TARIFF CONFERENCE.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT-
STATEMENT.
FOREIGN DELEGATES DESIRE TO CARRY ON WORÉ,
{THROUGH ESUTER'S AGENCY,}
SHANGHAI, July 31
It is reported from Peking that the
THE
BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
ENIGHTHOOD FOR MR. JUSTICE GOMPERTZ
PAR KASTERN CONSULS HONOURED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, July 2nd,
The Birthday Honours List COVATI eighteen pages of the London Gazette. The recipients are located practically over the whole globe, although notable excoptions hereto are the Union of South
HONGKONG DAILY PRE88. -- MONDAY
RAILWAY SMASH
HAVRE-PARIS EXPRESS
DERAILED.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AUENCY.)
PARIS, July 4th
Twenty were killed sad 80 injured by the derailing of the Havre-Paris express
·FLOOD HAVOC.
SITUATION IN MEXICO MOST DESPERATE
(THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY-]
MEXICO CITY, July Sed. Continued torrential rains are render ing the food conditions in Mexico mest serious Despatches from Salvatierra describe the situation as desperate. It
is reported in the Central Platesu, known as the "granary of Mexico" the crops
are virtually ruined, the railway flooded
GERMANO-DUTCH TREATY,
SECRECY REGARDING COAL
{THROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.†
THE HAGUE, July 2nd. The Second Chamber by 8votes to 8 has ratified the Germano-Dutch Commer cial Treaty.
The Foreign Minister Van Karnebeck, stated that Germany favoured the Dutch export of coal provided the export figures were not published, as Germany desired, secrecy in view of retain negotiations
Powers delegates to the Tariff Confer- Africa and Canada, where the confer between Acheres and Foissy, believed due in sections and the permanent way torn with another country.
ence met
at the Dutch Legation this morning and unanimously agreed that the Conference sittings should be suspended till the Chinese-delegates
attend.
ent of honours is now disfavoured.
NEW PEEER.
to a landslide following & storm.
THE SPANISH PLOT.
The only Peerages are Lord Tredegar, who is raised to a Viscountcy, and Mr. Henry Berry, who has been appointed a NEW SYSTEM OF EXTRAORDINARY
Baran.
Baron Tredegar, who is Deputy This means that the Conference has
Lieutenant of Monmouth, served in the adjourned indefinitely na practically at South Africa War and the Great War, China's original delegates have left in the latter of which he commanded F.M.' yacht Liberty and won decora- Peking,-being-mostly nominees of Feurtions for his services. He owns about Yu Hsiang or Tuah Chi Jui, both of whom 40,000 acres
Mr. Henry Seymour Berry, who be are now driven from office.
comes a Baron, is a Welsh coal-owner, It is uncertain whether the conference being Chairman or Director of over filty will reopen in the autumn with consider-companies. He was associated with the late Lord Rhondda in colliery and other ́able changes in the Sino-foreign personnel undertakings, and to his native town of Merthyr Tydvil he has made gifts, in- or break down altogether.
cluding a new wing for the General Hos- pital and £20,000 for building a technical school in memory of his father.]
DRITISH ATTITUDE.
PRIVY COUNCILLORS
(Chairman of the Imperial Shipping and Imperial Economic Committee), and Lord Onslow, (Under Secretary of War).
FINES
up, Many bridges have been destroyed and telegraph lines are down.
An earlier cable stated:-A memage from: Leon, Mexico, says the food havoC has been aggravated by an outbreak of plague. Six thousand families are" home- less and foodless.. Relief trains are MADKID, July 3rd. Following the recent plot discovery the coming in slowly but supplies are ïnade- Government has decided to instituts arquate Looting has begun despite a mili- an addition to the ordinary legal penal-tary cordon round the district. The total ties a system of extraordinary fines on bodies recovered number 250, many with persons attempting to stir up trouble clothing torn off by the force of water. and impede the reconstruction of the country.
