HUNGARIAN PROBLEM. PREMIER ASSAULTED BY REPUBLICAN
QUESTIONS AT GENEVA.
(THROUGH AKUTEX'S AGENOT.]
GENEVA, June 10th,
Herr Bethlen, the Hungarian Premier, was the victim of an assault by a Hun garian who-burst into the room where the Longue holds session, and sharply slapped Herr Bothlan's face, shouting "That's on becall of the Hungarian nation."
The Italian delegate rescued Herr Bethlen from his assailant, who was arrested.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY FAKES, FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH,
COAL DEADLOCK.
GOVERNMENTS SERIOUS VIEW OF BREAKDOWN.
LORD 'BIRKENHEAL AND RUSSIAN MONEY.
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 9th.
The Government takes a serious view of the coal breakdown, and the Govern ment's coal Committee has met forthwith and considered the situation. It is bo- lieved that the plans discussed included a Government ballot of the miners.
THE SALT REVENUE
SEIZURE A BREACH OF AGREEMENT.
LONDON, June 9th:
In the House of Commons, replying to: the Hon. O. Rhys, Mr. Lecker Lampson said that the action of the military officers at Tientsin as regards the Salt Duties was a flagrant breach of the Loan Agreement. Protests had so far been unavailing, owing to the absence of a.. Central Government
FAR EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
KORKAN: DISTURBANOIS.
STUDENTS ARRESTED AT FÜNERAL
OF EX-EMPEROR.,
TOKYO, June 10th.
A message from Seoul says the Korean funeral procession was thrown into con His Majesty's Government was, how fasion this morning when nearing the ever, considering further steps to ensure burial place by some forty students who respect for international agreements. He attempted to distributo inflammatory pointed out that the existence of the reliterature amidst much shouting. serve in the Group Banks, which might
Dejusth, is the Secretary of the Hun-whole position. Mr. Cook declares that be drawn on the service of the loans in Korean crowds lining the route took up
Mfr. A. J. Cook, in a statement, alleges that the coal-owners' account of yes. Bethlen's assailant who is named terday's conference misrepresented the the miners will not meet the owners again unless shorthand notes are taken. He says that the owners laid down torms of an eight-hour day and a reduction of wages to the level of the 1991 agreement, and lower in some districts. The owners had not changed one jota and treated most contemptuously, the questions of re organisation, selling agreciós, the elosing of uneconomie pits, etc. The Miners' Executive have now. returned to thei: homes to continue the struggle, and the men will not return to work except ca
the status quo.
garian Republican Party, and obtained a ticket of admission as a journalist. declared when arrestod he wanted to brand a criminal."'
A later message from. Geneva "Bays that Herr Bethlen was attacked while attending a private committee dealing with the question of ending the financial control of Hungary. The assailant was a Hungarian Republican.
Herr Bethlen's hotel yesterday was guarded by detectives at his request.
It is noteworthy that while the League Council yesterdag agreed that the fin- ancial control of Austria should ter minats at the end of June, it is still considering the question of ending the financial control of Hungary, although
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DASHED BOPES,
volved, fortunately gave them time to consider the means to be taken to meet
the crisis.
Instructions were being sent to Hia Majesty's Minister in Peking with a view to the protection of the legitimate interests of His Majesty's subjects.
Replying to a supplementary question, Mr. Locker Lampson said he thought the instructions to the British Minister were adequate, and be explained that by the Reserve Banks he meant the English
banks.
HIS
PRESENT
The students were arrested, but the the shouts, thereby adding to the dis- turbances
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LIQUOR TAXES..
CANADIAN PREMIERS URGE A
REDUCTION.
1920
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
CASE.
SUMMONS DISMISSED IN THE KID" FILM DISPUTE,
"GUILTY KNOWLEDGE NOT
PROVED."
The hearing of the case brought by the Hongkong Amustments, Ltd., against the How Woo Trading Company, te, Holly wood Road, for an alleged infringement of copyright in connection with the famous Charlie Chaplin film," The Kid, was concluded before Mr. R. E Lindsell
At the conclusion of the hearing on the at the Central Magistracy yesterday.
previous day, Mr. E. S. C. Brooks (fur the prosecution) and Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask (for the defence) were asked by His Worship to search the police files to see if any reference could be found to the censoring of the film.
