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THE GENOA CONFERENCE.
First Plenary Sitting.
(Reuter's Service.)
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SATURDAY MAY 20, 1922.
THE LAUNCH STRIKE, FIGHTING AT WUCHOW.
STRIKE NEWS.
Yesterday's Meeting a
Inhabitants Fleeing from the City
How It Is Secured.
Genoa, May 18. The final plenary sitting of the Conference took place at the Palazzo San Giorgio at aine this morning in perfect weather. There was a great military display in the streets, which were not so crowd- ed as previously, every seat in the hall was occupied when Dr. Rathenau continily shook hands with MM. Chicherin and Krassin
Signor Facts in his speech regretted that time was too short to permit of a definitive solution of the Russian problem, but Genoa bad opened the way to a new policy of European collaboration.
Failure.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE
TO-DAY.
Our Canton correspondent says AN ANSWER TOCRITICISMS, that reports have arrived from Wuchow to the shot that 4 By a Member of the " Telegraph"
Staf Cantonese force compikaded by General Kwan' arrived there an The launch workers' strike the 17th instant but was prevent- I am a reporter, and if I paid proceeds, and without any im-ed by General Wong in cam-serious heed to all the criticisms mediate prospect of anding
mand of three battalions, from and snube which are my daly
The endeavour of the owners
yesterday to get a number of the entering the city. A fight im-fare as I sweat around this Colony
mediately broke out and after trying to gather the news, Dr. Rathenau praised the work of the economic commission and workers together and explain to four hours the latter's force was should throw up my job and go to smphasised the necessity for mutual international confidence and them the unreasonableness of the defeated, a part surrendering and the devil just for pure cussedness. real peace. He said that Germany was happy to have contributed Guild's attitude did not meet with the remainder Beeing Most of I have asked leave of my Editor to the rapprochement between Russia and the other nation>.
any great measure of success the inhabitants of the city have to get a little "strafe" off my M. Chickerin protested against the Russian delegate's exclusion Only eight engineers and coxs left either for Canton or Hong-chest, and here goes. from the labour sub-committee. Colrat the chairman of the economic wains were found to attend kong.
Let me first of all try to defice
HONGKONG J. P.'s.
New Appointments.
CARPENTERS - FIGHT,
Sequel in Court.
His Expellanay the Governor has Four Chinese, who
before Mr. Fraier appointed the following gentle charged man to be Justion of the Pesce this morning with intimidation, for the Colony of Hongkong màult, mari, disorder
Official
Thomas William Ainsworth. James Arthur Edward Ballook, M.BE, DC.K.......
William James Carrie. Ernest Roadley Dovey, ARCS., ACI, F.CS.
Harold Green
(carpenters" strike," wars
ed 013. the applicat Mr. R.E. Webster, who rep ed the six-complainants-
CRES.
Explaining the charge, Webster said that a certa section of the Woodshed been oat MR.CS, L.R.C.P., Eng., L.3.A., for an ease of London.
William James
Non-official.
commission replied that the exclusion was owing to Russia not meeting at which the Secretary Another report states that the toy duties. To my employers Henry Birkett. being in a position to, at present, contribute effectively to the dis-tor Chinese Affairs met the rep whole of Kwangsi province is my duty is the gathering David Key Blair.
CUSSIONS.
Amidst cheers the report of the Economic Commission was adopted subject to the reservations of certain powers.
U. S. Viewpoint Concerning Russia.
Washington, May 19.
Mr. Child (1.S. Ambassador to Italy conferring with Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Schanzer, communicated the American view- paint that Russia rust ri: herself of Sovietism as the firet essential step towards economic restoration.
U. S Foreign Minister on International Obligations.
with the
elect
thair
the
cows
had tried to draw is the builde carpenters and the films makers. The assault; which conducted yesterday morning:
K.C.M.G.with iron bars, poles and a huge
William Edward Leonard Shen.
ton.
chopper: at the Mes Chan. Re staurant, was the result of the [lasters' refusal to join the move-
ment.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
resentatives of the two Cham-practically in the bands of former of
of the day Sir William Brunyste, bers of Commerce and, as the Kwangsi commanders who base from whatever source available. Anthony Henry Carroll. Guild officials bad left for Canton, decided to
To the public it is the presenta Percy Alexander Car. there were no representatives of Commander in-Chief, Lum Fution of the news as truthfully, as Henry Lardoer Denays. the workers organisation present.
as Tuchun. A force i on the promptly, and as fully as I can Walter Arthur Dowley. And so the meeting was not way to Wuchow demanding that scorsain it. And when I use the Lo Chang-kus. productive of the result hoped for. military and civil officials sur-word news" I mean not only Hajee Mohamed Hassan Nema-
Brevious to the meeting.
render within 24 hours, otherwise things which have definitely hap zao. military measures will be taken. Chinese connected
whose even those pened but Secretarist for Chinese Affairs Most of the civil officials bare shadows are cast before. It is a interviewed the officials of the already left the city.
newspaper's duty, so far as I can James Harper Taggart. Coxswains and Engineers' Guild
be instructed after over 15 years Norval Charles Wilson. and invited them to the meeting. Washington May 19.
service among them, to presen: Wong Kwong-tin.
