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No. 18006,

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1920

July 19, 1919, Temperature 54.

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Rainfall 0.47-inchi”

Bumudity 94.

日四初月六申庚大全年九國民奉中

THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 3/8

July 19, 1920, Temperature 79.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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RUSSIAN ARMISTICE.

Laspos, July 16th.

I reliably reported that General Wrangel has refused to withdraw, to the Crimen compliance with the terms of the proposed armistice.

A mesage from Warsar-states that a British Note to Lenin has created an un-

WAENGTON, July 14 Arrantements to reopen the former Norddeutsche Lloyd routes to American shipping were completed at 'a conference between Admiral Ben son, Chairman of the United States Shipping Board and officials of the Upi-favourable impression in Poland and it is ted States Mail Steamship Company Board which was recently allocated 15 considered inevitable in vier of its teras that the Premier, M. Grabski, should ex-German passenger vessels for the company's operations. Benson, interleave Spa without consenting to an viewed, said that the arrangement was purely American and would result armistice

A mesenge from Moscow states that at a in inestimable benefit to the American merchant marice. The company public meeting M. Chicberin favoured had given assurances that no German capital was invested in. An agree-immediate negotiations for peace with ment with the Norddeutsche Lloyd provided for the use of docks and bar. Poland. bour facilities on a fixed price basis only.

ANOTHER IRISK SKIRMISH.

LONDON, July 17,

Eighty soldiers accompanying policemen, who entered Bellylanders in Limerick at 3 o'clock this morning with the intention of making arrests, were fired on from windows. They took cover and returned the fire. The fighting lasted for an hour. One civilian was seriously wounded and seven taken prisoner. The authorities' casualties are not known.``

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ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

HOME NEWSPAPER COMMENT.

LONDON, July 15,

The Manchester Guardian, commenting on the Anglo-Japanese note to. the League of Nations with regard to the alliance, declares that the treaty has always been entirely at of harmony with the spirit of the covenant. It will need complete, remodelling in order to make it,consistent with the covenant. This presumably will be done by each power undertaking formally. to go to war in support of the other after the League of Nations has de- finitely pronounced against the aggressor and order, alf punitive measures contemplated in article XVI of the covenant.

SWIMMING RECORD BECKEN,

NEW YORK, July 16.

Miss Bleistrey broke the woman's swimming record for 300 metres in

4 minutes 433,5 seconds.

U. 8. PRESIDENCY.

HENRY FORD NOMINATED.

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CHICAGO, July 16.

The convection of the new party, which has adopted the name of the Farmers' Labour Party, has nominated candidates for the Presidency, includ ing Malone, collector of the part of New York, Henry Ford, the Socialist Debbs, and Christensen, a Salt Lake City lawyer.

COMMITTEE OF FORTY-EIGHT.

M. Trotsky protested in most violent terms and obtained unanimous applause by declaring that peace could only be signed after the triumphal entry of the Reds into Warsaw.

LONDON, July 16th, The Timer Korno correspondent sa3s the Bolsheviks cecupied Vilna unopposed | on July 14th,

FUSS ABOUT A WASH.

Bosrox, July 14th. The liner Cretic has been quarantined since Friday, owing to the refusal of the crew to bath. The detention afects 1,500 steerage passengers, and costs the Company 120.000 daily. The first class passengers have been permitted to land

The trouble is an outgrowth of tho refosal of the port authorities at Naples to permit American health officials to examine emigrants. Therefore. 3 clean bill, of bealth is not obtainable here. The storage passengers submitted to the re quired washing.

"The oficials, threaten to hold up the steamer until all aboard are washed.

LATER. The released steerage passengers were landed

The crew still refusing to be washed for disinfection purposes have been placed in the detention pen.

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

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CoLuxeris, July 13th- y Uberner Cox and Mr. Franklin Roose- Felt have decided to canvas in every State for the coming "Presidential cam- paign. It is expected that Mr. Roosevelt will shortly resign the Assistant Secretary. ship of the Navy.