Yesterday Capt. H. F. Bloxham pro- duced a record of films censored in May, 1824, by Mr. Hamilton, and stated that e filme Kid" did not appear in this document
Mr. Brooks, submitted that there was a prima facie case for the defence to answer. The fact that the film was not censored, cast some suspicion upon the defendants.
OTTAWA, June 9th. A conference of Provincia! Premiera on taxation has passed a resolution asking the "Federal Government to remit
Mr. Leask nid that the question of up to one-third its present Excise and the censorship card was first brought up Customs taxes on wines and spirits made by the prosecution. Sergeant Kennedy in Canada, and up
to one-half in the had stated that he saw a card with the Roay, June 9th,
case of those imported, the reductions name of the How Woo Film Company, on Regret is generally expressed that yes-
only to apply where the buyers of liquor it. A copy of this card had been produced are the various Provincial Liquor Com and the prosecution now termed it a Mr. Leask thought it incon- Sir Austen Chamberlain, on Tuesday terday's informal meeting between th stated that Mr. Jeremiah Smith, the Ceal-owners' and Miners' representatives
missions. The conference urges that the forgery. adoption of the measures would curbceivable that anybody would go to the League's Commissioner-General consider-proved abortive. The statement made by
the Coal-owners that the Miners' repre- Wimbledon, June 21st, and all living inicit traffic and materially assist the trouble of forging such a card.
enforcement of the liquor laws, by thought too much had been made of its cheapening liquor to the point where non-production, and submitted that there illicit traffic would be unproŝtable.
"ed his task ended.
There has been an extraordinary anti-sentatives were not disposed to move Hungarian outburst in the French press from the position which they have taken arising out of the proceedings at Geneva, up all along, has met with a reply from particularly on account of the letter Mr. A. J. Cook, Secretary of the Miners' "M. Briand sent to the League Secretariat Federation.
recommending that the international con- vention suppress the currency of for- gories. Although M., Briand did not mention. Hungary, his letter is described by French newspapers as Herr Bethlen, and his band of Pretorians and country" gentlemen ruling by 'terror."
n rebuff to
Some French newspapers attack Bri- taia for her partial" attitude towards Hungary.
AMBITIOUS ITALIAN.
NEW FLIGHT PLANNED BY MARQUIS DE PINEDO.
LONDON, June 10th. The Milan correspondent of the Times says an ambitious world flight is being planned by the Marquis De Pinedo,
starting in August. He will cross the Atlantic via Cape Verde to Buenos Aires, thence via the Pacific to New Zealand, Melbourne and Tokyo, returning wis Cape Somaliland, Durban, Karachi, Town and the African Atlantic coast.
(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]
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For the moment all hopes of a resump- tion of negotiations have been- dashed, and the Coal-owners representatives The so-called. have also left London. Coal Committee of the Cabinet discussed the situation to-day. It is understood that several possible lines of action were considered, but that ans decision awaits the return of the Premier to London to morrow. It is anticipated that the Pre- mier will make a statement on the subject
in the House of Commons to-morrow.
THE RUSSIAN-MONEY.
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Rucer, June 9th. Lord Birkenhead, Secretary for, India, dealt with the coal stoppage at the annual luncheon of the British Imperial Council of Commerce.
He referred -particularly to the state- ment made by Mr. Cook that the sum of 100,000 had been received from "Com- rades in Russian mines in order to support the dependents of their British colleagues." It was, he said, indeed a touching reficetion that miners in Russia should be prepared to work ten hours a day in order that their British.com- rades might not have to work eight and that they were prepared to subscribe from their wages of perhaps twenty-five shillings in order that their English comrades should not have to get less than forty or fifty shillings. But it had been claimed by a person speaking oficially in Moscow that these moneys were being i paid, not by miners out of their almost
ROYAL WIMBLEDON.
MAJESTY TO JUBILEE MEDALS.