Lord Üllswater's suggestion to. the news without fear or favour
the Lord Chancellor, that he Addressing the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, but he was advised to get a letter
Something that appears in-
should produce a Billdo abolish. M. Hughes (Secretary of State) said that the nations migh: adopt from Mr. Hallifax conveying the
time.
but and I can assert that reportars în į whatever policies they pleased in local affairs, but if they sought invitation of the Chamber of significant at this
the legal doctrine of “cósznon * if Hongkong endeavour to serious future international intercourse there must perform their international Commerce, which would be seat promises a obligations. They put themselves outside the pale of international to the Guild's delegates in Can- allowed to develop, struck me form that service. Yet the people of THE STOCK EXCHANGE. as applied by Mr. Justices such ing în the Peel case in notika has, ton. It was added that the Guild yesterday morning.
Hongkong present such a psycho-
the sale attempt to, secLLES ?. intercourse if they adopted a policy of confiscation.
was quite prepared to resume As the Star Ferry was the logical phenomenon that they not
change in this antiquated, focus? negotiations but only on the only boat available for crossing only prevent us from getting the
{law. "Holding that the presDNJE news but actually grumble that don't give them enough.
tion that a wife who commite discussed on a percentage basis. the passengers at 8.35 R.U. News has to be learned of; it
crime in her husbanda.ppwibes Kowloon Ferry Service.
hundreds of pasdoesn't come down from the In view of the report that the acts under his commits is not sengera eagerly awaiting, the In spite of many little mishaps incoming launch. E personally blue sky; men in charge of and scheme of the Government for only out of date, but an insult to in contact with public affairs) general Stock Exchange for women,' the National Ution of and not a few delays. Kowloon witnessed a Chinese, was have to be communicative; when the Colony, so take over the Societies for Equal Citizenship folk are loud in their praises re-innocent enough, insulted by they are silent and the reporter, interests and business of the bar in preparation & Bill on the President Harding, at a dinner to a number of steel magnates at Barding the manner in which the someone who looked like 2 Earoknowing full well they could existing organizations, has been subject to be introduced in the the White House, arged the abolition of the twelve-hoar working aval ratings have managed to pean gentleman. day, but assured the guests that the Governmen: did not intend to keep the Star Ferry service interfere with private enterprise.
LABOUR CONDITIONS IN THE U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY.
President Harding Urges Abolition of 12-Hour Day.
Washington, May 19.
He opined that the United States were about to witness a great industrial revival, and the only hope of such abolition was to cry it out before business was in full swing again.
Mr. Gary. President of the United States Steel Corporation, afterwards declared that all the forty-one steel men present favoured abolition if and when practicable. A committee of steel men presided
over by Mr. Gary was appointed to investigate the matter.,
THE UNREST IN INDIA.
condition that the disputa was the harbour. I
There were
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per-
Government Proposal Not Abandoned.
face of local Commons as soon as rony be. When I returned bome last have spoken, goes to a secondary abandoned-in going. There was an interrup evening & greater surprise stock medium for information, he is opposition, Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, This measure will seek not only tion in the service yesterday ed me. Of course there were quite doing only what he is forced to Colonial Secretary, was asked for to end the doctrine of coercion, afternoon and at five o'clock one a number of both European and He is doing the very thing the statement on the position by a but also to remove certain other of the two boats went out of Cainese passengers going back public expect of him, because representative of the Telegraph legal disabilities to which women
that the are liable. scheme, ao far from being commission. With only one boat to Kowloon, so it was only fair they rightly expect the news in yesterday. He said
Let me take the case of the tabardoned, was still receiving The Bishop of Loudon, who running there was much waiting and reasonable for the police to bat for those who had the patierce keep order among all these exgar there was always a safe passage. passengers, but I couldn't possibly threat of a general strike, now attention, the only opposition has now entered his sixty-fifth Sampan folk have been reaping understand why Europeans were happily passed, which arose in that had been received being from year, has a great fund of spec- quite little harvest, generally only admitted, and practically connection with the deportation one of the two European ex-dotes, derived, to a great extent, charging what they like to those sil Chinese were beaten back of Chan. Pressmen have been changes, the Hongkong Stock Ex from his residence in Bethnal One of Dr. Ingram's who have made the journey with by a cane. One would think criticised by pablic men for ever change. Apparently the principal Green. them to Kowloon. The ferry that Hongkong was under having given ear to the Chinese point involved is that of nation favourite tales, which does not Weality. Mr. Fletcher aaid that one come from Bethnal Green-is These European Seamen Union's officials.
