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Text of

Protocol Published.

(Reuter's Service)

Paris, January 14.. The Finance Conference has been crowned with complete success; the agreement has been signed; and a positive step has been reached in the reconstruction of Europe, thanks to Allied harmony and concord.

The Italian and Roumanian Fepresentatives have signed the

MR. WINSTON CHURCHIL,

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BRAZIL'S RIGHTS. The Brazilian Minister signed with reservation as and

regards Brazil's rights and eventual parti eipation in the Dawes Annuities Conference.

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NO HEARTBURNING. This is probably the. first inter-Allied meeting which has left no heart- burnings. General satisfaction was voiced by M. Clementel, Mr. Winston Churchill, and Mr. Kel- logg, in speaking at the plenary session, that the Allies were again working in complete harmony and that a definite stage had been reached toward the reconstruction of Europe. M. Herriot, on enter- ing at the close of the proceed- ings, congratulated the Confer- ence on its positive results.

BROTHERLY LOVE.

M. Clementel, referring to the. problems still ahead, placed in the

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morrow to hear Mr. Winston Churchlil's report on the Paris Conference and to prepare a reply to the Note which M. Clementel hunded to Mr. Churchill on the subject of British and French indebtednessR

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PROTOCOL PUBLISHED:

Lori'an, later. Mr.. Winston Churcs return to London coincided w the pub

ROYAL COMMISSION AT WORK

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COMPLAINT AGAINST CO-OP. COMPANIES.

(Reuters Service.)

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SILVER BARS.

TEMPTATION TO

ROBBERS.

LOCAL PRECAUTIONS.

Exploits.

Of

Former

Days.

People who have played with the idea of seizing some of the silver hars seen in transit in the Colony had best give up since others who have devoted much time and ingenuity to the project have been deterred.

says:-

LONDON. January 14. A1 the Royal Commission on Food Prices, the Chairman (Sir Auckland Geddes) asked Mr.

Under the caption of "Honesty priated, there are hardly any Alexander, zelresentative of the of Shanghai is challenged by means of disposal in the Colony. Co-operative Societies, to supply a

on the water-front would be court- complete statsmit of the Conks now," the "China Press And to attempt to ship them away operative opera as on the tea

The honesty of Shanghai ising disaster. What with permits market in confidence, promising not to use it, even to the Royal being challenged by local banks, for cargo sent away on steamers "With the advent of motor and a close scrutiny of shipments Commission, unless there was a

cara and local members of the by junk, the chances of getting special need, in which case he Would inform Mr. Alexander what

bandit guilds equipped with away would be comparatively action he proposed to take,

shooting irons, gathered in from small. neighbourhood militarists, the It is the lack of opportunity to old order is.passing as far as the convert into money and the risk bankers are concerned.

entailed in taking silver bars, say, to Canton," that is probably res- ponsible for the custom of Hong- kong banks, at any rate, to hand out two boxes from the rear door, give it to coolie and have the num- ber one boy direct him where to take the lead-and then proceed to forget to worry."

The Chairman explained that the request was due to information he had received that the Co operative Societies were recently dealing

"It used to be-and is, still,

$17,000,000 DAM PROJECT NEARLY COMPLETED.

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Also, a thief running away with a bar of silver under each arm is under a heavier handicap, than even the Indian policeman's hob- nailed boots. Neither. are 'silver' bars easily secreted in one's waist- coat pocket.

In connection with the possi- bility of spiriting away-by sheer strength and not i la Malini heavy slabs of metal--precious or otherwise, an "unofficial" occur rence is rélated on the water- front by old-timers.

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Some godown at West Point•• is said to have been broken into seara

large, number of slabs of Yunnan tin, which is exported in large quan-i tities, were stolen. No trace could be found of the "swag" until the thieves fell out and one of their number gave the game away.

In the presence of the Police he is stated to have dived off the West- ern Praya, near the Gas Works, swum about twenty yards along the, sea-wall, and turned in at the nullah which runs down to the harbour, through Hill Road, and is now.covered over but until a year er two ago was left open like a canal. Hidden in a part of the nullah covered over by the road, was the stack of tin which had in a few instances the custom been conveyed there by the thieves of banks to hand out two boxes swimming with it, each sinb of bar silver from the rear door, weighing the best part of a give it to a wheelbarrow coolie, hundredweight. Challenged to have the Number One boy direct bear out his story, the informer him where to take the load brought out several of the slabs and then proceed to forget to in the manner described, coming worry whether the walking mint up by a flight of 'adjoining sea- godown would reach its destina-wall steps. tion.

Forty-five years ago the American Government decided that fifty-four dams and. locks were required to make the Chio River navigable between Pittsburgh and Cairo. All but two of them have been completed, at a cost of £17,000,000. Movable dams, invented by M. Chagnon, a Frenchman, werd used. This is an aeroplane view of the great movable dam at New Richmond.

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the

supplies.

Mr. Alexander promised to com- municate any facts that he could get: He asked the Chairman to demand similar information fro other people,

forefront of these the friendly-lication of the text of the proto-heavily on the market, and securing he might say brotherly-settle-col, whose 9,000 words and 28 control of a considerable propor- articles are most abstruse. The tion of actual and prospective ment of inter-Allied debts.

details of accountancy testify to Mr. Winston Churchill dwelt on the indefatigability of the ex- the arrangement made to meet perts, who throughout worked the wish for the United States to fifteen hours daily, also to the be included effectively within the principals, who broke a record in scope of the Dawes plan. He inter-Allied Conferences by con- said that when the matter was cluding their labours on first broathed the British Gov.scheduled date.