LONDON, June 9th. It has been announced, that Their Majesties The King and Queen will at tend the opening day of the Jubilee past champions in Ladies, Men's Singles and Men's Doubles have been notified by the All-England Club to be in attendance when "His Majesty will present them with Jubilee Commemoration medals.
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TERRIBLE DISASTER. SOUTH AFRICAN TRAIN MISHAP.
SIR MALCOLM BEARLE KILLED.
CAPE TOWN, June 9th. Fifteen people were killed and 50 seriously injured by a railway disaster at Salt River, two miles from here."
The killed include Sir Malcolm Searle, The train broke in two and the rear coaches crashed against the uprights of the bridge with the result that their sides were ripped of.
[Sir Malcolm William Searle (former- y Mr. Justice Searle) was Judge Pre- sident of the Capo Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He was created a Knight in 1923.)
DESERTER'S 'FATE.
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FRENCH DEBT TO. U.S.
AGREEMENT BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, June 9th. Although no attempt will be made to secure the Senate's ratification of the Partament arts, the Senate Finance French debt agreement until the French Committee has decided to proceed with the examination of the agreement. Mr. Mellon has recommended its acceptance.
SANITARY INSPECTOR
SUMMONED.,
ALLEGED ASSAULT UPON A FOKI..
THIS DECENT PEOPLE. WHY THE ENGLISH ARE TRUSTED."
for STACY AUMONIER] Quite recently I got into considerable trouble for saying something nice about England. I realise how that it was fogliah and tactless. It isn't the kind of thing an English gentleman does. I tried hard to explain to the people who were jumping on me that I had marely such saumbed to a temporary weakness, prob- ably caused by a sudden wave of home-" sickness. I only said these things because nice things about England in England I I was in a foreign country. If I had said
should have been regarded as a bounder. it not actually clapped into a lunatic sylum. It isn't done. Any kind of praise amounts to an attack on the Eng- lishman's most sacred prerogative-the
right to belittle his own country, and compare it unfavourably with some for eign land.
Now during my (reputed) short life I n' great. cannot pretend to have been traveller, but I have visited a fair bum- bar of countries France and Helland inany times, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Algeria, Switzerland, and Spain. And during these wanderings I have heard Englishmen described as bypocritical, unctuous, dall, egotistical, avaricious, unimaginative, gauche, greedy, materialistic, and vain. But when every- thing has been given and everything. taken away there always remains a most astonishing residuum
It is as though at some time past one of the noble races had said to another noble race: I say, have you noticed. something peculiar about this oaf, this appalling apparition in tweed and macin tosh" And the other noble race had ***Why,"
8; the first noble race, do you notice that when he says a thing he actually replied: No, what is it?"" means it? When he promises a thing ho Goon!" rely upon him paying it?" He said the second noble race, who had never does it? If he owes anything you can
was no evidence of guilty knowledge on the part of the defendants.
NO QUILTY KNOWLEDGE" The defendants admitted that they bad sent a copy of the film to the Kwong Chee Theatre, Taumati, but they did it in all innoterce. He held that the de-
was put to the test, and it was found that it was so. The astonishment this dis beard of such things. But the matter
covery produced was profound and last- ing.
When Henry James gave up his Ameri can citizenship and Became & naturalised British subject he referred to "this de- cent people. During the confusion of war this amazing tribute did not receive the attention it deserved, for it has never been said other
og before of human life. We all ure a great debt to the cultural activities. fence had no cake to answer, and ever if they had, the complainants had suffered of the Roman Empire; to those people who, to every part of Europe, themselves on their, broad. no damage whatever. The film had been would
"Civis Romanus sum," regarding that as an all-sufficient Shanghai. Mr. Leask asked His Wor-passport; to their arts, sciences, and legis withdrawn at once, and sent back to chests and exclaim: ship not to register a conviction, but lative genius-but their most perfervid suggested that he might make an order admirer has never described the Romans
us decent. Could the Greeks possibly for the confiscation of any copies of the described as decent in the sense that film the defendants might have now or Henry James meant? Did anybody ever in the future. He was of the opinion that trust them? Were the Egyptians decent 1 the case was one for the civil court, where the complainants would have had a remedy by injunction.
