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【65989 登拜雞 號十月壹十英港香 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919.
LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS,
THE SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.
IMPORTANT SPEECH BY SIR JOHN JORDAN.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
OUR POLICY IN RUSSIA.
MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS IN THE COMMONS.
London, November 5.
In the House of Commons. a batch of questions was asked re- garding British policy towards Russia
Colonel Malone asked what would be the duration of the blockade.
RATIFIED THAT, BRITISH COMMUNITIES IN CHINA the present economic pressure, which legally did not amount to a
ARE PULLING TOGETHER.
¡From Our Dien Correspondraf.)
Shanghai. November 10. This morning Sir John Jonian meets Navy and Army war terans in the Consulate Compound.
The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce gave a banquet in honour Sir John Jordan on Saturday night, at the Palace Hotel. Two andred and seven-five persons attended. The toast-master was r. Macray and the speakers the Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell, Mr. món, Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, Mr. Walker of Hankow and ommodore Ellison.
Sir John Jordan said:"It is difficult to express the pleasure d'interest I have experienced during the few days I have had with u. No Minister ever had such an opportunity of meeting the China mmunities in corporate body taking part in a real exchange of ideas. the world of to-day.the position of the public servant is more and ore changing. To represent the community is our privilege, based our prestige to represent the true needs of our countrymen. It is ot always possible to take action along the lines desired by the com- unity in China or any part of China. owing to policies affecting ider destinies. I have always made it my aim to explain such sitions, for I believe policy and public opinion must keep pace with le another if they are to remain healthy and sound. The work of e Legation will be immensely strengthened and incidentally gravely creased by the Conference. My constant desire is to draw closer e bonds of sympathy and interest between officials and the com- unity and officials and the Chinese.".
Sir John praised the Consular
Service and said
was gratified that is go d work was recognised and preciated by commercial bodies and the communities a whole. He proceeded: "The success of your Conference roourages me to hope for continued progress on the lines of full peration between the Chambers and the commercial officers tached to the Legation. We want to keep our services and ganisations as elastic and resilient as possible to meet the constant hanging situation in China.”
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Mr. Harnsworth replied that as far as Britain was concerned, blockade, would continue until a Democratic Government which could be recognised by the Allies was established in Russin - (Cheers).
Replying to further questions, Mr. Walter Long stated that since the German Armistice, approximately £6,000,000 had been spent on naval operations in the Baltic and the Black Sea No British force was at present operating in the Caspian, Probably the above operations would be wound up before the end of the financial year.
Mr. Harnsworth said a meeting would occur-shortly in Den- mark between British and Bolshevik representatives, regarding exchange of prisoners..
EMPLOYMENT FOR DISABLED EX-SOLDIERS.
London, November 5.
In the House of Commons. Sir Robert Horne announced that 5,088 employers had undertaken to provide employment for 45,000 disabled ex-soldiers in response to the recent appeal by His Majesty
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL
London. November 3.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said the Premier would be happy to receive a deputation from the House of Commons Channel Tunnel Committee to urge the immmediate construction of the Tunnel.....
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE.
ADMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICAN AND JAPANESE DELEGATES. Washington, November 5. The Internationa! Labour Conference has decided to admit the South African, Japanese and other delegates whose admission bad heen opposed.
AUSTRO-GERMAN DELEGATES HELD UP.
Paris. November 4. nounced that the Austro-German delegates to the Washington At the Supreme Council the American delegate, Mr. Polk, an- Labour Conference were unable to obtain shipping accommodation to America.
SOUND POLITICAL ETHICS.
Sir John pointed out that the Legation and Consular Staffs were derstaffed during the war. He praised their self-sacrifice and evotion to duty. He added: Nurmat conditions will find the ervice equal to the occasion. He urged the Consuls evelop clozer relations with the Chinese officials and ritish communities. "The Conference, he said. will create дезу solidarity of interest between the scattered ritish communities in China and all will be strengthened by a banion bond. It will foster a new realisation of the importance close working with the Chinese. We are living in this country nd their tride is our trade. and. broadly speaking their terest is our interest. These are the rewards of my years service in Ching the welcome given nie and the knowledge that his Conference closes with a whole-hearted and solid determina- the Head of the Government, dwelt upon the formidable reconstruct- on on the part of the British communities in China to pull together lion task of democracies. He said that the only solution was work. nd to work hard on lines which are worthy of the traditions of our In view of the complexity of the problems confronting the new eople."
EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
From Our Own Correspondentsa
BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
Shanghai. November 8. Sir John Jordan, the British Minister to Peking is attending he Police Sports this afternoon, weather permitting.
Te-night the British Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai is giv- ng a banquet in honour of all the delegates who bare attended the Conference of British Chambers of Commerce in China.
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL,
Shanghai, November 9.
The American Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution n favour of Chinese representation on the Municipal Council.
EX-SENATOR BURTON COMING.
Shanghai, November 9. Ex-Senator Theodore Burton is going to Hongkong by the hima Maru.
OPIUM SUPPRESSION AT SINGAPORE.
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Singapore, November 7.
M. CLEMENCEAU'S POLICY.
Strasbourg, November 6.
M. Clemenceau, speaking not as a candidate for election but as
political era it was important that the elections should result in the establishment of a homogeneous Parliamentary majority, which could carry out a well-defined programme of action. Ao All-Republican majority alone could fight the destructive action of Revolutionary minorities. He condemned general strikes, but, if Society were renaced, it ought to rely less on armed force than on itself. He cited the railway strike in Britain as an example of the efficacy of the free organisation of citizens. One of the grave dangers of the future was Bolshevism, but the union of all good Frenchmen should be sufficient to build an insurmountable rampart against such savagery.
-AMERICAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
THE MINERS' ATTITUDE.
Indianapolis. November 4.
Mr. Lewis, the Miners Leader, has declared that the miners will resume negotiations immediately if the injunction is withdrawn. as Mr. Gompers advocated.
THE CONDITIONS IN VIENNA,
GREAT SHORTAGE OF FOOD.
Vienna, November 6. The Reparation Sub-Commission has completed its ten days' sitting and is issuing an interim report.
Sir William Goode, the British Representative, has told Reuter that the condition of Vienna is well nigh desperate owing to the Ka-Governments to deliver foodstuffs and coal respectively. There are non-fulfilment of contracts by the Jugo-Slav and Czecho-Slovak
absolutely no reserves of bread, meat or fats, and the position is accentuated by delays of foodtrains, owing to the shortage of coal.
For the possession of non-Government chandu Nee Seong Chín has been fined one thousand dollars, or six months' imprisonment at Bingapore,
BIG FIGHT ARRANGED.
SHOULD BECKETT DEFEAT CARPENTIER.
Mobias, Alabama, November 4: Dempsey has signed an agreement to fight Beckett at New Orleans on March 17, conditional on Beckett defeating Carpentier. Dempsey to receive $125.000. Mr. Tortories is promoting the
STRAITS FOOD SITUATION.
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Singapore, November 7.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
SUPREME COUNCIL
London, Nov. 4
The Supreme Council in a long note to the Rumanian Government sets forth the Council's decisions as regards the three outstanding questions, namely the territorial frontiers, the minorities treaty and Hungary, the request- ing the earliest and most frank reply thereo. The note de- clares that a very bad impression has been created by the failure of Rumänis to reply the Council's last note and Rumania's pretext thereanent. The Council adheres to its previous decision as regards frontiers, is determined to uphold the principle underlying the minori.
treaty and
regards requisitions from Hungary the Council iş despatching an Inter-Allied Commission to examine all requisitions and report upon the distribution to be effected between Ru- mania and the Allies. The Cound!! proposes, owing to the continued requisitioning, to establish an Inter-Allied organisation, including Rumanían officials, on the frontier to check the way bills of all trains to Rumania.
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FULFILLING THE ARMISTICE.
Paris, Nov. 2.
The Supreme Council has drafted a letter to "the German Government outlining a protocol in which Ger many must agree to comply with the unfulfilled terms. of the armistice. The protocol provides that Germany gives up a certain number of light cruisers and des- troyers and 400.000 tons of Naval material instead of the German warships sunk at Scapaflow.
London, Nov. 3.