all should have left them alone and of the principal objects of the that of the bus driver, who point The belief that Swaraj will soon be obtainabls and that Gandhi service discontinued for the night martial law. will come to break down prison walls, was declared by a witness, in 30 but was going again at an police certainly look on
Chinese passengers as a riotous not pablished their sayings and scheme would be achieved if memed to 8. Paul's Cathedral, and all said. That's where Winnington- gising evidence at the enquiry regarding the mutiny which occurred early hour this morning.
As the other ferry services are mob, and they certainly have letters, I am told. But I want bership were eligible to
Ingram geta £10,000 a year for on April 28th, as emboldening the politicals who received nationalist all stopped, hundreds of Chinese ignored the fact that there were to point out that I could get irrespective of race,
Mr. Fletcher added that he had reading the lessons once a year." newspapers, which were handed on to ordinary prisoners. The
are being carried by the "Star "gentlemen and boy and girl sta-practically no information from witness, who is a convict claiming education at Edinburgh University, added that his fellow-convicts vainly endeavoured to persuade bim ferry and at times of great crowd-dents. They've bahavad impro- other quarters, and that it was received replies from the Two The bus driver knew little of the One Bishop's daily correspondence, or ing the police are preventing perly. I am sorry to say; and they just because the Seamen's Union's Chambers of Commerce. to send a false message to the Nationalist Press, that a warder Chineee from travelling, giving were indirectly doing the whole attitude was so widely published section of those whose interests of his inaumerable meetings and struck a praying Moslem prisoner. The object was to excite public
and editorially criticised that the were concerned, did not want it, interviews, or even of the ex European Chinese community an insult Srs: preference to sympathy.
residents of the Peninsula.
All Europeans should under-threat of a strike passed away; but the Goverment had not pensee of an Episcopal Palace. There will again be a curtailed stand that the
свизе of the Supposing nothing whatever had dropped the matter. He was un-Dr. Ingram may not have states- Star Ferry service to-night. The strikers is to some extent proper been said of the matter, it is very able to say more on the position manlike capacity of the Arcbbi- last ferry will leave Kowloon at and legal, and even if they were easy indeed to imagine the spread at present.
A NEW BANK,
Calcutta, May 18.
London, May 18.
[Other Telegrams on Page 2) "
OBITUARY.
PEKING NEWS.
Mr. J. McCorquodale.
A Stupid Censorship.
4
ese community should share the Union official Publicity saved the Coloby strike. There are
were
News in To-day's New Advertisements.
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shop of Canterbury, nor the eloquence of Dr. Lang, nor the B 15 p.m. and the last departure absolutely wrong there is no of the false ides that Chan was
learning of Charles Gore, but his will be at reason why the rest of the Chin-sent away just because he was a
human sympathy has made him A new back, entitled Barclay's Bank [Oversea] with a capital from Hongkong of £1,350,000 has been registered to carry on the busiges of Coz and 8.30 p.m.
Regarding the shipping of the blame. Company [France.) Barclay's Bank is the chief shareholder in the
Now is the time for all thinking some people who will not learn who want us to hide our heads great power with the general new concern. Other shareholders include the National Bank of port, difficulty is being ex- South Africa, the British Bank of South Africa, the bank of Taiwan perienced in handling passengers Earopean gentlemen to teach that publicity-full publicity for in the sand, like ostriches, sad mass of ordinary church people, and baggage, whilst cargo work their European friends that the all sides is the only safe pro only come up to breathe and who will pray for his speedy re- and the Bank of Athens.
ing is decreased in spite of the Chinese are no more savages and cedare in all matters affecting congratulate them on the success-storation to bealth. fact that junks and lighters are that there are many educated and the public west. When men are ful way they ran things. Our still to be had. The Empire State promising Chinese ynths. In afraid of the statements of the public man, officials and business which came
into port early spite of the close relationship be opposition, they are afraid of their men too, are afraid of their own problema and live in au atmos-l yesterday morning did not finish tween the Occidentals and Orient-own case.
phere of 'For God's sake nay landing her passengers until als in the Far East, it is a pity I was told yesterday by noon. With regard to the water to find that nearly all so-called European connected with the nothing about it."
