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SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1919.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
NEWS BY WIRELESS.
Daily Bulletin” Service).
AMERICAN LEAGUE OF NATIONS 'AMENDMENT,
Paris, March 28.
The American amendment to the protest of the nations against the influx of foreign labour was a lopte 1 on Tuesday by the League of Nations Commission. It airs the right of any country of the Loaqua to cantel matters solely within its jurisdiction.
Another important amendmeat of the League of Nations Covenant altered Article 80, which empowers the Supreme Council to formulate a plan for the reduction of armaments. The language
of the Article is altered so as to limit the powers of the Council to simpla recommendations to the Governments affected.
Virtually all the Commissions and Sub-Commissions of the Peace Conference are awaiting instructions from the Supreme Council to close and submit their reports.-American Wireless.
LS EXPORT REILRNS.
Washington, March 28. The foreign and domestic commerce report shows an increase of 30 per cent, in the export of breadstuffs in the first 8 months of the fscal year. The total is valued at $577,950,283, compared with $382,190,789 in the previous year. The export of cotton decreased alightly, amounting to 4,173,180,395 Tbs., compared with 4,769,059,967 ibs. in the previous year. Dairy products increased from $274,181,044 last year to $291,955,890 this year.-American Wireless.
SPECIAL
TELEGRAMS.
(From Our Own Correspondent)"
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS AT SINGAPORE.
Singapore. March 28.
A gang of robbers and counterfeiters totalling eight, avaiting: trial at the Assizes, on a charge of attempted murder, cat through au iroa doar in a cell of the civil prissa and escaped last evening.
By courtesy of the "South China Mming Pota
SINGAPORE PLACE-CELEBRATION VOTES.
Staraner, March 29, " The Goverment giva 82),30hand thu Mangpang vinyl for Peace Coloration expenSTA,
NEW STRAITS LOAN.
Singanore, March 20. The new Straits War Conversion Loan at 51 par cast. has been issued. It converts the old Louns, but riosive no cash ofers.
STRAITS TRADE RETURNS.
Singapore March 23.
The total trade increase of the Straits in 1918 was 44 million dollars in value, though the quantities were reduced.
STRAITS TRADE.
ADVANTAGES OF WIRELESS.
Singapore, March 28.
At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman said the wharf figures showed a considerable decline. The export and import agures, through higher. were only so in values.
Referring to the cable delays, the Chairman said it was rumoured that certain firms were getting wireless advices from London and New York markets, thus giving them an advantage over other merchants.
JAPAN'S. POLICY EXPLAINED
Pur, March 19.
The Japanese amendment to me League of dati Co venant does not imply an iutention o. Japan to pač pre
It sure en uther nations to ader the imigation S provides that contracting parties shall note 10 gans équal and just treatment to all aus within their borders who are nationa's of States that are members of the League, The Japanese have not raised the immigrat on qustion and do not demand that there be no discrimination against colour or lack of civilisation. Their standpoint is that wil citizens of nations deemed suficiently advanced to members of the League should have equal right when travelling or living in foreign countries. While the Japanese delegates do not accept the view that treatment of foreigners and discriminatory immigration laws are pore'y matters of domestic policy they claim from the League equality, Sights for their nationals now living in foreign countries They distinguish clearly between this and the question at un restricted immigration.
BRITISH VIEWPOINTS.
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Paris, March 19. The Dominion delegates heartily concur with the view of the British delegation that the question of equality of treatment of all cationalities throughout the world is not matter for the League of Nations. A. prominent Ans tralian opined that Australia was not preja el azninst the Japanese but had a great admiration for thea Never- theless the Austraans 1000gnt i bester for the future t the world that each rec should develop along its own din tinctive lines. The chief consideration was an industrial one. Australia aimed at building up most rapidly an all- British population of over fifteen million. Australia's chief attraction was its high wages and pleasant industria! conditions. The Asiatic worker as known in Australia was a cheap worker: therefore it they opened their doors to Asiatic immigration they automatically closed them to Euro
peans.
