EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
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ENEMY INTRIGUE IN AFRICA, '
Pretoria July '3. General Botha, in an important statement, calls atten- tion to the existence of snemy intrigues in South Africa aimed at stirring up strife not only among Europeans but also among nativos He says the events of the past few days bave necessitated prompt and effective military polica methods which have prevented grave disturbances and prob- ably serious loss of life. He is gratified to see the concilia tory appeals which have been issued by political and in- " destrial leaders and calle on all good citizens to assist the Government in its strong determination to take all neces- SBCY MOMENTOS NO stamp out mischief making.
THE DUTCH CONVOY,
London, July 6
The Press Bureau says the British Government having abandoned the right of soarch, the Dutch.convoy sailed to-day, Holland having furnished the information required, The Netherlands has been advised that the concession -cannot be repeated.
The Hague, July 5.
The convoy sailed this morning for the Dutch East Ludies.
BIGGER INDIAN "ARMY.”
Simla, July 5.
The Indian Government announces an impending very large increase in strength of the Indian army now recruiting, which will include a large additional number of British officers and subordinates drawn from Europeans of military.. zgo.
SUBMARINISM.
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Amsterdam, July 7.
Was
in the Reichstag debate on the Naval Estimates -Ad- miral Capolle claumed that the Li boat weapon was inercza- ing in strength. The bgures of iossza quoted by the Anglo- French Mamsters
untrue. Enemy tonnage constantly decreasing owing to sinking while enemy require- ments of tonnage were increasing. The U-boats like the armies would secure victory.
were
AUSTRIA'S FOOD CRISIS.
Zurich, July &
Tho anxiety da regards warvesting, which has begun i Austria-Hungary, has reached a climax owing to violent rains everywhere in Austria-Hungary and snowstorms and wevere-frosts in Bosnia," ierzgovina and DaDRUL glamage has been doas to crops and potatoes. "
Great
AN AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
Washington, July 7. President Wilson had an hear and a balf tonference with Mr. Lansing, Mr. Baker, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Henson (Chief of the operations of the Navy) and General Mares (Chief of Staff of the Army).
UNITED STATES CABLES.
Washingwe, July 6. The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution authorizing President Wilson to take over the telegraph and telephone cables.
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MEXICO AND AMERICA.
Washington July 6
I congratulations received by President Wilson on 4th J. y included a telegram Lum President Carranza ex- pressing the most fervent wishes of the Mexican people and Government for the prosperity of the United States and the earliest advent of everlasting peace and justice un both continents.
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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1818.
EXPRESS COMPANIES. UNITE,
An Important American Amalgamation.
exprege company will receive 1 It was also explained last night MERCANTILE MARINE." per cent, and the Government I that the non-transportation activi per cent.; out of the next 3 per ties of the separate companies cant, available for distribution the such as money ordere, trevallera' expreee ocmpany will receive "I checks, travel department, loreign Results of Local Examinations. per cent and the Government 2 excharge and banking and their
The following. hsra "been ap per cent, say further amounts respective foreign organisations cessful Svailable for distribution will be which are of international mago Examinations held at the Harbour in Board of Trade Washington, May 28-Merger divided one fourth to the express tude, would not come under the Office, Hongkong, during the of foar of the principal express mpany and three-fourths to the consolidation." bat would be month of Jane companies of the United States Government.
conducted by the individual com-
Mr. W. G. Irvine, of Heers, into ode big company with whom "The Director General is panies as in the past, the offices Douglas Lapraik and Co., of the Railroad Administration will greatly pleased to be able to is of the new company acting as Hongkong, as Second Mate.
MoAdoo.
ALLEGED INDECENT ADVERTISEMENTS.
Chinese Newspapers Prosecuted, At the Police Court this morn- editor and publishers of the Tas ing, before Mr. JR. Wood, the song and the Chan Wan Eat Pa,Obiness aswaps per 1, were kum- maned for publishing indecent and immoral advertisements,
The prosecution was conducted
Defendanta were represented by ..
| enter into contract for the carry-augurate this.sala'ary method of gente for the old companies in Mr. O. T. Timbrell, of New by the Hon. Mr. E. &. Hallifas, ing on of the express business division of profite. The express in the bandling of the stove South Wales, as 2nd. Class Secretary for Chinese Affairs, "for all the railroade under company is given a continuing mentioned features.
Engineer. Federal control" to-night was inducement to accomplish the Associated with President
nctioned by Director General greatest efficiency and economy, Taylor in the management of the as 2nd. Hate.
Mr. T. A Nicholas, of Newport, H. M. K. Lo, who asked for, a abort remand, stating he had only and yet the Government will new American Railroad Express
Mr. J.D Thwaites, of the Indo-been instructed yesterday and enjoy an increasingly great pro. Company will be:--- portion of the benefits of all such
2nd. Mate. Obins Steam Navigation Co., Be not had sufficient time to consider his position. He thought the efficiency and economy.
