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ADJUDICATING UPON UPPER SILESIA.
Supreme Council to Consider Plebiscite Result.
(Reuter's Serries, )
London. August 1.
In the 'House of Commons at question time, Mr. Lloyd George was cheered when ha-announced that a satisfactory arrangement had been reached with France for a meeting of the Supreme Council
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO. SUMMONED.
Opium in the Chain Lockers.
day the Indo-China Steam Navig
In Magistrate Orme's Court to-|
tion Company, the agents for whom are Messrs. Jardine, Ma-
to adjudicate upon the results of the Upper Silesian plebiscite. The beson aad Co., Ltd., were sum- first business would be to decide whether, pending an announcementmoned for allowing their vessel, of the adjudication, a despatch of reinforcements to the plebiscite the Kum Sang, to be used for the area was necessary. The British, French, and Italian Ambassadors had meantime notified the Berlin Government to be ready to facilitate ransport of opium. Mr. N. L
Smith conducted the case for the the transit of Allied troops.
Crown and defendants were re- presented by Mr. A. H. Crew.
Replying to supplementary questions, Mr Lloyd Georga believed that the reports of the commissions of experts which met at Paris last week to examine the lines of settlement, would be ready by August 8. Col. Wedgwood interjzetes, “Will the Germans get a straight deut*" Mr. Lloyd George replied that it was the business of the British Government to see that Poles and Germans alike got a straig deal. He believed that the Leipzig trials would be one of the subjects et iliscussion.
London Expects an Early Decision,
Later.
Both parties w re agreed that it It is a mast mysterious case.
was impossible to place the opium found, without removing the in the chain lockets, where it was chains, and for the defence in was contended that the cables had not been removed since the -hip was in doek undergoing her annual overhaul, in January, Mr.
Reuter learns that M. Briand to-day agreed to the British propenal that the Supreme Couned mest at Paris on the 8th inst, Craw estling several responsible) Mr. Lloyd George and Lort Curzon, with Foreign Offre and Cabinetitnesses in support of that. officials, will leave London on the 7th inat. Although French papers talk of p otracted sittings, it is believed in Linton that the meeting will only last a few days, owing to the most urgent business awaiting the British Ministers ja London
The Bahan Uremier and the Foreign Minister will attend the meeting The latest telegrams show that absolute calm prevails in Upper Silesia.
Lord d'Abernon has been instrusted to co-operate with his Fremen and Italian colleagues in notifying the German Government to be ready to facilitate the passago of Allied forces to Silesia.
TURCO-SOVIET RELATIONS.
Evidence of the finding of the plum was given by Revenue Beer Ward, He went on board the Kum Sang on July 9th, and. after the cabi s had been removed rom both the starboard and port jebain lockers and after the bottom boards had been removed, he discovered in the starboard locker 40 bass of raw opium, and in the port locker ons bag! containing four balls of raw op um and a 3 cael tim of prepared i upium and some more prepared lopium wra.ped in some leaves in a hole where the wood bad been cut away.
Extensive Bolshevik Aid for Kemalists Alleged.
Constantinople; August 1. Cross-examined, witness said to Reports from Asia indicate an increasing intimacy to the furco-remove the chains would cause Noviot relation. Generala Brusilo and Neklidoff have arrived at a great deal of noise and everyone Angora and Sisa Lespectively. It is reported that the Soviet is in the ship would know that it selecting solliers belonging to the Moslem faith for despatch to Anatolia to help the Kemalists.
hordrs.
A helsingfors message states that the Soviet authorities are alarmed at the threat of the starving troops Eastern Russia to march to Moscow, and thence Westward to get food, and ar frantically taking measures to arrest the invasion of indisciplined Greek Thanksgiving.
Athens. August 1. King Constantine and the Premier, M. Gounari, ceremoniously entered Eskishehr. A solemn thanksgiving was conducted by the Greek Metropolitan, after which the King reviewed the troops.
DEATH OF LORD REAY.
A Former Governor of Bombay.
DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT.
FIRST PICTURE OF KNOCK-OUT.