A Canadian delegate stated that the question of immigration must be settled individually by each country. Canada hitherto had no complaint regarding th› Japanese in Canada Their immigration was limited only to a few hundreds admitted yearly.
OTHER POINTS.
Paris, March 19.
Fix members of the Leagon of Nations Commession, Lord Robert Urell, Col House. M. Bourg one, M Vegeta 3 hymns and M. Ve-uies have been typ anted to Lear the view of the neutral representatives on the Leger to
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The fret full meeting of the League Commission, Pre- sident Wilson presiding, will her larki ots Marel, ze to discuss an.endments and sûrgestions proposed by Bowmen Empresented mi the Cntfernve. Thereafter Her room- It is anticated to the mission wil et continuously, Sal text of the League will be ready for signature telore the preliminary peace treaty.
Lord Robert Creil in his earlier specch pointed but that reang problems eldly be solved by referents to the League and it would be useless to pri- ceed with the Bnal terms until the broad lines of the League were Exed For instance the preliminary terms presupposed « A League of Nations as regards the German Colonica which could not be left in the air. Moreover it had been rlready been agreed that the German Colonies should be racianed to mandatories which presupposed a League of Nations. Lord Robert Cecil emphasised that the League" was an essential element in the pacification of the world and the sooner it got working the better.
HUNGARIAN AFFAIRS.
THE SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM.
Berlin, March 19. A
ine "Lokal message from Vienna reports that Anzieger" states that Colone! Vix, leader of the Enteute Commission, foreshadowed the extended occupation (E Hun garan districts owing to the Government's inability to cope with Bolshevism.
A Vienna message says the German Austrian Government has sanctioned the ex-Emperor's residing in Switzerland
The Vienna "Fremdenblatt" has ceased publication and, has been replaced by the new democratic paper "Der Neos Tag"
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COMPANY MEETING.
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
DAY BY DAY.
ANDERSEN MEYER
& CO., LTD.
HAVE REMOVED THEIR OFFICES FROM HONGKONG HOTEL
MANSIONS TO NO. 2 QUEEN'S ROAD
The American Red Cross Seeing in shanghai is planning, a second drive for ale purpose of suring semi-häid men's mes [rior war for us? among the loyal The fiftieth online meetingssian toops, maoy of whom
| of the shareholters of tha abro
are ut pret sffering from Company is hell at the offi v si Messrs, Jar fine, Matheson and pans, Tus Hongkong Chapter C. Laik, today, at noon. The Amoriga ke Bessappals Hon. Mr. D. Landula presided and for assistance in this direcion au piress of mu's underwear there were present the Hon. Sir will be gratefully received at Paul Chater, C.M.G., Messrs their
workrooms, where the Maitland, C. S. Gubbar, articles will be packed and meet
to Shanghai.
F.
H. P. White and A. H. Compton Consulting Committee), Mr. F. Hall (Acting Secretary) the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook, and Messrs. E. M. Raymond, H.
CENTRAL.
To-Day's Exchange.
The closing rate of the dollar on demand to-day was da. 27-161...
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A RICE SWINDLE.
HOW A WOMAN WAS TRICKED.
The price of rice being high, an astate tref who knew with wost eagerness the poorer Chinese will welcome
any opportunity of buying it ar a lower figure, fixed upon a Chinese woman, living ai No. 3, St. Frances street as his dupe. He went to her house on Parcy Smith, G. Grimble, Ho$124,767,83 to our. Reinsuranca the pretence of being in quest for Leung, EJ Chapman, A. Fund. The s'aff has not been
a friend and getting into con- Denison, G. W. Barton, T. forgotten ant you will I trust,
versation with bes, dwelt Pearce, A. H. M. da Silva, and,
the price of zice, and approve of the Consulting Com what it meant for such people C, S. Remedios.
mittee's action of voting a horns A unfortunate as they were, The Chairman salon their salaries of 15 an has In the course of his conversation, been done in the previsas two he led the woman to paderstand Gentlemen.-The report and
I would recall to your that he Was employed on accounts having now been in years.
