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BAKERS STRIKE
No 12,568
REPARATIONS AND WAR DEBTS.
French Viewpoint Explained.
(Reuter's Service. 1
HARDEN CASE CONCLUDED.
Interesting Reference to Einstein.
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THE OCKSEU TRAGEDY.
DAY BY DAY,
The Raid on the Guild. Some Further Details. The rents case, in which male Edes intent was alleged by a (Our Own Correspondent.) tenant of Kin San Lane agniost a As we reported yesterday after-
landlord, bas bean withdrawn, a noon, the Government has dealar-
Amoy, Dəc. 13. Paris December 15.
Berlin, December 15..
During the past few days the witlement having been reached. M. Poincare, in the Chamber, delivering his eagerly-awaited The two assailants of Herr Maximilian Harden, after a long trialed the Bakors' Guild an unlawful statement on the recent London conference of Premiers, contended have been sentenced to 334 and 234 years' imprisonment respective-ociety and in consequence the people of Amoy and vicinity have
Four armed men entered the rejected German proposals, which sought substantial concessions. The trial revealed that they were members of societies closely police carried out a raid on the been shocked by the tragedy that
has taken place on the little grocer's shop at Saiwanho last. without adopting the Allies reforms for the stabilisation of the mark. connected with the notorious "Consul" association. The organisa.offices yesterday afternoon.
Under AssistantSuperintendent island of Ocksen just off the coast night. They broke open the Dealing with inter-Allied debte, he quoted the Versailles Treaty tion was founded by Ehrhardt.
Herr Harden, leaning on a stick, gave evidence that he became Perdne, a party of police visited of Formosa, where the Light drawers behind the counter and in support of the argument that these could not be claimed until re- parssions bad been mat, nevertheless the conference was no longer Christian forty years ago, but the fact of his Jewish descent ap- the offices, in Des Voeux Road, at House Keeper murdered his stole $20 and made good their faced by the Balfour Note, and bad progressed in this connection and peared indelible. He condemned anti-Judaism, and declared that about 3.30 p.m. and, after search-sistant and assistant's wife, and escape. now it was possible to anticipate a European settlement of the ques-Einstein went to Japan because he did not consider himself sie in ing all the desks, the safe, and then some days later committed
Germany. tion without Franca having to sacrifice Germany's debts to France. which was impossible. The premier asserted that France would never think of undertaking military expeditions or infleting punishment on Germany, but only thinks of safeguarding the Gercast wealth; in the Allied interests. If France were regretfully compelled to act alone, she would act on the common account He denied that France was guided by militarist spirit, or that she planned any
territorial seizure.
SENSATIONAL RISE OF STERLING.
British financial genius.
London, December 15.
PROPOSED LOAN TO GERMANY.
directly interested therein.
A MATTER OF PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE.
securing a number of documents, suicide.
A sonteber was sentenced to laft the premises with instruc- According to the best informs-three months' by Mr. R. E. Lind- tions to the officials that the tion obtainable, the murder took sell, at the Magistracy this sign-board mast be taken place on December 1st, when morning. Where the snatcher down before Monday and the apparently without reason, the made a mistake was in trying to London, December 15. offices closed up. Among the Light House Keeper Mr. J. take a fountain pen out of the At the conclusion of questions in the House of Commons, before goods seized was the Guild flag. Thomas, walked into the offics of pocket of a plain clothes detective. Black Rod had been admitted to summon the Commons to hear the There was no untoward incident his assistant, Mr. Ole Knudsen,
ahot him. Upon the! At about eleven o'clock last prorogation speech in the House of Lords, Mr. Lansbury raised ajduring the raid, a small crowd of and point of privilege, and maintained that the House of Commons was Chinese gathering outside at the appearance of the wife of Mr. night the river steamer Wah entitled to decide whether to adjourn, uninterfered with by the commencement but dwindling Knudsen, Mr. Thomas turned Kio, whilst manoeuvring to get
ber and shot Crown, or any outside body. He referred to the memorable scene away almost to nothing before the on
her. alongside the Young Tai Hing Four days later the murderer wharf, crashed into several cargo 1629, when the door was locked and the Speaker forcibly detain raid had been completed. ed in the chair, as an example of the preservation of the Commons' The Guild, which is a compositaet down and wrote quite a sane janks lying off the Prays. Two privileges. He said it would be a crime to adjourn with nothing one, is one of the largest in the letter to his head office in Amoy women in one of the jonks were done to relieve unemployment.
Colony. Its various sections admitting the deed, simply stating burt, one somewhat cariously.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE REPARATIONS QUESTION,
London, Dec. 15.