In reply to His Worship, Mr. Leask said he based the whole of the defence Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the
on the point that the prosecution had not Central Magistracy yesterday Mr. C. proved guilty knowledge, and he was
Department, was summoned for assault knowledge, DATE OF EXECUTION POSTPONED: Strange, an Inspector of the Sanitary prepared to prove that there no guilty by a foki in the employ of the Yen Yuen firm, coconut dealers, of a Lower
PARIS, June 9th.
M. Painleve has ordered the postpone
ment of the execution of Private Doty,
of the Foreign Legion, fixed for to-day..
This action is not due to Ambasador Herrick's intervention but is stated to be pending a further report of the case. INDIAN BANK RATE.
BOMBAY, June 10th.
The discount rate of the Imperial Bank of India has been reduced from five to four per cert
Lascar Road.
The case for the prosecution, conducted by Mr. J. A. O'Donoghue, is that de fendant called at the godown of the complainant's employers in the course of his duties and ordered the removal
Kia Worship held that the production by the prosecution of evidence that this film was not censored was some evidence of guilty knowledge, and it was for the defence to rebut it.
bo
And yet in any part of the world you happen to go you will find that this re- aduum is acknowledged. Whatever abuse. may be lavished on the English they are universally regarded as having a streak of fundamental decency. It is an asset mare valuable than all the riches of India. Three weeks ago I was with several other Englishmen (rice respectable people like I am) at Seulie. The question sud- being trusted to the extent of about £90. The gentleman who was dealing with us dealy cropped up one afternoon, of us
was an Austrian, who had lived for many glance and said: "Ob, yes, that is all years in England. He gave us one quick right. I trust you I know the kind of people you are." Then turning away be mattered under his breath but quite dis- tinctly, Sevenoaks !"
MANAGER'S EVIDENCE. The Manager of the defendant Company said that the film The Kid" was sent of certain broken glass bottles. While to the Long Chee Theatre, Yaumati: these were being shifted, it is alleged in consequence of a letter, received from borough, seemed to glitter like a star that some words arose, and that the Sani- the complainants' solicitor the film was tary Inspector, considering there was too returned to Shanghai immediately. The much delay, threw a basket of the broken film had never been shown in the Colony bottles at the complainant, inficting tarough his firm so far as he knew. They cuts on his wrist. The complainant in did not think they were doing wrong when consequence, bad to be treated at the they sent it to the Kwong Chee Theatre, Government Civil Hospital
His Worship giving his decision in the Mr. Strange denied assaulting the fokiease said: I am not altogether satisfied and said that the whole thing was an that guilty knowledge has been brought LONDON, June 10th. The death is announced of Lord Steven-nexident. He stated that as the basket home against the defendant firm in this was being shifted he caught hold of one.
case, chiefly because they (the defen- end of it. The foki let go of his enddants) produced this card (a censorship and as he (defendant) had not a secure card) to the police when called upon to hold the basket fell on to a box and the do so and may have had every reason to glass flew up and caused the cuts on the fuki's wrist.
[THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.] OBITUARY.
LORD STEVENSON.
THE FRANC. " FINANCE MINISTER'S, ADDRESS TO SENATE COMMITTEE.
"PARIS, June 10th. Heard by the Finance Committee of the Senate, M. Peret stated he had decided to avoid, inflation and hoped to balance the Budget for 1927 without new taxes. negligible wages, but by the Russian Russian intention, The Government have drafted a plan in Government. The defence of the franc, and the gold re-openly avowed, was to foment a revolu serve at the Banque de France remains,tion. No decision on this matter bad yet and will remain intact.
been arrived at by the British Govern-son.
[Lord James Stevenson, who was 13 The Miniater recommended the reato ment. But he was so far as to say that
a real distinction between years old, was Chairman of the Standing Committee of the British Empire Exhibi- ration of confidence by political appease there was ment, and iscal prudence would remove private contribut.ons proceeding from tion. He was Managing Director of John "Walker and Sons (the well-known in time restrictions agiret the export of feelings of general humanity for the
whisky distillers), Kilmarnock. During cause of people who were suffering from the War he was a member of numerous capital.
industrial circumstances, and contribu. Ministerial Committees in an honorary tions which proceeded from the foreign capacity. He has no heir.] Government for the purpose mentioned.