Mr. W. Shaw, of Birkenabaw, offence was only a technical one sa Ist, Mate.
and it did not strike him that the advertisements were in say way offensive sot it was on that
The new arrangement will make it practicable to avoid a great deal of wasteful duplice tion of facilities and to eliminate
E. A Stedman, now vice
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E. M. Williams, vios president in "charge of traffic for Adame Express Company, in charge of South-eastern departments,
F. M. Holbrook, vice president! "Hereafter the express com-in charge of Traffic of Wells panies will eliminate the individu- Fargo & Co., New York, will be al identity which has reparated located at Washington as saviet- them for the last three-quarters ant to president.
Mr. G. L, O. Johnson, of Leigh-on-Ses, sa Matet.
Mr. R. Farley, of Vancouver, account that he would require
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some little time to consider whe- ther he abould plead guilty. There were several similar adver tisements to those complained of in the European press, advertis- ing remedies for maladies. This' could not in any way be termed indecent or immorali
The case was adjourned until
10-mor:ow.
The editor and publisher of the Chun Ngoi San Po wera summon- ed under the same Ordinance,- this case also being adjourned.
ALLIES TAKE OVER VLADIVOSTOK,
61 The German Threat Forestalled. In view of a telegram in to-day's iasas announcing the Casado- Slovak control of Vladivostok, the following from the N. C. Daily News is of internet :-
CANTON NEWS,
Canton correspondent writes sa followe :-
The Absent Councillors.
Our
Visdivostok, July 1-On the morning of the 29th the Czech-
In reply to Shum Chun-heun's Slovaks, assisted by British and came to Canton, San Yat-sen said of the town after overthrowing urgent selegrams saking them to Japanese sailors, took possesion that he is going to visit America, the present Bolshevik administra. and cannot state when he will return, while Tang Shao-yi said tion without apparent disturbance.
Details will follow later. that his acceptance of the post depends on whether a certain Power will agree to render finan« cial assistance.
Later,
This action was taken to-night by the Director General on the
B.D. Caldwell, now president basis of a report submitted to him
of Wells Fargo and Co. who bes by cficials of the Rail-road "The new express company been selected as chairman of the Administration instructed to will pat ir to the business physical Board to supplement Mr. Taylor'e make a complete enrvey of the properties of the actual value of work. Mr. Caldwell, is a former situation and make recommends $30,000,000, for which espital railroad man, coming to the tions to prevent the collapse of stock to that amount will be Wells Fargo Company from the B.O., as 1st. Engineer. the country's express eorrice issued. No other capital stock Lacks wanna Railroad, of which made imminent by the constant will be issued, except at par for he was vice-president. abrinking of the company's cash,
William H. Barrett, now pre- profite.
"While the new express acmaident of Adams Express Com Under the agreement between pany is permitted, upon arrang pany, will be a director and the Director General and the fouring therefor with the Director member of the executive com- exprces companies the consolidat- General to nee railroad ciaployees mittee of the new company and
Police v. Kowloon. only on the extent of the actual compensation of all such employ Adams Express Company to Polios. Kowloos, was played on heavy penalty. With regard to ed company will be capitalized in express service, the entire will contions se president of the
The second match of the sessoD,
Mt. Hallifar caid ho 188 not pressing for + value of property and cash pat eer, both for railroad and express handle its investment and finan-
the Police Ground on Saturday into the business. To this end, service, will be fixed and paid to cial business.
advertisements of a like nature last, The Civil Service and Taiko mentioned by Mr. Lo, in the it is agreed that the value of the Director General; and the ex-
The following have been match was postponed till next European papers, this prosecution physical properties to be put into prese company will compeneste lected as operating vice-preeid- Saturday, owing the basiness by the new company the Director General for services enta:—
ground E. M. Cowie, now vice Scores :***, will amount to $30,000,000. Only rendered by such employees to the
was only a beginning and they unplayable. would be dealt with in the re- on this will capital stock be issued. express company.
president and general manager of
galar course. Other capital stock is forbidden
The law applied. the American Express compsay,
equally to all. No doubt there except at par for cash. Com
will have charge of the Atlantic
were advertisements appearing in pensation arrangements for both
departments. the Government and the com-
the English papers which came within the law. panies provide that the Railroad a large amount of accounting president and general manager of Administration shell receive 50 which, while necessary under Wells Fargo & Co., Chicago, per cent of the operating revennes the old system of separate central departments.
C. D. Sammy, general manager for grose earnings of the new contracts between the various
company.
express companies and the various of American Express Company Out of the remainder of the railroad companies, will be un-at Chicago, in charge of South- revennes the company will pay necessary under the new system. western departments, its operating expenees and taxes
A Christesen, vice president George C. Taylor, now presid- in addition to a dividend of 5 per eat of the American Express and general manager of Wells cent, on its capital stock.
