to Mr. Herbert Smith, who was present at the meeting, anggesting that four or five of the miners' leaders should meet an
At this meeting, which was secret, it is understood that Mr. Lloyd George, having given assurances that neither was he a Socialist nor did he entertain any idea of joining the Labour party, it was decided that an amicable settlement of the personal differences and the unity of the Liberal party were of dominant importance. Sir John Simon, Mr. Wal- ter Runciman and Sir Godfrey Collins were requested to convey the sense of that meeting to Eord Oxford. Sir John Simon and Mr. Runciman have strongly supported Lord Oxford, while Sir God frey Collins, was Chief Liberal whip.
THIS GENERAL STRIKE.
The speeches made at to-day's luncheon to Sir John Simon, mainly referred to the recent general strike. Lord Oxford said that the declarations made by Sir John Simon during the strike regarding ita. illegalty were one of the main con- tributory causes of its being called off. They were not only declarations of a reat lawyer but of a statesman endowed with foresight and humanity. Those who studied the history of their country would know that it was largely to great
lawyers of the past that England owed both the definition and defence of her elementary liberties.
Sir John Simon declared that the general strike failed, frst and foremost, because the British character is quite extraordinarily unsuited to aequiesce in that method of influencing public equal number of representatives of the opinion. "It was, indeed a very im- mine-owners to seek a basis of agreement.pressive demonstration of the way in The letter was submitted to the meet which Labour organisations will act to ing, at the close of which a fresh-com-
gether and there is something fine in the munication was received from the Min-abandon and sacrifice which gives body ing Association of Great Britain propos ing the resumption of negotiations on the basis of the maintenance of present
rates of wages and the establishment of an eight-hour day.
The meeting decided to take measures to minimise the export of coal to Britain.
THE DENIAL..
LONDON, June 4th. The Secretary of the Mining associa tion decies the Brussels "report that fresh commucication has been sent to the miners."
BANQUET TO RIFLEMEN.. HOLDERS OF SIR H. VINCENT SHIELD FOR 20 YEARS.
LONDON, June 4th.
The Prince of Wales presided at the regimental banquet given at the Hotel Cecil by the Queen's, Westministera and Civil Service Rifles in honour of the 107th American infantry regiment which won the shooting match for the Sir Ho- ward Vincent Shield, of which they have been the holders for the last 20 years, Ambassador Houghton and the Marquin of Reading were among the guesta. MISS HELEN WILLS.. SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS.
PARIS, ne 4th.. Miss Helen Wills has been success
operated on for appendicitis.
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MDLLE. LENGLEN'S SYMPATHY."
Mdlie Suzanne Lenglen has shown
1+ the control over
SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
WASHINGTON, June 5th.
POTENTIALITIES FOR AERIAL
CONNECTIONS.*
A COMMERCIAL NECESSITY.
Liverpool's fature as a great air port was discussed by Brigadier-General Lord Thomson, the Secretary of State for the Air Force in the last Government, in an interview in Liverpool.
withdrawn in spunt, though present in tärm, and obviously be bas matters Bus enough to engross bis attention. taere" he was sucting among his boys," and tucing him were the Leader of the Opposition with has colleagues,, not quite so happily united, and below the gang- way at Mr. Lloyd George na b friends, to whom he leat most of the time the inspiration of his turned back. “
The Chancellor was in form-when, in- deed, is he nor on form on a great day i But, his speech was less consciously "An air port in the north-western dis spectacular than a year ago, when he set himself to dazzle his nearers with a trict," Lord Thomson said, "will un-meteor-like display of wit and shooting doubtedly become a necessity and Liver
stars, epigram, and polished phrase: Yes terday he was more staid. But he never soared high. He kept a good average height, just below the clouds...
The Sonate has adopted Senator pool is obviously the correct place for itter into commonplace, though he rarely Borah's resolution.
from a commercial point of view. It has great potentialities for serial connec. tions both for mails and passengers. It
SUCCESS OF SILK DUTIES. would become the jumping-off place for Perhaps he felt a little uncertain of a service to Northern Ireland. Liver- his audience. There was no moment-it was when he pledged himself and all his pool also will form the natural link in
colleagues to the high and sacred estne an air route from the south to Scotland." of economy and vowed that he and they Liverpool, Lord Thomson remarked, would continue to do their utmost-when the cheers which ought to bave come had not shown very much enterprise or from his friends failed to greet the enthusiasm for aviation. It had been emphasis of the declaration, and
ranks of Tuscany filled the gap with a thought by the Air Ministry that Liver-mocking laugh. But there were not many pool was one of the places at which such moments. Mr. Churchill does not often give his opponents an opening in light aeroplane club might be formed, which to score off him, and when he does and when the scheme for these clubs was they are almost afraid to take it lest trap. Yesterday the launched an attempt was made to chlist it prove to be
Labour members were unusually polite to the support of the civil authorities but without result.
