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RUGBY, Jan. 1st. The Daily Telegraph welcomes
Kron Jan. 9135. the emphasis which the memeran dum places on the view that the Consequent upon the adverse vote question dealt with is merely ptac of the House of Commons last tical, and it recapitulates the actual month, the new Prayer Book mea- steps which Great Britain has taken sure is published to-day,
It will be introduced to the by way of bilateral security pacta
#1. ression resorts to arbitration and volua- Church Assembly at
It is tary disarmament to achieve the beginning on February 6th, purpose which the commission "of hoped that the neccesary consents
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1928.
BRITISH NAVAL PROGRAMME.
FURTHER MODIFICATIONS.
MINUS THREE CRUISERS.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Roosy, Jan. 20th. The following official ment is made;
annouare-
"The Cabinet have now com. piloted their review of the now con- struction programme for the years 1927-28 and 1929-0, They have de cited that, in addition to the dele- tion, as already announced, of two
CUBA'S SUGAR CROP.
.. CUBAN PRESIDENT SIGNS
DECREE.
ALLOCATION OF 4,000,000 TONS"
[BIUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
HATAJA, Jan. 2nd. The President of Cuba has signed the sugar decree confirming the of the National Sugar report Defence Committee, recommending the fixing of the 185-29 sugar crop at 4,000,000 tons of which 3,300,000 to the tans has been allotted United States. 130,000 tors for
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PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
U.S.A'S MODESTY.
"NO WISH TO DOMINATE.".
CANADA'S PARTICIPATION.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
HAVANA, JAD. Soth.. Although the actual agenda at the Pan-American Conference has been fixed by resolutions, it is un derstood that new "subjects can be raised by the various committees
the League of Nations was estab-in assembly and convocations will of three cruisers belonging to the home consumption and the balance without notice, and the Plenary
"lished to advance,
.
1:
"secured for it to be presented The Times says the memorandum to Parliament by Whitsun. One of will be a helpful guide to all future the principal changes made by the the bishops is that prayers for the King British representatives League. It also points out that shall be compulsory morning and Britain's diculty in doing more is evening that she has already done so much This country undertook explicit obligations of a nature which other
IRISH FREE STATE
PRESIDENT.
ARDIVES IN NEW YORK.
CIVIC WELCOME.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
rations have shown less readiness I asume, also in arbitration she has submitted more, cases of major importance to decision by arbitral tribunal than any other country. By arbitration in the Alahamn case, Alaskan Boundary case, Dogger
NEW YORK, Jan, Stat. Bank case, and Irak frontier case!
Mr. Cosgrave, President of the precedents are being built
UP Fr State Executive, she "sandy which, in themselves may do more hurt grocery derk turned states- 10 etablish a system of Arbitra- man," according to one newspaper, tion than many treaties. In the has landed here. Thus Ireland is mutter of disarmament, which is so represented in the United States elosely associated by the League for the first time in history by an with security and arbitration. the elected leader.
bearing same difficulty now Inces Great De Valera sympathisers Britain, that she has already done large placards, gathered at the all that she can properly do. Most Battery and ware ejected by a notably is this the case with the special force of 5.000 polies limitation of naval armaments.
Sa swiftly, and so throughly did Great Britain disarm after the war sacrifices are in danger of being forgotten... When before the meet ing of the Washington Conference she voluntarily destroyed between 600 and 700 vessels of war.
At the time of the Armistice the British Empire had a navy which watnumbered the combined feets of
President.
re-
Cosgrave smalingly not the bombardest of the parters by diplomatic and non committal replica.
Asked whether, Ireland would ever
become a repute he said: "That is a matter for the people of Ireland and it for me to predict.*
After landing President Cosgrave proceded to the City Hall where
be United States, France, Italy he was welcomed by Mayor Walker.
the the
CANTON AND NANKING.
and Japan, Without making bar gains with other nations she scrap- ped half of it. Then came Washington Conference and British representatives agreed at once to further great reductions. Ship after ship that had cost mil hous of pounds, and that had served the country at Jutland was broken up or sent to the bottom" of
WAS
DELEGATES WHO DO NOT REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT.
has
INDIAN PRISON MUTINY.
ATTACK BY CONVICTS.
financial year 1977-98 programs for export to various countries. ' as set forth in White Paper of Futy 27th, 1025, shall be further modified by the omitting of one of three cruisers intended to be began in Three the financial you 1928-09. ercisers in all have therefore been reduced from the full programme. The type of the two cruisers to be begun at the end of the financial
is not Year 1928-29
yet Baally
Bottled.
