CHINA'S CIVIL WAR. ↓
HANGCHOW RE-CAPTURED BY"
- NORTHERN "LOYALS."
SUN CHUAN FANG ON THE WARPATH.
THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, December 17th.
mere handful of
It appears that a
THE HONGKONG : DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TR. 1920.
BRITISH BROAD-
CASTING.
MR. AMERY ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
PASSING FROM B.B.C. TO A STATE- | EXPLAINS IT IN THE LIGHT OF
CONTROLLED CORPORATION.
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS..
from the British Broadcasting Company to a State-controlled Corporation.
(BRITISH WIRELESS. BERVICE]
RUGBY, December 17th.
"Southerners in plain clothes entered
The control of telephonic broadcasting Hangchow on Tuesday and cut the rail-in Britain passes at the end of the year way early on Wednesday morning. But they evacuated the city on Wednesday night following the restoration of, the communications with Shanghai, when Sun Chuan Fang sent. 4,300 loyal troops to Hangchow to reinforce the 0,000 "loyals" there. Sun has altogether 23.000 "Royal" in
and in Hangchow region.
hangars that Cheking has declared independence is unfounded. It arose owing to the doubtful attitude of 6,000 troops-in Hangchow.
· MORE BRITISH DESTROYERS FOR CHINA STATION.
MALTA, December 17th. The Fourth Destroyer Flotilla has been ordered to China, and is now taking in munitions and stores. It will probably leave this afternoon, and the cruiser Curador may accompany it."
At a dinner last night, the Premier and other prominent men paid a tribute to the manner in which private enter prise had developed telephonic broadcast- ing in Britain during the past four years, making particular reference to the quality of the entertainment provided and the complete impartiality of the domestic news bulletins.
THE RECENT CONFERENCE.
CONTRASTS IT WITH THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.
[ERITISH WIRELESS SERVICE);
RUGBY, December 17th. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Amery, reviewing the work of the Imperial Con- Zerence, said it had removed certain internal political difficulties in some of the Dominions and had strengthened inter-imperial relations.
In accordance with past procedure, the Balfour Report on those relations had not attempted to lay down a constitution but generally to consider how it had developed
a
MEXICO'S NEW OIL LAWS.
THEIR EFFECT ON FOREIGN CONCERNS IN MEXICO.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
`[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
MEXICO CITY, December 17th. The Government has telegraphed to the foreign companies that if they do not apply for conârmation of their titles, in accordance with the Oil laws, and with- in the time limit, they will be deemed to have renounced their rights
A statement, however, in the same tele gram, saya the law does not provide for "forfeiture" for the violation of the provisiona
A further statement com mented upon is that a number of the largest companies, popularly considered as foreign, such as the Lacorona and Elguila (Mexican Eagli O) Mexican, according to the Articles Incorporation.
CEYLON AND RUBBER
RESTRICTION.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REJECT THE MOTION TO "STAND OUT.”
[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
·COLOMBO, December 17th, The Legislative Council has rejected the motion to stand out from the Rubber Restrictions. The mover of the motion did not vote.
In a Reuter telegram, dated Colombo, December 3rd, it was stated: the motion, This Council is of opinion "The Legislative Council is discussing that Ceylon should now stand out from of which in the recent instructions from the rubber restriction, the readjustment the Secretary of State, is uneconomic for Ceylon."
TRAGIC DEATH.
U.S. LAWN TENNIS EX-CHAMPION FOUND SHOT.
A GREAT SPORTSMAN.
[REUTER'S
LA AMERICAN SERVICK),
Nsw Toas, December 16th. The body of W. A. Larned, who was seven times lawn tennis singles champion. of America, was found by his valet in his bedroom at the Knickerbocker Club.
had recently suffered from a nervous Death was due to a revolver shot. Her
breakdown. He was a member of the Executive of the United States? Lawn Tennis Association and invented the steelframed racquet in 1921,
Subsequently, there was the following telegram, dated Colombo, December 10th: As a student at Cornell University, as With reference to the motion of the far back as 1893, Larned won the Inter- opinion that Caylout ahould not stand collegiate Championship of the United Legislature, stating Council of out from the rubber restriction, the read States, and the, Longwood Challenge justment of which in the recent instruc- are tions from the Secretary of State, is an Cup in 1894, 1993, 1897, 1903-08, and of economic for Cerion, Mr. Amery has again in 1911. He was runner-up in the
telegraphed warning against the serious effects on the industry if Ceylon aban-USA Championship in 1802, 1894, 1895 doned rubber restrictions, leading an and 106; he won the All-Comers' Singles
NICARAGUA AND MEXICO.