Reports from New York that the rise in sterling is due to ex- ceptional operations in which Britain is concerned, are denied in Lon don. A telegram from New York says the attention of ananciers is concentrated on the spectacular soaring of the pound, whose ap- The Speaker ruled out Mr. Lansbury's claim, aud said the Con-include amaha, house-boys and that it was necessary for him to The police, who were soon on the proach to parity, after recent predictions that recovery of parity was stitution provided that His Majesty should summon or prorogue other foreign servants, office do it, that he was forced to it. scene, had her injuries attended impossible for a decade, is regarded as a fasocial marvel. Many Parliament. The incident ended with an exchange of compliments workers, etc. Its total member Upon receiving this word from to, but she died from fracture of banking houses which extensively sold short of sterling when the between the Spesker and Mr. Lansbury, amid Ministerial cheers ship is to the neighbourhood of the messenger, the Customs au- the skull shortly after admission Turkish situation became critical, have been painfully affected by Many Labourites participated in the traditional ceremony of shak-10,000.
thorities immediately dispatched to hospital. the unexpected rise. The newspapers concur in paying a tribute to ing hands with the Speaker after the reading of the King's speech.
This morning, when a Telegraph ship to Ocksen to bring Mr.
From Messrs. Donnelly and representativa passed along Des Thomas to Amoy, but on reaching Voeux Road, he noticed that the the Island it was found that Mr. Whyte we bare received two sign-board, reading "Hip Chun Thomas had committed suicide. packets of St. Dunstan's Virginia Association for Foreign Employ- While there has been no official cigarettes. These cigarettes are New York, December 15.
ments," was still up, but there statement regarding this tragedy Danufactured by Carreras, Ltd., The World's Washington correspondent states that, though
appeared to be not the slightest it is understood that no definite and distributed on behalf of the official confirmation is lacking. it in generally accepted that Mr.
interest taken in that fact by reason can be given for it. It is St. Dunstan's Blinded Soldiers' Morgan's visit to Mr. Hughes is connected with the possibility, of a
native passers-by.
admitted that there has been some and Sailors' After-Care Fand. vast international loan to Germany, provided France consents to a
Those who purchase these The House of Commons debated the reparations, following a definite adjustment of reparations. Government circles mention a series of questions that Sir John Siman framed after consultation altered since yesterday. The largely to
The strike position has little friction between the two men due
their position and smokes, therefore, will assist in a. loan of a billion and a half dollars. The Herald also a-serts that & with Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd Gearge. Mr. MacDonald, replying bakeries in which the staffa kavo nationality, as Mr. Thottes was practical way the blinded soldiers loan of a billion and a half dollars, through international bankers, iso Sir John Simon said there was anxiety lest the effect of the pro- bees guaranteed the full demands of Chinese descent and in obarge and sailors who have given so being considered, and the Governments and American bankers are posed moratorium might be frustrated by ill-advised forble action are still at work, we ère informed. {of the light station while My much for the Empira. &t the same Mr. Bonar Law referred sympathetically to the French viewpoint, but whilst the number of strikers Knudsen was Norwegian and the time, every effort has been wade he was convinced for us pay the United States without receiving has not lessened, all the other assistant. However, most people provide a cigarette that will
hold its own on merit alone, to was due anything from outside sources would reduce the standard of living in (bararies being idle except those y England for generations. Unless there was a distinct improvement in able to carry on with outside derangement-some
a position, which he help. There is quite large form of insanity. trade in a reasonable time, we should reach
All three bodies have boon
WELSH NATIONAL MUSEUM. thought would be worse almost than any of the Allied countries. We quantity of bread still being made could not, therefore, be so generous as people wished. All the in- jand, unless the strike spreads, brought to Amoy, where they are
Ten years after the King laid formation he had was to the effect that Germany was very near com- there is very little danger of to be interred. The funeral of Mr the foundation-stone, the Na plete collapse. We could not look to equanimity of any action, which bread shortage being experienced. Knudeen took place in the foreign to useum of Wales Wax
Later. cametery on Kulangsu on the
to opened might be thought to have an effect of not producing reparations.
Saen just before we went to 11th. while the bodies of Mrs.
Cardiff L low weeks ago. Bat making it more difficult, if not impossible to get them.
one-quarter almost no solution unless we and France acted together. He hoped press, the Secretary for Chinese Kundeen and Mr. Thomas have
Only representing Affairs. (the Hon. Mr. E. R. been handed over to relatives. Mr. that both governments would utilise the interval in finding
of Hallifax) said that there Thomas is formerly of Hongkongmuseum occupies &
the complete scheme, the site in the common method of dealing with the problem.
