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號六十月七年九十壹百九千登委

HONGKONG,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919.

日九十月六未已大年入國民澤中

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LONDON, July 10,

A telegram from Paris reports that a formal request by the Koltchak government of Russia has been ad dressed to the Conference asking for the manda for the control of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, as well as a share of the international man date for Constantinople. It declares that Russia would willingly renounce the protectorate over Armenia, ..

GERMANB HAVE RATIFIED.

BLOCKADE LIFTED

IMMEDIATELY.

PARIS, July 13.

A German Note declares that the German president has signed the ratification of the treaty with its Protocol, also the Rhenish agreement. He hopes the blockade will be raised i immediately and the war prisoners. }

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MINERS DEPRECATE, RAIŠING OF PREJUDICE.

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BOLSHEVIST WAR.

BERMAREST, July 10th

A telegram feom Transylvania states that a hangarina Bolshevik Corps which withdrawn from the Czeho-slovak LONDON, July 10th The following is an official statement of Ferit, have attacked the Romanians on

the Theiss. Fighting continues. the miners' position regarding the at-

LONDON. July 10th. nouncement made by Sir A Geddes in the House of Commonsterday :-

Reuter Barns that although the posi The miners deny that any justification on Admiral Kolak's frond ja tion has been shown for an increase of six rather difficult, the spirit of the troops is shillings per ton. In any case they con-

excellent.. tend that the Government, which had The object of the trent of the Siberian absolute centre of the mines and dictatedry was to enable the faishing of the both to owners and miners the settlement The majority of the population had re- mobilisation in the interior of Siberia, ના જ એ જ છે disputes

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tions, is tesping wages, and condi-tired with the troops.

for the result.

The miters deprecate the raising of projudice again, nationalisation, "and urge that if the high price of coal proves anything it proves the failure of private (ownership plus Government control,"

OUR LADS ABROAD.

*** PEACE," WHERE THERE IS

NO PEACE.

The Siberi mobilisation had demon- strated the loyalty of the peasantry.

Brilliane results were achieved in the Omsk and Irkutsk regions, and fine Bght- ing unterfa! was procured in the Tenis risk Province, where Bolshevism broke fout in the spring.

It is regarded probable that the Reds stopped their advance on the line of the Rivers Kama, Belayo. and Ufa.

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FOUR" ALAMEN ROASTED ALIVE.

MARSEILLES, July 10th.

A British postal aeroplane crashed to. the earth on the Bats near Pourrieres, in consequence of the explosion of a petrol

Four aviators They have not yet been identified

were roosted alive.

tank,

LONDON, July 10th. Reater barn with regard to the British forces overseas, that the Army on the Rhine numbers 20,000 and the Army in France and Flanders 214,000, mainly for salvage wurk, also to supply lines of comm- PRESIDENT WILSON TELLS THE munication for the Rhine Army to which i

t will not a reserve in the event of THE RETURN TRIP OF THE AIR BUS. AMERICAN PEOPLE.

(future hustilities,

There are 11.000 British troops in Italy, fireïnding troops for clearing up pur.

New You, July 10th The left Long Island at 11.57 p.m. baration forming part of York tine) on Wednesday for Erst- pows, ats the international garrison at Fium

Furtune besides Tadias troops) in the Black Sea are including in the Caucasus, with the objecs of keeping order, pendling the establishment of Peace conditions,

WASHINGTON, July 10. President Wilson, interviewed by

INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES newspaper correspondents, opined There are under 44,000 British troops.

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that American troops should stay on the Rhine until Germany had delivery ed all the materials required under the treaty. Furthermore, the as sociated Powers should 'resume trade

at the earliest opportunity in order to permit Germany's financial re habilitation. The United States must generously help the reconstruction of Europe along the lines of a sound basis of credit. The League coven- ant will be included in every treaty concluded at Versailles.

The recune troubles in Egypt and the troubled state of Asia Minor necessitate the presence of 1,000 men, including

and 10.000 Anzacsin Ey Palestine

The Kurdish disturbancea, the ment unrest in the Lower Euphrates district, and the unsettled condition of Central Arabia at present necessitate the main- tenance of a garrison of 21,000 in Meso- potamia.

The present British garrison in India is $2,000-none too thang in view of the trouble, on the North-Wee Frontier and the under-currens of unrest in India,

In the Senate Mr. Wilson pre- sented the German treaty and declared that the League of Nations had be come a practical necessity and int|

world dispensable to the new order. Describing the efforts of the Conference to ensure the lasting defended ports abroad, and 1.100 guard- There are also 8,000 troops garrisoning. triumph of freedom and right heling the Trans-Siberian Railway. said old entanglements and agree ments of every kind stood in the way promises made in the day! Then might was right-these could not always be honourably disregard ed, consequently it was difficult to

There are a certain number of British troops in North Russin. These are gradu- ally being withdrawn.

IMPERIAL CONSTITUTIONAL

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LONDON, July 10th.

MINECA, July 10th. The R4 started hurriedly, owing to cia report of a sterm approaching from the great Lakes.