WARDERS OPEN FIRE.
(THROUGH REUTIR'S AGENCY.}
ALLAHBAD. Jan. 1st. One hundred convicts of the habitual prisoners circle at Naini Gaol attacked a convict overseer, cut of his nose and thrashed him and the convict gaolers.
Armed wanders rushed up and su prisoners scattered and climbed 'a roof from whence they threw tiles and other missile.
It may be recalled that the British Naval programme for
the current year 19798 provided for three cruisers one A class cruiser of 10,000 tons, and two B clase cruisers of 8,000 tons each. In. March last year the first Lord of
The Superintendent warned the the Admiralty announced that in view of the forthcoming Gengva prisoners, who, took no head, after disarmament conference between which the warders were ordered Great Britain, the United States, to open fire. The was killed and and Japan noorders would be given 18 wounded, the remainder being
ก The overpowered after struggle in out til late last year. Geneva conference broke up with which a number of warders were.
injured. out reaching an agreement, the main difficulty being the application of the principle of parity of cruiser } forces. But when towards the close of last year the time came for the decision to be taken on ordering of authorised new ships the British Government announced that lostead of building one 10,000-ton and two 8,000-ton cruisers in the year 1927- 9, only one 8.000-ton cruiser would Le proceeded with. Now only two of three cruisers for which provision was made in 1929-20 are to be laid down.
TROTSKY'S REFERENCE TO CANTON'S RED FIASCO.
REDS IN EXILE.
(THROCGA ŽUTEE'S AGENCY:]
BERLIN, Jan, 1st." We yield to violence and leave work, for a our posts in Soviet secsciess and purposeles exile. We do not doubt that each of us
U.S.A. MILLIONAIRE.
BROTHER OF EX-SENATOR DIES.
[RKUTER'S "AMERICAN" BERVICE;"]
WILMINGTON (Delaware).
Jan. 2let.
rl
The death is announced of the millionaire, William Dupost, bro- ther of ex-Serator Dupont.
BARON STRICKLAND.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
Session by a two-thirds majority voce.
JAPANESE TARIFF.
"OPPOSITION " MEETING AT OSAKA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
OSAKA, Jan. 1st...
OBITUARY.
M
BANK OF ENGLAND
DIRECTOR.
(TAKOUGH IKUTER'S AGENCY,]
"
LONDON, Jan 21st, The death is announced, follow. A mass meeting was held fast
iox 竊 motoring accident, ol night in the public. half to oppose Michael Seymour Spencer Smith, a the tariff on pig iron, strel bara, drector of the Bank of England. yarns, wool tops, yarn Alter, leaving Oxford he entered business, serving for nine years in The meeting was sponsored by Japan. He served with distinction warious trade associations,
in the War, becoming a Lieutenant- Colonel, and was employed as AQ.M,G. at Murmansk.
cotton pieces. himber, etc.
SOVIET IN TOKYO.
A THIRD FIRE OUTBREAK AT TRADE OFFICE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SIR JOHN DE ROBECK.
LONDON, Jan. 21st. The denth in anounced of Ad- miral Sir John De Roheck.
[Sir John Michael De Robeck, Admiral of the Fleet, was the first Baronet and obtained the K.C.B. in 1916. He was Commander-in-
The United States has, in view
Toxro. Jan. 1st. of this understanding, sent a larger For the third time within the delegation, than it sent to Versailles last few days fire broke out at the for the Pence Treaty. The most office of the Soviet Trade Commis important figure at the Conferencesioner. Incendiarism is suspected. Chief of the Atlantic Flees from Firemen were able to put out the 1 to 1024 and of the Mediter. serious ranean Fleet, 1910-192 Admiral conflagration before any
Robeck was born on. June 10th, damage was done,
1962. the second son of the 4th Baron De Robeck of Gowran Grange, Nass, Ireland. He mar-
is now Mr. Charles E. Hughes, the ex-US. Secretary of State, who, however, insists upon playing n modest role with a view to avoid- ing any move which night suggest that the United States is interest ed in dominating the Conference or any participating nation.
Hostile To V.B. Policy. An instance of this occurred when he refused office himself but second- ed the nomination of Senhor
PERSIAN PEASANT REVOLT.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS QUELLS ried in 1922, Hilda, the widow of
OUTBREAK.
