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are equipped with a good pair of eyes. Make sure your sight le not going to let you down.
LAZARUS
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The only Europas. Dalleson in the Gulány,
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
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SERIOUS SITUATION IN CANTON.
General Strike Begins To-morrow.
PROTEST AGAINST
..
"NATIONALISATION."
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D'OISY'S FLIGHT.
CHINESE THREAT TO SEIZE MACHINE.
TUESDAY
MAY
27.
1924
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936 FRE ANDENN
-ITALIAN ROYALTY, IN, ENGLAND.
· Enthusiastle Welcome to
London.
RECENT MOTOR BUS SMASH.
DRIVERS ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
ACCUSED OF, NEOLIGENCE.
Firestone
Host Mies
Per Dollar
A fact as
well as u slogan.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd. Expert and Constant Europeen Superviklen Telephone Contral 8950.......................A. J. Allison,
MACLAREN'S CRASH.
MACHINE COMPLETELY WRECKED.
MIGHT USE NEW. PLANE FROM TOKYO
(Reuter's Service.)
Official's Petty Jealousy,
London, May 26. There were striking scenes at Victoris atation on the arrival of Peking, May 27 their Italian Majesties, whom the Nows ronohes us from Canton lened before the doolalon in Chih Haloh-yuan yesterday
Akyah, May 20 The foot brake on each of the to-day to the effect that a generai | favour of a genoral striko afternoon
has informed the ringo of Piedmont and Princosa
Mafalda acompany.
Squadron Loader Maglaron says that his mishap was due to his ears was out of order, and on machine becoming, waterlogged, owing to the heavy rains. Tho -strike is to commenco thore to-) was arrivod
French Consul Genoral at Shang- At. 00 frorh
noither had the handbrake boon morrow, as a protest against the cargo is boing, dispatched to Nanking or Hauchow-fu he would Mary, the latter wearing au points of the prosecution story
hai that if D'Olsy landed at King George and Queen applied. These were important amphibian refused to stay in the air, and dropped into the harbour proposed "nationalisation" of Canton by Chinose merchants|
being completely wrecked. It will have to be abandoned. property rights in respost of horo. In local Chinose
scizo D'Oisy'e machine. This exquisito ostrich feather cloak, when a charge of manslaughter
The airmon's plans are uncertain. Maclaren bas cablod to houses on toth sides of the now morcial circlus
extmordinary action appears to were frosh overs
on the platform, accom against two motor-bus drivers, England for his spare machine to be sont from Tokyo. malons. When this news became development in the altuation is be due solely to the pottiest panied by the Duke of York, Li Kamand Lo Bang, was heard at known, the inhabitants began to being keenly watchod..
jealousy, D'Oisy having socopted Prince" Honry, the Duke and the Criminal Sessions before Mr. take measures for the supply of
Volunteers recruited by the Yung-listang's) machine,
Caih High-yaan's rival's (Li Duchess of Connaught and other Justico. Gon pertz this morning. rico and preserved food, whilst various shops in Canton will meet
Royaltios. The distinguished The caeo for the Crown was Prosidont Tao Kun and the assembly included Mr. Ramsay conducted by the Hon. Attorney- many of the wealthier people left to-day in the city to discuss ways War Minister, Lu Chin, have MacDonald for Macao or Hongkong,
and means of, preserving order
and Mr. Arthur, General, Mr. J. H. Komp, K. E The decision to strike'''was Duce the strike is under way, both telographed instructing Chih Henderson. The Prince of Wales and Mr. Campbell Prosser was reached at a meeting of some six The past few days have witnessed under no circumstances to offer accompanied the Royal visitors for the defence. hundred roprosentatives of shops some very active onlistments and opposition to the gallant Freneb from Dover. from various streets. The a conservative
flyer.
estimate has
more serious
whole question was thoroughly placed the strength of this organently ready to take the risk of
D'Oisy was yesterday appar discursed and two rosolutionssation at 7,000,mun. were submitted to the meeting. The first of there was to the offact out by the Municipality to it advisable to take action, which Certain military officials sent seizure of the machine, but the French Legation has not thou che that the authorities again beo collect land taxes in the outlyizht lead to a titioned on the subject, wilst the ing villagos are said to have second favoured an immediate been disarmed and sont buck
inoident-Renter general atrike. Only a few voted without being able to perform in favour of the former course, their mission, and this is looked whilst practically, everybody per-upon as an indication of the close sent supported the second motion. finison that now exists botwson The meeting then resolved that a the various districts concerned in) general atriko in ovory no of the present movement. businers commones on Wednes-
day.
