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69329 五拜禮 號四十月正英港香 FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER BRITISH BOXING DEFEAT.
Jimmy Wilde Beaten by American.
London, January 13 At the Albert Hall, & contest, died for 20 rounds, took place between Jimmy Wilde, the World's Flyweight Champion, and Peter Herman (American Bantamweight).
In the seventeenth round, the referee stopped the fight in . Herman's favour.
FALL OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
Some of the Causes Explained.
London, January 12. The overthrow of the Lexques Government is as ribable to a variety of causes. It was always regarded as a sort of buffer between two strong men, M. Millerand and M. Briand, whose accession to the Premiership was regarded as a certainty after M. Millerand's election as President. The latter, however, decided otherwise. Thu-√ some bitterness has always remained.
Moreover, M. Leggues was condemned as being pon acquiescent in the British standpoint and insufficiently in-istant for the interests of France, especially concerning the strict execution of the Treaty of Versailles.
The majority in the Chamber is very dissatisfied at the German postponements and excuses, and looks to reparations in money repair French Finances, which have been gravely disorganised Heate the latent feeling against M. Leyes reached a boiling poins, Future experience must decide whether a new Cabinet, with a so-called strong and Brm policy, will promete or detract from the Anglo-French Entente
German Hopes and Fears.
of costs.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR.
Dissolved and Leaders Fined..
The prosecution was initiated by M. Millerand's Government an account of the Confederation's activities during the railway strike last May in calling sympathetic strikes in industries essential to the country's life.
Decision to be Challenged.
Later.
sentence and has issued a manifesto of its intention to challenge the The General Confederation of Labour is aghast at the Court's decision. It violently attacks the Government and Tenemently asserts that Labour will never agree to dissolution.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS BIRTHDAY.
Messages from King and Premier.
London, January 12.
日六月弍十
RINGAE COPY≥ 10 CTS
S36 PER ANNUM,
KWANGTUNG MINING
CONCESSION.
Given to Two Parties?
ness as follows:-
KOWLOON ISOLATED.
GLASS
WARE
ASENMEYER & COLLTO
BRANDY REMOVED.
No 'Phone Communication Chinese Retailer's Offence.
With Hongkong.
that the under having paid the prescribed duties, was this morning brought against the Praya on
& Chineas by the Imports and the
Exports Department, and heard observed tid not
before Mr. G.N. Orme. visible
first
ASSAULT CASE,
Filipinos Summoned by Chinese Woman.
Lindsell.
bonded warehouse to the ship. instead of which he removed them into his own shop without the cognizance of the Depart ment, and extracted therefrom comber of bottles. The two charges were more or less alter- justice ones, and he would ask for the confiscation of the brandy. Being a retail dealer, and doing the defendant was in a position quite a large business in his way
to repeat his offence frequently
A summons for the removal of Paris, January 12.
The Cantu Times of to-day Telephonic communication be
34 cases of brandy from a bonded, The Court has ordered the property of the Confederation of publishes the following --
tween Hongkong and Kowloon Alternately, with being in posses
werehouse without a permit and, Labour to be liquidated.
An agreement made the 25th has been interrupted for twodays sion of the consignment without Later. day of October, 1918, between | now, The Correctional Court, after a protracted trial, dissalved the Charles Edward Richardson, of
It appears General Confederation of Labour and imposed on M. Jouhaus and Hongkong, Merchant, of the first round cable four other leaders a joint fine of a hundred francs and the payment part, the Military Governor of the East is damaged, and
Province of Kwangtung. China, defect was of the second part, the Commis Festerday.. The sioner of Finance of the Province signs came at noon yesterday and The defendant adroitted to of Kwangtung, of the third the afternoon it had developed removing the cases from the part, and the Commissioner of rapidly, making communication warehouse bat said nothing in Foreign Affairs of the Province by telephone impossible.
regard to the extraction there- of Kwangtung, of the fourth part: The European staff on con- ftoro of a number of bottles when Finance has applied to the said bers of the staff worked the whereas the said Commissioner of struction work and Chinese mem- they reached his shop. Charles Edward Richardson for
Mr. N. L. Smith, of the Imports whole of ·lus; night on the and Exports Department, said loan of dollars one hundred thous job, and E is hoped that that under the regulations the and (100,000) Hongkong currency, connection with Kowloon will be defendant was required to move for the general purpose of the re-established at about 4 pm, the cases straight from the peaceful administration of the pro-to-day. vincial government and the said Charles Edward Richardson has agreed to lend the said sum on the terms and conditions berria- celebrated at the Albert Hall yesterday. There was a full attend said
The first birthday of the League of Nations was imposingly after set forth, and whereas the lance of foreign and Dominion Governments representatives, sanctioned the said loan and ha
Military Governor bas including Siam. Robert Cecil and Mr. George Barnes, M.P.
