FRENCH POLITICS.
BRITISH PRESS. COMMENT ON THE CRISIS.
M. HERRIOT TO FORM CABINET.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PARIB, July 18th. M. Herriot has agreed to try and form a. Cabinet
BRITISH PRESS VIEWS.
LONDON, July 18th. The French crisis is given prominencs in all the morning papers, especially a affecting the rest of Europe.
The Daily Telegraph says the real difficulty is the composition of the present Chamber, in which no durahlo majority
is formable
"The Daily Mail says the fall of the frane and the collapse of M. Briand's 3finistry is a consequence of the burden of American War Debt which hangs ever
Europe and is the fruitful cause of
economie and financial disaster,
The Daily News states that the gravest feature of these recurrent fiascos is that they are helping, to bring democratic government into contempt.
The Daily Graphic is of the opinion that there must be a dictatorship or dis solution. A man is wanted to eLTO France from the impotent Parliament, regarding which the paper mentions the
magic came
of Foch and also Poin
care.
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SHANGHAI MIXED
COURT.
1926 THE HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY JULY 20TH,
SHOOTING IN
PARSONAGE
CONTRADIOTORY STATEMENTS U.S. PASTOR CHARGED WITH
REGARDING RENDITION."
MURDER OF LUMBERMAN,
IS TIME RIPE FOR TRANSFER? A PLEA OF “SELF-DEFENCE."
PROMINENT FOREIGNER'S PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]
SHAYORAI, July 19th.
Interest in the rendition of the Mixed Court is increasing, but the public are somewhat confused owing to the con
on the tradictory statements issued matter, and the foreign papers, ap- parently, differ considerably as regards what has occurred.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY, J
"FORT WORTH (Texas), July 10th,
The Rev. Frank Norris, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, pleaded that he
acted in self-defence when he was arreste
ed after fatally shooting a man named De Chipps, a lumberman, in the study of the Church Parsonage. He was allowed bail of 810,000.
Norris is a prominent anti-avolutionist and revivalist and is publisher of the weekly paper The Searchlight.
· He delivered a sensational" sermon in New York last year in which he said the City would be wiped out for its sins,
Norris told the police that Chipper seated his recent public addresses and
CABLE CANTON CONFERENCE. LUXURY FLAT OF A 200 APE
FAR EASTERN
NEWS.
(THEOCON REUTER'S AGANOY.]
TO VISIT CHANG BRA.
CHIANG KAI SHEK AND BORODIN DUE IN THREE DAYS.
Haxxow, July 18th It is authentically reported from Ching- sha that the Commissioner for Foreign Altairs there has officially intimated to the Consular Body that General Chiang Kai Shek and Borodit are scheduled to arrive there in three days' time.
THE JAPANESE RIOT,
MANY INJURED AND HURT AT NAGANO.
MORE DETAILS.
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TOKYO, July 19th.. Details of yesterday's riot at Nagano show that 100 were injured, including 20 police, two being critically hurt, whilst the Prefectural Governor and also the Chief Police were badly mauled, though
A prominent foreigner, writing in the North-China Daily News, emphasises that the rendition of the Mixed Court must' come sometime, but states that very few people who are conversant with the administration of Chinese justice con- sider the time ripe for such a step.
He asks what guarantees have we that MR. L. E. HAYNES'S FINANCES. not seriously..
the Judgeships and other cffices of poten- tial profit will not be brazenly hawked to the largest purse, as in the pasti... Does the reported agreement between the Consular Body and the Kiangan Provincial Government give accurately the terms agreed between them, or is it a complete fabrication ? ....
BCARRMONGERS AT WORK
Has this or a similar document been sent to the Diplomatic Body for ap-
The Morning Post, which prints a special article dealing with the subject of taxation in France and the anomal- ous methods of collection making evasionproval? often a simple matter," says the pre- Will the interested parties, including liminary essential condition for restoring France is contained in the concluding lines of the Report of the Committee of Experts-" I France know how to im- pose discipline upon herself."
FRANCS 230 TO £.
LONDON, July 19th. French francs opened on London to-day at. 930 to the £
A. COMPLEX SITUATION.”
LATER!
the public, have an opportunity of ex- pressing their views to the Diplomatic and Consular Bodies before a final agreement is reached!
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The North-China Daily News, in a leader replying to these questions, assert that nothing definite has yet been con- eluded, and states "that the Consular Body are ready to receive lawyers at any time to hear their views.
threatened him.