Why Carpentier Lost,
The end of the fight. This shows Georges Carpentier, after he went down in a beap from the effect of Dempsey's vicios right to the jaw. Unable to rise, Carpentier held up one'art as if in protest against the referee counting in out. Dempsey, confident that the challenger will not rise agaio, nevertheless in keeping a wary eye on bij
We have to-day recoisęd find, and I proved this superiority I give Dampsey the first round, That was Carpentier's fatal Americs the first pictures & 4 beyond the shadow of a doubt, descriptions of the Carpenti Georges was
bat the seco id sʊand unquestion- | mistake.. Dempsey match. They were co stand up and box all the time was boxing in this round and be by the splendid figas be put up. a fool not to ably belonged to Caroentier. Ho The Frenchman surprised mLAY
eyed across America by spec Whenever he boxed he easily was too fast for Dempsey.
He had Dempsey groggy in the. was being done. There would be. Silver State just prior to her more weight, more strength and tier
aeroplane, and put aboard fit the best Dempsey. Dempser bad Jack was missing and Carpen- second round. And hạ did tais was landing worthwhilejin spite of the fact that he was th facker other tran by removing no way of putting the opiam in
departure from Seattle.
¡more stamina. This overcame punches. 1 judged the third weakened by the punishment he the cable.
Johnay Kiloane, the American Carpentier's greater speed and round a draw, with Carpenter received in the clinches during Mr. Crewe said the Indo-China Featherweight Champion, writing boxing skill.
landing more blows, bot with the first round. team Navigation Co. whose his impressions of the fightsays:- Carpentier lost because be let Dempsey averaging things up In the fourth round Dempsey managers were Messrs. Jardine, Champion Jack
The next logical opponent for himself get into clincues where with bis squerior strength. landed a left hook to the jaw, and Matheson, were well-known in Tommy Gibbons.
Dempsey is Dempsey, with his 20 pounds of Taking the fight as a whole, this actually was the be;inaide ..
excess weight could lay that Carpentier Isaded more clean of the end. It put Carpentier better fight against Decrpsey than out and weaker bin with abort||
Gibbons would have put up afweight against him and wear him! blows than Dempsey did.
dows for the couns of nine and
Georges Carpentier did.
If Carpentier had boxed all the Dempsey followed up with a shift jabs. f
I time and danced his way out of of the same blows-a .eft to the Carpentier was knocked out be- In spite of Carpentier's hand-those deadly clia hes as he did su body sad crossing with a right to cause he didn't use those famous icap of choosing the wrong method admirably in the second round, be the jaw. That was the knockʊnt. brains of his; because he failed to of lighting. he fought an even might have won.
Dempsey hasn't slowed up since
it was
Яe.
:ban be pionship and bis first opponent
Ishould be Tommy Gibbons.
the Far East and had been run- ning ships around the China coast for a great number of years and jrbroughout that period it bad been their one endeavour to sap press smuggling At one stage they were evan üssisting the tay out of the cliacbes. Boxing fight up to the fatal fourth round. Carpentier didn't do the thing ho he met Willard. fiorernment financially to put was the method by which Georges; It was plain to me that Dempsey could do better than Dempsey and I think he should fight every special searchers 08 their could have won. Ho was was beating him in the first round be tried to do the thing that Demp-three months to keep that cham- ship, but It is W29 2700- London. August I.
advertised as a better and morețin the cliocbes by using short ser could do better [tually discontiqued as The death of Lord Reay is announced.
found that they were no
skilful boxer than Dempsey.lup percuts, mostly lefte,
Iconid. (The deceased peer, born in 1839, was the eleventh Baron Rees- This ship was searched on July Rector of St. Andrew'a University 1984 86. Lord Reay was next 5th two days before she appointed Governor of Bombay, a post he held for five years. and into Hongkong and a
might be concealed on the ship. was subsequently Under Secretary for India. Other distinctions search took place before entering It was easy for the Revenue but they could not find it there. were the Presidency of the Royal Asiatic Society, the British every port, these searches being Officers to come into the box and Academy, and University Cal!, Gözdan.j
arried out by the ship's officers. The Company
bad standing ay. We found this and that: regulations which compelled that Officer went on board with the how clever we are.", Tas Revenue search. At theirown expense, they object of searching one place and published and seat to their owo vesaels in Chinese and in Eag-one place only. He could prove lish, notices stating that a reward that every precaution had baen' would be giron for information taken sad that they had done their
AUSTRALIANS v. SOUTH WALES.