Cathays Park, adjoining the City Hall, and adde one more to the impressive buildings created on what Mr. Lloyd George 0000 described
"the
faest square io
The Europe." site was the free gift of the City Council, who also gave the trustees a capital sum of £7,500,
FRANCO-CANADIAN TRADE PACT.
London, December 15.
A Franco Canadian commercial convention has been signed. It is of indefinite duration, and is terminable at six months notice. France grants Canada a minimum tariff on 128 items, and Canada receives on the remainder as favourable treatment as is granted the United States. As regards the French colonies having their own tariffs, Canada receives most-favoured-nation treatment. Canada grants France a Canadian intermediate tariff, and most-favoured- "nation treatment generally,
HOLLAND'S POLICY OUTLINED.
The Hague, December 14. In a debate on the foreign estimates. the Minister Van Karne beek expressed the opinion that the present and future policy of Holland could better be defined by the woris policy of independence than policy of neutrality. He added: Let us continue what we are, in the interest of the equilibrium of peace in Europe. Our policy of Independence entails keeping at a certain distance in order to inspire confidence.
THE MEXICAN FACISTI.
Mexico City, December 15. The leader of the "Facist" bere says the movement is extending all over the country. He expects the membership will reach & million in six months' time: and declares the movement is not military but aims at controlling the Government through economic pressure if the Fascist demands are not hoeded.
OPINION ON THE COCAINE TRAFFIC.
London, December 15. Sir Eric Drummond, in an interview in London, said he believed the League of Nations, if it got the full support of the Governments concerned, might be able to suppress the ccraine traffic within five years.
THE JAPANESE BOGEY.
Sydney, December 13.
It appears that the Japanese land purchases mentioned two days! ago were made by a Japanese merchant long resident in Sydney.) merely as a speculation. He has since disposed of most of his holdings.
WAY TO PREVENT WAR.
The Hague. December 15. The peace conference of various Labour organisations of thei world closed after passing a resolution urging, inter alia, the prevention of a declaration of war by a general international strike
MINORITIES QUESTIONS.
Lausanne, December 15. The minorities sub-commission sat for two hours. The Turka were present. Good progress was made. The sub-commission will meet again on Monday.
DEATH OF LORD ANNALY.
London, December 15.
The death is announced of Lord Annaly. He was born in 1857; and saw service with the Scots Guards in the Egyptian Campaign of
1882.
HOLLAND AND THE VATICAN.
The Hague, December 15. The Second Chamber has rejected a motion to abolish the Dutch Legation at the Vatican, by 48 to 37 votes.
THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
Mexico City, December 15. Cbile has invited Mexico to participate in the pan-American conference at Santiago de Chile in March.
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The Reparations Debate in the House of Commons w23 note- mend the Premier's statement, dwelling on the passage deprecating worthy for the absence of criticism. This morning's papers all com-
an action likely to make reparations more diffical. He was obviously referring to the occupation of the Ruhr.
Paris, Dec. 15.
no change in the situation as from yesterday. He did not ing, but he was in a position to know if there had been any meet- say that the sympathies of the majority of Chinese were anques- tionably against the Guild in this
it
mental temporary
PARLOUR MAGIC.
Mr. Merle at Engineers'
Institute.
5
the public
at
a supplementary gift of £3,000,
The newspapers unanimously declare that Mr. Bonar Law's state-instance. meat indicates warm sympathy towards France and a strong desire for a solution in accordance with the interests of both countries Several papers try to read between the lines of the speech that Mr. Bonar Law is apprehensive test the French decision to coerce Germany BANDITS NEAR MACAO.and friends was prevent at the Penng rate. will jeopardise the existence of his Cabinet They argue that the British public misconceives the occupation of the Ruhr as threatening an economic catastrophe.
New York, Dec. 15.
The unexpected visit of Mr. Pierpont Morgan to New York, where he interviewed President Harding, has revived the talk of the President's intentions to take a hand in the Reparations question,
U.S. NAVAL ANNUAL BILL
Washington, Dec. 15.
News in To-day's New Advertisements.