Company has been selected to Fargo & Co., San Francisco, in "Out of the next 2 per cent,act a sotive president of the new charge of Pacific departmente, Available for distribution," the organisation, it was announced in Railroad Administration explain- this city last night. In an inter ed in its statement outlining the view given out by Mr. Taylor last agreement, "the express company evening the following tentative will receive 1 per cent, and the plans were set forth; Government 1 per cent; oat of the next 3 per cent available for distribution, the express com pany will receive 1 per cent, and the Government 2 per cent.; any of a century and offer to the D. 8. Elliott, vice president in further amounts available for Government and to their joint charge of traffic of the American distribution will be divided to patrone a unified, single exprese will be in charge of traffe for the Express Company, New York, the express company and i to the service. Government."
"In the future merebanta, ew company. To provide against any scarcity manufacturers and individuals J. W. Newlean, vice president of employees for operation of the need merely specify by express and comptroller for Wells Fargo express company, arrangements and the entire man power and & Co., Chicago, will be the vice may be made with the Director vehicle power of the express president in charge of accounting General for use of railroad world will respond to their call,
for the new company. employees in express service. "At no time in the history of
E. E. Bash has been selected Wages of employees transferred the railroads has the volume of a manager of maintenance and from railroad Bervice to express traffe been so great as it purchases.
The task of shocaing Pre-ing the Commsodsor of the express service, however, will is today, the business reaching T. B. Harrison and O. W.sident of the Administrative Coho-Slovaks issued an alim. be fixed and paid by the total during the past fiscal year Stockton, now general attorneys Council is proving very hard to that the Bolshevik", assisted by stum to the lceal Soviet stating Director General, the
for the American and Wells Fargo decide, as the HP.a. and Navy armed German and Austrian com- of over $200,000,000. panies to compensate the Director
Airesdy the vast terminais respectively will, set (as general are in favour of Wa Ting-fang prisoners of war, were opposing General for such services. now maintained by the varions counsel,
while Lak Wing-ting, Tong Chi- the passage of the Czech Slovaks Administration "announcing the B practical saving of time and guiding hand in the new allign.of Shum Oban-hisan. According Siberia and as the local Bolsheviks
The statement of the Eailroad companies are being unified for
Mr. Taylor, who will be the yao and the Military are in favour
to Vladivostok from western merger was as follows:--
transfer..
ment, hea had a most spectacular to the existing regulations, the "Director General MoAdoo "The street equipment of bet rise in the transportation field. President must be elected by the are showing signs of soting announces that with a view to ween twenty and thirty thousand He began not many years ago at seven councillors among them.
in an antagonistic manner to handling the express business of motor and horse vehicles are the humble position of wegon selves and this election can only
wards the Osecha, he considered the country in the most efficient undergoing a redistribution to belper and driver in a small take place when Sam and it bie duty to take each steps se and economical mapner, he has avoid doplication of routee. Wisconsin country town, his first Tong have taken up their posts lay in his power to assist bis esnctioned the plan of the four **Branch agencies and multiple position after leaving Ripon Landing at Amoy.
follow countrymen and, se é pre- principal
companies offices in many cities will be College. Since that time he has An official report from Ohan limiasty measure, had decided The arrangements
were in (Adams, American, Wells Fargo subject to an economical readjust-beld practically every position in King-ming states that Comman to disarm the local Bolsheviks. very way satisfactory at the and Southern) forming a new ment.
the American Express Company, der Chiu Kwong, after capturing "He gave half-an-hour for s Baffet, and daring the wait for express company, with which he "The claim departments will from the lowest to the highest. four districts, has landed si Amoy the motor cara to arrive, tea and will make a contract for the be unified and a closer coWhile vice president and general and is now fighting with the the disarmament was forthwith cakes were served to the visitors' carrying on of the express operation established with the manager of the Western Depart Fukien army.
proceeded with and carried out with headquarters at
practically without any resistano, Another batch of wounded and guder the direction of Miss business for all of the railroads shippers to eliminate losses ment, sick soldiers arrived in Sydney The arrival of the men was
Evans.
under Federal control.