Century by Bardsley.
London, August 1.
cam: Fimilar
EARLIER
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(From Our Own Correspondent. ¡
A SHANGHAI MURDER.
Shanghai, August 1
APPEAL COURT CASE,
New Trial Commenced.
. In the Supreme Court this } morning, before Mr. Justice Gompertz, the hearing menced in the case in which
BIG DONATION TO- UNIVERSITY.
Gift of $100,000..·
We are informed by Mr. N. com- Teesdale Mackintosh, the Re-
At Swansea before ten thousand spectators in cloudy weather, the leading to the seizura of opium, tmost to stop smuggling and be in a room of a Wing On Hotelsurance Co., Ltd., for $10,000 as † Sons, bare made a donation to the Australians scored 451 for S. Bard-les by good all-round play made These notices were posted up in should be dismissed.
submitted that the summons
the affair is a mystery.
A twenty year old, well dressed Yeong Kong-yoog, trading as Kistrar of the Hongkong Univer Chinese girl bas been found dead Wat Taze, sued the Young Shing sity, that Messrs. John Swire and a result of the loss of the Luen University of $100 000 to form There have been an arrests and On. It will be remembered that part of an Endowment Fund for a decision had been given in this the benefit of the Taikoo Chair of
In consequence of overnight rain the Indo-Ubina S.N. Co. had done Mr. Crew to get down to the the zul at the Wing On Hotel, be appealed against that decision and B-chion of the University.
The police knew the murderer of case, but a fortnight ego plaintiff Engineerin, and the engineering being left letters indicating rur.
122, including a six and thirteen fours. Macartney scored 63, while various parts of the ship. Messrs Taylor made 73 by vigorous cricket, including a six and ten fours. Jardine, Matheson, acting for the Armstrong is 75 not out. wicket was soft and cap.
DISCONTINUATION OF AIRSHIP SERVICE.
Capt. Guest's Surprising Announcement.
London, August 1.
CONVENTION OF NEGRO PEOPLES.
Ambitious Programme.
New York, August 1
one
der followed by suicide.
Later
STORM BREAKS HEAT WAVE.
Shanghai, Aug. 1.
G. C. Alabaster, instructed by
below
bad
News in To-day's New Advertisements.
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The Magistrate said he wanted
everything in their power and had servants and crow, He did not
a new trial was ordered. Mr. been assisted by their officers to suppose that the Company or prevent smugling. The chief officers did not take all the
Mesars, D'Almada and Mason, officer was in charge of the chain necessary precautions, but the
appeared for plaintiff and Mr. F. lockers and it was impossible to onus was thrown on them.
|C. Jonkin, instructed by Mr. G..R.
At the Kowloon Theatre the par the opium in them unless the Mr. Smith said be did not
Haywood,represented defendants.
into lockers were empty. The chaine realise that the question about
Mr. Jenkin went
feature film is entitled "Laughing the each weighed a matter of soure the opiom being deposited aboard
evidence given in the Court Bill Hyde".-Page 12. to the House of Commons at question time. Capt. Guest stated thirty tone and one link weighed the abip at Hongkong to be
Jardine
& Co. Mathesun, and referred to the tbat the airship service will be discontinued from to das, failing a matter of 37 lbs. There was taken out again at Hongkong slightly broken up the heat wave. It
A tbunderstorm to-night has seaworthiness of the Vessel. Agenta of the Glen Line advise contrary decision by the Imperial Conference. No provision for only
each was going to be brought in. He period in
been stated by Consignees of cargo of the arrival nirahips is to be made in next year's Estimates unless this policy is year when the chain lockers were rould call a witness to prove that 200 persoas were pròstrated. in the coxswain that at the time the of the motor vessel "Glenade" changed.
empty and that was during the the opium had not been lying Chinese have died.