THROUGH LUTER'S AGINGY.]
BASRA, Jan. 20th.. Reinforcements have been rush. Guerrero, of Salvador, as Chair- man of the Committee on the Codi fication of Public Internationaled to Qasbah, Khuzistan. and the Law, which may consider the ques- tion of one nation interfering in peasant revolt has been suppressed. the domestic affairs of another.
Sether Guerrero is known to be hostile to the United States policy
in Latin-America.
The troops arrived on board two Persian gunboats, and the insurree tion collapsed within a few hours.
Canada's Participation Discussed. The peasants have now accepted A pairit of particular interest the increased taxation (the revolt which has been raised is the ques- was in protest against double taxes bion of Canadian partisipation in
the activities of the Conference imposed) while the authorities have within the next few yours. A num-undertaken to liberate the tribee ber of debates expressed the nien, who were taken in custody. opinion that with the rapid
growth
of Canadian trade and influence, Trade and Financial Treaties con cluded on the American Continenta will not be fully effective unless Canada does participate.
LANCASHIRE COTTON
INDUSTRY.
BLEACHERS' SECTION
REDUCTIONS.
EFFECT ON CHINA MARKET. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BABY PLAYS WITH ESCAPED LEOPARD.
MOTHER'S SHOCK IN A
LONDON SUBURB.
Col. Sir Simon Macdonald Lock- hart, Bt..
The
"
Late Admiral entered the... Sayy as a cadet in 1876 and was promoted captain in 1902, Rear- Admiral in 1811, Vice-Admiral in 1917 and Admiral of the Fleet in-
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A Protracted Illness.
Krasy, Jan. 21st. Following an illaess which has
lasted for about a year, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John.de 'Robeck, who in 1015 was, the British Commander- in-Chief of the Fleet in the Dar- danelles; died last night.
GYMNAST'S DIVE TO DEATH.
"MOWGLI OF CAMDEN TOWN." FALL INTO AUDITORIUM IN
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LONDON, Dec. 24th."
Algernon, the young leopard of Camden Town, which exaped from his cage in Mr. George Palmer's The bleachers section of the Pet Stores in Park-street early Lancashire cotton trade has de LONDON, Jan. 21st.
LONDON, Jan: 21st
Sir Gerall Strickland has assumcided to make reductions varying yesterday morning, qua recaptured
TRAPEZE ACT. "
WOMAN IN THE STALLS
INJURED.
LONDON, Dec. 30th.
Fred Greenhalgh, aged, 56, a
*Palace
Theatre, Welling ed the title of Baron Strickland of from. 93. to 100 per 40-yards in shortly after four o'clock in the music hall gymnast, was killed at Sizerh Castle, Westmoreland.
the finishing cost of heavier cotton afteroon, just as he had made the
friends with two-year-old Leskie borough, where he was appearing cloths.
Pizer, whose parents have a furni ture shop a few doors from Mr. in a torn as "Rolo and Lady."
Owing to an oversight on his Palmer's miniature zoc.
NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT
35.
RESIGNS. SWEEPING LABOUR VICTORY. (THROUGH RIUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
OSLO, Jan 20th. When Parliament. re-opened to day, the Government resigned the sweeping Labour owing October last year.
Mr. Melbye, the Agrarian leader, bas.undertaken to form a Coalition Government.
the sea. There is no need to laud ROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] undely the British action-it
The Canton Government regarded at the time and is still regarded as a policy of economy wired to Nanking demanding that will not only still be needed but and common sense, natural to the certain Cantonese members of the will resume his place in the hour Executive of the great struggies which are Central inauguration of an era of peace. Komintang But it should not be forgotten or Committee should be excluded, and impending, declares a manifestu belittled.
charging the with complicity in issued by the Bolshevik Opposition
Red" uprising.
and published in their German The message is incomplete and the recent reception doubtful, due to weak Committee, however, will be unable organ.
The document, which was signed, sigils and bad atmospherie condi- to form a quarum, unless the Canter-alia, by. Trotsky and Rakov victory at the General Election in
Communist ski, refers to
Canton
"flagrant isco, at example of eneutism at a tine of revolutionary ebb.”
tions.]
SHANGHAI „“REDS.” PLAN A RISING.
NATIVE BANKS' PLIGHT. (NAVAL WIRELESS.]