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The list of fines gazetted include half million
pesetas on Court Romanones, 200,000 pesetas on General Aguilera. 100,000 pesetar each on General Weyler, Dr. Maranon and ex-Senator Maneca,
and smaller fines on a number of ex Deputies, & General and a Colonel
LATER
It is semi-officially announced that the extraordinary fines mentioned will be devoted wholly to philanthropic purposes
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DANUBE FLOODS. ATTEMPT TO SAVE RICH HARVEST.
AUSTRALIAN COTTON.
PARLIAMENT ASKED TO GRANT *BOUNTY.
MELBOURNE, July. 2nd. In order to encourage the cotton in-
dustry, in Australia, the Government is“ asking Parliament to grant a bounty on spinning cotton yarns and also a bounty of three-half-pence per pound for five years on seed cotton.
BELGIAN STRIKE.
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
L'N-AGENCE,
NORTHERN WAR.
GENERAL ATTAOK AGAINST KUO MINCHUNEXPECTED
PEEING, July 4th.
A general attack against the Euomin chun foft wing is expected shortly. It is understood that Marshal Chang Tao Lin will remain in Tientsin until Non- kow is captured.
THE FAILURE OF THE GENERAL STRIKE. LABOUR EX-PREMIER'S IMPORTANT STATEMENT:
ex-
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT: ]
LONDON, May 29th. MRamsay MacDonald, the Labour Premier, is one of the political figures of the moment who is much under discussion. Be is proving in his own“ person and conduct that you cannot serv two masters; you cannot be on the side of a General Strike, which is a revolu tionary movement, and at the same time. ba & supporter of the Constitution. In. an article he has just written, he states, quite truly, the country will not tolerate erala ceneral strike, and proceeds" Let-
the Trade Unions face the facts. Men will come out heroically; but when they are out, what is to happen? They can de monstrate, but there can be no "victory" for a general strike. They can starve, but there can be no satisfactory end."
DOCKERS DEMAND INCREASED TAGES.
BELGRADE, July 3rd. There are disastrous floods in the low- lying districts, with many victims and much damage. The Danube is higher strike for increased wages.
than for century. Fifteen thousand men, assisted by troops, are working to sure the harvest in the Batchka district, the most fertile in the Kingdom:
ANTWERP, July 3rd, The dockers have declared a
{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE
THE COAL STRIKE. ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES FOR ENGLAND FROM US.-
LATED The British attitude to the Tariff Con-
Three new Privy Councillors are creat ference was made clear at a meeting of the foreign delegates this morning when cd,these being Colonel John Gretton, Sir Ronald Macleay, acting on instruc-| (Unionist M.P. for Rutland, and Chair- tions from fir Austen Chamberlain in man of Bass Rateliff and Gretton, "view of the numerous arronous and Ltd.); Sir Halford John Mackinder misleading statements which had sp peared recently in the local Press and Japanese newspapers," made the follow
Six Baronetcies are awarded for poli- ing declaration:" His Majesty's Govern- ment has instructed me to state it is their tical and public services, whilst the most PROBLEM OF THE EX-RULERS' earnest desire and intention to imple prominent names among twenty-Ave ment the Washington Treaty with the Knight Bachelors are the musician, Mr. least possible delay, and grant the sur-Heary Coward; Mr. F. E. Lacey, Secre taxes provided therein, if this should be tary to the Marylebone Cricket Club; the wish of the Chinese Government, anu and Mr. Stanley Machin, Director promise Bill The Government will not garding the distribution of the Mahmat for 300,000 tons of American coal.
they are prepared to discuss any reason able proposal put forward by the Chinese- delegates in harmony with the spirit of the letter of the Washington Treaty.