éluding 30 foreigners. Several weather wa very rough and Page 5.
The Indo-China sa Kumsang ship's overhaul in Hongkong, in there all that time and if the Cortec. a Jesuit prisat. who was
Fatties Leafter leaving port it was found (January. The chains were then pium was put there subsequently prostrated on Sunday evening in some more coal for the pur. in part, consigness of cargo ace necessary to put back and take and s.s. Yatsbing having arrived ran. dut and the lockers were the chains must have been taken dead at midwight. The brat scraped and painted, the workout
pose of ballast. She put back given due notice on Page 5.
The East Asiatic indirectly caused M: Gagot' and they took in forty tons.
o. Livise Mr. Crew replied that the cable being done by the Dock Com-)
denth. pany's men and the employees was 135 fathoms in length. gad
Couakel contended that if a ship consignees of cargo of the arrival The Second International Convention of Negro Peoples, which was a very important point that than ninety fathoms were taken of the Chinese contracter. Ihe could prove that never more
was making a voyage in ballast in part of the s.. Afrikë-Page 5
Powella'Sale is now cn-Page7. it was the absolute duty of the has opened with fifty thousand delegates from America, Europe, it
B. & Savise consignes of: assurer to put in sufficient Asia and Africa, includes "the Provisional President' of Africa." out the whole of the chain
impossible WAS
to ran oat
Evidence in support of Mr.
ballast when she 1. ft port for the cargo of the arrivi in port of the The convention will sit throughout August It anticipates achieving without everybody on the ship Crew's statement was give great things in consection with the future government of the negto knowing all about it.
first time. It did not assist the sa Keemus-Puga 4. Arny huts purchased by Beth-assurer that he had mate an Lammarta are selling off Office race throughout the word.
The only by Captain F. Wheeler, Marineal Gleen Council London for estimate and made a bona fideiture, etc, at No. 1 Prince's thing he could suggest was that 3npt of Mesars. Jardine, conversion into dwellings are mistake. the opium was put where it was Matheson and Co., Capt. Thomas found when the ship was in dock. Grant, of the Kum Sang, Mr. W. now being sold, the Health Minis- Ho submitted that such was the W. Hop ins, Cief-Oices, and try basic refused to agree to the case and when it was found un- A. J. B. Lamble, formerly Chief profitable hecause the opiam was Officer of the Kam Song. Jorked up for a year. those who
During this evidence, Mr. Craw put it there thought the best way said the only explanation he Mr. Smith said in that case it would be to cut their losses on the could .give opium, report that it was there opinn was put in the chain lockers for a whole year before was that the would have to remain in the chain and get the reward offered by the lockers during the ship's it could be taken out again. Government. Mr.Crew suggested overhaul, as the cable had never The Magistrate: A sort of
bat the officers did all they been out since that time and it fixed deposit. (Laughter.), could to find any opium that was impossible to put the oplum. The case is proceeding as wego
get there unless the cable, was on 167 CANA
U.S. RELIEF FOR RUSSIA.
Famine Sufferers to be Assisted now that American Prisoners Released.
Washington, August 20 Mr. Hoover states that as American prisoners in Russia have been released, relief will be sent immediately, the first shipment being made to the Petrograd area from Danzig.
(Other Telegrams on Page 2)
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ARMY HUTS AS HOUSES.
scheme.
ent
If he had made a mis-Building on Friday and House take and gone out with insuffici-hold Furniture at No. 8. Blook
ballast
Kowloon Docks on Monday the insurance
August 8.-Page 4. was 'obrohutely. - re-i company lieved of all liability. Seaworth- fness did not refer only to the bull of the ship. There were.
was ballast. In law, Uni many other essentials and one
submitted, a ship was duses. worthy if the Captain neglected to take sufficient pills for the crow. The case is procceding as we go
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