CHICAGO, July 16.11. Members of the committee of forty-eight representing the moderate elements at convention of the third so-called farmers' Labour Party, who [/ bolted-from-there adjourned without making-arrangements to place a separate presidential ticket in the field.

THE GREAT. FRIEND OF BELGIUM,

AMERICAN AMBASSADOR HONOURED.

Bauska, July 16.

The Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber proceeded to the United States Embassy and handed Mr. Brand Whitlock a presentation bust by Parliament as a token of gratitude. "The President of the Senate, in a speech, described him as "the great friend of Belgium.”

LONDON TO GLASGOW.

NEW AEROPLANE SERVICE,

LONDON, July 17.

Bardmores have decided to institute a regular passenger, mail, and goods aeroplanë service between London and Glasgow with a stoppage at Hull. The time will be five hours as compared with ten by rail

SPA CONFERENCE ENDED.

AMERICAN DOCTORS MURDERED.

NEW YORK, July 14th.

A telegram from Warsaw say that Doctors Rari Friedlander and Bernard Cantor, members of the American Joint Distribution Committee, were murdered in the Ukraine by armed bandits wearing Bolshevik uniform.

It is understood that the deceased dactors were carrying $400.000 when they were killed.

EAST RUSSIA PLEBISCITE.

LONDON, July 15th. Faland declares that she cannot recognise the result of the plebiscite in East Prussia, cabled on July 19th

The Foles allege that the plebiscite was held at a time unfavourable to Poland. and that tue Germans terrorised the voters who rated publicly.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE."""

LONDON, July 16th. In the House of Commons, during the. debate on the Finance Bill, Capt. Wedg wood Bonn proposed the repeal of the Imperial Preference duties, ad declared that they were trifling and absurd policy of Imperial Preference led to conorce friction and was adverse to the world's peac

Commander Kenworthy supported the

motion,

Mr. Chamberlain, replying and dealing with the criticism that Preference had not. lowered prices, said that the benefit of Pra ference in tes and colonial wine had an- The doubtedly gone to the consumer- advantage of sugar preference had gone to the producer, but he was content which ever it went to, that the object of Pre- ference was to give a practical example cf Imperial unity and to promote Imperial Preference. The advantage lay in the growing prosperity of the oversen terri- tories and in the resulting increase of their trade with the Mother Country

Mr. Chamberlain emphasised that Pre- ference towards Britain in the Dominiem had not led to friction, Every leader of every party. in every Dominion approved of Loperial Preference. Referring to the old assertion that the system of Preference would cause war Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that the absence of such a system did | not prevent the war in which Great Britain was saved by the loyal and voluntary sssistance of the Dominions and Protec torates, the slightest concession to whom vai so obnoxions to Independent Liberala. that The conference came to a conclusion after a statement by Mr. Lloyd Independent Liberals would continue to

Bir Donald Maclean declared

George emphasising that he was opposed to military intervention, Failure fight for Free Trade.

COMMITTEE MEETING AT GENEVAZ

SPA, July 17.

to carry out the coal conditions would be the fault of those who were

Totes,

motion was rejected by 130 to

28

reckless of the conseque -The president announced that a committer Capt Wedgwood Benn mo

Benn moved motion

representative of the Allies and Germany would meet Geneva a few weeks later to settle the oints of the reparation question not settled at Spa.

Closing the conference, M. DelacoiE KANOUNCE reparation would, be, continued by

the Great Powers and Germany, would- The conference then ended.

with the object of preventing Preference from being applied to mandated territories, Mr. Baldwin, Secretary to the Treasury, pointed out that the proposal was pre- July 17. mature, as the terms of the mandata were

not yet known

The motion as rejected by 146 10 46

The House of Commons has confirmed by 194 votes to 90 the clame of the Finance Bill providing repeal of the Land Value Duting and the centation, of the valuation,

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