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Hongkong Telegraph
FEBRUARY 1, 1922. 日五月正
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WEDNESDAY,
STRIKE
ANGLO-FRENCH DIFFERENCES.
A Diplomatic Conflict?
(Reuter's Service. }
London, January 31. The difficulties of holding the Genoa Conference are emphasised by the French Press to-day. It is declared that the negotiations on the subject of the programme have developed such differences among the Allies that a postponement is likely, at least till after Easter. The French view is that the problems of immediate interest between the Allies should be settled before the immense and remote question of Europesa reconstruction is undertaken.
The Curry goes so far as to declare that the Anglo-French. conversations have become a diplomatic conflict. It accusas Mr. Lloyd George, in his speech of January 21, of precipitating the con- liet, which be prophesies will become bitter.
THE UNREST IN INDIA
Former Hongkong Governor's Suggestions.
London, January 31.
Sir Frederick Lugard. in a letter to the Times, expresses the opinion that an extension of self-government is the best remedy for
DR. RATHENAU,
the new
German Foreign Minister.
AN AMAH'S DUTIES,
The unrest in India. He suggests that the boundaries of well-Wouldn't Sweep the Carpet. ordered and logal native States should be extended as largely as possible and the native dynasties be reinstated where possible. This would not involve any reversal of policy. The machinery of the Government of India Ac: would continue to operate, though the arer to which it would be applicable would be gradually curtailed, while the Council of Prince might form, the basis of a Federation . similar lines to that of Malaya.
AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL, POLICY.
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London, January 31.
Dominions, also the Far East, concerning which Sir Josaph
channels of trade One Trade Commissioner had been in the East
for two years and another had just been appointed, Australia was Boking East for the disposal of many of its manufactures. Apart from greater consumption of raw products, which was gradually and surely taking place he described Australia as a Westera nation with an Eastern trade outlook.
[Sir Joseph Cook, formerly Australian Naval Minister and Acting Premier, has been appointed the Commonwealth High Com- missioner in London.]
THE SHANTUNG RAILWAY PROBLEM.
Definite Settlement Expected To-day.
Washington, January 31.
The basis of the Shantong settlement is understood to be a plan supported by President Harding providing that China pay for the T-ingtao-Tinsufo Railway in Treasury notes, and that Japanese exports be retained in the operating personnel during the period of
That she refused to sweep the carpet of his dining room was the complaint brought into Mr. J. R. Wood's Court th s morning against an amat by Mr. William! Curtiss, manufacturer, of No. 18 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
daties.
DEVELOPMENTS.
ARRESTS AT SHANGHAI FOR INTIMIDATION.
ALL HONGKONG TRANSPORT WORKERS INVOLVED,
·
SINGLE OOEY: 10 °CTE
336 PER ANNUM
H. F. HOTEL MOTOR COACHES.
To Run Shortly.
"The new motor coaches to be
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.
Final Dividend of $3.
Subject to audit, the Directors run by the Hongkong Hotal Com of the Green Island Gament Co. pany have arrived in the Colony | Lid, will at the forthcoming mNGLA and will soon be on the road, a ing of shareholders, to be held on Stern Official Warning Issued.
Telegrapă reporter was informed Thursday, the 16th. February, this morning.
recommend the following alloca Interesting news is to hand should carry on their proper} from our Shanghai correspondent occupation peaceably. The Go-in all. They arrived on Monday To Pay Final
There are six of the new còschan |tion of profits, regarding the latest effects of the vernment will surely give them by the as Sutton Hall. Three Dividend of $9.00- strike, both there and in Swatow, full protection and they have have already been assembled and
per share... ... $1,200,000.00 His message runs *----
to pead to fear any danger the other three are being fitted up To place to Reserve bhanghai, February 1. After this notice is issued, ift Kowloon and should be ready
Fund
$5,000.00 Three Chinese have been anybody dares to mislead or for trial trips by to-morrow. The arrested and will be charged at intimidate any other person to new vehicles are the acme of the Mixed Court to-morrow strike, the Government will lorury and refinement in every with intimidating shipping surely enforce the law in accord-respect and
unlike any. agents attempting to hire ance with this notice, panish him thing seen in the Colony be-To carry forward to Shanghai Chinese to take the severely and banish him fore. They are baautifully fitted place of the Hongkong strikers. if anybody allows himself to up in every way and there is not It is reported here that be misled and strikes, he will not much doubt that travelling in Swalow seamen hare joined in | be allowed to remain in the them will become popular. the strike, and reports are Colony. The Heads and officers current of the possibility of of all Labour Associations are duction, with x 40 bp. engine, The coaches are a White pro- breakdown in the Shanghai- Swałow trade.