New York, June 5th. It appears that the source of Senator Borah's information with regard to alleged British concessions in Panama หว Richard O. Marsh, an explorer whose name came before the public in 1924, when. he returned from the Panama jungle, with three persons stated to be "white Indians." Subsequently, Marsh returned to Panama, but was expelled in March last year on the alleged ground that he abused Panama's hospitality by aiding a revolt of Sanblas Indians in February, 1925. When Marsh announced his plans of further exploration, this year, the Panama Government stated he would not be allowed to land.
THROUGH XLUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH DENIALB.
LONDON, June Ctb.
The London office of the Panama: Cor- poration declares the Corporation has no
A
THE FRANC.
**What is your reason," the interviewer asked, "for urging a municipality like Liverpool to have a light aeroplane club}">
"the
him, and he in turn let them off very
cheaply. If he had been a smaller Par fiamentarian, how he would have rubbed in their mercifully forgotten criticisms of A year ago as to the inopportuneness of reverting to the gold standard, and their denunciation of the silk duties as involv ing the certain rain of flourishing indus- tries and dearer finery for poor work- ing girls." Mr. Churchill even dared to
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to such a demonstration, but one of the DROPS AS RESULT OF RENEWED beginning, therefore, will depend not cars, which have hitherto been exempt
most pathetic things in history is to ses
a sympathetic feeling directed into utter-
ly hopeless channels, and I hold that it
SELLING.
LONDON, June 4th,
was the duty of anyone, who is honestly French and Belgian francs depreciation and able to produce machines to a sympathetic with the aspirations ofed, on renewed selling, closing at 157 Labour, to denounce the method of the and 158 respectively, as compared with general strike from the beginning and yesterday's 151.25 and 152.
In his defence, of the acceptance of the National Wages Board award, Mr. Cramp said it was with great reluctance that anyone accepted it; but, all things right. They had to bear in mind that considered, he believed the delegates did
it was not merely the majority of the Board who signed the report, bus that the whole of the labour representatives there attached their signatures. . There- fore they would realise how heavily the them in the event of a national railway scale would have been weighted against
strike. "I think the fact has not been. clearly appreciated," added Mr. Cramp, *** that if the cost of living were to fall sufficiently low the whole effect of the award would be wiped out and no dil ference would exist between the new entrants into railway service and those who were permanent railwaymen prior the decision of the Wages Board." He remarked that the companies had made so many attempts to reduce rail- way wages and depress conditions that he did not imagine they would make any further attack during, the present Year. In any ease; such efforts would be. doomed to failure in' advance.
"A PATHETIC BELIEF.". There seemed to be a pathetic belief that if one could combine workers in
all or a number of industries they would
present an irresistible combination. Us.
fortunately, though good intentions ani mated those who believed in this theory, they had not clearly thought out what would be their next line of advance. In these days, where industry was stagnant, It was not sufficient to form powerful combinations. These combinations must be used with intelligence, and they them
selves, by combining politicially and in- dustrially, must endeavour to reorganise the industries of this country in such a manner that the total yield would be far greater than at present. Unless that were done the mightiest combination of trades unione would fail to lift very high the standard of life.
Mr. Cramp took to task lady share.
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meanwhile the new duties on heavy cars duties, but that is for a later year, and will come into operation next January 1st.
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WAR IN THE AIR "Speaking as an ex-Secretary of State for the Air Forces," Lord Thomson re intention of rubber growing, and the plied, I would say straight out that say that the Customs duty had been air forca in the world can be furnish paid by the foreigner"-which, of course, drew a roar of laughter from those who territory held under the concession ised with ge enough funds to enable it remembered is Free Trade speeches mostly mountainous, and unsuitable, to maintain a sufficient first line air per- but whether he said it in earnest or in sonnel for a long war. It is estimated waggishness, none but himself could be therefore. The Corporation also-states that in the first month of air fighting sure. He crowed, but he did not gloat.
