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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE COAL PROBLEM.
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
SUGGESTIONS.
MONDAY,
WAR DEBTS.
FRENCH OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA.
"AUGUST 9, 1926.
FRENCH FINANCES,
EDITORS IN TROUBLE.
IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWS
FRANC'S RECOVERY..
Paris August B On the ground that they are
MARINE COURT.
WIFE ARRESTED IN LIEU OF UNAUTHORISED PERSONS ON
HUSBAND.
BOARD SEANG BEE.
.....
Paris, Aug. 8.
Poking, Aug. B. At the Marino Court on Satur Chong Shoh-wo, a graduate of day, before Lieut. Commdr. G. F. M. Ploncare has hitherto carried
Peking University and editor of Hola, aix persons, among whom all before him in connection with his proposals to reestablish French nopportune, the Finance Com the Shih Chick Jih Fao, was arWere cobblora, barbers and unli- finances on a sound basis, but now mittee of the chamber has re-rested this morning on an un-censed hawhora word charged he has received a check. This has fected the deputys' proposals to known change. An order of ar with being on board .s. Soang, Bee, rest was also issued by the Com-without the permission of the com Arison in reference to a desire to levy a special tax on
mandant of the Peking Gendarmanding officer on August 6.
The defendants. severally plead- obtain the immediate ratification of the debt agreements with diture incurred by foreigners la morie against Cheng Chian, editored gulity and were fined $25 each. of the Mia Li Wan Pao, but the with the alternative of three weeks latter had previously left Peking imprisonment with hard labour..
Britain and America.
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France, but possibly they will reconsidered later, and some them adopted.
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It is understood that the pollen have since arrested Chong Chian's wife in his stead-Reuter.
Rugby, Aug. 7. The proposals of the Industrial Christian Fellowship for settling the coal dispute which, with certain modifications, were approved by the miners delegate conference and referred to districts are still being discussed in the coal fields. Ninety per cent. of the Derby shire Miners Association have reached decisions and by about Ave to one have voted in favour of acceptance of these terms as a basis of negotiation. It is reported that feeling in Scottish mining areas is keenly divided and
2. suggestion is advanced that a ballot of all miners instead of 'vote by branches should be taken. North Wales, Nottingham, Warwickshire and. Durham are reported to be voting in favour. There is a good deal of opposition in Yorkshire but the result ja as yet unknown. It is al-fifteen be appointed to examine the ready stated that Lancashire is interallied debt documents during The Committee in the against receptarice as also is recess.
meantime will defer, hearing M. the Forest of Dean.
Pioncare's statement--Reuter."
M. Clemenceau has sent an open
London, Aug. 7: letter to President Coolidge stat-
The clesing rate of francs was: ing that the Anglo-French-Ameri- French 161%; Belgian, 171% can debts problem is menacing the future of civilisation, and asks whether there are not other sides to the question to be considered, besides the commercial.
Resolute opposition to this has appeared among some members of the Cabinet whose objection is
The Chamber by a vote of 418 directed more against the latter
193 adopted M. Poincare's │· agreement than the former. The to Prime Minlater, therefore, has de-motion that a national assembly shall meet to incorporate the cided to mark time...
sinking fund statutes in the con- stitution. The gesambly will
Unchanged.
Meanwhile the position in the coal felds remains unchanged. Good order which throughout has characterised the conduct of the miners still prevails, With the exception of Warwickshire where slowly increasing number of men are resuming, work, pits are idle although a considerable num- ber of Nottinghamshire and Derby- shire miners are working outcrop coal. It is reported that owners in these counties are considering a new offer on terms which the newspapers believe may attract mer back to work next week. Meanwhile the "condition prevail- ing among the mining population attention, receiving much
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The Finance Committee of the Chamber has agreed to the sug- gestion of a number of its mem-meet on the 10th-Router... bars that a Sub Committee of
He says: "You demand, pa": ment of our debt, yet you know our purse is empty." Reuter's American Service.
AMERICAN RAILWAY
PROSPERITY.
HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN PROFITS.