The principal sprakers were Viscount tites, Lord Agreed to be responsible for its repayment, and whereas the said H. M. the King telegraphed that there was every reason to bCommissioner of Foreign Affairs, thankful at the work accomplished during the fra: gear of the being cognisant of the said loan, his wife, were charged by a A Filipino, named Calve, and League and appealed to the women of the British Empire to support has agreed to guarantee its re- Chinese the organisation, the high ideals of which were the only guaranter Payment, now the presents with this morning, before M RE
wom so with assault, withon: detection. Berlin, January 12.
to future generations against desulating war. The hopes and fears of Germany are reflected in the comments
The Premier, in the course of a message, said the League am-
The defendant said that the on the fall of the French Government, which is being keenly dis-bodied the deepes: hopes of mankind. Its machinery bad made & Richardson shall immediately the complainant had on several
1. The said Charles Edward The Filipino woman said that were ignorant of the regulations. fault lag with his workmen, who cussed by the papers as botokening a possible now phase in French food start and its subsequent success depended upon the nations upon the signing and sealing of occasions played the part of eaves- post-war policy.
represented insisting on fair, open dealing with one another.
In reply to the Magistrate, a The reactionary organs opine that the Chamber wants a Lord Rober: Cecil said while the League had made mistakes Commissionbrof Finance the sum caught at the door of her bedroom offences had occurred very often, this agreement pay to the said dropper on her, and had been Rerenus Officer said that similar stronger man than M. Leygues to tackle Britain and Italy on the and missed opportunities, there were question of German disarmament and they expect a harsher policy
still many difficulties of dollars one hundred thousand a number of times. On the last oc-but not so where the bottles weTG Anyone who said it had done nothing lied. It had in Hongkong currency as a loan casion the complainant assaulted extracted from the cases. towards Germany, but the Socialist organs believe that France's already grown in size, organisation, reputation and authority for the period of one year accord- her son, a child just over one Hoancial difficulties will compel her to approach Germany with a
Wherever tested it was found adequate for the purpose (ox which iling to the calendar of
Mr. Smith remarked that the view to an ecogonic and ultimately a political understanding.
was devised.
the year of age, and she (the defen-defendant simply pleaded guilty to Republic of China.
dant) had occasion to inflict a the technical offence of removing The Chamber's Vote.
2. The said sum of one hun-blow on the complainant's face the cases, but mentioned nothing dred dollars shall be repaid in with a slipper. full nine hundred and nineteen;
about his having extracted the The complainant stated that battles from the cases as they lay if the whole or any part of the she was assaulted by a young in his shop, a fact which gave a ait sum 19 not fully repaid on boy belonging to the defendant's different complexion to the nature due date, the amount remaining family. She was employed by of the offence. unpaid shall bear interest at the another master, who lived in the te of ten per centom persame house as the defendants.
The Revenue Oficer informad annum in advance.
the Court that the defendant had The case was remanded until extracted 42 bottles from the 14 3.-As security for the repay this afternoon to enable the de-cases of brandy, and had re-nsilad ment of the said läp and fendants to take out a The industrial demand has diminished one third as steel works interest, the said Commissioner summons against the complainances the: they were intact.
cross the latter, showing to all appear- are running to three-fourths capacity, while the disturbed condition of Finance (with the authority ant. of Ireland has curtailed the export to Ireland.
and consent of the said Military Paris. Ja Parliament was re-opened today by speeches by th two dovens.tely laid up on the Traeside and dozens of others have lett foreighypothecates to the said Charles Owing to the shipping slump, sixty, vessels have been indefini-Governor) hereby pledge And M. Siegfried. dayen of the Chamber, expressed France's future and said the French economie Situation will be soon awaiting cargoes.