PRESIDENT DIAZ'S. EXPRESSES
HIS OPINION.
MANAGUE, December 17th. President Diaz, in a message to the Mexico's interference Nicaraguan Congress, strongly deprecates which he describes as inexplicable.
immediate fall in prices which would hit Ceylon in the same degree as others. Heat Newport in 1800, 1901 and 1907; and declares that the maintenance of pros was Champion of the U.S.4. in 1001, 1902 perous conditions for rubber producers
The British system was entirely differ. The Postmaster-General, referring to ent from the federal system and the Con- the new Corporation's Powers, said the ference revealed that in Empire Councils changed status would give the Corpora constitutional conception was evolving, ation more freedom. So far from it being somely, that of unity, which worked from fettered by legislature, it would be more within, giving absolute freedom to each independent, apart from restrictions part, and which was not less effectivo which for the present were imposed upon than other forms of unity imposed from the broadcasting of editorial and of con- without by constitutional federal. troversial matter of particular typen. The scheme. conduct of business, technical arrange-'
Empire co-operation by conference and merts, and the composition of pro-consultation extended to every aspect of grammes lay solely in the discretion of national life, migration, social questions, the governors of the new Corporation research, communications, mutual pre and that discretion he promised to main. ference-a far wider field than that of any union which was solely for defence and Mr. Reith, the present managing direc-security against the outside world. tor of the Company, who will be Director- General of the new Corporation, said the world's chief broadcast system would, he believed, eventually be so inter-related 30,000 MEN DIG 3,000,000 TONS A bribery in connection with a transaction VEILED CHARGES AGAINST LATE
KUOMINTANG'S EXTORTION.
EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND ON THE tain.
HANKOW RACE CLUB.
Hasxow, December 17th. The Political Bureau has demanded our-fifth of the profits of the Hankow Race Club, which, as is well-known, is not only a Race, Club but is the chief foreign recreation and social amusement centre in Hankow,
It is situated in Chinese territors, 11 miles outside of the British Concession and is registered as a British company.
The Bureau also demands' that the Club's books be audited by the Bureau as are, at present, the books of all Chinese storekeepers of the Native City.
All the Chinese jewellery stores "bave closed down on account of the demande of the unions and the high taxation.
U.S. STEEL CORPORATION.
A
BIG INCREASE OF SHARES TO BE MADE.
BOOM IN THE MARKET.
LONDON, December 17th
that barriers of nationality, language and geography would be overcome..
FROM ENGLAND TO INDIA IN
"MOTH" AEROPLANES.
BAGDAD REACHED.
SEVERAL NON-STOP RECORDS
CREATED..i'
Rotay, December 17th. The two "Moth" seroplanes, piloted by Captain Stack and Captain. Leete Wright (1) have reached Bagdad on their fight to India. They have created several records for long non-stop flights for small machines during their journey.
NEW ZEALAND'S PREMIER.
VISITING BATTLEFIELDS AND CEMETERIES.
Rrony, December 17th. It is officially announced that the United States' Steel Corporation has un Coates, left London for France to-day to The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. animously passed a vote recommending visit the battlefelds and the war ceme- to stock-holders, at the annual meeting to be held in April, 1995, that the Corteries of New Zealand soldiers.
poration's, coinmon shares be increased by 2,032,210 shares, which is equivalent to 40 per cent. of the present outstanding. common shares, for the purpose of dis tributing them an extra special dividend will be made to common sicck-holders.
Although some distribution was long expected, the size of the bonus has been general surprise. The stock was the feature of the day's market · and was dealt with in enormous volume. It reach- ed over 15 or over three points above that of the previous days dealings...
FRENCH DISCOUNT RATE.
REDUCED TO 6 PER CENTUM.
BOON TO FRENCH TRADE.
PARIS, December 17th, The Banque of France has reduced its discount rate to 6 per ccatum. The rate was raised to 7 per centum" when the frane was quoted at 200 to the pound in order to compel the repatriation of French capital. It is now considered that the object has been largely attained and the reduction.comes as a boon to French trade, which was' languishing."
