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OPTIMISTIC SPEECH BY LORD MILNER.

Loxody, August 2nd Lord Milner, speaking at Oxford. referring to the British Commonwealth, The British steamer Clan Gordonid he did not share the fear that the from New York' for China, has dapatzed, “All äboard, ware - rescued: by the stemmer: Ahangarey.

SILYER

-LONDON,-Aug. 5.------ Silver is quoted 55-55. There are only small supplies.

CRICKET.

LONDON, Aug. 2. Surrey T. Australians was a draw. Sussex beat Yorkshire by five wickets.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Peuter's Service to the China Moil.)

HOME BAKERS STRIKE.

LONDON, August 2nd.

A national strike of bakers began to day, but it is not expected to last beyond August 5th till when enough bread bas been baked:

The men want 4 for a 44 hour and the abolition of night baking. prospects of a settlement are good."

HUNGARIANS HAYE LABOUR CABINET..

week,

independent positions of the Dominions, and India in réjohen do the try in the League of Nation tend to disruption.

If the Commonwealth went to pieces, the strongest pillar of th League would be abattered. We must ways settle our domestic differences among ourselves. The Commonwealth had more to lose than any other State by another Armageddon, and nothing to gain.

To have the full support of the Empire our foreign policy must be broad, simple, and straight-forward,

August 6, 1918, Temperature 80.

[Translated for The China Mait

(from the Wek Ts Yat Po). 1

SHANGHAI, Aug. 5, Kan Wan Pang, the Army Minister, has resigned.

Ko U Him is appointed Minister to Japan, and. Ngan Wai Hing Minister to Germany.

Money is tight in Hunar, and, Chang King Yd has wired to the Government for rice money.

The Minister of Covenantcktides. a cocaidering an Air Hair ***

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWST

THE TWO PARLIAMENTS,"

SHANGAL, Augst 5.

Li Yut-hot had an audience with: Speaking on the colour question and Rung Sun-jam, the Acting Pre- the development of our possessions. Lordner, und disassed the question of Milner said it was absurd to denounce

this policy as exploitation. He did not combining the old and new Partia say that Colonies and Protectorates were | tuents, not often grossly exploited by the Powers Li said that, according to the con. ! that possessed them, or that they had not stitutional law, the old Parliament i themselves in some cases exploited their

dependencies in the past, but he did say which is now in Cunton should be most emphatically that their present proteased, for the old Parliament will policy was vigorously directed to the pre-not consent to the combining of the vention of such abuses.

[twa Parliament.

The blume mit fall on the Peking Government. if the peace negotiatioca are broken of...

It was their duty to the inhabitants of these countries to make better use of the natural resources, often immense and almost completely neglected. In the pro- cess they inevitably enriched themselves, but if material advantage was derived from their trusteeship it was unquestion-could be done.

able.

Kung said that the On Pook Club opposed the scheme, so that nothing

NEW FOREIGN MINISTERS.

Was there not, also, the moral side? He was proud to think that, sa a general rule, the men of their race who had been The races had used it well, and had striven entrusted with power over dependent to raise the people entrusted to their charge. The nation, as a wholė, had gained much from their experience and ter to Germany. their example.

COPENHAGEN, August lat.. A telegram from Budapest states that. a Socialist Government has been formed under M. Beidel, who declares that his chief task will be to preserve internal order and enter into negotiations with the

Entente.

LATER.

The new Government consists of repre sentatives of Trade Unions.

M. Fula Kus and his revolutionary governing, council hare resigned.

PROPAGANDA AND COUNTER-

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appoint Ko Ehm. Chinese Minister The Government has decided to

Tapan, and Ngan Wal-hing, Minis.

KIBIN AFFAIRS.

Muan Yun-yuen, the Miltary COPENHAGEN. August 2nd. Governor of Kirin, has telegraphed The Esthonian Press Burean states that

the Soviet of Russia has declared that it to the Feking Goverment that he is resolved to cease war against Esthenia has arrived at Chang-chun to exet as it not out for conquests. The Radcise hispower ever a the troops. Army has been ordered to respect the frontier.

Ko Szepun box returned to Chang

chun from Lingon, and is ready to The Eathonians, however, cognisant of hand over the command of the troops mise that peace can be ecncluded only into her successor, when one is up the Soviet cotorious vacillation, recog

accord with the Alliesi,

WHAT FOR "

WASHINGTON, August 2nd. Mr. Josephus Daniels has announced thar the Government has placed an order for a 43,000 ton battleship.