His Majesty's Government also wish it to be clearly understood that in the event of the Chinese Delegation on the resumption of the Conference, tabling proposal for immediate enforcement of the Washington sur-taxes, they have no intention after agreement on such pro- posals has been reached, to suspend the proceedings of the Conference or break off negotiations for the conclusion of the Tariff Treaty, which was interrupted by
Crosse and Blackwell, Ltd
-OTHER- HONQTRS,
The Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath is conferred on Sir Herbert Samuel, ex-Chairman of the Coal Com mission
Mrs. Massey, widow of the former Premier of New Zealand, is the sole re- cipient of a Dame of the Grand Cross of the British Empire Order, while among five Dáme Commanders figure the veteran actress, Mrs. Kendal and Dr. Mary Scharlieb.
for Mr. Sidney Barton, H.M.'s Consul General at Shanghai, and Commander. ships of the same Order for Mr. E. G. Jamieson, of Shanghai; Mr. C. C. A. Birke, of Swatow; and Mr. J. H, Bob son, of the 'Malay States.
LOCAL AND FAR EASTERN HONOURS. The list also includes a Knight Com recent political developments in China."mandership of the British Empire Order
After the meeting, the following com muniqué was issued by the Netherlands Legation on behalf of the delegates: The delegates of the Foreign Powers to the Chinese Customs Tarif Conference met at the Netherlands Legation this morning. They expressed the unanimous and earnest desire to proceed with the work of the Conference at the earliest possible moment, when the delegates of the Chinese Government were in a pos tion to resume the discussion with the foreign delegates
problems before the Conference
SOLID HELIUM:
DUTCH PROFESSOR SUCCEEDS
PRODUCING IT.
AMSTERDAM, July 4th. The newspapers report that Professor Keesom, of Leyden Umversity, has suc ceeded in producing helium in solid form by means of powerful pumps and pheno- menally low temperatures,
EAST INDIES EARTHQUAKE.
OFFICIAL
PORT OF LOES AND DAMAGE.
THE HAGUE, July 3rd
Dutch The Governor-General of
porting tha Indies has telegraph were killed and 40 injured in the earth quake there.
Only one European was involved. The damage is estimated at millions of floring A previous cable, from Padang, Suma
C.M.G.'s have been conferred on Mr. R Q Winstedt, of the Straits Settle- ments, and Mr. Harold Porter, Acting Consul General at Hankow.
Honorary Commanderships of the British Empire Order have been con ferred on Dato Mentrihisar, of Johore, and the Undang of Sungei Ujobg
Knight Bachelorship is conferred on Mr. Justice H. H. J. Gompertz, Chief Justice of the Malay States, and who, until recently, was Fuisne Judge of Hougkong.
THE LATE SIR PAUL CHATER. The Honours List states that His Majesty would have approved of a Knight Commandership of the British Empire Order for the late Sir Paul Chater, in recognition of his services to Hongkong, had he survived.
EGYPTIAN EARTHQUAKE. EXTRAORDINARY ERROR IN PREVIOUS FIGURES.
GERMAN POLITICS.
PROPERTY.
BERLIN, July 2nd:
THE HOLY CARPET. REASON WHY IT WAS ORDERED BACK.
CAIRO, July 2nd- The Holy Carpet has been ordered back At President Hindenburg's request from Juddah, due to disagreement be the Government has withdrawn the Com-tween Emir Uthajj and King Hedjaz re.
resign and the Reichstag will not be dis-gifts- to the poor It appears that solved
Bedouin Chiefs were demanding the cus President Hindenburg has written a tomary large share and that Uuhajj gave letter to the Chancellor pointing out that them £10,000 for the poor, retaining the neither alternative would solve the proalance of £20,000, pending instructions
blem of the ex-rulers' property.
The Reichstag has adopted a Bill pros hibiting litigation regarding ex-Rulera In the meantime it is hoped that the property till the end of the year.
Government will elaborate a scheme
satisfactory to the Reichstag, which ad- journs to-morrow till September.
MOROCCAN LEADERS.
ABD-EL-KRIM AND RELATIONS EXILED TO MADAGASCAR.
PARIS, July 2nd.
from his Government.
MILITARY REVOLT.