[ERITIAN WIRELESS, SERVICE)-
NO MORE SENSATIONAL DIVORCE REPORTS.
* LABOUR EX-CHANCELLOR
APPROVES TRUSTS,
AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE.
BRITISH MINERS BUSY.
WEEE...
RUGBY, December 18th. During the week ended December 4th the output of coal from British mines was 3,126,100 tons. A total of 730,100 then were at work. For purposes of com- parision with normal times it may be stated that for the quarter ended December 1925 there were 1,042,907 work people and output for that quarter was at rate of 4,690,000 tons per week.
{THROUGH" IKUTER"S" LOENCY.}
GERMAN POLITICS.
SOCIALIST LEADER'S DENUNCIA. TION OF THE NATIONALISTS.
ALLEGED ABUSES.
BERLIN December 17th. The voting on the Social Democrats' motion of non-confidence has been post poned until to-morrow after a lively debate.
The Chancellor, Dr. Marx, deprecated
is a matter of real importance from the (defeating R. F. Doherty in the challenge Empire viewpoint, bence our aim, urged round), 1907, 1908, 1910 and 1911. He by producers and users alike, is to resigned the title in 1812. He had re- stabilise the price, and that such stability must be sought at a profitable level in Presented the United States many times and aggression,order to encourage cultivation and in the Davis Cup matches, travelling to
promote research. He points out that the England, Australia and New Zealand. new scale precludes any alteration before next Noveraber, but before the period, is extended, Mr. Amery promises full coa sideration to any proposals advanced by Ceylon.")
THE DOHENY TRIAL.
ACCUSED ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY.
New Yoix, December 16th. Messrs. Fall and Doheny have been acquitted of the oil conspiracy charge.
They are, however, still indicted for involving 8100,000 which Doheny admitted. sending to Fall, though," describing it as
-AMERICAN NOVEL OF HIGH POLITICS.
PRESIDENT.
Mr. Larned was engaged on the New York Stock Exchange, but went to Cuba with the American Rough-Riders in 1898, and, when America entered the late war. he joined up, becoming a Major in the U.S. Flying Corps,
Sad End of a Vigoron's Career.
New York, December 17th. The Secretary of the United States Lawn Tennis Association said that
a lean to an old friend. Fall is also PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ANNOYED. Larned for the past six months had
charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government along with Mr. Harry Sinclair, of Teapot Dome lame.
(THROUGH REUTER'S BERVICE]
REVOLT IN PORTUGAL
MILITARY OUTBREAK.
LISBOS, December '16th. It is reported that a military revolt has "broken out in the south of Portugal. The Government has sent troops to deal with the rebels...
OBITUARY.
CAPT. N. W. VAN CORTLANDT.
Deceased had suffered from abdominal trouble recently, and was to undergo an operation on reaching Home. When he left Hong Kong on Saturday, he was apparently quite well
DEATH IN SINGAPORE. Capt. N. W. Van Cortlandt, of the Indo-China, Steam Navigation Co, one Coast, died on Thursday on board the of the best known skippers on the China a Government crisis in view of the imsa. Macedonia at Singapore, whilst on Portaal international questions unsettled a homeward trip. at Geneva, but the ex-Chancellor, Dr. Scheidmann, on behalf of the Socialists and amid howls of rage and cries of Traitor from the Right" denounced the alleged abuses of the Reichswehr Officers He alleged that they acted illegally in obtaining money and munitions from Russia and in recruiting exclusively from Nationalist organisations, and that, Dr. Stresemann's foreign policy was being thwarted. Germany wished honestly to observe the peace treaties,
The Nationalists at this point in dignantly withdraw.
Dr. Scheidemann demanded guarantees that secret arming would cease and also that there would be "no more Soviet ammunition for German guns."
Dr. Marx, ia reply, said the question of revising the recruiting regulations was being considered, but he de clared that Dr. Scheidemann's allegations referred to the past and he did not admit their accuracy.
Capt. Van Cortlandt was only in his 37th year. At the age of 21 (in 1910) he joined the Indo-China Co., was promoted chief officer in 1913 and master in 1919.
He was married and his wife resides at Home. As far as is known he does not Major R. Van Cortlandt, a retired Arny leave a family. The father of deccised is
officer, who is also resident in the United Kingdom.