POLES RATIFY.

pointed.

Mam Yun-yuen ako says that bej is awaiting the unival of Pau Kwai- hing, who has been appointed his successor, to hand over his weal Hongkong Chinge Commercial Newz.

ARCHANGEL, July 30th. Yesterday's trouble, among two Russian regiments, emphasises the almost insuper- ab. difficulty of effectively combatting the propaganda" of the Bolshevists, whose agents are everywhere working among the illiterate Russians, although they are com

PAS18, August end. pletely unsuccessful in the districts which The Polish Parliament has ratified the ORIGIN OF DEPTH BOMBS. experienced the terrors of Bolshevist rule. Treaty of Peace with Germany, also the Thousands of the Russian Northern Treaty guaranteeing the rights of minori Army, inexperienced, therefore believe the ties in Poland, by 95 votes to 41. wonderful cries of the agitators, who

INTERDEPENDENCE. dribble across the lines in the guise of deserters desirous of Eghting the Bol aberists.

It is quite impossible to distinguish the! genuine from the false.

The Russian and British authorities are straining every perre to counter-attack the propagande by dropping nati-Bol- sbevist leaflets and despatching agents by aeroplane behind the Bolshevist lines.

General Ironside's Headquarters have been moved to Archangel from Bezeanik.

THE ARMY ON THE' KHINE.

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PARIS, August and.

The Supreme Council has decided that

o French Commander will be Commander-

New York, June 18.-Rear Ad- miral WiRam R. Sims, who will become head of the War college at Newport, in un interview, told for the first time bow the now famous) LONDON, August 2nd Presiding at a Government banques in depth bomb, popularly known in the honour of the delegates to the Allied navy as the ash can," came to be Economic Council meeting in London, invented Lord Robert Cecil, while deprecating about this efficient opgine of der Much has been published undue pessimism, feared that the econo- mic position was incalculably serious, in which accounted for so The closest consultation of the nations was many of the German underved craft. necessary to solve the difficulties. The but this story told Admiral Soos by inter-dependence of nations was one of the Viscount Jellicoe of Scape, formerly products of civilisation,

abiet of the Grand Fleet of Britain, is the first account of the origination of the depth bomb Idea.

"The bomb is of such simple con- | struction and fits such an obvious

INDIAN TROOPS, IN-LONDON.

LONDON, August End. Much interest was centred in to-day's in-Chief of all the Allied troops on the march past by the Indian troops, who need," said Admiral Sime; "that if Rhine.

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The Supreme Council discussed, to-day,

sons,

the request of the Jugo-Slay Gcverning them for their devotion to the Throne her from short range. This, fortu The King addressed the troops, thank-causer and launched a torpedo at ment for the occupation of the Preko and the Empire, for their war services,nately, mined, and the cruiser was murak wheat region, between Hungary and for their cheerful bearing of Buffer awing about and rushed toward the and Jugo-Slavis, on racial grounds,

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It is expected that, the question of Thrace will be speedily settled."

POLICE ETRIKE.

LONDON, August 2nd The police situation is stationary There was no further spread of the strike in the Provinces.

LABOUR IN U.S.A..

CHICAGO, August 2

enemy at full speed in an endeavour to ram it. However, the German commander got his craft under water in time to save her, but as the Br The railway shopmen have decided in tish ship went over him the officers in the Chicago, district and the South make out its outines at some dis favour of an immediate strike. Numbers leaning over the side could distinctly Eastern States have struck, but the latest tance below the surface. information is that the result of the mov0

Some half-hearted demonstrations took meat has disappointed the leaders, who Chagrined by the escape, one of place outside London police-stations, but ignored the instructions of the Labouritics Admiral Madden's officers regnarked, these were easily scattered. Picketing is of Washington against the strike.

that they would have gotten their practically aca-existent as the picketera

WASHINGTON, Angust 2nd. have been warned that they are

fishie ta

Owing to the Labour situation, the over the side as they passed above prey if they had had a mina to drop immediate Brrest.

House of Representatives has deferred ita LONDON, August 2nd.

It is officially stated that altogether 994 policemen havo struck out of 22.000 in Lon- don, 700 out of 2,800 in Liverpool, 60 out 100 in Bootle, and 88 out of 1,480 in Emingham.

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ING HOURS, POOR PAY.

LONDON, August 2nd. The Railway Clerks' Association, parti cularly in the North of England, threaten to cease work as a protest against the delay in the consideration of their de- mands for better all-round conditions de İzegarda pay, boura-sinid holidays, ''

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