SHANGHAI, January 20th. Communists are reported to be planring a rising on, the evening of January 1st or January 2nd. In consequence of the heavy eon- tributions which are demanded the Nationalist Government, it is expected that several native banks will be forced into liquidation.
Korean "Reds" To Co-operate.
tongue are given seats.
-MORE HANKOW REDS
EXECUTED.
"
The
THIRTY MORE VICTIMS. ALLEGED COMMUNIST PLOT. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HAYKOW, Jan. 21st.
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ELECTRICAL SCIENCE. WINNER OF FARADAY MEDAL
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Ruaar, Jan 21st.
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BIG US. OIL MERGER PLANNED.
Sir Kenneth Stewart, discussing the reduction, said that he thought it would particularly benefit the China market.
CERMAN MINISTRY
SCANDAL. IRREGULAR USE OF FUNDS. INVESTIGATION TO BE HELD,
for
THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Leslie was playing in a passage
that leads to the back yard. The party during a trapeze set,” Greeï», - door was open, and had an ex- halgh, a teetotaler and non-smoker, cellent view of heaps of flower pots dived into the stalls from a con- and discarded household effects;
It was a fascinating prospect, and siderable height and broke his he decided to explore it thoroughly neck. A young woman, Miss Jano Wilkins, of Wellingborough, sit- when his legs became stronger.
"Algernon."
ting in the stalls, into whose lap Greenhalgh fell, sustained a frac- tured thigh.
Suddenly he saw something en- tirely unfamiliar-long, lithe, and spotted, rather like a cat, about the size of an Airedale dog
balancing itself on the wall.
As the inquest at Wellingborough. a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.
usual practice.
Rape Overlocked.
BERLIN, Jan. 20th. The film scandal, which is freely alleged to be one of the reasons
It was Algernon-nameless be- the partfolio of Minister of
Lilian Black said that Green- was ventilated in the fore his adventure, but now so dub. Defence.
bed because of his perfect manners halgh travelled about the country Reichstag to-day."
Algernon Saw Leslie-a fellow as a gymnast. She assisted him in Questioned, Dr Marx, the Chan- RIVAL FOR FAR EAST
His perform- cellor, admitted that the Govera- young thing, af of a different his performance. TRADE?
million species-and dropped lightly to the ance consisted of swinging gymnas ment had lost several marts through unauthorised grants ground. He approached daiutity, tics on a slack rope hung over the Lestic, a little uncertated him he fastened his foot to a rape which (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
but staxe, and during the performance to the Phoebus Fila Company. Yesterday witnessed further
The Council of the Institution of
The grants, he said, were made very much the man, NEW YORK, Jan 30th:
eternal she handed to him. This was his wholesale exccutions. It is eatim Electrical Engineers have awarded ated that there were 30 victims, to Professor Fleming the Faraday A possibly dangerous rival in the by Captain Lohmann, of the Minis hospitably. There is an. consisting of five armed robbers, Medal for conspicuous service to Far East for both the Standard Oil try of Defence, with the sanction freemasonry between children and advancement of electrical Company and the Royal Dutch of Dr. Gessler, for the production animals, and it is not impossible that the following dialogue took are printers employees charged the with printing
Shell group interest, is indicated of so-called national films.
Dr. Matx disclaimed Govem place-just as Mr. Kipling's Mow phlets and the balance communists" Professor Fleming is well-known by the announcement of plans for and labour agitators.
a merger of two of the largest oil rant responsibility in the matter, gli comversed with Bagheera, the as the inventor of the fret wireless
"Hallo!
said Algernon. SHANGHAI, January 21st Eneasiness again prevails as the valve, and has played a notable companies in the United States, saying that the Company had been black panther.
"Hello!" end Leslie, the Mow- Reports still continue to be re result of alleged Communist plot-part in the development of the the Texas Corporation and the supported by the Ministry of De- fence, while the Navy Department applications ceived of the arrival of Korean tings to stage an uprising for China great
of electrical California Petroleum Company,
The combined capital of the two had also acquired shares therein. gli of Camden Town.
My fur's all set," said Communista in Shanghai, who are New Year. The military are tak science.
Dr. Marx declared that the whole f firms would be G.$375,000,000.
"Do you mind if I come, utmost precautions and planning to co-operate with the ing the local Chinese Communists in stir-martial law is again in yogue.
The merger depends on the Cabinet deplored the affair.
The Government proposes to sp-17 participation of at least 31 per.
