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THE IRISH CONSTITUTION.
CANTON COUP.
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SATURDAY JUNE
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1922. 日式十弍月五
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DISASTROUS AMERICAN FIRE
409 Seaside Bungalows and Hotels Destroyed.
¿Renter's Service.)
Views of British Commentators. (Beater's Service.
New York, June 30th. A fire destroyed over 400 bungalows and summer reimastia) hotels at the Long Island seaside resort, Arvorba.
London, June 16. However British commentators differ on the merits of the Irish Constitution, all agree that it makes clear that Ireland is her own
The damage in pus at four million dollars, whilst 20,000 #Taple mistress. They emphasise that Irishmen sis to-day voting upon a document which is certified as embodying the understanding with are homeless. There were no fatalities. the British people, and opine that an adverse vote is out of the question.
With the exception of the Morning Post, which describes the Constitution as being, like the Treaty, a lia and a deception, and therefore futile in view of the existing state of war, the papers co- sider that a cursory review of the Constitution justifies Mr. Chur- chill's opinion that it conforms to the Treaty.
GERMAN DYE SECRETS.
As Part of Reparation?
London, June 16
The chief criticism is in reference to the weakness of the Senate
The fact that the report of the British Dyestuffs Corporation for which is little more than an advisory body, providing the thinnest safeguards for the minority. The novel experimental features of the the year ended October 31st shows net losses of over a taillion Constitution, which are described as calculated to make Englishmen starling landa additional interest to the recent announcement that envious, are not thought likely to work out in practice, but it is the Corporation was negotiating with Germsu dge producers and a emphasised that this is solely the basiness of the Irish people, whose suggestion that it might be arranged for Germans to impart some of
har dye secrets as part of the reparations. main problem is to suppress the disorderly elements.
Ulster Press Ironie.
London, June 16.
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ATTACK ON SUN'S PALACE.
Guards Surrender After Brisk Fight.
MURDER. MYSTERY.
Woman's Body Found
Under Rock.
Circumstances associated with the sending of the body of a Chisasa women, about 40 yoKIS of age, to the Kowloon Mortuary, suggest that she was murdered in a struggle with an unknown
The body was found under a large suck' on Sung Wong Tan Hil, at Xa Tax Chung, thers [boing two stab wounds on the left | side of the neck and another near. the right aye. Clasped in her hand was the blade of a knife which had evidently been anatob- ed from her assailant during a struggle, the handle of the knife being found some yards away. No arrests have so far been made.
SUN'S THREAT TO BOMBARD CITY. News received this morning | Bong-ping's troops, but the latter from our Canton correspondent said that he had only been aiming confirms yesterday's report of the at the maintaining of order in the coup effected by General Chao city. He added that if General | King-ming's forces and the flight Chas wanted him to disarm his men be would obey and have them dispersed. Geners! Yip then requested him to assist in (To the Editor" of the "Hongkong
Telegraph "j maintaining order in the city, and he complied.
Same Name, But Not Same Person.
Germany Paying Up.
Paris, June 16. Germany has effected her monthly reparations payment of of Dr. San Yat-sen. The Ulster Press, comments ironically on the new Constitution, which it declares is more ideal in theory than is practice, and says fifty million gold marks which was due yesterday. that all depends upon the Free State endeavour to interpret religious freedom, because Protestants are not receiving protection at present.
Southern Organs Rejoice.
The Southern Press on the contrary, is most pleased. Its pro- Treaty views and comments are epitomised by the Irish Times as: "A magnificent charter of liberty, placing Ireland on the thresholäj of a splendid career.”
Large Number of Women Vote.
London, June 16.
A feature of the Irish Elections is the number of women voting.
Independents Kidnapped.
The agents of the Independent candidates for the Orange district of Sligo were kidnapped this morning.
Quiet Polling-Day.
Later:
Reater's correspondent at Dublin states that the polling-day was generally unprecedentedly quiet, though agents of the Indepen- dent candidates were kidnapped and ballot-papers burned in several districts.
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Incendiarism in Belfast.
Reuter's correspondent at Belfast states that the growth of incendiarism in Belfast is shown by the fact that claims for nearly a million sterling were registered in the first fortnight of June, the list including a hundred and thirty business firms.
COUNTY CRICKET.
Champions Suffer a Second Defeat.
London, June 16. At Lord's. Forks beat Middlesex (the champion county) by an innings and 21 runs. For the winners Holmes scored 129 and Robinson 57 not out, while Macaulay look five wickets for 31 in the Middlesex first innings.
At the Oval, Surrey led on the first innings against Scotland. At Loyton, Essex beat Sussex by 127 run. In the winners
second innings Russell scored 125 not out.
At Tonbridge, Kent beat Gloucester by dine wickets. Freamen captured seven wickets for 35 in the losers' second innings.
At Taunton, Somerset beat Leicester by 295 runs, Daniel scoring 74 and 63, while Mac Bryan registered 164.