PERSIA
NEW YORK, July 4th Private advices from London to local coal authorities indicate an early settle ment of the strike. This seems hardly probable as the British Government Coal Committee are placing additional orders
CANADIAN POLITICS. DRAMATIC DISSOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT.
OTTAWA," July 2nd Parliament has been dissolved. UNEXPECTED HAPPENING.
Although uncertainty prevailed in a
INSURRECTION BREAKS OUT IN most complex parliamentary situation in
Canada the sunouncement of the dissol tion came with dramatic suddénness and before the sitting of the Commons fixed for two o'clock in the afternoon expect- ant crowds were awaiting admission to the galleries.
TEHERAN, July 2nd. The military stationed at Salmas
which is 50 miles from Tabriz, have re- volted and killed their commandant. They marched to Moku, vid Khoy, and
It is however, rather an important fact that previous to the General Strike Mr. MacDonald said nothing in public against the attempt to hold the nation to ransom. On the eve of the strike he
ddressed the Trades Union Congress which was called to endorse the Generat Strike policy, and he then delivered a speech in which he said, on behalf of him self and his fellow Socialists in Parlia ment, that if the Government did. vos
change its attitude" we are in the battle
ingly until the end has come and right and justice have been done."
with you, taking our share uncomplain-
During the Battle Mr. MacDonald' was co-opted with Mr. Henderson on the General Strike-Committee, and therefore was in, actual fact one of the would-be
dictators who were endeavouring to des troy Constitutional Government and ret up in its place the T.UE. Now that the battle is over and the rights of all loyal and patriotic people have been vindicat- ed, it certainly shows considerable. effrontery on Mr. MacDonald's part to tell the working men of this country that they were foolish to engage in a general strike This, at any rate, is what people are thinking and saying, including the working men, and they are saying it with turid adjectiv
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY.
were joined by the local forces at both Mr. Meighen' and Mr. King are prepCHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
places. They then started looting. Troops have been despatched from Tabriz to The Matin states that Abd-el-Krim and cope with the insurgents. Trouble has his near relatives will be exiled in Made also broken out at Banjard, in Khora gascar, where they will receive honour-san, to which place a regiment has been able treatment free from favour or depatched from the Capital. severity...
THE FRANC. YET ANOTHER SLUMP IN
· LONDON.
LONDON, July 2nd. The French franc closed in London at 183, the sinmp apparently being due to the uncertainty of the French political situation.
TRADE UNION POSITION. STRONGER NOT WEAKER RESULT OF GENERAL STRIKE,
LONDON, July 2nd.
Linton Wells, an
ing statements for publication As Par liament does not exist supply was not voted and as Legislation passed has not received Boyal assent, grants for supply
by Warrant of the Governor-Genera and necessary expenditure will be made
ON THE WAR PATH.
[FROM OUR OWN.CORRESPONDENT]
LONDON, May 29th- I hear that Mr. Winston Churchill is again-trying to use the economy are in the Government Departments, and, of course, he is faced with all the old diff Lord Byng's refusal of the dissolution culties. As he confessed previously in to Mr. Mackenzie King and his granting the House of Commons, wherever he turus to reduce expenditure he is met of the dissolution to Mr. Meigben, will with axed bayonete." It is human-
-THE-MAIN ISSUE.
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CIRCLING THE WORLD.. AMERICAN TO COMPLETE JOURNEY IN 27 DAYS!
be the main issue in the forthcoming nature for Civil servante, like other people, to desire to keep their employ general election, according to a statement ment. This time the Chancellor of the. OSAKA July 2nd.
1850g"" to "Every Department a circulan. American World wade by Mr King, declaring that the Exchequer has instructed the Treasury to circler, passed Osaka at 9.4 am to-day issue which above all others is now before marked urgent, in which the Chief by train for Yokohama, where the the people is whether or not the govern-Clerks are bluntly told that unleas dras- ment of Canada is to be carried on in tic economies are effected there will have to be an increase of taxation, and he Empress of Asia is awaiting to accom mödate him--If is expected ly will re- accordance with the expressed will of the adds that the Treasury will expect from
within the next three month turn to New York on the 12th inst, suc people's representatives in Parliament each Department proposals for economy. cessfully completing the trip in twenty
AS seven days.