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY- FILED.
THE STRIKE COMMITTEE NOT SATISFIED.
"AFFAIRS IN HUNAN.
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT AND
VIOLET RAYS.
BATHCHAIR TRIPS.
Murphy, the famous orang-utan at the Zoo, has sufficiently recovered from bis
He is one of the pampered aristocrats of the Zoo, and scorns familiarity with the lower orders of the ape tribe.
He is even particular in choosing his human friends. Only persons of neat and dignified appearance can hope to win lus good graces. He has a quick eye, how- ever, for toothsome dainties, particularly for ripe and rosy apples.
So far no official communiqué regard-recent severe illness to take the air in. ing Monday's meeting of the Chuten a bathehair and visit his neighbours, the Conference has yet come to hand, but sacred baboons, as well as certain dis
tinguished inmates of the small monkey- our Chinese correspondent writes that
Bouse. the Strike: Committee are not at all Pleased by the substitution of Professor Koo Man Tu for Mr. Chan Kung Pok, the retiring Commissioner of Agriculture 4nd Labour, as a member of the Chinese delegation. Mr. Chan is a Cantonese and is generally regarded as belonging to the extreme section of the Labour Party. Mr. Eugene-Chen, Mr. T. V. Soong and
He has lately taken possession of the Prof. Koo are not Cantonese and do not
most luxurious at that art and speak the local Canton dialect
science can deviso. It is beautifully built, The Strikers Committee are clamouring-with-every conceivable convenienger-and- for a return to the status quo as far as is fitted with such modern luxuries as employment is concerned and they are violet raya, artificial sunlight, and hard. trying to raise questions regarding quartz glass! strike pay. It is generally believed, however, that the Chinese delegates will be guided by General Chiang Kai Shek'a views on these matters rather than by the opinions of the Strike Committee.
HUNAN.
General Chiang Kai Shek has ordered
Beneath the beautiful terra-cotta tiles, potentate, is a special system of ground on which Murphy reclines like an Eastern heating, which assures soothing warmth by night and day
SPRING DOOR.
Another distinctive feature of the flat 18 spring door which gives iturpio- free access to his garden without fear of draughts.
The mob of 5,000 stormed the Prefec tural Hall, and the Governor's and Police Chief's residences, and also two news-all troops assigned to the Hunan fronte sky is overcast, his valet or keeper
Mr. L. E. Haynes again appeared before the Registrar, Mr. G. W. King, in H.M. Supreme Court, Shanghai, on July 14th, on an adjourned judgment sun mona for the recovery of 8810, the amount of the taxed costs given against him into the scene. his unsuccessful suit against the Shang- hai Mercury, Ltd. ...
Mr. E. H Platt (for- the judgment creditors) said-This summons was ad journed the other day, in order, as Mr. Haynes put it, to save the time of the Court, as he was going to "file a bank- ruptcy petition. I should like to ask him now if he has filed that petition, and if not, why he has not.
The Registrar-As a matter of fact, he has filed a bankruptcy petition at the last moment, this morning..
Mr. Platt-I take it, therefore, that in future his affairs will be in the hands of the Official Receiver.
He loves to bask in the sun, and, i
has merely to switch on artificial sun- light. Should this fail to bring him comfort and good cheer violet rays are
available.
to depart between July 20th and 25th. paper offices, using stones and clabs.
The Police were powerless to control A detail of the Kuomintang Army with the situation, but the mob dispersed aine aeroplanes and an equal number of before the arrival of a Military detach-field guns has left Canton for Shinkwan The hard quartz glass with which the ment which was rushed from Matanmoto
fat is fitted is perhaps one of Mur- by train.
phy's chief blessings at this time of the General Yeh Kai-Hsin-who-failed-to-year, for it-does-not-rob-the sun of its. hold Changsha for the Northern troops healing rays like ordinary glass. The Etful gleams of spring are, therefore, has wired his resignation to Marshal Wu enjoyed to the full. Pei Fu but it has not been accepted. Marsha Wu has replied direnting him to continue to defend Hunan against the advance of the Kuomintang forces.
[The previous cable stated:-According _to_ a report from Nagano, Central Japan, a riot has broken out, resalting in the Prefectural Governor's residence being stormed. The Governor himself was seriously hurt.]
FASTEST CLIMBING FEAT.