ALL SHOPS TO CLOSE,"
OUTWITTING THE
CENSORSHIP.
STEAMER FARES TO CANTON.
CANTON NAVIGATION COMPANY'S DENIAL.
The charzo of manslaughter | varies vary much in seriousness ¦ -
JAPANESE EXCLUDED.
PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW IMMIGRATION BILL.
IN OPERATION ON JULY 1ST. and gravity, said Mr. J. H. Kemp
Washington, May 26. in his opening addrose, but the President Coolidge has signed the new Immigration Bill' jury were not concerned with the
Despite the provision in the Bill making the exclusion of gravity of this case. They had Japaneso affective on July 1st, which was inserted in spite of the only to determine whether the President'a vigorous opposition, he has decided to give his executive prisoners ware, by their culpable approval, because of certain other considerations, of which the obief negligence, responsible for the is that as the present Immigration Law oxpires on June 30th a veto death of doconsed.
might have made it necessary to rush through au omorzoney meas-
A collision occurred, said ure during the closing hours of the session of Congress. counsel, on a bridko noår. Castle Such a stop the President fult would not be practicable in view Poak at about 2.30 pm. on April of the tangled legislative situation, and the certainty that any 6th botween two burGA,, The emergency provision would be beset hy many attempts at amond- first, No. 1204, driven by ment and possibly be blooked altogether. Lo Sang, was ол Its way
As soon as he signed the Bill, however, the President began to from Un Loug to the "Star" preparo a statomont expressing his disapproval at the failure of Ferry Wharf: the socond No. Congress to provide for a longer delay in the dato making Japanoss 1314, driven by Li Kam, was on arolusion effective.
the roturn journoy. It WOR |ovident from the effect of the
Mr. Coolidge's Statement.
collision that they struck at a President Coolidge, in a statement, says that, in signing tho fairly high joint speed. The Immigration Bill, ho heartily approves of its main features, bat bridge on which.. the collíalon
occurred was only 13 fost wide egrets the impossibility of severing therefrom the exclusion pro- and each of the buses was six vision affecting the Japanese. Ho gladly recognises that the on- foot wido. The prosecution sub-actment of this provision does not imply any change of American sentiment of admiration and cordial friendship for the Japanese mitted that neither of the drivers people, which will continue to have abundant manifestation, and should have taken the slightest
risk of being on the bridge at the Bays the 'Bill' rather expresses the determination of Congress to eame time as another bus. Taxercise its prorogativo for legislatively controlling immigration firat bus left Un Long at 2.10 Instead of leaving it to international arrangements.
He points out that the Bill makes many exceptions, but is of
p.m. and it must, therefore, allow-
houses late on the evening of the TAX-RIDDEN MERCHANTS /Cinton, the fares were fixed at Fascist from various parts of par hour if it did not stop at all the Bill in its entirety and the imporativé need for general legislation.
25th. ingrant, stating that the
carrying out of the order to In
an
M. POINCARE'S SWAN SONG.
The vernacular papors in It is intended that all shops Canton have been kept under a With regard to the institution close and that the Commercial particularly rigorous consorship of ton-cont stoamor fares to Can- Corps and Village Corps from and, in certain cases, have even ton by the Hongkong. Canton and neighbouring districts co-operate teen suppressed. Public opinion, Macao. Steamboat Company, wo in the maintenance of order.however, has not been entirely have received the following letter Reports stuts that the atrike silonced, as we are informed that from Meases, Johnson, Stokes and will
not und even
if the tho Chinese General Chamber of Mastor: authorities cancel the order for Commerco in Canton has taken "Our òlients, the Canton Navi- nationalisation, but that it will upon itself the task of dia-gation Co. Ltd., bavo drawn our remain operativo until cortain sominating information on the attention to a paragraph insorted) taxon lovied on various lines of situation by the printing and in the front page of your issue of businos bo abolished. Yostor broadcasting of loaflots and Saturday May the 24th, with re- day, dealers in European and circulars. As a counter-measure, férence to stoamor faresto Canton. Chinoco medicines went on wriko, the authorities have annouheod "The allegation that our clients) whilst the enenon dealers in the that anyone found intorforing have been cutting the rates is
King Victor Emmanuel.
ing for stope, have travelled opinion it would have been much hotter and more effective if they Bilk producing district of Sbuntak with the regular-supplies-of-pro- wholly untrue-and-anything-in-
at an average speed of 16 miles had continued to invite the co-operation which Japan was ready to hovo also courod work as a protest visions to the troops will bare the nature of a rato war as far
A huge crowd choored as por hour. This was not exonsive. Sivo, and thus have avoided any ground-of-misapprehension by an sgainst now taxus.
garded as robels and treated as as they are concerned is non-
the Royaltios camo
Into The second bus loft Kowloon, unnecessary statutory enactment.
