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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919.

July 21, 1918, Temperature 92.

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July 24, 1919, Temperature 32

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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) (Reuter's Service to the China Mon.) | DENIKIN'S POLICY VOUCHED

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BY ENTHUSIASTIC SOLDIER.

LONDON, July 18

The North Eastern railwaymen at Leeds struck despite the Union's order.

CHINESE TELEGRAM

[Translated for the Chino Mail from the Wah Ts: Yat Po.]

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SHANGHAI, July 23. Tuan Ki Sur instructed Chu Shu Tsang that the whole staff of the War Participation Bureau should be entirely transferred to the Frontier Affairs Bureau.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

SATISFIED TIGER..

PARIS, July 15th,

. Clemenceau, in giving evidence b fore the Peace Committee, in the Chamber American alliance, which, he said, would o Deputies, extolled the Anglo-French- secure that safety for France which would enable her to reduce military service.

ANOTHER DECENT GERMAN.

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LONDON, July 18th.

A British aeroplane took fire, and crashed down at the Wiltshire aerodrome, where German prisoners were employed.

The pilot, who was entrapped in the burning wreckage, was in imminent dan ser of being burnt to death when a Ger man prisoner, named Bruckman, went to the officer's assistance and effected i rescue at great personal risk.

LONDON, July 17. Chlef Briggs of the British Military Mission to South Russia has returned from General Denikin's beadquarters. Interviewed by Reuter he emphati- cally contradicts reports circulated against Denikin's administration, and declares that Denikin is a large- minded, strong Russian patriot, unswayed by any personal ambitions. The heads of the British, French and American missions formulated a pro- gramme in conjunction with Denikin's administration. It was signed by all clearly preving the nature of Denikin's policy. It embraced the abolition of Bolshevik anarchy, the reconstruc- The Canton Bank in Shanghai will tion of united Russia, the coo-issue from 1st August Banknotes up vocation of a people's assembly to $100,000 in denominations of a sum of money and a silver watch, suit- based on universal suffrage, decen- Five, Ten, Fifty and a Hundred dol ably inscribed in recognition of his tralisation by means of wide regional tars.

gallant and chivalrous act. autonomy, a liberal measure of local Cantonese residents gave a fare self government, guarantees of full well dinner to four delegates who are civil and religious freedom, immedi- going to Canton to-day to interview ate agrarian reforms with a view to the Canton Authorities about the meeting the demand for land by the question of the Civil Governor. working classes, immediate labour legislation to secure the working. classes from exploitation by govern ment or by capital.

Mr. Briggs added that our duty was to help Denikin and Kolchak. Eighty-five per cent. of the whole population of Russia

was

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arrived at any plan to settle the matter. The rumor that the Kan and the Fengtien troops have met in conflict is Dot true. The Gover

went has wired to General Pau Kai- bing to proceed to Kirin at cace to take over be faktary, governorship from Mang Yan-yuen.

THE KIIN DISTURBANCE. af commissaries, five of highly paid assassins (to carry out their orders)

PERING, July 28. The Kirin disturbance is not yes and the remaining five per cent are at an end. The Government has nos doubtful Owing to soviet.propag. anda the people were led to believe that France and England are behind the Bolshevista. The work accom plished by Denikin in the past fifteen months was miraculous.. It was unfortunate that Koltchak was forced back but this wasonly a passing phase. It must be remembered that the troops in the front line of the red armies are driven to fight and kept at their post by machineguns controlled by THE SHANGHAL CONFERENCE. paid assassins who remain in the rear. Mr. Briggs concluded by The President has sent the Secre- emphasising the necessity of quickly tary of the Lower House to ask assisting the anti-Bolshevists, and Wong Yap-tong, Iresident of the reopening trade with the reconquered Lower House, to be dhief delegaté territory, otherwise Germany would from the North to arrange peace recapture the whole of the Russian with the South. The Secretary ra trade and influence. The urgency of plied that Wong refused the Premser this is clear, as Denikih has already ship and did not want to be the reconquered a tract of country with chief peace delegate, but he would

population of sixty millions appeal to him again. previously devastated by Bolsheviks.

a

'LEADERS IN LONDON PARADE

LONDON, July 18.

STUDENTS AT VARIANCE.

The students of the Peking College met to consider the question of ask-

It has been decided that Bruckman ty and granted a free passage home. It shall forthwith, be released from captivi. has also been decided to present him with

HEAVY FINE ON DAILY MAIL,"

LONDON: July 18th..

A special jury. Lord Reading presiding. awarded Lord Newton, formerly in charge of the Prisoners-of-War Department of the Foreign Office. £3,000 damages in the libe action brought against the Daily Vail, which accused him of spearing at the sufferings of British prisoners in Ger many and of being guilty of heartlessness;

want of sympathy

and

The plaintiff's witnesses included Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. Justice Younger and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

THE GEEGEES.

Lossos. July 18th. The Eclipse Stakes rraulted as follows:

Buchan

Cyagus-

I

Splendid Spur ..................... 3 Seven ran Bashan on by a Tength- and-a-half. The same distance separated second and third.

Retting: 2 to 7, Buchan 100 to S.. Cyagus: 100 to 7. Splendid Spur.

CRICKET.

LONDON, July 17th. The match between Leicestershire and Lancashire was drawn.