"ESSENTIAL POINTS. ernment maintained ar attitude

оп The protocol Lof. reserve Some weeks

essential British and

Ameri-points confirms what has been ago the can 'conversations had been previously cabled. It is hailed as lively 'and prolonged, but triumphant success in London frankness and cordiality ел- abled a solution to be reached, The American plan"would not im-

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The Chairman replied; that he had asked others for information when he had received letters" of complaint...

WORLD'S WHEAT. Giving evidence, Mr. Smith, of the Scottish Co-operative Whole- and Paris on account of its out-sale Society, Glasgow, said that standing achievements:

the world's total exportable surplus of wheat was variously estimated from 99,000,000 quarters to 104,000,000 quarters, The Te quirements of the importing coun- tries were approximately 98,000,000,

Firstly. The distribution of the Dawes annuities.

Secondly" The liquidation of the Ruhr Occupation ac-

counts.

quarters.

Thirdly.The association of Referring to the crop returns, be America in the partnership of said, that Australía showed an the Allies in the collection of increase of 20,000,000 bushels in the reparations,

1923. In the Argentine there was

The last-named is particularly hailed as an event of the first political importance.

FRANCE AND THE RUHE.

MEDICAL CONGRESS.

UNIVERSITY DEGREE

a decrease of 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels. The net result in the fur principal exporting countries « iS an estimated shortage of 106,000,000

Evidently, the traitor's action. "Processions of five and ten has ended the gang's exploits as barrows loaded down with bar far as Hongkong is concerned, silver have been common сл

otherwise they might have turned Shanghai streets.

"But last month a motor car their attention to a more valuable

metal. swooped down on a barrow

As the "China Press" speaks of coolie as he did his shuffling step along the road, stopped him the "advent of motor cars and for a moment, relieved him of local members of the bandit guilds his load and departed hence, equipped with shooting irons," it leaving not a trace of whither is presumed that the Model Settle- Hit had flown.

ment has only recently had the "The banks are profiting experience of a real cinema stunt. thereby. For yesterday, several

Several years back, Hongkong barrows, loaded with boxes of had its first motor bandit thrill. silver, were noted on the Bund A money-changer's shop outside -and a Sikh bodyguard, armed Nam Pak Hong was raided. In an to the teeth, kept watch on the. exchange of shots with a police. valuables as the coolies strug-man who came up before they fled, gled along."

the bandits caused the death of at

"

In spite of a crime wave now least one, if not more, passer-by.

Two or

bushels on the 1923 returas. He and then, Hongkong has not Down at Kennedy Town, they were It is noteworthy that France expressed the opinion, that there reached the stage when it has been rounded: up in a tea-house but a does not recoup the entire cost, was at present an ample supply, necessary for our bullion coolies policeman was killed. of the Ruhr armies "from Ruhr although Eastern countries were to work with revolvers at their three of the bandits were ultis receipts, but the difference be-consuming larger quantities of hips and a Sikh in charge of amately caught on the hillside after Lewis gun on the hand-truck, their ammunition had been ex- tween the upkeep of the armies in wheat bread than ever before, lf! the Ruhr and at Home..

Mr. Smith said that it was Almost every day, loads of bullion pended. generally admitted that the can be seen in that part of Queen's Since then there has been the Canadian wheat crop would not Road where the Banka are situated episode on the New Territory main Exceed 250,000,000 to 275,000,000 and in Ice House Street.

road when Mr. R. Earnshaw.earn- bushels this year against On the other hand, the shroff at ed praise for rounding up a gang 475,000,000 bushels last year; but the Imports and Exports Depart which had proceeded out to a the United States returns showed ment who handles the oplum tak-village in a motor-car. a crop of 784,000,000 bushels com- -ings has a bodyguard equal to that

Hongkong's configuration and pared with 374,000,000 bushels, in of a leading Canton official, when

the absence of good roads across 1923.

he goes to the Bank every morn- ing. Unfortunately, his journey's the mainland border mitigate are not attended with the same against the chances of success of dignity, if it can be called dignity, a motor bandit gang, hence, the

class in the Colony. as those of the Canton leaders, small number of crimes of this The politicians ride in motor-cara with men on the footboards and bende the chauffeur, flourishing Mausers. Our opium, shroff

CEREMONY..

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The joint conference of the pose an onerous burden on the China Medical Missionary Associa- Allies' finances. Indeed, the buretion and the Hongkong and China THE HONGKONG STUDIO den of the Allies would be less Branch of the British Medical

during the early difficult years Association which has than it would otherwise have arranged to take place at the THREE MORE ZAGHLULISTS been; and, although, if the Dawes University of HongkongTM"opens plan marched to its full normal with a special Congregation to be COXX | conclusion, there would be a sub-held at the City Hall on Tuesday Costantial advantage to the United afternoon. Honorary degrees will

States, this advantage would be conferred on that occasion, only be during the periods when

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BRITISH CARINET.

SECEDE

(Reuter's Service.)

CAIRO, January 14 -.

travels in the "Black" Marin,”- What is claimed to be the largest accompanied by Indian policemen, shipment of eggs ever to leave and Chinese Revenue Officers. Hig Montreal on a single vessel was protection le necessary because his carried in the "Melita," which has sailed for Belfast and Glasgow, The cargo consisted of 3,132,000 treasure comprises only cash.

Silver, bars, present an entirely.

eggs, in 8,702 cases,

Following the example of Said Zaghlulist Paska threel more ex-Ministers have announced that they intend to stand at the elec different problem. Even if appro London, January 14,

trous as Independents,

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Paris, January 14-The Finaú- cial Conference signed an agree The British Cabinet meeta to.ment on Sunday:-Reuter,

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