It is of interest to note what parts of the concession excludes rights to work squadrons will be reduced by 80 per cent.
It is quite true that after the first month the specch seemed to please the House salt mines, coal mines and oil deposits.
you may have practically won the cam-most. There was a big round cheer whenholder fer having expressed the opinion NEW YORK, June 8th. paign owing to the fact that the other he announced that for the future the at a meeting of the London, Midland. message from Baloon says the side has suffered more heavily in the air. Estimates of the three Fighting Services and Scottish Railway Company that the
The real strength of the force is to be
even bigger one from the Unionist ways should be, firstly, the shareholders; British Consulate has stated the conces-menanred by its potential reserves of would be considered jointly. There was interests of those concerned with rail- sions have nothing to do with rubber pilots and mechanics, who are not peces benches when be intimated that the ten secondly, the directors; and, thirdly, the sarily trained, but have acquired the years' guarantee, previously only given railwaymen. Mr. Cramp said he would growing, but are only for minerals, ex-habit of the air.
to Empire sugar, was henceforth to be like to reverse entirely this lady's con "If there is going to be another war extended to all Empire articles which ception of what was due from the rail- cluding oil.
way companies. He claimed that the it will be fought in its first phase, and enjoy a Preference, and that the Mc-
general public came first, the workers probably in its decisive phase, in the air. Kenna duties on imported moter-cars was
second, the directors third, and the in- The power to recover from a blow at the henceforth to be extended to commercial
vestors last. only on personnel, but on an aircraft Part I. of the Safeguarding Act, which industry distributed throughout the coun- applies to key industries, and which try, an industry capable of rapid expan- would have lapsed this year, is to be.
reimposed, and this time for ten years specification given them by the Ministry. That also sounded sweet in Unionist cars.
"Would there, not be some danger
DEFICIT TURNED ROUND." if Liverpool became an air port it would be much more liable to be attacked in What manifestly gave the Eouse the time of war?" asked the interviewer. greatest shock of surprise was the an The terrible nature of modern aerial nouncement towards the end that teh weapons makes that question an import-millions of the estimated surplus for the arit one."
year-it all goes well, and there is no coal stoppage and paralysis to industry-are to be devoted to replacing in part the Liverpool, Lord Thomson said, need fourteen milliont raided on account of have no fear in that respect. The city the coal subsidy from the New Sinking would not be attacked because of its air Fund, and will thus bring up the figurescent, on every stake on a race course or station, but-if it were attacked at all of the Sinking Fund to sixty millions. As a sequel to the investigations of because of its commercial and indus-At that silence shone around. It seemed the Parliamentary Committee into the trial importance. He saw no reason why stroke of virtuous superogation,
the city should not proceed at once to members seemed to ask whether there administration of the Customs Depart-think out its serial future, and go ahead was no better way of using good money neat, S. B. Telford, a Canadian domiciled with the formation of a light aeroplane than to pay for an old raid already for.
club. Nationally, he had looked at the mally condoned as inevitable."
Then the thought occurred that perhaps just across the border, was arrested on question from a defence point of views a charge of smuggling goods into Canada but it was necessity for commerce to this was only a method of keeping some after refusing to permit the Committee's have a training ground for air as it was thing up his sleeve for the emergencies for the army. Liverpool, indeed, if it be spoke of, But any way, it did not
There were no very big or intenso. auditors to examine his books and ware meant to take advantage of the new con- appear popular at the moment, and the
noments in the speech. Income-tax gard ditions of transport, would have to think House seemed a little mystified at the house at Derby Line, Vermont, con-
no thrill, for there was neither hope of and net quickly, as the advance in air-Chancellor's ingenious method of secur
reduction nor fear of increase, but the tiguous to the Quebec town of Rock ship construction and aeroplane designing a surplus of fourteen millions for
promised abolition of three years, pective deficit of £7,000,000. The pretty average was well received, and Schedule. Island, where investigations revealed that was much more rapid than the average 1926-7 when he had just declared a pros
person imagined. huge smuggling occurred.
As a people, and you as a city, we device of shortening brewers' credits from D, next year not this year will deal Evidence was given that several hun- depend more than anybody else on com- three months to two, whereby the Chan with income of the preceding year only. dred thousand dollars worth of prison."munications, and I don't believe that in cellor will secure an extra five and There was some hilarity at the announce a progressive world we shall keep our half millions just once and only oncement that henceforth no ample margin The Chamber has adapted à Bill made shirts were smuggled into Canada, Empire unless we are right in the van made the House laugh. It was a Chur ratifying the Washington Eight-hour where the sale of prison-made goods is
in unqualified terms." There W28 3 second main reason why the general strike was over. The real Labour leaders were just as strongly convinced as others were that such a method was foredoomed to failure.