Shipping agents bare have been unsuccessfully active during the holidays in trying to get men to ship to Hongkong. Latest Local Position. The strike is no longer a
hereby warned that fey are held entirely responsible for Dy action on the part of their guilds. All should give due observance to this noties. special notice.
-Dated 31st. January, 1922.
Growing Secretive.
This
urgent
are
To place to reserve
for Now Plant at ́ ́! Rot Un To Bonus to Staff
credit./of next year's account
250,000.00- 35,000.00
100,617.80
$1,610,617.80
and built on the fimousine style,
PANGBOURNE NAUTICAL, COLL. The body is of Packard blue, with black bonnet, and an each side
Professor Kokeguchi," of the of the car is painted the crest of
"Jspazose Government Nautical the Hougtong Hotel. There is a College, of Tokyo, was a recent leather covered roof and this sides visitor to the Nautical College at are open, which will ensure Pangbourne. Mr. Kokeguahi pleasant breeze in the hot weather expressed himself as greatly im- The Union officials grow more and permit passengers to obtain pressed by the scheme of training
men
&
...
News in To-day's
New Advertisements.
A white bull terrier dog is missing —Page 4.
Mr. B. A. Castro bis assumed charge of the affairs of Messrs. H. A. Castro and Co-Page L.
The annual meeting of the Green Island Cement Company takes place on Febuary 16th.- Page 4.
At the Kowloon Theatre to-
payment. It was announced that the delegates would meet again CHINA COAST OFFICERS. Enion is quite untrue. The of the trouble." It says: With suburbs and some of them run as Banking Corporation & fortber
Co-morrow to work out the remaining dete›Is.
Dr. Wellington Koo stated that & final definite settlement will be announced before to-morrow evening.
lous.
In defence of the charge, which seamen's strike. It has developed uncommunicative as the strike good view of the scenery. lawful orders of her employ-men oo all the steamers and in the to having private news" which can be closed by means of Bapa was that of rafusing to obey the into a transport strike. The tally proceeds. To-day they admitted During rainy weather the tides being carried out at Pangbourne. er, the amah, who appeared to be solowns came out yesterday they were not disposed to give with celluloid windows. The A Western Nation with an Eastern Trade Outlook."
considerably upsst, said that she while the coal cooliès gaye notice. was engaged solely to the laundry this morning of their intention to say. Beyond that they would coaches seas twelve passengers
say nothing.
and the drvar, the passengers" The owners held a meeting entrance being at the back and a cultivate cordial relations between Australia and the other Carpets did not come within her/There are something like 2,000 yesterday and found themselves | gangway running down the
Sir Joseph Cook, interviewed by Reuter, expressed a wish to work, and that the sweeping of "down tools" to-mg row morning
col coolies involved and probin agreement in holding out.santre. There are five seats to Mr. Curtias said that until the ably, including:sun. cargo emphasised the efforts being made by Australia to develop new Cove her last, when he bad coolies, coal coales tally we have made an offer of hold two persona and two {arbitration,- which the Union. FORIS to hold ous, and the occasion to dismiss the cook and and stevedores, some 30,000 or officials claimed early in the whole interior of the willing to do anything, from
car is house coolie, the defendant was are on strike or reais té go.
strike was what they wanted, and upholstered in limousine style, No cargo to speak of is being they cannot humanly be expected which will make travelling in
The N.Y.K. steamer ping the floors to cleaning the Kaga Maru, which arrived from washing the clothes and scrub worked.
to do more. The next move must them as comfortable as in the come from Capton.
asual touring car. The cosches windows. She did not have to Calcutta with big estge of
The number of ships in the are fitted with five electric dome hemp, loaded 4,000 bags of hemp miske the bedding.
barbour has gone up to 166 and lights and there are bells at the The Magistrate imposed a fine on deck into lighters, but she was
the tonnage to 284,415. Nearly sides of the vehicles to stop the herry costs is being made by Mr. An exceptional offer of Bar- of $2.
unable to get the cargo in the half the vessels and over half the car when required. The coaches 3. T. Sha-Page 7. When it was indicated that the hold moved and she leaves to-
tonauze are British-the totals are well sorang and this combined amab had not the money to pay day with some Hongkong car being 82 and 153,363 respectively with the 36 by 6 pneumatic tyres night the Kowloon Church Men's the ane, and would have to take still on board. The Kashmir and The amber of Chinese vessels should give the maximum of Association is holding a dance.➡ the alternative sentence of two Kashgar were both abig to leave
is 36 and of Japanese 15.
travel comfort. tays hard labour, a European to-day, as was a Jardine vessel,
Page 12. The Tally Men's Farewell.