It might be quite true, as bas boats, we understand
that European gentlemen and some launchmen's dispute that at the
me, that
At the Sunday Matinee of the arrangements are being made of the Europeso conservatives mesting held yesterday morning been suggested to to-day to keep a service of these are still in the dark when they in the Chamber of Commerce Hongkong's and Canton's labour World Theatre "The Kiss" will
made troubles are the result of inspired be shown. Page 12. It is with much regret that we | Shanghai, May 19.-Reuter's going, provided ship's crews go are asked about things Chinese. office complaints
Lane, Crawford, Ltd, are sol- record the death of Mr. John correspondent at Peking says the on board when they are along-In other words they don't under- at the manner in which the propaganda from other than
as, or perhaps they've newspapers had presented the purely Chinese sources and that ling well-known bathing suits- K. C. McCorquodele, of the China withdrawal of Chang. Teo-lin's side and raise the steam to work stand
misinterpreted us. They go to news to the public. Let me tell Bolshevism can be seen lying at age 6.
The full programmes of the Sugar Refining Company, which censers in Peking has been follow-the pumps. took place last night at bis rosed by a police censorship which
Latest News.
Church and listen to sermons: the public, as one of the reportere the bottom of it all. But we they've heard of brotherly love; who have tried to do their best, shall never combat it by driving Coronet and Kowloon Theatres idence, East Point Terrace, is more senseless than the former.
Very little bas transpired this they've heard of humanity; but that that complaint was absolute it underground or ignoring it are advertised on pages 7 and 12. after a brief illness. The de- Telegrams relating to Chang Teo-
Fowells advertise cool summer ceased, who had been in some-lin's independence manifesto are morning. When it was found when once they leave the Church ly unjustified. We have given The only way to combat wrong
Bathing suits and requisites what indifferent health of late, entirely suppressed, without the last evening that only eight men and resume work, all these pass publicity to the owners' case all thought and action is to expose anderwear.Page 7. was taken ill on Monday last common courtesy of notifying the turned up, it was decided to call away like a dream. They'll then through, we have stood on the it Talk about it all we can, His condition was not regarded sender. This stupid policy is another conference for this mora-think too much of themselves, steps of public offices and had show people that it is ridiculous, are advertised by Whiteaway and
inwardly develop flung at us crumbs of alleged give publicity to the other and Laidlaw. Page 3.
& little
The famous Palm Beach suita as very sericas until yesterday, merely antagonising the pressing. But on this occasion only they'll
three launch men showed up at their racial preindiges and information which told us practi- saner side, and have when he took a turn for the worse Reuter,
the com- are being offered by Mackintosh office of the Secretary they'll
least courage to frust pray for God's cally nothing, and at
80 informed and Co.-Page 4. and passed away just before mid- A Peking telegram states that the
Chinese Affairs. Mr. help to achieve their selfsh am-one Government official who is mon sense of Wa Pal-fa has arrived at Chun- night
M. Young. Mr. bitions. If the important pages always in a position to know public. The policy of hushing The late Mr. McCorquodaleanchang and will recommence was an old resident of the Lology, his attack as soon as the mandate H. P. White, the Hon. Mr. A. O. of the history of Rome were read what is, transpiring treats us things up policy which will having been in the service of the for the punishment of Chang Tso-Lang and others attended and a carefully, they would draw many only to such non-committal always be ineffective and only
conference proceeded practically useful lessons for themselves.
phrases as he is capable of partially successful--is bad both China Bogar Refining Company lin is published. for some 25 years. He was & Wu Pei-fa declares that he has all the moraing. It was not pos- I very much hope that & inventing. And, let it be remem in practise, and principle. member of many Clubs, being a come to an understanding with sible for press representatives to perfect noderstanding will exist bared, the very people who deny I have not said ell I wanted to, W38 elso Chan King-ming to the affect that discover the nature of the con-between all Occidentals and us news and flod fault even with neither bave I said it in the best keen golfer, and
ociated with Union Church. after the Fengtien troops have ference, Mr. Hallifax saying he Orientals in the future and I can what we gire, are the very first way, but I am hopeful that it will assure all European gentlemen to run to as if they want a little be read by sympathetic public He leaves a widow in Hongkong, been totally defeated the under had nothing to communicate.
of the Far East that they'll find propaganda of their own. Hong- and that Hongkong a public men, for whom the deepest sympathy taking given at Washington for
kong doesn't suffer because of its even if they continue to ba foll. Deceased will be missed the disbandment of soldiers
www.millest least be fair Hive, Yours stog The following letter has been difficulty if they care to try carried shall be mutually,
newspaper men; it "suffers séð baflarge circle off riends.
TOMA
because of self-appointed heyhe feneral passes the Monu-out in the North and sent us for publication:-
Bir. South
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A Chinese Complaint."
wloon City,
"wa"(call Abders jomen that
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