Mr. Coolidge concludes by stating if the axelusion provision Another report states that an such.
VIOW. Tho two Kings in-according to witnossos at 1.10 existent. official notice, in the form of a A number of the rice-shops) "When our clients first com.pected the guard of honour o.m.; the distance was 21 miles stood alone he would have disapproved of it unhesitatingly, but the handbill, was distributed to all have already closed,
menced to run their stoamóra to
Guards, also fifty black-shirted and that worked out at 16 milee Bill is comprehensive, and therefore he was compelled to consider 61 90 second class and $1.00 steer-Britain wb gave the Roman and maintained the same paco
LA crowds en route throughout. into view with
salute.
It must have boon) aage and these rates have beenovated the party as they drove to doing about ninetoon miles per nationalize property rights would 7tegraph representati.o.
this mantained without alteration UP Buckingham Palace. he delayed, ponding he making morning, a well-known merchant to dato and our clients have now King Victor Emmanuele first proached. The body of the car This is hour when the bridge was ap of certain ainundmonts. This had some very omphatic remarks no Intention of either decreasing visit to England for twenty-one was torn off the obsesie of No. notice, hawever, seems to have to maku bron ignored by the public.
on the mothads by or increasing them.
FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNCHANGED. which the Municipality sought "Further, our clients wisir us years.
1204, the left front whosi was It le reported that the Comto replenish its coffors. Apart to point out that they have never
Paris, May 26. Their Majesties gave a brilliant struck off and both buses were mercial Corps has passed a re- from the forcible resumption agreed to any standard rates State banquet in honour of the wrecked generally. The cats wore The Counotls Gonoral; which are the administrative councils of 'solution to the effect that at rong of private properties on both si les which may or may not be charged Italian King and Queen, there the Kowloon-Canton Railway ing over the Council General of the Meuse, delivered an address, examined by .exports from the Departments, met all over France to-day, M. Poincare, proxid- measures will be taken if the of the newiy-projected muloos. by other Companies and that being 150 guests, including the and they discovered two import-regarded as the awan song of his Premiership. compel shops to open, and in this in respect of which the sop of their furos word fixed quite Prince of Walus, the Duke of ant facto-the hand brakes on He said the recent elections were an expression of discontent York, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay has failed to satisfy the owners, this letter for the purpose of George, Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin.
Trasting that you will insert MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd nofthor car had been touched with the dearness of living, and in nowise a disavowal of his foreign and the foot brakes wore entirely policy, which bie'successors were bound to continuo. M Poincare there had hardly been, he said, making our olionte' position
out of order, Prisoners were called upon his supporters to give the now Government fair play, แกY direction in which tho quito clear,”
The King, toasting the guests, negligent in not finding out that but zealously to watch the maintenance of essential national la- Governinant had not tried to
referred to the lasting unbroken their foot brakes were out of order, teresis (reparations, security, a budgetary balance, and individual imposo taxes on the merchants,
Anglo-Italian friendship; and and if they know this they were liberties). He defended the occupation of the Rahr, saying he would Verbal protosts had hitherto
King Victor, replying, hoped that negligent in not having them much have preferred a joint Allied instead of a Franco-Bəlgian. proved to be unavailing, and, in
the traditional, ties, would be adjusted. It was the suggestion seizure of guarantees; but Lord Hardinge wrote to him on Decem strengthened. Reuter.
of the prosecution, concluded bar 20, 1922, that British option did not allow the British Govern- counsel, that neither driver had wont to adopt such a solution. any Intention of stopping or slowing down. They hoped to get across Bafoly.
The trial is proceeding.
Government endeavours to
connection lottore have been sent ONL to various solution and guilde In the outlying districts Asking for support.
NO CARGO FROM HONGKONG.
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equitable announs d in the recent Budzot!
`compensatiin " as independently.
Of even greater interest to this Colony is the news gathered this his opinion, nothing short of morning that, except for certain the movement now being carried consignments which had been in-out would bring the Government deated for and were to be con- to its sensOS.
CHUS v. SHUMS.
BEQUEL TO YESTERDAY'S
FRACAS..
HONGKONG TRADE.