3 Shanghai 'steamer your hands for some days memorias the Chairman's speech board
was in A position to propose, with your permission, to of the 28th March, 1917, when he and follow the usual enstom of taking naked shareholders to do their obtain rice from Shanghai at a them as read. It gives us much utmost to give the Company all very reduced rice-only pleasure to meet you again at possible support that lies in their per picul. The foolish
caught at the bait thus temptingly this the fiftieth annual meeting these days and will, we think, offered him 70 cants over and power. Competition is keen in offered so much so that she of the Company with KO satisfactory 3 report, and it is more so as Lusiness gener- above the price of the one pical halt ally orain settles down and we of rice which he was requested propitious that
whe❘ to buy for her. naturally bok to you, extury should fall at 3 ime when mankind is expectant are fancially intersted in get a further sum in recompense,
to The man again returned the, Compine's welfare, of a peace from the terrible iya na all reasonable nazistance woman's house in the evening, struggle that has shaken the I do not think there is anything and offered three ties of race at $7 a tin. The two then went, els in th accounts which muli to its very foundational
to a steamer by sampan, and the The require special mention by my (thior, by glio talking, undated the uring the past four years.
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15% upon their sakeries baj adopted and passa 1."
Mr. Denison seconded and the motion was carriel.
The
This morning saw the thief sent to six weeks' hard labour at the Magistracy.
VICTORIA THEATRE.
THE CHARLIE-CHAPLIN
FILM.
m: Bom the Pabx onward is scored 1 Stroll by mal to of ureve Ins been one of unifman, saisir to the best off me akile juim stentes, mal pornya haya hay any enquirise snidinm artif Nisin word toe
which adrenal;} 'nie nie will to fwalling pronmolara! which place it in a ogo fi venial position an ana pot. I now prop so the following for his retura, it began to daza which en 'ers i quali fix to not resolethor
very obligation which it hrs) This acumuletion; are partiently applies to the +254. 12 pars, during which peda poslag to an aberation in e Arti which allows of a lugar ponion of the "underwri
nz surplus bring carried to reserves tiru was formerly the case, the assos harǝ increas) by the sun of over a million jollars. On reviewing the period of operations covered by the re- port and acconats now under con The Chairman said:
leration you will notice that next business on the agenda is the premium incomes for both the reelection of a Consuliing 1917 and 1918 show substantial Committee for the enaning year increases, the ficure for the latter As stated in the report, all the being the highest the income ofolk inembers seek re-election, and the Company has yet reached. Mr. T. E. Pearce has accepteri The losses for the closed year an invitation to join. Under the
Association, are some $40 000 more than for Articles of
the
There was a crowded hops the year 1916, but this is duel remuneration of the Consalting nore to the number of fires than Committee remains as fixed at a agatu last night, at the Victoria to any of great mazaitude, there general meeting until altered by a Theatre, to witness the latent bing none of sufficient importance bagnent general meeting, and Charlie Chaplin film-"Shoulder to call for special mantion. Tosin view of the fact that, on the Arns." In this picture we have for 1918 are less by $25.000 election of all these gentlemen. combination of the usual than for 1917 at this time last the Consulting Committee will comicalities of Chaplin combined. reir, bal with a further twelve consist of eight names instead of with incidents in the trenches foreign Ministers, that the Warm mihs yet to run it is too early seven, it becomes necary to which give me a humorous idea Participation Army is bona fide
to forecast any realt. I may any pass a resolution of this chars as to what our 39 an internal administration and however, that the figures to-Inte ter. Hitherto, the fee toch experienced at the Front. Charlie that China does not wish to have promise well for a satisfactory member has been $1,000 per ges into all sorts of difficulties. any foreign interference.
oa -turn. Sterling exchange has annum, aud the proposal is nsual, and the antics of this Wah The Yut Pu Service.)
