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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921. 日三初月六酉辛次歲年十國民華

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BUSINESS NOTIOES

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Reuter's~ Serice - "Dhe, China.

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THE HOT WEATHER 18 HBRE BUY NOW.

LARGE STOCKS.

IRISH PEACE MOVES.

DE VALERA WILLING TO COME TO LO:

"STANT CONFERENCE,

Lane, July 6. General Smuts had a conference with Mr. Lloyd George, the Premier, Lord Birkenhead, the Lord Chancellor, Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Lond. President of the Council, and, Mr. Edward Shortt, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, in London this morning on the question of Irish peace. The papers shite that Mr. De Valera is willing to attend a conference in London provided that there will be a mentral chairman, not Mr. Lloyd George.

GENERAL SMUTS IMPRESSIONS.

LONDON, July 7,

THE DOLLAR,

To-day's closing rate 2/7 3/8 To-day's opening rate 27. 3's.

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SINGAPORE, July 6. The local manager of the Banque In- dustrielle de Chine which has suspend ed payment states that a group of important local creditors is preparing petition to get a receiver appointed for the Singapore Branch. As far a1

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At a dinner to the members of the imperial conference in London, General Smuts declared that he found the people of Ireland divided into two classes-namely those in jail and those of the run. Laughter.) He is thoroughly sound. | found himself in the latter category." (Laughter). Irishmen had to admit |

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his unsuccessful pursuit by pressmen from Easton to Tilfin'" and back and expressed the opinion that the Irish question was soluble-Cond cheers)-if there was a better atmosphere, if they were not actuated by: ancient antipathy but more goodwill and determination to wipe out what | WELL DONE, THE GOVERNOR: really was a stain on the Enspirè. (Cheera)

HOPEFUL OF SOLUTION.

(To the Editor of the "China Mall,"

Although not over sanguine he was hopeful for the sake of the Empire and Ireland and “ this dear old country” that the question would be solved | Dear Mr. Editor, and the Empire freed from the iospatation that in that ancient part. of the I am surprised at the very few United Kingdom there still existed violation of the fundamental principles on which the Empire rested. (Cheers.) He believed that the problem could be solved because he had seen it solved in his own country under circumstance not so bitter but nevertheless very difficult. The racial struggle went on in South Africa for a hundred years but finally in a spirit of large wisdom, of give and take, and forbearance the problem was solved and today South Africa was one of the happiest countries in the British Empire (Cheers.)

CONSTANTINOPLE PLOT.

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RUSSIAN TRADE DELEGATION IMPLICATED.

letters in your, and the other local newspapers in support of the right Governor, has taken in regard to the and proper stand His Excellency the question of rents, leases, etc.. 10 23 to prevent any further exploitation of the residents by the local speculators, and gamblers in house- property-such as the various Chinese syndicates etc. of recent origin-encouraged to the fullest ex- tent by the Managing Directors of the Hongkong Land Investmen-Co, who are not, and, never have been the Angels that the Acting Secretary of this Company tried to make out in a late ise of your newspaper."""

Pesjonały, I shank DIYS 2000 SE In the House of Commons # question time, Mr. Ceck Harmsworth, see hundreds of letters in the press Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs stated that on June 20 the Commander gratitude to HE, for the manly ab from foreign residents expressing in Chief at Constantinople had arrested 52 undesirables of whom 18 belonged titude he has adopted an this heart- to the Russian trade delegation. They were deported the same day. Siz burning, and very acute question, John Harington's action was necessitated by the discovery of a plat to one that absorbs about one-third start a revolution in Constantinople beginning with his own, assassination, salaries, and, is a very vital item to of the ordinary, foreign` residents' He said that a note had been received from M. Krassin asking for an every one, who is not his own

REYOLİSKIN PLANNED.

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worth deprecated further discussion and promised to investigate.

MEDITERRANEAN FLEET READY..

MALTA, „July 6.--

The continual movement of warships from Malta-to the East is re- garded as indicating that the situation in Constantinople is viewed with anxiety. Almost the whole of the Mediterranean Fleetla now concentrated ator within easy reach of Constantinople.

WAR CRIMINAL OISES.

TWO YEARS FOR CAPTAIN WHO SHOT PRISO

The first of the French,

LEIPZIG. July 6, war criminal cases has been concluded.

| General-Stenger has been acquitted on a charge of ordering the shooting

of prisoners taken in battle. Captain Crusius charged with shooting prifocero" was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and the loss of right to wear uniforms.

HOME CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS PLAY LANCASHIRE.

LONDON, Joly 6.

Some of our Hodfords—foreign and Chinese-rected properties 30 years sgo, when everything (bricks, wood, lime, labour, etc.) was very cheap, and charged a fair rental, land building, overhead charges, and I have no doubt, to cover cost of

depreciation so that those same bouses if still owned by the original people would stand in their books as of no valne-all being written off in the course of those 30 years, and, I am quite safe in asserting that the rentals of such ald tenements, of no book value, are now from two to three times as high, as that charged when they were, built.

I have to thank H. E, very warmly as one resident, for the position he has taken up against the clique, that has ruled this Colony too long to the detriment of, other residents, and, it is real, good news to see the end of this combination in sight,

Now, if H. E. will only assist the general body of residents outside the inner-circle to have a real vote | in the "election of members of the [L. G. ́by extending the franchlae instead of looking at the matter in a on-sympathetic way he will find they can for the Colony's best in- many good men ready to do what

At Manchester the weather was dull but breezy. There were 14,000 spectators. The wicket was perfect. Lancashire made 9%, a poor display against the bowling. Gregory took five wickets for 41 ms, and Hendry teresis with no azes of their own to four for 30. The Australians made 194 for ex. Baridley made 71,grind..

| fnclúding ten fears, giving thrến chances,

Cambridge beat Oxford by an innings and 24 runs.

PAACE FOR BAILWAYS.

NO DANGER OF A STRIKE IN AUGUST,

LONDON, July 6.. Mr. Thomas speaking at the railwaymen's conference at Newestie said that they wanted peace for the railway servica--Ile say no danger of a.railway-strike-in, August but the directors must meet the men in a fali spirit.

EXPRESS TRAIN DEKAILED

SIX KILLED AND 25-INJURED THROUGH POUL PLAY.

Stx perons were killed and 25 injured-thring Amsterdam-Paris 'exprèss between Tabize and

ates foul play a bolts were removed from the

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- All the world, and all our. Colonies are geffing inöge, freedom. in many ways, and, I hope I E. may see his↑ way clear, to help, the residents of this little dot, to have aliziar privileges conferred upon them in a nice, broad-minded manner.

Yours etc,

Resident." Hongkong, July 6, 1921. ́

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