RUMANIA AND HUNGARY.

CAN'T STOP.

The Council is considering the situation on the Ramanian-Hungarian frontier: Rumanians decline to retire; while the The latter refuse to disarm, because the Rumanians refuse to retire as the Hun garians will not disarm. Hence, a dead- lock has arisen.

The Council is endeavouring to appor- tion the responsibility to the respective parties.

FEEDING AUSTRIA.

Marshal Foch, accompanied by a brilliant staff, including the famous the Government to send Twoi, The Supreme War Council is consider. divisional commanders Debeney and

Yuen-pui book as Head of the icing Mr. Hoover's recommendation to con-

tinue feeding Austria until October. stitution. They were divided to Laguiche and, two brigadiers, was ceremoniously received at Folkestone.two parties. Those who wanted Tsoi

ASIA MINOR. When he arrived in London he was back accused the others, numbering welcomed by Sir Douglas Haig and over fifty, of accepting bribes. They â distinguished company. He were tied up and forced to admit inspected the guard of honour which that they were wrong before they was composed of Welsh Guards, were liberated. Five students are Irish Guards played the Marseillaise still locked up in the College regards the distribution of troops. Far and men of Harlech." A wildly Hongkong Chinesc Commercial enthusiastic crowd greeted Marshal Mes Foch.

The generals Fiding with Marshal Haig will be Byng, Rawlinson, W. Mar- shall, Hoskins, Briggs, Horne, Bird- wood, Chetwode, Fowke, RLawrence, Chauvel, G. H. Davidson, A. Currie, Earl Cavan; and T. F. Clarke. The overseas. detachments will be headed by Generals Monash, G. N. Johnston,

A TURF CONSPIRACY.

AT THE CORONET,

Many people have read Nat

and Lukin. M. F. Rimington will Gould's famous book "A Turf head the cavalry, Sir G. Birch the Conspiracy." artillery, Sir G. M. Heath the engineers, Elles the tanks, Rug the screen and is being shown at the This story has been adapted for glesbrise the Machine-gun corps, Coronet. It makes a fine film, very C. J. Deverell the British Infantry, interesting and the racing causes the P. R. Robertson the Scottish, necessary exciting features. Hickle the Irish, Blackader the Welab, and Pulteney the

The story telle of Dick Bell, a wealthy bookmaker, who is murder-

contemptibles"

Sir R. Butler will be head of the ed on his way to a race meeting near colours, E. C. Carter of the service bis home, and Gordon Chorley, corps, Major General S. B. Moores of real sport, and a friend of Dick's the medical corps. Parsons of the (although he owes him money) is ordinance corps, and Blenkinsop of arrested for the crime, but sub- the veterinary.

sequently released on the grounds of insufficient evidence: Detective Thawton, who has quarrelled with

LONDON A VAST CAMP.

PARIE, July 18th. The Supreme Council has considered the situation in Asia Minor. It is under. stood that an agreement has been reached between the Greeks and the Italians as thermore, General Sir Edmund Allenby is assuming the supreme command of all the forces in this ares, including British, French, Greek and Italian troope

A HAPPY KING.

BELGRADE, July 17th. King Peter has arrived in Serbia from Athens.

He was enthusiastically wel comed on his rotura from exile.

BISLEY WINNER.

LONDON, July 18th. Sergeant Loveday, a New Zealander, a score of 23 out of a possible 300. won the King's price at Bisley. He made

GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE IN FRANCE.

PARIS, July 18th Herr von Lersner. the successor to Count von Rantzia as bead of the Ger man delegation, has been appointed Ger man Charot d'Affaires in France.

KOLTCHIX.

"

PARIS, July 17th. his superior over the case, takes up Supreme War Council that he desires the Admiral Koltchak has advised the LONDON, July 18.

the quest of the murderer on behalf blockade of the Black Sea, but that he is London has become a veritable in-

of Ball's daughter Olga.

unable, at present, to carry out the mea ternational camp. Troops of all the widow, who has been left a large the Allice should recognise the blockade,

Madge Iman, a young and pretty sure. allied nations are pouring into every fortune by her late husband, is but it la probable, that Admiral Koltebal The Council has not yet decided whether station by special trains, ovated by born gambler. crowds. The parks are packed with

will be ultimately supported. Other characters are Jack Hook, holidaymakers fraternising with the Ball's clerk, Taton, a shudy trainer men. The chief features of today's of racehorses, and Aaron Smart. celebrations are the march through the city and westend of 4,000 sallore It is a British pobuze and a cipité)} from Southend, and the unveiling of play. Don't miss it. a temporary cenotaph at Whitehall.

It is showing for the last time The monument is of the simplest. It to-night. There is also A Movie bears merely the words "the glorious Man's Dream" and the Coronet dead During the procession to Orchestra, always an attraction... morrow the cenotaph will be guard- The Coronet will show in their ed by four privates of the Guards next change of programmad William with reversed arms. All bands will 8. Hart and Dorothy Dalton, in

NO SCAPEGOAT, -

PARIS, July 18th. The Committee on Responsibility for Supreme Council urging that nobody can the War has presented a report to the bo tried in the stead of the ex-Kaiser.

SHORTAGE AT HOME.

Lawson, July 17th. North-Eastern towns are already suffer-

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