The report from Paris cabled on Nov. 2 regard- ing Scapaflow is apparently at least premature.. Reu- ter's Paris correspondent says the Supreme Council has not reached a decision as regards the distribution of the remaining enemy warships ncr compensation for the Scapaflow sinkings.
IN OCCUPIED GERMANY.
London. Nov. 3. Letters from soldiers and others in the occupied German territory agree that, there is nothing the Ger mans desire less than that the British should leave, owing to the absolute fairness and admitted cap- ability of their administration. An interesting illus- tration thereanent was provided on the occasion when two British officers recently motored to a town in the neutral zone. The inhabitants turned out and cheered, thinking they had come to occupy the place, and were. profoundly disappointed when they were disillusioned. This does not mean, as one correspondent emphasises. that the Germans love us, but they realise we stand between them and worse evils. A correspondent men- tions as a sidelight on the haffling psychology of Ger. man character, the fact all the Rhineland is at present flocking to Cologne Cathedral where a Franciscan monk is holding immense audiences spellbound and preach- ing the Kingdom of Heaven is within and all true power of victory that.of the spirit.
SOUTH TYROL
London, Nor, 4. The Tyrol Diet has issued a protest against the hand- ing over of the South Tyrol, the home of Andreas Hofer, the renowned champion of liberty, with a quarter of a million German-speaking population, to Italy. Lord Bryce supports the protest, pointing out that the South Tyrolese have been for ages one in race, religion, his- tory and national traditions and expressing astonish. ment that the Great Powers should, by assigning the ter- ritory to Italy, violate the principles of nationality and self-determination to which they expressed devotion.
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Our reports of Saturday's foot- ball matches will to-morrow's issue.
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To-morrow is the 50th birthdya of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
The business to come before the Sanitary Board at to-morrow's meeting is of a formal character.
The M. M. Sphinx left on Satur day for the North with a full passenger list. Her departure from Marseilles was delayed for a week owing to the general. strike of dock-hands.
We understand that the E. the Governor of Macao is visiting Hongkong this afternoon to pay an official call on H. E the Governor of Hongkong, and that be will stay the night at Govern- meat House.
The China Mail us. Co., is in receipt of a telegram from its Yokohama agency advising that the ss. "China" arrived at that port on November 7th and sailed. on November 8th, and she may be expected to arrive in Hong- kong on November 15th.
Mrs. Hickling, M. B. E Hon. Sec. of the Hongkong Branch of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. asks us to state that the Q.M.- N.G. Badges for workers have arrived, and will be given out at the City Hall, on Wednesday next, Nov. 12th from 10 till 12 a.m., to those members of the several War Work Parties who have not yet received Badges, and whose names are on the lists of the Work Parties. Each badge costs 20 cents-approximately a shilling at the present rate of exchange.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
November 8, 1919.
His Excellency the Governor gave a dinner party at Govern~. ment House on Friday evening. There were present: The Right Rev. the Bishop of Victoria, Mrs. Lander, Colonel J. R. Young, Mrs. Young, Lieut. Col. G.B. Crisp, Mr. George E. Anderson, Mrand Mrs. J.L. Crockatt, Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Dodwell, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Harston, Mr. and Mrs. C. P..Hay. Mr. G. Hastings, Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Mr. H. W. Bird, Mr. C. Lafrentz, Mr. C. M. Young. Mr. W. D. Kraft. Mr. R. M. Dyer.
THE HOUSING PROBLEM
A Gazette Extraordinary prohibits the export of sweet potatoes, Pand maize,
AN ORIENTAL FILM SERIAL
Shanghai, November 9.
NEW SCHEME FOR EXPLOITATION,
Sydrey November 4. Mr. Cook, Minister of Navy, in a speech, disclosed the existence. The Universal Film Company of fourteen people are here film-Commonwealth for the more efficient exploitation of the Papuan of a new partnership between the Imperial Government and the ag an Oriental serial, using focal scenes. They are going to Hong-oilfields. The Imperial Government grants the Commonwealth Fong later...
£50,000 and selects the borers,
KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING.-
Horace Jones, after a fruitless search for a hous?: emulates life, on the Western Front by "digging in" for a home. What's going to be done so dig him ont ?..