is trust in ports for a like purpose. Many others are 1ping in the river Edward Richardson the whole of restablished by rapid exportations and augmentation.
the Revenue and ineome of that the Republican platform for ameliorating the moral and material Norway from Australia a pound per ton cheaper than from England. Bureau of Kwantung cover dispatch that 30 students of the He exposed It is stated that coal can now be shipped and delivered to Department
of the Mining situation of the workers and declared finally that Frange should
It is reported in a Mukden abandon the class struggle.
ing the District of Ffai- M. Denis, the Senate's dogen, declared that the French Army
fung. Lukfung. Waiting
Chinese Girls' Normal School in and should be strong so as to oblige Germany to execute the Peace
that city came into collision with Heungsban and the said Cam- Treaty. He said France would not stay aloan
a party of policemen, and a missioner (with the like authority tusale ensued between them. The Her friends. Englishmen and Americains, were not indifferent to the dangers
and consent) hereby authorizes threatenting world civilisation.
the mail Charles Edward Richard-
incident occurred when tbe M. Denis conetured by asserting his unshakable faith in the future of the League of Nation.
son in the event of default ba.students were going to attend There is now & petition before have been sentenced by Court Martial to ten years' penal servitude the said on and interest of of
Sixty prisoners, captured at the so-called dance at Bruffing made in the repayment of conference of anti-Japanese the Civil Governor at Canton students, in defiance of the from a body of citizens saking each, of which five years have been remitted.
an part thereof to enter into. Their misbehaviour called forth in the Province.
prohibition of their teachers, for the abolition of the brothels seiz and take possession of the said Rerence and collect same of the Educational Department a severe repoof from the Director until the said loan and interest of the local province.
Paris, January 1. The Chamber repelled by 453 votes to 133 the postponement bf interpellations on general politics, requested by M. Les gues, where- upon the Ministers quit the Chamber.-Herox.
Resignation Accepted.
Paris, January 11 M. Lymes gave President Millerand the colective resignation of the Cabinet, which the President accepted-Hares,
The Re-opening of Parliament.
ir 11.
The Chamber re-elected as President M. Raoul Peret and the more four Vice-Presidents-Herga,
DOVER BYE-ELECTION.
"Anti-Waste" Candidate Returned.
London, January 12. The by-election at Dover resulted as follow-
Sir Thomas Polson (Independent) Mr. Astor (Coalitionist)
13,947 10.817.
Sir Thomas Polson was an "anti-waste" candidate, con- centrating his efforts on attacking the Government's alleged extra-
vagance.
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL DEBT.
How it has Steadily Grown.
London, January 12.
to overcome.
A GLUT OF COAL
Fixed Export Prices Abandoned.
London, January 12. Daing to a glut of coal stocks, Scottish coalmasters have agree! to abandon fixed prices for exporting coal and to transact futur business on pre-war competitive lines. There is more coal now sidings are congested with unwand loaded waggons. being produced in Scotland than can be marketed. The railway
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IRISH AFFAIRS.
Sixty Prisoners Sentenced.
London, January 12.
THE GREEK OPERATIONS.
London, January 13.
are fully paid with all expenses
actually in the collection thereaf
above loan the Military GovernIOF 5. In the consideration of the
MUEDEN GIRL STUDENTS
ATTACKED BY POLICE.
Reuter bas learned from the Greek Legation that the Greek Government has received a wireless from Smyra to the effect that the fireek forces are vigorously arivancing and have so far dispersed and Commissioner of Finance hands and have caused their three enemy divisions whilst one Nationalist General has been taken
prisoner.
BRITISH RAILWAYMEN AND SHORT TIME.
London. January 12.
The Executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has re-time) all mines, icted the Government's short-time proposals.
TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
A fine of $100 was inflicted by the Magistrate, who also granted the application that the brandy be conscated by the Imports and Exports Department.
DAY BY DAY,
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.
demand, to-day was 25. 11.7/16).
The closing rate of the dollar on
THE WEATHER.
2 p.m. Barometer:-30.30. Tem- perature:-56. Humidity 34
LIGHTING-UP TIME.