THREE HIGH PEAKS SCALED WITHIN A DAY.
...
'ARRIVALS IN THE COLONY,
PASSENGERSON
"PRESIDENT MADISON."
Dr. Charles F. Hadfield, of Queen Anne-street, London, W., and three.com- panions have performed what must be the fastest mogutain climbing on record..
The A... President Madison' came into The party ascended the highest moun-port late on Sunday afternoer, from tains in Scotland, England and Wales Seattle vid Japan and Shanghai. in twenty-three hours and ten minutes. Among the passengers on board disem... including, the time taken in travelling barking in Hongkong were
The article concludes by stating that M. Herriot, who announced yesterday there is evidently a concerted effort from morning that he was determined to form some quarters to work up a scare for position has changed to this extent, that between each mountain.
& Cabinet before this evening, conferred which there is no foundation. first thing to-day with a number of mem-
bers of his first Ministry, it an
His consultations yesterday revealed
TROUBLES IN INDIA.
The Registrar-Yes. The position is that, on the last occasion, Mr Haynes said that he was going to do so, and the this morning, before coming into Court, he did filo his petition. Of course, he is not a bankrupt yet. The next step will be a receiving order, so, Mr. Haynes, you will please attend in the Registry and ile your statement of affairs. This summons then must be adjourned tine
the complexity of the situation. He LORD IRWIN AND CRITICISM OF die. There is no more to be said.
offered the Socialists an extensive share
of the portfoliós, but was told they would only join the Cabinet or condi
GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, July 18th. Speaking at a banquet at the Chelms
on that they received the portfolios of Finance and War, and they also insistedford Club which was founded to promote on the acceptance of the Socialist friendly intercourse between the com- finance programme, including a Capital munities of India, the Viceroy,
Irwin, dealt exhaustively with the sent communal troubles in India.
Levy.
"
As regards the other suggestion, name- Iya Ministry of the National Union, the insurmountable obstacle appears to
Lord
ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION.
PERMANENT HOME PURCHASED,
Dartmouth House, Charles-street, Bar keley-square, has been purchased by the pre-English-Speaking Union from the Hon
Mrs. Robert Lindsay, for the purpose of the organisation's permanent home in the British Empire. Fossession will be had at midsumicer; and it is proposed
He vigorously disclaimed the insinua tions that the Government was indiffer-
The mountains climbed were Ben Nevis (4,400 feet) in Inverness-shire, Scafell (3,210 feet) in Cumberland, and Bnow don (3,870 feet) in Carnarvon.
The mountaineers began by climbing Ben Nevis and travelled south by motor car to Snowdon, climbing Seafell on the
way.
The approximate distance by road be tween the three mountains is 430 miles. They were driven by Mr. H. P. Cain, barrister, of Ramsbottom, who is presi dent of the Rock and Fell Climbing Club. It is estimated, assuming that the average speed of the motor car was thirty miles an hour-a high average on a long and hilly journey such as theire that they spent, thirteen hours on the road motoring from one mountain to an- other, and that the remaining ten hours and ten minutes were spent in the actual climbing
During part of the time that they
Min TW. Balean, a resident of Shanghai, en route to Europe and who is stopping over at Hongkong for a few days with her brother Dr. Balean and Mra Balean.
Miss. Beulah Bartlett, Mrs. H. Bleecker, Mrs. H. Eckart, Miss Blythe Mource, a tourist party from Los Angeles making a tour of the Orient.
Mrs. H. Geare, a resident of Hong- kong, returning from Shanghai Mrz. Geare is accompanied by her daughter
and nurse.
When a Daily Express representative called on Murphy he was reclining on his terra-cotta tiles, but he rose to great his visitor and permitted a handshake. He eagerly accepted the offer of an Aus tralian apple, and proceeded to eat to the visitor's health.
OIL-FUEL TO RUN 10,000 ENGINES.
YEARLY SAVING OF THREE MILLION TONS OF COAL:
L.M. AND. S. SCHEME.
The Daily Express understands that proposals have been put forward by the directors of the London Midland Scottish hadway Company for recon- structing all their locomotives to fit them. It is understood that this action is not for burning oil-fuel instead of coal. a counter-move to the coal strike, but follows out a suggestion which was placed before the company x months ago
The coal strike has, however, brought the matter to a head. An important decision may be reached almost imme diately,
WHAT IT MEANS
Mr. C. V. Ross, a business man of Kobe, who is on a short business trip. The locomotives which would be recon- to Hongkong. Mr. Ross is accompanied by his son.