The foreign Ministers a Rek-in militate against us, the to reisin that individual wonderful film artist create site.. Skaughai, March 28.
ing have received a telegram from rise from 3- tô 3′4% (the rate at scale, which will increase splating langhter from start t Chu Kai-ken, chief Northern Dr. Wn Ting-fang asking them which the present decorinta are the remuneration poid by the fish. The management of li
to pay thebuth-Wes: the Customshown) causing
Victoria Theatre is to be.e.m- further Company from $7,000 per annum delegate, called on Tang Shao sarplus belonging to the South-shrinkage of Our Goll
to $8,000 per annum, and I feel gramlated upon its successf The sailing of the Antilochus has been postponed to April 10th yee, chief Southern delegate, Western Provinces. The Ministers Assists sa expressed in local sure that this will commend catering for public taste and is..
justly reaping the reward for him yesterday, suggesting the re-have shown the telegram to Chan
The Investment, and itself to shareholders. entrency.
enterprise in the shape of full opening of the peace negotiations La, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Exchange Flactation Account
The above resolation was houses' every night.Bluäller · on Monday. Taug replied that who replied that he would reply has a good deal more than heldits
after consulting the Cabinet. own, this bring due to the slight proposed by the Hon. Mr. Ha Arms will be screene! again he would prefer to wait for The Diplomatic Corps at appreciation of secarities geuer- Fook and seconded by Mr. G. to-day bath at the patinee and Cheung Sai-ki's telegram Peking has formally protested ally and to the favourable rate of W. Barton, and the motion was the ovening performance. in private code from Sam against the 8th year domestic exchange between Hongkong carried. Yuen before discussing bonds. Kung Sam-cham, Minister and Shanghai, ruling on the 31st Mr. G. Grimble proposed, and the
of Finance, proposes to reply December last, and we have been Mr. Ho Leung seconded, the Tang re-opening. also said they must havo a catia that the boada are security on able to retransfer the sum carried re-election, as Auditors for the the salt revenue; therefore it does the Account last year back to ensioing year, of Mr H. Percy factory promise regarding the not concera the is revenue Working Account 1917. This Smith, F.Ú, A., and Mr. A.R. Lowe, Shenai armistice, the abolition of security of the Bank Groups. Towerve now stands at $155 987. F. C. A., at a remuneration of the War Participation troops, Tan Chi-jin's party had a 34, » fizure which your Directors $500 each, and the motion was and the cancellation of the balance meeting in his house on the 20th conslier sufficient to meet all of the War Farticitation Loan, certain portion of the
inst and decided to change a posible contingencies. The carried
War surplus to be dealt with is The Chaman then announced and alto postpone the issue, of the Participation Army into mixed 1787.63, an 1 we recommend that dividend warrants were 8th year domestic bonds garrisons and send them to the payment of the seal divid ready and could be had on appli
the meeting The Cabinet has decided to guard the frontier, the late of 27 per share, sad the cation, and again verbally reply to the four President wishes.
sppropriation of the balance of terminated,
A NEW SHANGHAI TAX.
Shanghai, March 23, Shanghai ratepayers at the annual meeting are to be asked to vote a spacial tax to give the Council employees who have returned from the war part of their salaries for the time they were absent.
THE GERMAN DEPORTATIONS.
to await more Germans from the outports.
Shanghai, March 28.
THE CHINESE DEADLOCK.
Shanghai, March 28, The North is again asking the South to resume the Conference. The South replies that it will await direct word that the Shensi Aghting is over.
GERMAN DIES AT SINGAPORE.
Singapore, March 28.
A Germen aboard the Atreus died of heart failure, following
influenza.
STRAITS RELIEF SHIP.
Singapore, March 28," The Marama sails on April 5, and will not call at Colombo,
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