{THROUGH «LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE DANISH FLIGHT.
COMMANDER HERSCHEND REACHES HOME
COPENHAGEN, June 5th. The airman Herschend has arrived from the Far East.
WORKING HOURS. BELGIUM RATIFIES WASHINGTON CONVENTION.
Becasts, June 4th.
Day Convention by 111 votes to three.
THE
LOCARNO
FRANCE NOW. RATIFIES
TREATIES.
PARIB, June 4th."
The Sen has adopted a Bill ratify. the greatest sympathy with Misa Willsing the Losar Treaties by 272 votes to She, called at the Nursing, Home and six. left flowers.
Interviewed she declared she was not going to Forest Hills this year. She would never again play in the United States as the climate did not agree with
her...
FRENCH AMBASSA OR IN US.
8th.
PARIS
An official order is published ing M. Henri Berenger as. French A- sador in the United States.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
CANADA DEFRAUDED.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS INVESTIGATION.
prohibited.
Orawa, June 5th.
Telford reappeared before the Invest- gating Committes in the afternoon and was given ten minutes to decide whether to open his warehouse or return to jail whereupon he agreed to go to Derby Line under custody and open his premises. The Committee then undertook to with draw the smuggling charge in the Police Court.
LIVERPOOL'S SAFETY,
The
of this new form of transportation. We chillian coup to get thirteen month have got, to link ourselves up in the revenue in a single financial year. And quickest way with the Empire; otherwise he takes seven millions out of the Road the dominions and colonica will get in Fund surplus, which again, can only be taken once, and while imposing a new and increased scale of taxation on heavy touch with the people who act quicker."
Lord Thomson described how an American airship had flown from Lake motor vehicles, commercial lorries, and Constance to its shed near New York in charabance, etc., from which he expecte 81 hours, the weather conditions being an additional three and a half millions adverse fer 60 per cent of the voyage. he proved to the Road Fund advocates The ships, he said, that were now being that they will have as much money for designed by the Air Ministry and Vickers the roads this year as last, while the rural would be bigger and faster than the roads are to have ball American ship. Imagine what it. would be like if you could reckon on crossing from Liverpool to New York in 30 or 70 hours in ordinary conditions If a hurricane is blowing you don't The House of Representatives has apstart. You wait until it passes off. An proved the Yugo-Slav Debt Settlement by airship would be able to weather the
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storm in harbour."
YUGO-SLAV DEBTS.
WASHINGTON, June stb.
million more.
All that section of the speech dealing with the Road Fund and the taxation of heavy cars was admirably worked out and triumphantly spoken: The Chan- cellor's eventual purpose is to raise his revenue from motor traffic by means of a motor spirit tax instead of by license, (Continued on neat Column).
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BETTING TAX · The betting tax he did not attempt to argue. All he did yesterday was to ex- plain exactly his new optional " luxury tax, which is to start on Neven- ber 1st, and to bring in six millions in a full year. He is not altering the law, because he is looking not for trouble bet for revenue. The tax is to be five par
with a credit bookmaker, and the bookie will recover it from his public by the simple device of shortening the odds... The Chancellor carried this off gaily and buoyantly, but he knows the rods that are being pickled for him by righteous hands. Some Labour members seemed to approve the betting tax, but the majority of them listened dourly. If the Chancel lor ravished their admiration they kept
it mute.
of time will be allowed to the foreigner in which to dump as much as possible be- fore a new duty comes into operation. Records of all imports will be kept ard the duties collected as from the earliest practicable date. The happiest phrase of all was when Mr. Churchill spoke of windfalls as arising, not solely from the operation of the wind, but sometimes from a judicious shaking of the tree,
It was, of course, a thoroughly serious speech as, befitted the gravity Lot als of the financial but also of the industrial situation. If there is to be a long trade- paralysis this summer then the Chancel lor's figures will go smash, and he bade the House prepare itself for dractic in creases of both direct and indirect in tion. Special receipts are fast drying up, and the recoverable arrears of E.P.D. and Corporation Tax are swiftly coming to an end;