Capt. Van Cortlandt's last ship was the Kuaising, on the Hong Kong-Bang kok run. During the War he was most jy on the Cheongahing and saw service in Mesopotamin, gaining the Mercantile Marine and War medals.
میں آثار
A DUTCH STATESMAN.
THE HAGUE, December 17th. The death is announced of Dr. Dressel-
RUGBY, December - 16th." Amalgamations have been a marked feature of big British business in recent years. The latest instance is the Chemical Combine with &д issued capital of £57,000,000. It is interesting to note that Mr. Philip Snowden who was Chancellor of Exchequer in late Labour Government approves of this policy. Andressing to-day Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants he said: "The amalgamations will tend to become not merely national but international in character and I look INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. huge, the leader of the Dutch Liberals, forward to the development of inter national trusts as a great instrument in the preservation of world peace. I have had occasion in the United States, that classic land of trusts, to go into ques- tion thoroughly and I came to clusion without hesitation that the general effect of trusts in United States has not been to increase prices."
con-
WHAT THE FINAL ELECTION RETURNS REVEAL.
DELHI, December 16th. The final election returns show that the nominees of the Indian National Can- gresa have maintained the Swarajists' strength in the All India National Assembly and in the Bengal Council, and
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR ON
BLACKBERRY.
INSECTS IMPORTED TO EAT IT UP. War has been declared on the black berry in New Zealand.
What at home is a friendly little frict
A novel entitled "Revelry," in which the author, Mr. Samuel Hopkins Adams, depicts in colours of the deepest dye sad ander the thinnest guise of fiction an
been paralysed from the waist down- wards, and had been in great agony. He bad served with the Flying Corps in the
amazing story of corruption in the ad- war and was also one of Col. Boosevelt's ministration of the late President Hard-1oughriders in the Spanish-American war. ing, has created a great political sensa. He was a crack rifle shot, a fine hockey. tion in Washington.
Reviewers
describe the novel player, and a keen rider with the hounds. dynamite" and declare that many of His tennis career was unparalleled in the its passages were taken verbatim from the public records of testimony in recent annals of American sport. Larned was trials. versation, at President Coolidge's recent
It was one of the topics of con- the first of the modern hard-hitters and luncheon 'to half a dozen Republican rolleyers to establish his supremacy on senators. It is reported to have annoyed the court. the President intensely, though the writer has, of course, not directly identi fied him with the fictional Vice-President who is designated as Mr. Elliot.
"The Ohio Gang.”
Neither is there any direct identifica- dent Markham but the Teapot Dome oil tion of. President Harding with Presi geandals, the suicide of Mr. Jeas Smith, General, Mr. Daugherty, and many the bosom friend of the former Attorney other acts of the "Ohio gang" of politi cians make it perfectly clear whom the
Luthor has in mind.
then
SHOOT TO KILL!
REVOLVER PRACTICE FOR U.S.A.
POLICE.
course of revolver practice for all mem has just issued an order for an elaborate The Commissioner of Police of Detroit
bers of the force.
He states that his men are not shoot- ing straight enough. Their bullets are hitting bandits all right, but this is "his chief point-they are not killing them,
According to one of the characters, Senator Thorne Willis Markham, who never takes a cent for himself," became President because the country needed a more-ah-ductile personality"
This target-practice order is but one President Roosevelt and President Wilmors indication of the grim situation in
which Detroit citizens find themselve This ductile personality is first shown owing to the attraction which the colos Lurcuck, a crafty politician, who doni dustry has exercised recently on bandits At a game of poker presided over by Dan sal wealth amassed by the motor-car in-
favours, takes tall from bootleggers and their only defence against robbers under nates the attorney-general, distributes
from all parts of the country. Bankars and manufacturers are convinced that causes men to be "put out of the way" when they squeal
arma is a reversion to the justice of. described as
Andy Gandy, secretary for health, is frontier days when outlaws were pepper- a man who can't smelled "fall of holes or strung to the nearest money without his ears twitching
" end tree. as having been unable to pay taxes a
Only 33 Killed. year ago whereas he has now bought a This year 16 banks have been robbed. fruit ranch in California for £48,000 with There have been innumerable robberies Inoney advanced by Sigmund McBride, of wages in bulk Though the police. anunattached Croesus who loves to have shot down 113 bandits, only 33 have play the amiable lackey to greatness. been killed. This percentago, the autho rities leel, must be promptly corrected, In Willi Markham the author has killed and 18 wounded.
since in the shooting 6 policemen were drawn a character of great amiability and humanity who is innocent of the most part of the gang's dealinga. His wile, who urged him to become president becomes mentally unbalanced. He falls beautiful woman who attempts, to arouse in love with Edith Westervelt, a threwd bis conscience to the gravity of the cor ruption around him. The President at last becomes aware that he had been made a tool of, and fearing complete exposure, his frienda.