A The coaches bave been special-
furnished gentleman whose compassion was while five vessels left yesterday.
bungalow at moved at the sight of the weeping The Seamen's Union people are Like the cargo coolies, the tallyly built to suit the Colony's roads | Magazine Gap is to be les for 10
pleased to suggest that the vessels
have issued woman, took upon himself to pay which have left are not going far notice. It is on rauch the same vehicles of a similar type are run- 14. in this amount on her behalf.
farewell the reporter was informed, but finonta a from March 15 Page
and that their leaving the harbour lines as that of the cargo coolies, ning in Californis and have It is announced that in connet- is a bluff. That, like much of the except that it claims that the proved very popular there. They tion with the annual meeting of information supplied by the tallymen have got to the root ran from San Francisco to the the Hoogkong and Shanghai
Uion case cannot be greatly regard to the seaman's strike; of far as Los Angeles, a distance of meeting of the shareholders will battered by falsehoods so ridica-which there is no hope of an im two hundred miles,
be held at the same time sod Imediate settlement, We bare It is not possible to state at place. For particulars see page traced the root of the trouble to present exactly what the fares [4. the lack of consideration by the will be.
Golf and tennis balls are being capitaliste of the hardships of the It is also impossible to state def-advertised by Mesure. Lane, labouring classes."
iniraly when the coaches will Crawford and Co-Page 3. There are five steamers along first appear publicly on the road. Mr. H. Stephen has been
Hallifax, S. C. A., in the matter side the whares at Kowloon, three but it is hoped they will be ready The Tenyo Marn into is going appointed second officer, Chenan
of thein Japanese. Up till gester-by race week. Each seat is dry dock and consignees of cargo The official returns of French trade for 1921 show: imports Fr. 23,548,000,000 compared with Fr. 19,904,000,000 in 1920; exports engineer, Sunning, has
Mr. J. L. Manthie, chief of a notification:-
day Japanese vessels were able numbered, it may be mentioned, are given a special notice con- The present strike of the Ses to load and unload cargo and and intending passengers will al cerning the same on page 5. goze Fr. 21,553,000,000 compared with Fr. 26,894,000,000. The imports chief engineer, Siakiang.
mea is the business of the Sea-proceed on their way. With the ways be able to reserve ECCOM
The . Beamohr has arrived totalled 37,973,000 tons compared with 50,531,000 tons, and the experts
Union only. The 16,001.000 tons compared with 12,855,000 tons.
Mr. A. B. McEwan, third men's
cargo coolies out, they are now modation, and it will probably also from Europe and the customary. engineer, Poyang, is on leave. Government had already pre held up like the others. A be possible to get the car to notice to consignees is given on
Mr. J. Brackenbridge, third mised to make full enquiry P.and O. advertisement announces stop
ent .Trute at various page 5. into the grievances of
that the Kaabger's Hongkong points. The main ides of the new Mr. C. Hookey has resigned seamen and to appoint arbitrator
cargo will be carried on to Shang. coaches is for passenger traffic from the Union Trading Com-- to settle the roster, so that jus hai and will be returned to between Hongkong and Repulsa pany.-Page 4. tice could be done to both par- Hongkong when the strike is Bay, but they will probably be
The Hongkong Theatre'is show- Union did not obey the advice However, the Seamen's
avaliable for trips round the iu "The Truth Wagon" to-night. The National Council of Norwegian Women has submitted a
Talend and will also run to and-Page 12. and instructions, but proposal endorsed by the President of the Storthing that the Nobel Taishno, bas gone chief officer, tinned their strike.
A special notice to consigneer Indeed Inevitably the prices of food are from Happy Valley when the, Peace Prize for 1922 be given to the International Council of Hain Kisngteen.
they have neither feeling going up. Local meat is hardly races are on. A timetable will of cargo by the Keystone State"
be issued shortly.
cd Buy State" is given on Women.