Mr. Chin Hoy, is a Chinese business man of the Grand Rapids Michigan, re- turning to China with his wife and daughter for a visit.. Manila on the President Madison, which Among the passengers proceeding to
were the following?
structed number more than 6,900 tender
engines and 3,200 tank engines.
Should the proposal be carried through contracts of more than three million tons it will involve the cancellation of coal.
annually.
he the refusal of M. Marin, lender of the tent to or even-welcomed these disorders that it shall be ready for occupation by were motoring and climbing," said the sailed from Hongkong yesterday evening | WHY GIRLS PREFER TALL MEN.
Republic Democratic Union, who always and dwelt on the measures taken by the advocated such & Ministry, to serve un-Central Government in conjunction with "der M. Herriot, while the Radical the Local Governments to cope with the Socialista, refuse to co-operate with men situation, and the impartiality of the authorities, and the general appeals for tolerance and of forbearance.
Hike Tardieu and Marin.
There remains the idea of a Cabinet of Republican concentration, in which even- tuality M. Herriot might appeal for co-operation to personalities like M Poincare.
MOTOR RACING GRAND PRIX WON BY BUGATTI CAR.
PARIS, July 18th
INDIA'S CLIMATE. -
A message from San Sebastian says PAMPHLET ON ITS EFFECT ON that our driving a Bugatti, won the Grand Prix d'Europe 6f-80,000-pesetas and the King's Cup.
SMALLPOX........
LONDON, July 19th The Medical Research Council...has. The distance was 779 kilometres, 175 published a pamphlet by Sir Leonard metres, and the time taken was 411 Rogers on the effect of the climate of minutes. India on amallpox, which shows the disease is generally more prevalent in the dry seasons, or in low rainfall areas, and concludes by watching the absolute humidity in India, and possibly other tropical continental countries at
a season when normally, the average humidity is about 0.700 to 0.800.
About four afths of the smallpox epidemics can be foreseen two or three months ahead, in time to enable the Public Health authorities to issue war nings, and to take the necessary steps to minimise approaching outbreaks
COBHAM'S FLIGHT..
KARACHI, July 18th. Coblem bas arrived here.
FORGOTTEN TUBE TRAIN.
STATION STAFF SWITCH OFF-
THE CURRENT.
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND FASCISM.
the beginning of 1997. It is an unre wife of one of the party to a Daily stricted freehold, built-by-Lord-RovelExpress representatire, it was quite stoke in 1800, and has five doors, an ex- dark, and on Ben Nevis they were caught tensive frontage, and an interior court in a mist as well, and were nearly lost." yard giving light and air to the nain reception rooms. A room will be set apart for the Page Memorial Library a memorial to the great ambassador who did more for the ideals of the English- Speaking Union than any man of his age. The name of Dartmouth House is
THE POPE'S ADVICE. of good omen for the home of the union, as a Lord Dartmouth was one of the
Italian Catholics have long been divided best of the New England Governors, and
by sharp political differences, because, established Dartmouth College, Hanover, while the majority of high prelates view New Hampshire. Moreover, the same. Fascism with benevolence many of the Dartmouth is known throughout the lower clergy and lay organizers, on the United States, for the Dartmouth Col-contrary, maintain the Popular party lege case produced one of the leading tradition and resent Fascist intrusion into Supreme Court decision. The purchas the sphere of Catholic beneficence and and equipment of Dartmouth, House will social work | cost about £70,000. - Of this sum £56,000- has already been raised, and steps are being taken to obtain the balance.
BRITAIN'S HEALTH.
DEATH-RATE UNUSUALLY LOW.
Mr. C. C Abbott, Mt. 1. G. Snapp:
Mr. F. Pascual, Miss F. Dickson NATURAL WISH TO BE INFERIOR.
B: Moore, Mina A. M. McCallum, Miss. F. Pearson, Miss A Thuman, Mr. A.
Mr. Knight Dunlop, professor of experi Ramos, all school teachers for the Bureaumental psychology in Johns Hopkins of Education at Manila.
University, Baltimore, in a book entitled Rear Admiral Sumner Kittelle is Personal Beauty and Racial Better- Commandant of the Cavite Navy Yardment, gives a full, carefully considered at Cavite, near Manila. Admiral Kit answer to the problem of why girls profer telle is accompanied by his wife and three
tall enerves children.