OVER £123,000,000 LAST YEAR
GERMANY'S ARMED
FORCES.
Fresh Reports of War Preparation
London, May 26. Alarmist reports of German. military activities woro' mention- od in the House of Cominons.
NEW LAWYER.
GOOD WAR RECORD.
AMATEUR GOLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Player Holes In One.
London, May 26:
The question of security was even more important in France than the question of reparations. The situation to-day was very grave. Gordany was undoubtedly deliberately violating the Vor saliles Treaty and robuilling war material and military formatious. M. Poiticaro sald he had communicated this information to the Allios. France must remalo on her guard; and he would fight any. Government showing weakness in this respoot..
"Af St. Andrew's, seventy-three Moving his admission, the
Bir Froderick Hall naked A now solicitor and proctor, In
GRINDELL MATTHEWS' "ULTIMATUM.” Nine, chair coolies who wore The annual roport of the forcon now exceeded the strength Springbett Corke, was admitted whether the German military the person of Mr. Ronjamin arrested in yesterday'a fracas In Superintendent of Imports and owed by the Treaty of Ver to practise in the Colony by the Wyndham Street appoared hefore Exports shows that the total lies. Mr. Clynes replied that acting Chief Justice, Mr. H. H. J. Mr. R. E. Lindsoll, at the Pulles trade of Hongkong (excluding to the best of his information Gomperts, this morning.
READY TO SIGN A FOREIGN CONTRACT. Court this morning, on a charge treasure) for 1923 amounted to the answer was in the negativo
London, May 20, of disorderly conduct. The names £123,326,829 na compared with
Representatives of the Government to day witnessed a private as far as tho rogular Gorman of three whom Mr. C. A. 8. Rure 122,191,827 for 1922. Of this military forces were concerned, Attorney Gonotal, Hon. Mr. J. H. first-round matches were played demonstration of Mr. Grindoll Matthews so-called death ray In had been engaged to defend wore amount imports were valued at hit the Clovernment was for from Kemp, K. C., said that Mr. in the Amateur Golf Clappion the latter's laboratory: A representative of Mr. Grindoll Matthew rooted by him in the Court. 663.95.499 (as against £01.213,- satisfied on the matter. Reufer Corke was admitted to the ship, for which there ara 201 told a pressman they had delivered what was tantamount to an whereupon bis Worship
363 for 1922) and exports at £61- ro-
Roll in England in 1896 and entries, The matches were ultimatum, and if a satisfactory reply be not received so-murrow 372 331 (6 against £60,978,404
practised in various parts of played off in fine weather, on a Mr. Matthews would on Wednesday By to Parian, where contract for '1922).
Treasure imported during 1923 BOXER INDEMNITY FUNDS, he went to France and joined the and Tolles who were, the meat It is stated by the Air Ministry to-night that Mr. Grindell
England until April, 1915, when thronged course. Veneer was awaiting his signaturo.
The holder, Roger Wathared,
marked so you reprosont the Bhum Belgado."
accusation * was
Four of the Shum clan and fivo Chue wors amongst those amounted to £2,798,360 (including charged, and an
£1,538,208 of gold and £1:103,363 against "thá Chus
of silver). Troneuro exported forthcoming to the affect that during 1923 amounted to £9,272,- they had usurped a pitch which 389 (including £4,181,780 of gold had hitherto been regarded and £4,972,697 of silver);
Legislation in British Parliament.
London, May 26, The House of Commons bas
Red Cross, with which he was favoured players for the, Hual: Matthews gave cortelo dombustrations to representativos associated for two years. In scored comfortable victories, the Admiralty, War Offbe" and "Air Ministry to-day, and 1917, he joined the French Army former defeating the 1908 cham certain proposals for simple but conlusive test of the as a liaison in the Third Battle of Ypres, He was subsequently plon Lasson by 8 and 7
have been made to Mr. Matchowa, awarded the Calz, de Guzzi The surprise of the day was 0. Demobilised in 1919, be
the defeat of the. English player
·Bernard Darwin" by
{arry:Braid-son of the
as the peculiar proserve of the Shums.
tho Shume had bliherte done passed the first reading of the direland and practiced. The Chus, on the other hand, business. stated that in consequence of the A fine of $1 was imposed on Bill introduced by Ponsonby, Formally
China Indemnity Appliosting for four yearE, JAKS now trafilo regulations they had each defendant, Further, his making furthera provlion, forkane Chist, putk been relegated to the slopes, and Worship bound them all overdhan valo bianco kakvimen