The public is very much 600 sailors laid down their arm Chicago, he was brought to Under this arrangement the and incorrect marking, of ship sident during the critical, period that the Authority is negotiating The only fighting, which took resulting from faulty packing New York and made pre surprised on hearing a rumour and the other Bolshevik elementa recently, and received a warm wel heralded by the band playing new exprese company will be the meth come as they proceeded through Australia Will Be There, Director General's
and the city streets, headed by the
agent far "The new move will bring through which the express with the Bank of Formoes for Liverpool Depot Band. Addition a soon as the first batch of oars carrying on the express business, into one organisation over one companies passed four years ago, loan of $5,000,000, the Canton place was in a building near the entered the enclosure cheers broke The character of the service and hundred thousand men now train and after an uphill fight develop. Hankow Railway to be given as railway-station, which the Czechs al "strong posta" had been forth from the hundreds of wait the character of the rates will be ed in express service. It will be ed an organisation which handles security. It is also rumoured captured in the evening with very .established in various parts of
the route, and the effect of this ing relatives and friends. under the Director General's the policy of the company to to-day several times the volume of that the Bank has agreed to light caanaltiss although a coo- siderable number of the Bolshev was to increase the enthusinazo There were 380 men for New control and subject to initiation maintain a broad gange attitude express shipments handled prior advance $3,000,000.
South Wales and the disembark-by him.
toward its employees, many of to his becoming president,
National Holiday.
ika were killed or wounded, ins which prevailed everywhere.
"An important feature of the whom have spent their lives in Through his active participation A telegram from Feking orders cluding esveral German Mag. There was a fair supply of bantation was carried oat with ex ing, and Martin Place, which was pedition by Captain Taylor, MO, arrangement is that the new tho Bervice and thousands of in all phases of the business he that July 12 be observed as JAZE.
Steff Officer for Invalide and company is to be capitalised only whom have made great personal has secured the confidence of the national holiday in celebration gay with flags, attracted consider- Returned Boldiers.
to the extent of actual property sacrifices in carrying the immense manufacturing and commercial the reconstruction of the Republic The Queenslanders were taken and cash put into the basiness burden of the last three and a half bodies of the country. He is a last year. There was a large crowd at the direct to the Central Railway and that the Government will years.
strong believer in an open-handed Antar Buffet sad when the Station, and left by special train share on a progressively increas. "In the past the express com. frank understanding between the announcement was made that the for the northern Slate.
ing scale in any profits derived panies have been vital factora in executive officers and the more panies mentioned will continue Tassel would be late arriving at
from the business.
the conveyance of merchandise hamble employees of his organisa their financial and foreign The general method of deter- and foodstuffs. They have tion, with the result that his business individually as hezeto the old local administration whe mining the compensation is that eliminated distance and the time loyalty to their interests is felt by fore, the wrist is to-day (Jaly 8) were ejected from office by the the Director General will receive element between the manufacturer all who work for him. He ranks in receipt of a cable, advising that Bolsheviks have resumed control. paas through the city streets. In The following telegram was 50 per cent of the operating and his market. The new move among the youngest of the big Wells Fargo and Company hare The question of the future govern this way they added to the received from the Manila Ob revenues (or gross earnings) and is designed to improve the die executives of the country. New transferred their entire financial ment has not been decided. Order enthusiasm, which prevailed, "As cervatory at 3.30 p.m. to day-out of the balance the express tribution of commerce and agri-York Journal of Commerce, soon as the procession hed pass Warning.-Depression northern company will pay operating culture, and the business of the ed a given point they streamed part of China Sea. Typhoon in expenses and taxes and a divi- country may look upon it with back to the Ballet, and arrived in about 190 degrees Long, E. and dend of 5 per cent, on its capital confidence that their intereste time to welcome, the retaimed 17 degrees Lat. N., moring stock. Out of the next 2 per cent, will be carefully and intelligently
available for distribution thy served."
NEW SULTAN OF TURKEY.
Amsterdam, July 7.
▲ Constantinople message says that Wanid de Din has been proclaimed Sultan at the Topkapui Palace whence the remains of Mohamed the Fifth were afterwards removed and interred in the mosque of Eyak.
GERMAN POTATO RATION,
Amsterdam, July 7. Berlin potato rations have been reduced to a pound & weet,
FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK KILLED, New York, July 7. Major Mitchell, ex-Mayor of New York, has been killed while flying in Louisiana.
HOME AGAIN.
Soldiers Return to Australia."
able attention.
the wharf many of those present
left the enclosure with the
intention of seeing the procession
WN.W
Typhoon Warning.
Express
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An Election Difficulty.
Another Loan ?
The details regarding the soup on the 29th are as follows.
At 10 o'clock on Saturday morn-
reply and no reply being received
were dispersed or surrendered.
Landing parties from the British and Japanes warships patrolled and enforced neutrality in the area where the Consulates are aitasted. The American and parties later to assist this measure. Chinese warships sleo landed The duly elected members of
and foreign freight operations to now prevails and general relief the American Express Company, and satisfaction is manifest at Referring to the above, the loos! who will immediately arrange to the overthrow of the Bolshevik General Agent of the American liquidate Wells Fargo and Com- regimas g Express Company sayWhile pany and handle their businem if the talographium this article states that the com affairs in the Orient.
Saturday, Sunday