"Please do!" said Leslie; "I'm ring up troubla
cent, of the shareholders of the point a Commission to prevent the
regalar use of public money, playing by myself. I'll be glad of And he reached out to California Petroleum,
while an investigation will be held company."
pat his new friend. into Saptain, Lohmann's conduct...
Rush To Balety.
inflammatory pan science.
SHASI.
{NAVAL WIRELESS;)..
The Chinese authorities outside 20,000 TROOPS EAST OF the International Settlement are taking all possible precautions.
Information has also been re- ceived to the effect that local ex- tremists are endeavouring to stage a general strike on January 27th.. starting with the Japanese ratton milla.
Another General Executed.
WANIES, January 21st. The execution of another disloyal general has taken place. This was ordered by General Yang Sen, whe is returning in a fow days time to chang
It is also reported that Divisions
of his 20th Anny, which were ut
SHASI, January 20th.
THE COBHAMS LEAVE MALTA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGKIOT.]
MULTA, Jan. 21st. Sir Alan and Lady Cobham, who have been held up here since 2nd Army, comprising November th last owing to a 30,000 men, are reported to be 18 series of noidents, have restarted miles cast. of Snasi.
on their round-Africa flight,
The
They are expected to enter the towy to-morrow (Saturday).
This army is under the command
of General Lo Ti Ping.
(NAVAL WIRELESB. 1. Hankow Situation Obscure. HANKOW, January 20th Martial law is still in force here.
Shasi, have now mored to Tung The situation is stil obscure.
50 miles below
Tzu. which is Ichang, and that the 2nd Army entered Shag to-day (Saturday). The situation is quite satisfac
tory.
[NAVAL WIRELE95.]
HANKOW, January 21st. The situation still remaine changed.
THE LATE SIR DYCE DUCKWORTH.
ANGLO-AMERICAN TRUST. AN INVESTMENT CORPORA- "TION BEING FORMED.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE).
NEW BRITISH CRUISERS. TWO INSTEAD OF THREE. [THROUGH REUTPE'S AGENCY.;
LONDON, Jan. 20th. From an official statement is saed to-day concerning the Cabi- net's naval plans, it transpires that the type of the two cruisers to be [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE laid down in 1928 has not been definitely fixed It will be remem- RUGBY, Jan. 20th.
hered that the, Cabinet recently de- Sir Dyce Duckworth, the eminent cided to lay down only two cruisers physician died to-day at the age of instead of three.
The Admiralty communication islaison" He was a close friend of the late taken to mean that it is possible American capital.
The plans are such that the Trust King Edward, to whom he was that the cruisers will be of the medical adviser when Frince of 10,000-ton instead of the 6,000-ton is expected to develop into a
G.$100,000,000 corporation. Wales.
type" originally intended
87 years.
New Yoax, Jan. 20th. British and American investment interests headed in the United States by the American founders of Trust, have practically completed the formation of an International Investment Trust to provide for a between British and
non.
.
On Wednesday, when the de-
ed him the rope, as Greenhalgh cident occurred, she had not hand- had not reached that particular part of the performance. The rope Green- was on the stage ready.
Alger-halgh was swinging on the rope and swung out over the audience as if he had his foot secure. When he was over the audience he let go and fell. He appeared to inve forgotten that he was not tied. Everything else was in perfect Green- order, and nothing broke. halgh, she asid, had born perfora
the same act for over 30 years,
an attendant
It was at this instant that Mrs. ing Not that he did not
Pizer descended the stairs and saw Algernon and Leslie. She stopped dead. Then, with a mean of an guish, she swept up her son, dash ed back up the stairy into the shop, and slammed the door behind her. Mrs. Pizer knew of Algernon's escape, and in a few minutes Mr. Palmer, who had been searching the neighbourhood since dawn, ac rived with a large sack and a
He opened the door, sighted A beaming smile. gernon, and approached him affee tionately, The mixt second the leopard was envelopet in sacking
He was carried back to Pet Stores, rubbed down, and encaged.
the theatre, said expect Greenhalgh to swing out when he did. It was his (wit ness's) custom to fasten the rope to the performer's foot when it was handed him by his partner, Green- halgh awung before he reached tatt. part of the performace where he swung over the audience on the previous night.
Dr. Pickering said that he was and ow called to the theatre
Buffing Greenhalgh, who was from brokem zreck, in the dimus ing-room. He died a quarter of an hour later without regaining consciousness.