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Whatever conclusions might be reached WHITE HOUSE REPAIRS. by the British Government, there was no doubt that this distinction must, and ought to be borne in mind.
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VOTE TO MAKE Rucer, June 9th.
PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE. Their Majesties the King and Queen
WASHINGTON, June 9th. are holding the first of this year's Courts
The Director of the Budget has trans. at Buckingham Palace this evening.
mitted to Congress the request for a vota Those attending, who will number about
of $350,000 for repairs to the White 1,000, will be drawn from Government;
Lord Birkenhead, is the course of his House, and 225,000 for temporárý quar official and diplomatic circles. This is the custom at the opening Court of the speech, ridiculed the suggestion of theters for President Coolidge. The Dizes In a brilliant throng will be miners' leaders that the solution was to tor mentioned that the roof of White many" women from foreign countries, increase the price of coal, with Home House had long been considered unsafe who are being presented by the wives of manufacturers already struggling to meet and that President Coolidge might have
foreign competition,
to live elsewhere for six months. their Ambassadors or Ministers.
season.
AN IMPRACTICABLE RUGGESTION,
LONDON, June 9th.
Cross-examined by Mr. Strange, the complainant admitted that he was not detained in hospital, but was treated and
allowed to go.
think that this card was genuine and that the film had been censored. I therefore dismiss the summons, but make an order for the confiscation of any copies of the film which may be in the possession of the defendants, or may come into their Complaisant and the Manager of the possession, at a future date. Yee Yuen firm also admitted in cross- examination that at no time was the question of compensation discussed be tween them and the defendant.
The Manager gave evidence bearing out complainant's story of the alleged as sult. In answer to Mr. Sirange, he said that he had been ordered by defend ant to have the godown limewashed and to conter with the landlord regarding the stopping up of a number of rat holes "Mr. O'Donoghue intimated that he had more witnesses to call regarding the (Continued on next Column),
To me the utterance of that Ettle word had something about it quite electric.. Curiously enough none of us had ever been to Sevenoaks, but suddenly the in pallid respectability of that salubrious We & firmament of involved obscurities. vere enshrined and comforted. For when the Englishman travels abroad he does Britamiens sum.' In fact, he does not not slap his chest and exclaim: Cívis slap anything or say anything. He just orders marmalade for breakfast and exudes an atmosphere of Sevenoaks (or it may be Wakefield or Notting Hill, And the noble races having once con- vinced themselves that he really is Seven- oaks (or it may be Wakefield or Notting Hill), will trust him implicitly. He can ran up hotel bills. He can go into shops and take away with him valuable objets d'art, merely saying: "I will pay you when I come back next week."
Being an Englishman, I feel almost ashamed to say these things, but the more I travel the more do I realise how true they are. In other countries people will. trust each other individually, but there has never before been a people who were trusted on the face value of their nation- hood.
And I think that in the great social problems ahead of us many of us are apt to forget that England is England and not Russia. In other words, you will never get any great body of Englishmen. to do anything that is fundamentally un-
cruel, unsporting, or not decent." fair, creat story is written, a alleged assault by defendant, one of people shall be judged not by the glitter whom was an independent eye-witness, of its achievements but by the general the Manager of an adjoining godown.
Mr. Strange said a charge of assault was a serious thing to bring against a Sanitary Inspector who had gone to the place in the course of his duty, and he would like the whole matter investigated.
After further argument, His Worship adjourned the case for further hearing next Thursday afternoon
standard of the individual's attitude to wards his neighbour. In this regard we' can perhaps afford to suffer abuse, to know that the social virtues are relative; belittle and criticise ourselves, for we and that we have a reziduum that remains unique.Evening Standard.
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The only means of selling British goods in an age of advertisement is to advertise,
Lord Dewar,