The Holiday Competitions Of
at the
A large gathering of members and the annual product of a half- Engineers Institute yesterday avening, when Mr. Don G. Merle, Chinese Garrison Overcome.assisted by Madame Merlo, gave clever exbibition of modern The striking Considerable excitement has pariour magic. been caused in Macao as a result feature of Mr. Merie's mysteries of a raid carried out by bandits was the apparent simplicity of on the village of Chinaban, just the apparatus used. There was the Royal Hongkong Golf Club outside Portuguese territory. plenty of variety and he held the are given on Page 4
The finale of the U.S.R.C. tennis The bandits, numbering Fome audience's interest right the way 400, are stated to have stormed through, his witty patter during tournament will be played off on Mr. Kelley, Republican, who prepared the report of the Appro- the Chinese garrison's head-the performance keeping every-the 22nd.-Page 4. priations Committee on the annual Naval Bill, speaking in the House
"o-day presents the last opport- quarters in the early hours of body present in excellent spirita. of Representatives in support of the Bill, declared that the Committee yesterday unrning, overcoming Mystifying the audience with his unities of seeing Harold Lloyd fixed the gross amount of appropriations as high as 3321,000.000. Mr. the troops, seizing 200 sifles clever card tricks, producing in "Grandma's Boy"
and billiard balls out of space, taking Coronet-Page 12. two machine-guns Kelley said the world must stop building 10,000-ton warships, if it and
A notice concerning, the hours is to enjoy the fruits of the last Conference.
kidnapping a number of prom-flowers and dures out of what
business st the ChinesG Mr. Keller withdrew from the impeachment against Mr. inent Chinese, RS well as appeared to be an empty bag. Mr. of
past Maritime Customs offices during Daugherty, after the judiciary committee refused to permit him to schoolmaster and some school- Merle proved himself a read a long statement. The committee "summoned Mr. Kelley to boys. There was considerable master at his art and roused many the Holidays appears on Page 4. appear to testify to-morrow.
fighting, and it is reported that a well-earned ovation. His best at least ten Chinese residents of trick, perhaps, was one in which the place have been killed, as he did many impossible things well as a number of bandite, who with a glass and a bottle of beer, are said to be ex-soldiera. Extra the genuineness of which he gave guards have been put on the one lucky member of the audience border by the Macao authorities, an opportunity of testing.
-Our Macao correspondent, re- the affair, states porting on that the troops who were over powered were a company under the control of General Chan Wing-son's department, which been seat to
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
London, Dec. 15.
POSTAL AGENCIES.
Peking, Dec. 15.-The French
LISTEN I There's money in advertising, when honestly done.
There will be a dollar dance at the Kowloon Theatre to-night- Page 4 and 12.
The King's Speech at the prorogation of Parliament earnestly trusts that a satisfactory solution of Near East problems will shortly be reached at Lausanne. The task of restoring conditions, favourable to the economic stability of Europe, confinues to give him deep concern. The difficulties are great and complex and can only be overcome
Kelly and Walsh have received by the patient and sincere co-operation of the nations primarily affected.
the Christmas numbers of well His Majesty earnestly prays that the passing of the Irish mea
knowa periodicals-Page 4. sures will mark the inauguration of a period of prosperity and concord bad recently
The Italian Grand Opera Cam- pany are giving a ruztines as well both in Ireland and Great Britain. His Majesty trusts the Ministers Chinshan. After several of the will continue to examine, in the most careful manner, all the possible troops bad been killed and the Minister notified the Waichiao-p, as the 9.15 performance at the measures of dealing with the conditions of unemployment.
rest dispersed, the bandits made this morning, that the French Star Theatre.-Page 15.
The festite at the World The Home Office does not attach any importance to the parcele for the coast with their haul of postal agencies will be officially
Theatre to-morrow is "A Private stat to the Home Secretary, which they say are not chocolate. They arms and seized three Isnoches closed on December 31.
In view of the fact that the| Scandal.”—Pages 4 and 12 declare that circumstances preclude any possibility of any attempt on which were getting ready to
China engage in the towing of junke, French mails en route to
after that taking with them a number of will not arrive until
date, some of the personnel will kidnapped people.
the life of Mr. W. C. Bridgeman.
MRS. HARVEY ILL
Washington, Dec. 15. Colonel Harvey, the America Ambassador to London is return ing shortly on account of the illness of his wife, but he is expected to confer with President Harding, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Mellan, regarding America's relations with Great Britain and Europe. /
To-Day's Exchange.
The closing rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 28. 3.1/16).
Lighting Up-Time. Lighting-Up Time to-day 541
It is stated that the bandit gang be retained for distribution and is & combination of a number of the winding up of details, which small groups, organised by Sun cannot be completed by that date. Yatsen's followers for the purpose it is understood that this arrange- of securing arms with which to ment meets with the approval of
the Chinese Authorities Router.p.m. seize the city of Shaki.