Mr. J. M. Crawford, second or reason. The Government has available, but there is plenty of
There will be no danger of the page 4. officer, Hein Kiangteen, has never failed sympathetically to Australian meat on hand. We drivers speeding, because the A modern, four-roomed bunga--
dea! with and redress the learn, indeed, that an extra large gone second officer, Taishuo.
Mr. F. Moors, from leave, has grievances of any workman. Now supply is due by the Changsha vehicles are fitted with governors, low is to let at Cheung Chas
though the seamen gone third-engineer, Irene.
not which had not left Australia when which will prevent the coaches Island.-Paza 4 right, the Government has not the strike broke out and was able from being driven over a certain Lammert's are selling aquattity ceased to be ready to appoint to secure an additional quantity speed, probably twenty miles an of household furniture at the sale rooms on Tueday next- arbitrators to consider and on wired instructions belog re
There is to be an official run in Page 4. to see that they are dealt with coived from Hongkong. There
The Transfer Books of Messrs. fairly in the matter of the de- need be no doubt that when the abouts week's time, when press. mand for an increase. The ship meat arrives it will be landed. representatives will be present, Wiseman, Ltd will be closed owners have agreed to the deal will depend upon the attitude and it will then be possible to from Feb. 10th to Feb. 14th
Page 4 arbitration. However, the Sea of junk-owners whom the Union give further details. men's Union not caly has officials claim to be in sympathy
FRENCH TRADE IN 1921.
Increase in Weight, Decrease in Value, of Exports.
London. January 31..
NOBEL PEACE-PRIZE.
The Claim of Women.
Christiania, Jandary 31.
MORE NON-CO-OPERATIONIST ARRESTS.
Women Among the Speakers.
Calcutta, January 31.
The police dispersed a Non-Co-operation meeting, at which the speakers included Bengalee and Punjabi ladies, and arrested 108
men.
THE GERMAN CABINET.
New Foreign Minister Appointed.
F
Latest Appointments.
A Stern Warning.
Mr. D. D. Richards, from The following proclamation reserve, bas gone second officer, was issued last evening: / Poyang-
Tonslotion.
engineer. Hain Peking, has gone third engineer, Poyang
Captain S. Stephan of the Tackwo, is on leave.
Captain J. M. Wright, from leave, has gone master, Tuckwo. Mr. L. F. Raks, chief officer,
CORRESPONDENCE.
I the Elits of the "Elvagkang
Telegraph."
A Strike Suggestion. Sir,
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the
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The Food Situation.
hour
Special Race Week dances at the Repulse Bay Hotal are advertised on page 7.
sincere desire
come with the atrike. But statements to terma,
but
bas also by the Union officials are apt to RICH KEN'S SONS, AB CLERGY, Further bargains, at Messt att-mpted to indage other Labour be strongly tinged with what we
MES.
Lane, Crawford's * sulo Berlin, January 31. I would suggest that a Corps of Associations to join the strike. may politely describe as optimism.
"Doubtless the clergy are poor."advertised on page 2.. Dr. Rathenau has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs voluntary workers be started here It must be realised that such if the food supply is curtailed the said the Rev. Sanel Mouls He succeeds the Chancellor (Herr Wirth) who has been acting For-on the as me lines as the one other associations have no grie-poorer classes will be the first to dale, principal of St. - Chad's eign Minister.
started at Home daring the rail-vance and in attempting recklessly aufer.
College, Durham. But," be to drag them into the trouble, the way strike.
continned, "I think God tutendə Unless prompt action is taken. Seamen's Union has an eye toits
ed the clergy tó be poor. The the situation may become rather interests only. The Union S
worldy-wise would say that the on demand serious as our food supply will misleading arguments and inti-
Oburch was not a profession întă certainly suffer if the strike con-midation to the general injury of
which to send their sons if fbwy tinues The Services might also the occupations of others, and
*to get on? 4 God forbid be saked to help.
that people shani 1 rand
THE CONSPIRACY TO KILL SARWAT PASHA.
Twenty-one Arrests,
Cairo, January 31. So far there have been 21 arrests in connection with the con- racy to kill Sarwat Pasba.
(Other Telegrama on Pages 8 and 6.),
Yours etc.
G. W
Hob21, 1982.
DAY BY DAY.
Mr. Kus Piugh Ho will sonsk to the general peace. The fun “ Chiama Pullosophy Government car by nó means Raading! Circle at the tolerate thin, All Taboure May Instifufe to-mKITT
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