Frus of thousands of people watched the ishin cross New York. Truffle was step- Fed. There was tumatalous cheering.

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LONDON, July 10th.

The Air Ministry announces that the 'sition of the Rat 9 am (British ammer time) was 40.47 degrees North and

degrees West.

Loxnos, July 10th The Air Ministry states that the R at noon (British summer time) was about 300 miles from New York, and 350 miles south-west of Sydney, Nova Scotin

FRENCH LABOUR UNREST:

PARIS, July 11th.

A Havas message says:-- The French Cabinet discussed, to-day, the question of the threatened 1 hour strike on July 21st. organized by the General Confederation of Labour, to which the railway and postal employés have given their assent,

The Minister of Public Works has sent an appeal warming all employés not yet demobilised that if they abandon their posts they will be handed to the military

graft a new order of ideas on the In the House of Commona, Major old. Hence some fruits of graftingNeill asked for information regarding may be temporarily bitter, but the the date of the special Imperial Confer majority of the Conference sincerely once to consider the future political inter-authorities. Demobilised men will be desired to shake off the bad influences relationship of the Empire

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These workers in Lyons Unionist railway

of legitimate and demoralising formal discussions had occurred.

Mr. Bonar Law said that many in- ambitions, international counsels, had been valuable. and expedients wherefrom the sinis

The desirability of holding the Confer ter designs of Germany had sprung,ence at the earliest possible moment was recognised by an parties, but it was im- possible to fix a date.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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At the meeting to-morrow (Thurs day) the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, OBE., will ask the following questions:

1. With reference to the report of the Committee of the Sanitary Board appointed to consider the question of scavenging, is the Hon. Director of Public Works correctly reported to .........The present system of collection and disposal is économical and with the provision of suitable pier accommodation. would be efficient."?

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Mr. A. Hurd asked whether tho Govern; ment had ocasidered the proposal to hold the Conference at Ottawa.

Mr. Bonar Law said that that had not been suggested at any conference at which would look into it. he was present, but promised that he

Mr. Hurd said that it had been sug gested by those în authority.

Mr. Bonae faw replied that he was not aware of it.

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ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION.

RUKE, July 10:h. Signor Nitti, expounding the Govern ment programike, said that special taxes would be levied on luxuries; there would also be a graduated tax on war profits.

The Government's financial measures were chielly aimed at reducing the debt at home and abroad.

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The mercantile, marine developed.

Italy was determined to overcome all her post-war difficulties and renew ber wealth by consuming fees and producing

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THE RHINE OCCUPATION.

a resolution de ciding not to strike on July Cist. COAL MINERS RESUMING WORK.

The central and southern coal miners are resuming work in consequence of the. Ministerial Arbitration award granting an increase of wages, also a minimum wage for pieceworkers.

FRENCH PROFITEERS.

A Havas message says!—

The French Ministry. concerned with questions affecting food supplies, has de Bided to take steps towards the urgeti reduction of the present high cost of liv.

Members of the Chamber of Deputies demand extreme measures for the pur pose of coping with profitesrE,

A Dill has been laid before the Cham-

der, rendering, speculators guilty of cornering or profiteering maneuvres liable to capital punishment.

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LINER HITS BERG.

ST. Joan's, July 10th. The Allan liner Grampian, with 1.100 persons aboard, struck an iceberg Her bows were stove in. Two were killed and two injured. She has returned here for repairs.

CRICKET.

LONDON, July 10th.

Somerset boat Derby by ten wickets. Northants brat Bussex by eight wickets.

The Lancashire Easy match was

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The orders of the day include: By the Hon. Colonial Secretary.-- First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to authorize the Appro- priation of a Supplementary Sum of · TEXT OF AGREEMENT. five million four hundred and sixty-

LONDON, July 10th. six thousand three hundred and

The text of the agreement between the twenty-seven dollars and sixty-three United States, Belgium, the British cents to defray the charge of the Empire and Germany, in regard to the year 1918.

military occupation of the Rhino terri By the Hon. Attorney General-tories, has beer issued. First reading of a Bill intituled An agat s

It provides, inter alia, for the constitar Ordinance to provide that no person tion of a civilian body, entitled the inter- shall reside within the southern which will be the supreme representative Allied Rhineland High Commision,

The British military authorities at portion of the Island of Cheung of the Allics within the occupied terri-Alenpo hayo banged six of the ringleaders Chau otherwise known as Dumb-bell tory,

in the recent massacre of the Armeniana, Island without the consent of the The Commission will be empowered to The latter have been invited to present Governor in Council.

issue Ordinance necesary to secure the reparation claims in respect of the First reading of a Bill intituled An maintenance of safety and the require pillage. Ordinance to consolidate and amend cuts of the Allied forces. the law relating to Places of Public civil and criminal jurisdiction, but any German Courts will continue to exercise

First reading of a Bill intituled An forces may be made amenable to Allied offences against the Allied Ordinance to amend the Rating military jurisdiction. (Special War Rate) Ordinance; 1917. The civil admini

administration will remain Second reading of the Bill intituled in the hands of the German authorities.

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