OBITUARY.
ADOLPH TUOK
LONDON, Jaly.
The death is announced of Sir Adolph
under a system of responsible self-govern
ment.
METOHEN'S STATEMENT-
OTTAWA, July 3rd.
From what I am able to learn the re- ceipt of this minatory circular has not disturbed the equanimity of Whitehall. The fact is that each Department expect ed something of the kind after the recent speeches on the Economy Bill, and it is said that some of the Departments have.. already begun a kind of financial Spring- cleaning A certain curtailment of ex penditure may be achieved among the lower grades of the Civil Service, but 10 il grades of the Civil Service, but
Mr. Meighen, in a statement, says That the Trade Union movement is not
The Government was defeated by a broken but even stronger as the result
majority of one on a question of law and of the general strike and that all re
not policy. This coupled with the con sideration of the chaotic condition of sources must be mobilised to defeat the Tuck.
The will, however, be able to Government's policy of surrounding Bir Adolph Tuck, who was 72 years the miners with a cordon of famine the old, was Chairman and Managing Dires public affairs and the too evident in Chancellor themes doing whit
tor of Raphael Tuck & Co Art Pub stability of the Government, necessitated," he can against the "fized bayonets. despair," generally increasing hours and fishers to their Majesties the King and
Hence have advised the reducing wages, is the keyuate of a de Queen He entered his father's art in my opinion, an early appeal to the
business in 1809, and inaugurated the electorate. claration by the Trades Union Congress first of a series of original Christmas Governor-General to dissolve Parliament, Card Designs Exhibitions at the Dudley made by the newspapers here in connecto aflisted Unions, arging the main Carter He introduced Picture Post to which His Excelledoy has agreed."
ficial statistics purport tenance of solidarity and the sustained Cards into the British Empire in 1894-] tion with the ing to refer to last Saturday's earth provision of funds for miners, their de quake. The statistics for the earthquake pendents, and all victimised workers. of August 8th, 1848, were issued for com parison with Saturday's, but owing to
CAIRO, July 3nd An extraordinary mistake has been
I stated: Over one hundred were a translation error they were accepted
anlading
European chemist, by the newspapers as Agures for Satur-
and many were injured by the arth- qpake Almost all the buildings collaps ed, s there s ach damage ic other loetto mines are Phat the
day's shock.
COBHAM'S FLIGHT.
Aras, July 3rd.
VOTE OF CENSUEL DEVEATED.
BENTER:
The amendment to the address to the King, which was moved by Mr. J. Clynes, was described by Mr. Churchill as a vote of censure and it was defeated
DR EMILE COUE
Naxcy, July 2nd: The death is announced of Dr. Emile Cove, the expert in auto-suggestion, at the age of 63 years.
BOBBY JONES. AMERICAN GOLFER'S WARM WELCOME IN NEW YORK
TYPIST'S RECORD.
94 WORDS A MINUTE FOR AN HOUR.
Mlle, Piau, the French typist employed by the League of Nations at Geneva who claims to hold the world's speed record for dictation, has broken another record by typing for an hour at the rate of $4 words & minutes parent
The previous record for an hour, is lish rival, Miss Mitchell, was second said to be 91 words a minute. Her Eng-
New Yorr, July 3rd. Bobby Jones had an enthusiastic re After a long study, the deceased for- caption at the harbour side on his return mulated theories as to the eure of various ailments by auto-suggestion. He from. Britain with the British open gelf with 83 words a minute and a man third
pións The Mayor and Corpora with 88 words a minute
In accomplishing this feat Mile. Piau visited England twice to expound his by 256 vote to 95
views on hypnotic therapeutics, receiv tion exten him an official welcome intruck the keys of her machine nearly The address to the King was carried by ing in March and April, 1922, a most
10 times second the city hall. Leordial welcome.lt