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
Appointment of Sub-Commissions.
The dramatic development took place at 2 a.m. yesterday. Sun Yat-sen and Dr. Wu Ting-fang, who had previously received in- formation of the imminence of the affair, quickly left their official residences, along with sub-members of their staffs, some going to the Shameen and others to cruisere af the Northern Squadron.
The Hague, June 26. The Conference at this morning's session appointed three commissions to deal with private property, debts and credita
Nearly all the Governments agreed to participate in the General Commission. Franca reserved decision.
RUSSIA'S DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL
Ready to Widen Discussions.
London, June 16,
Moscow «noouuces that Litvinoff has proposed a mostu wila |Latria, Poland, Finland, and Fathonia in order to discuss proposLIONIŲ“ disarmament, and that Russia is also prepared to discuss the ques tion with other countries.
FRENCH LOAN OF FR. 3,200,000,000
A 6 per cent. Issue.
Paris, June 16.
The Ministry of Finance announces the issue of a new loan of | fr. 3,200,000,000 by the Credit National on the 26tb, inst. at the price of fr.49846, at interest of 6 per cent, redeemable optionally in July 1925 or July 1940.
U.S. RAILWAY STRIKE.
Cincinnati, Jucs 16. The beads of the Railway Unions affected by the recent cat lo men's wages state that the strike ballots overwhelmingly favOUT & strike., The total membership of the Unions affected is 1,950,000.
Joint Action With Miners?
Cincinnati, June 16.
* Chan "King-ming.
It appears that General YipKue, At Birmingham, Hants defeated Warwickshire in a sensational Certain Railway Unions are making overtures to the miners, Commander-in-Chief of General match. In their first innings the visitors were dismissed by Howell through the Federation of Labour, with a view to joint action if the Chan's forces, after receiving en and Calthorpe for 15, the former capturing six wickets for 7 runs. railwaymen strike. while Calthorpe took four for 40. Hants made a splendid recovery, as
in their second innings Brown scored 172 and Livsey 110 not out.
victory resting with them by 155-runs.
At Swansea, Derby beat Glamorgan by 282 rupa.
At Oxford, Lancashire beat the University by 97 runa.
IMPROVED TELEPHONE SERVICE.
What's Being Done at Home.
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London, June 16.
WELSH MINERS RESUME WORK.
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London, June 16.
The Monmouthshire miners have resumed wolk
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SPECIAL FEATURE.
A LYING REPORT.
Big Coronet Film.
Household drudge, social butter.
2.A.
CORRESPONDENCE.
It is reported that Sun Yat-sen,
Sir.---I read your issue of the who is aboard one of the Northern
12th. instant and found an item cruisers, gave orders for the reading thus The labourers of of Canton, lust the city have recently formed a bombarding
our Socisty to deal with the Macao night, but at the time correspondent wrote it was be affair. The inauguration of the society was held yesterday after- lieved that the commanders of the nooo at the Educational Associa- warships would not comply with tion Building. More than one this order, as General Chan's bandred labour guilds troops bava captured the Bocca Present at the meeting. Mr. Mok Yu-tak of the Sincere Company Tigris forts and are thas in a presided and gave a speech on the position to fire on the cruisers if recant Macao incident .........
JETO
I beg to call your attention to the fact that the Mr. Mok Yo-tak At the time of writing, aysoned meeting was no Mr. Mok |who presided at the xbóva-CUNT- our correspondent, fighting is go-Tu-tak of the Sincere Company, ing on between General Yip's as published. forces and the guards at the Arsenal.
Sun Yat-Sen.
General Chan's troops are
Thanking you for your kind attention, I remain
Yours, etc., MOK YU-TAK,
The Sincere Co. Ltd. Canton, June 16, 1922.
The item referred to was called. from the Canton Times and its source duly acknowledged by 05.Ed. II.K.T.].
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50,000 KU KLUX: GLA'SMEN INITIATE 2,000 MEMBERS.
Joliet, Ill., June 4-Fifty thou- sand Ka Klux Klansmen from Blinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wis- consin attended an all night long initiation of 2,000 mambers in a wood west of Joliet.
News in To-day's. New Advertisements.
and Coronet
order from Sun Yat-sen to leave the city, together with bis forces. within a prescribed time, im. mediately called a meeting of all bis Commanders at Lim Chuen temple on White Cloud Hill on
Hongkong theatre goers will the morning of the 15th. instant, continually arriving by rail from have a rare treat provided for At this meeting it was decided to Waichow, over 2,000 having ar-them at the Coronet next week. when Allen Holobar's drama blockade Sun Yat-sen's palace at rived yesterday,
"Man, Womao, Marriage" is midnight, and at the same time All the public departments being screened.—Page 4. to disperse Ban's newly-enlisted, which were'ander Sun Yat-sen's The week-end programmes of
the Kowloon The House of Commons has voted £15,000,000 as part of a pre-į
False Story of a Robbery battalions and make a surprise control, such as the Aerial. Thestres are given on page 12. gramme involving an expenditure of £35,000,000 for extending and
attack on the principal forts.