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and exaggerated statements are corrected in a message which has been given to the United Press of America. Mr. Baldwin gives
New York, Aug. 7. dental to reports which have been
The American railways were circulated that starvation pre more prosperous in the first half vails among miners' families andof 1926 than in any similar period to the frequent assertion that the of their history, accumulating, pro- coal dispute is merely a first step to a general attack, upon bours
its of nearly half a billion dollars.
If the same ratio of increase is
and wages by the Government.maintained throughout the year.
-British Wireless.
GERMAN'S NASTY
. EXPERIENCE.
LED SHACKLED THROUGH TOOCHOW.
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"Foochow, Aug. 7. Mr. Otto Heinsohn, a German employed since March as a ten man in the American firm of Brewster and Company, has been "arrested without a warrant under orders of the Fukien Tupan. Mr. Heinsohn was taken shackled through the principal streets of Foochow and thrown into the com- mon military prison.
which depends largely on the crop movement, the profits for 1926, according to the Bureau of Rail- way Economies, should be about with $1,200,000,000, compared $1,136,000,000, in 1925, The last six months, in consequence of heavy autumn traffic, is expected to contribute 68 per cent. of the total.-Reuter.
CO-OPERATION IN COTTON.
PLAN TO FIX MINIMUM SELLING PRICES.
Manchester, Aug. 7.
A scheme, which is described as the biggest yet made in the co- operation of master cotton spin- ners, was launched at a meeting in Manchester.
The cause of arrest is, believed to be that Heinsohn was once employed by Wilhelm Pfeng, who left Foochow last September after receiving from the Tupan a con- "siderable sum for the purchase of arms and munitions which
A substantial majority of the Pfeng was unable to deliver owing spinners decided to form a new to the refusal of the German Gov-Association, in the American sec ernment to permit export without tion to fix minimum selling prices a permit from the Central Gov. and impose penalties for a breach.. ernment which the Tupen could-Reuter.. not obtain..
It is believed that Heinsohn knew nothing of the arms deal, It being solely Pfeng's ten man. is understood that the Tupan re- "fuses to release Heinsohn even on bail till the latter signs a bond to reimburse the Tupan the amount advanced to Pfeur or de- liver the arms.
The civil authorities are power- less to grant Heinsohn his funda- mental legal rights. The prisoner must supply his own food and other necessities.-Reuter.
WHY YES- MY MISTRESS SENT ME TO GET A COPY OF A CERTAIN PICTURE SHE HAS – ONLY I CAN'T REMEMBER
CONAT IT WAS
HAT
WATER.
·SUITLY
U. S. AND MEXICO,
AMERICAN NOTE ON PETRO. LEUM AND LAND LAWS.
Mexico City, Aug. T.
The American Ambassador, Mr. James R. Sheffield, has delivered a new Note to the Mexican For- eign Ofce in reference to the new Petroleum and Land Laws.- Reuter,
Francs in London.
London, August &' The closing rates of francs 158; Belgian, were: French, 168-Reuter.
Router.
Whaddaye Mean,' Headache?
DO YOU REMEMBER YESLIT WAS A
WHAT, VT
PICTURE OF 3 MEN- ONE HAD A FIFELONG LOOKS LIKE?
HAD A DRUM AND "TH". OTHER HAD A HEADACHE
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NITRO-CERI
MENY ATH HAND
ONE IN HAND
LOSS OF JAPANESE STEAMER.
COMPLETELY BURNT OUT.
Shanghal, August 8. According to reports received
ing by those peoplo considerably It is understood that the board.
hampered the work of the Police, who were endeavouring to secure the arrest of certain armed rob bers believed to have embarked at Singapore.
NORWEGIAN SILVER.
by the Japanese navy, the Japan LARGE SHIPMENT GOING TO ese steamer Taiyuan Maru was
ENGLAND. completely burnt yesterday at Lungkow, seventy miles above Hankow.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PICTURE / LEAVE SHE MEANS, GUZZ- SHE
SAYS THERE ARE 3 MEN IN IT ONE HAS A PIFE-ONE. ∙HAS A BRCIM—AND TH*.
OTHER HAS A.
HEADACHES
All goods aboard were lost and
Kongsberg, Norway, Aug. 8. Eight tons of pure silver worth
at least twelve persons were burnt three quarters of a million kroner or drowned, Others are still mis- are being sent from the mines here
to England-Reuter. sing-Reuter
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