Mr. L. Burke is the representative for the Far East of the Diston Saw Co on a short visit to the Philippines in the interests of his company.
He observes that women, when discuss - ing the relative handsomeness of men, settle the point by such an observation no "A is taller than B. He har succeed ed by carefully placed questions in elicit Mr. C. B. Hewes is connected with theing a considerable amount of information United States Consular Service; on a short trip to the Philippines.
BARRISTER TRAMPS OVER THE HILLS.
on this point; without revealing the actual purpose of his interrogation,
For example," he writes, "if I in- quire of a woman concerning the hand The controversy between the two sec
someness of a man who has a general tions has lately been specially bitter
combination of desirable. and undesirable owing to disagreements about the correct-
characteristics, but who is a trife below Catholic attitude towards the new syn-
medium height, I frequently obtain in her dical law. Hence much interest attaches
Arst statement a criticism of his stature, to a note just published in the Jesuit BUT APPEARS AT COURT IN VAIN. followed by a consideration of his other review, Civilta Cattolica, believed on
attributes, indicating that, in her estima this occasion directly to reflect the views of the Pope. The note in question recom- (one being married) summoned two
The case in which two Chinese ladies tion, size is of paramount importance. W
This preference for stature Mr. Dunlop mends a middle attitude, and utilises a single formula to rebuke both those youths, Hajee Mahomed Ismail, of explains as barking back to primitive The weekly return of the Registrar- Catholics who are excessively hostile to No. 13; Sharpe Street, and AB times, when it was important that man' General for the week ended June 8th, Fasciani and those excessively enthusias Hartream, living at No. 15, Tai Wong: should be a fighter and a hunter in order. shows that the infant mortality rate for A tube train was delayed twenty the 180 great towns of England and tie for it. Both, it says, are blinded by Street, Wanchai, for assault at Happy to secure food for his wife and children Social factors, such as the fear of achasrements of the opposing political July 7th, was again before Mr. R. W minutes in the tunnel near Chaik Farm Wales was 53 per 1,000 births, as against political passions to the undoubted Valley on the evening of Wednesday, and to protect them Station because the station staff, thought 60, 63, and in the preceding three parties that is, in one case, Fascist and Landsell the Central Magistracy yes ridicule, also influence a woman's prefore that the last train to Hendon had gone week The civilian death-rate was 10.0
socks to keep her sons out of the narrow The defendants were not present, how small man is made conspicuous by con- through, and had turned off the current per 1,000. In the preceding three weeks: the other case. Popular." The Churchterday afternoon once for a tall man. The weakness of a in the section depend the rates were 11.4, 120 and 11.1 These groove of transitory politics, elevating ever, they having been informed earlier trast with a fall wife
The train had almost reached the figures are normal for the period of the them towards the plenitude of goodness, in the day that Mr. H. Somerset Fitz Mrs Cecil Chesterton, the writer, how station, when it stopped, the ordinary year and do not suggest that the populaconcludes the message
troy, for the prosecution was unable to ever, has another reason to offer why girls be present, owing to the storm.ARAG prefer tall men. She declares that lights went out, and the emergency Lights
Mr. Fitzroy, howover succeeded in Girls know that tall men are more. come on..
The staff at the station, fortunately,
reaching Court by tramping across the amenable than short ones. They are in- soon discovered their mistake, but be-
hille, but as the defendants were not prefluenced by women more easily You fore it could be rectified they had to be
sent, and it only remained for the case niwaya find that tall men are much more sure that the line was clear. During
for the defence to be presented by Mr. liable to be herpacked than short ones! the night staff of workmen examined
J. A. O'Donoghue and Mr. W. B. Hind, A fall man appeals more to a woman's the line thoroughly, and it was necessary
His Worship adjourned the case sofil femininity He regards her as some one to ensure that they were all safe.
precious who has to be taken care of??
tion, whether infant or adult, is being subjected to any excessive stress.
The returna for the whole of England and Wales for the first quarter of the year show a birth rate of 18.2, which is the lowest ever recorded in any first quarter except those of 1918 and 1910. The death-rate was 128, which is excep tionally low,
1.05
A crocodile, measuring 17 ft. 4 in. and possessing only one tooth, was caught near Kiang recently, In the reptile were found one dog ring licence 1914, a Tamil woman, two human teeth, and a pair of goat's horns
*this afternoon,