President Takes Poison,
NEW ALUMINIUM SYNDICATE,
EUROPEAN GROUP TO COMPETE WITH U.S.
SIR H. SAMUEL: RETURNING TO have increased their numbers materially | changes its nature for the worse when it takes poison and dies before the eyes of Germany, and Switzerland are represent-
POLITICS.
TO STAND AS LIBERAL CANDIDATE
RUGBY, December 16th. Sir Herbert Samuel, according to the Reory, December 16th. Among measures which have received newspapers has decided to return to political life. After holding, under the Royal assent is the bill which re- Liberal administrations, various Govern- gulates press reports of divorce and other ment offices including those of Post- matrimonial cases. The new Act came master-General and Home Secretary he into force immediately so that henceforth became in 1920 Srst High Commissioner in the above mentioned cases publication of the Mandated Territory of Palestine. will only be permitted of the names and Since he retired from this office last year addresses of the parties and the witnesses he has been much in the public eye as with a statement of the grounds of the Chairman of the Coal Commission. It is petition and delence, the judge ssum understood that he will take the earliest ming-up and the jury's finding and judg-opportunity of contesting a Parliamentary ment.
seat in the Liberal interest,
across country:
president's friends the book in a passage After describing farewell calls of the
The creation of a European alumínium syndicate in which England, France, in the Madras, Bihar and Assam emigrates. Instead of confining itself to Councils, but have suffered reverses in weaving entanglements along the hedge- Bombay, the Central Province, the rows it marches like an invading army
This announcement shows that the die of November. ed, way announced at Berlin in the mid- Punjab and the United Provinces.
Nevertheless, except in a couple of cases, they form the largest single berrry in New Zealand has encroached
During the last few years the blade which is exciting much criticism, says: principal producers of aluminium can There came, too, the vice-president political group, though they do not hold upon, nearly 100,000 acres of valuable
so soon to be president who looked in-Mellon Trust in America. Last year the Dow compete on equal terms with the an absolute majority in any Council, dairying land, and theasands of pounds
scrutably at the dying man out of his Mellon Trust disposed of 22,000 tons Thus in Congress the men, some of whom have been spent on vain efforts to defeat
fishy eyes and assured him that the Norwegian aluminium, and the Eu are not necessarily Swarajists, who are fit
Markham policies would be faithfully pean concerns which have now combined bound to a policy of obstruction are The Empire Marketing Board has now unable alone to create deadlocks in
adhered to. The vice-president did not producel 88,000 tons. The object of the know what the Markham policies combine is to regulate prices, to guar- any Legislature. The tide momentarily Fred £2,000 annually for five years favours those who incline to the policy of thron Institute at Nelson into the con- for entomological research by the Caw
were. Nor did Markham. Nor anyone Antee the industry of each country from elte. forming a Ministry to work reforms, but trol of noxious weeds, and especially
The halo of martyrdom interference by the industry in others, to interesting developments are expected in the blackberry, and the New Zealand
had cast its palliating radiance upon make agreements regulating the export all who had been near and dear to of aluminium to countries not in the the coming session of the National Con- Government and the Cawthron Institute
Willis Markham. The nation wept gresat Gauhati, under the Presidency have each contributed £1,000 annually
combing, and-above all to exchange in- of Brinivasa Iyengar, when the Respon for this period.
Democratic. newspapers are exploiting formation as to processes employed in the sivists try to change the Congress pro-
the literary critic of the New York the novel." What a theme, exclaims industry, gramme in favour of the acceptance of
World, responsibility."
for a novelist to blow through
The storm troops in the campaign are to be insects sent to New Zealand to eat up the blackberry..
a' trumpet to a sleeping people."
It is not thought that the combine will- increase the price of aluminium for aluminius goods for the purchaser.