Municipal and Water Police
Whiteaway's are holding reconstructing telephones, transferring the lines underground, laying
A Chinese woman of 18 Bon- dows truck cables and erecting 105 new exchanges. Mr. Kellaway fly. political worker, Queen of bam Road yesterday reported to
The plan was carried out at 2 Departments, have closed their special remnant sale next week.- admitted that the country's total of 975,000 telephones was die Amazoss, Christian slave-these the police that at 3 am, on the a.m. yesterday. Sun Yat-sen's doors and the officials have
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Educational endowments are appointing and be desired to attract renters. He declined to procedare some of the roles which 16th, instant seven men entered palace was surrounded, but it was fled.
provided by the Life Assurance with automatic exchanges, the cost of which was prohibitive.
Derothy Phillips has to sustain ber house by the verandah, one
Company of Canada-Page 4. in portraying the Eternal of them pointed a dagger at her found that Sun and his staff had
Motor care bearing white ban-Three new appointments have Woman who is the central figure and ordered her to surrender her previously left. Only three bat-pers with such inscriptions as been made by the Hongkong in Mao-Woman-Marriage, the keys, and the robbers then open-tations of his bodyguards remain-Frevent Plander" and "Safe Hotel Co., Ltd.-Page 4. mation picture masterpiece which ed several boxes and stole $421d and these refused to surrender.guard Order" are passing along
The leading Far Eastern botels the Coronet management have worth of jewellery and eleven secured for prientation to their sovereigns.
A fight accordingly broke out, the various strests, whilst hand. are advertised on page 12.
The N.Y:K. advise consignsen Berlin, June 16, patrons next week.
Later, the woman admitted to rifles and machine guns being free bills have been issued in the of the arrival from Europe of the The Freiheit assert that the military parades are being held It is a prodigious picture. Built the police that the story was hotly used, whilst field gua were Dame of the Dantonese forces Lima Maro-Page 4. throughout Germany like the recent Hindenburg celebrations con- upon a theme so tremendous that true. She bad manufactured the
The President Madison has stitute the most serious preparations for a monarchist coup d'etat, it goes right to the root of the tale in order to save face." fred from Sou Kau Ling. The stating that they are demanding
arrived from Seattle, and the Ad- in which the Ministry of Defence and Police are implicated. The biggest human problems, it has What really happened was that psince was partly destroyed be that Sun Yat-sen resign, as the miral Line advise consignees. executive of the Majority Socialists has passed a resolution urging set a new standard in spectacular she was swindled of the fewellery fore Sun's guards finally sur-old Parliament has been
re- Page 5 that Socialiste be on guard at the monarchist demonstrations on the magnificence. Amongst its most and money by a female fortune-dered. 28th. inst, the anniversary of the signing of the Versailles Treaty.
arresting acepes is the one where teller in Grasson Street.
established and there is therefore special meeting of members hundreds of women ride bare-
General Yip's forces at first no need for the South to seek to of the Recreio Club is being held
to-morrow-Pigo 4. wanted to disarm General Ngai safeguard the Constitution.
IS A COUP D'ETAT PREPARING IN GERMANY?
Socialist Warning.
SEDITION IN INDIA.
Editor, Pablisher, and Printer Sentenced,
Ahmedabad, Juns 16.
backed, like the Amazons of old,.
|to do battle with a horde of men.
Yet it is not its barbaric beau-the most perfect artistry and ties nor the pagan splendours breadth of conception, of the TEVASIOS OF MANCHURIA? 12,000 WAITING FOR HOUSES. depicted in the film, not its search- hopes, the loves and the frstincts Tientsin, 00971--Gsooral Wu At Lambeth County Court s ing comparison of the Bacchanaj- of all womankind.
Fel-fu's advance guard has warn-women-said she had applied for fan revelries of old Rome with slightly, incressed prices, ei, šti foreigned to larve Bdanhsi: one of the Lambedu Brough Quereshi, who succeeded Gandhi as the editor of Young India, the social sinfulness of to-day Man-Wordan-Marriage it will be Ewagon,
Hachitian border Caugail's new houses, but wat has been sentenced to a year's rigorous imprisonment and fined fire that makes it truly an epic of the shown at the Corques delly next within a sound four hours to she had no channels hilsen. hundred rupees in connection with the printing of seditious artisiessoreen. All this is merely week beginning on Hotid The publisher and printer of Young India were similarly sentenced. incidental to its mirroring, with the 5.25 and the 9.15 session
la saticipated with: Were 2,000 people on the waiting
To-Day's Exchange The closing rate of the dollar o'% demand to-day was 2a), 7.162 Light Up-Time Lighting-up time to day 7.09.