Lighting-up time to-day is 5.50
DON'T FORGET.
hereby agree to grant to the said respective oficial and persons! Charles Edward Richardson the seals to be affixed the day and right to search for prospect and year written. work (in accordance with the
SAME CONCESSION TO TWO mining laws and regulations of
PARTIES. China as existing the present
metals and Commenting on the above, the minerals which may bereafter Canton Times says:- discovered "T opened in Mu Yang-haien and Yang upon KT ander any public Wing-tai did not scruple about or government land in giving the same concession to two any part of the province of different parties. In 1918, they p.. Kwangtung except in the case of borrowed $100,000 from a Mr. Peking, January 13,
those mines metals and minerals Richardson, an American, Lak Yue-kwong, son of Luk Wing-ting, has returned to Peking which has already been discover-and in consideration of this -A.White Paper gives particulars of the National Debt for every after consulting with Teo Kwan in Paoting and is now preparing to ed or opened or worked by other personal accommodation, they year since 1875, when it was £766,000,000. Thereafter it declined to go to Fenglien to see Chang Jok-lin. £628,000,000 in 1900 and rose reaching £770,000,000 in 1904. It
people prior to Mr. Richardson's magnanimously gave him the decreased in 1905, continuing to decrease till the opening of the war. Kwan-1.Abolition of the post of Territory Defence Commissionér
It is reported that Luk Yue-kwong has made five proposals to Tso application for the same.
prior right to develop mining 6. In further consideration of interest on "all government and The figures for 1921 are £7,8$1,000,000.
of Kwangel; 2. the taking of strict precautions against the Provinces the said loan the said Military public land throughout the of Kwangtung, Hunan, Yunnan and Kansu; 3, the borrowing of Governor and the said Commis- province. Later on, in Apitf, foreigo loans to meet military expenses in Kwangel; 4, supply of stoner of Finance and Foreign 1930, for spother personal ammunition to Kwangsi from the Central Government 5, the Affairs do hereby each for him-accommodation of $100,000 City Hall.-Professor Sklarev. military forces of Kwangai to be backed up by that of both Chili and self in his personal and in his soother contract was entered ski Recital—5 30 p.m. Fengtein provinces. It is said that Tso has agreed to all conditions official capacity, and each of into with
British Theatre Royal-Chefalo andTM except the third.
bis successors in offled hereby Syndicate represented. by Major Palermo in mystic displays— Shanghel, January 13.
covenant and agree with the said Louis Cassel, and Shum Pik 9.15 p.m. The soldiers in Changshu have agaio caused trouble, and rail-Charles Edward Richardson that ming, which virtually gave the Coronet Theairs-5,15 and 9.15 In a tennis test match between Australia and the United States) way traffic is again interrupted.
all the terms and conditions of British Syndicate s monopoly of p.m. Tilden (America) beat Hawkes by 6/3, 6/3, whilst Washburn (America, An arrangement has been concluded between Wong Chim-yues, this agreement shall be duly and the coal mining rights in the Bongkang Theat beat Patterson by 7/5, 6/3.
Tachun of Hapeb, and Chao Hing-tab, Tuchun of Hunan, to the faithfully carried out.
whole province of Kwangtung. It and 9.15 pm. effect that all the military forces in Hunan be nominally under the In-Witness thereof the said would be interesting, to know former's control as he is the Inspector of the two Provinces, but the Charles Edward Richardson has whether Major Causel knew of expenses will be met by the Peking Government. Further, that the bereunto set his hand and best Mr. Richardson's contract. Ap independence of Hunan must be immediately cancelled. These and the said Military Governor parently he did not. But Mal-Coronet Ther Tikden said he was most grateful that that they did not meet terms have been signed and sent to Peking
and the skid Commissioner of Yung-hsien ood. Yere. Wie la Fond O'Hare Wood and Bepokes in the Davis Cup.
(Other Early and Special Telegrame on Pages 8
-" (natics -- and - Foreign Affairs must bara iawn of it for they | Hou THE METHALO HOt täcis respective were partida mit
24419.15
TEST TENNIS.
Results of Australia v. America Match.
Melbourne, January "12.
Brookes and O'Hara Wood (Australia) beat Tilden and Johnston by 6/4,7/5, 6/3. ́..
Hards, the Americao captain, declared that the doubles event was the greateat game over played in the world.
To-day.