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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1925.

DUMPING DANGER.

MORE STRIFE?

THE CHINA MAIL.

"NO DOUBT TRUE”

MCKENNA DUTIES DECISION SEQUEL.

Reported Imminent.

CHINA'S LACK OF READY MONEY.

Clash."

OMINOUS RUMOURS,

Customs

British Minister's

Repeated Protests.

CHURCHILL'S VIGILANCE.

Checking Excessive Imports.

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Traders who are importing watches, clocks and motor cars into Britain to evade the McKenna duties may and that their smartness

has been to no purpose.

OUR PORTS BUSY.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, May 6.. The Channel ports have been very busy with the importation of watches, clocks, and motor cars from the Continent, apparently dumped with a view to avoiding the McKenna duties whose reimposition on June 1 was announced by Mr. Winston Chur- chill in his Budget speech.

Questions were asked regarding these imports in the House of Corimans.

Mr. Churchill replied that he had anticipated sume increased importation but would non hesitate to seek the House's authority to ante-date operation duties. If his revenue estimate | showed signs of excessive im- portation

In the meantime the customs officials were keeping a careful -record of all importations with a view to collecting duty retrospec-| tiply if such a course became TOCOSSIY. theers.)

PRICE OF TEAS.

Tamdon. May 6.

The House of Commons passed; The report stage of the terr duty unaltered after rejecting a motion by MF II. 6" Charlton (Labour)

SILK DUTY PROTESTS...

London, May 6.

The joint standing committee of the cotton trade organisations in Manchester passed a resolution protesting against the proposed duties on artificial silk yarn on the ground that it is a necessary raw material for the coiton trade. F

The committee expressed the opinion that the proposals are likely to add very considerably to the cost of production and seri- ously cripple a branch of the industry which has been rapidly developing:

The joint industrial council of the silk industry condemns the duties on raw silk and raw waste and urges a drastic modification of the duties.

ESTIMATED REVENUE.

London, May 6.".

By the house of Commons. Letz ol W. Gunness informed Mr. By Less-Smith (Labour) that silk ties were estimated to pro- five $7,000,000 in a full year and £4,000,000 in 1925-6, made up of natural silk £4,500,000 and £2,500,000; and artiferal silk $2,500,000 and - £1;5000,000 re- spectively.

JAPAN'S POLICY.

to redwry the wa chity from Rh.tohy Courtesy of Dutty Bulletin).

Mr. Refie Smith (Labour) seconding the motion, comptined that The duty beenuse ik Was just

Tokyo, May 6.

In the course of his spes at the Was unjüsteigberintorial Conference, Baron as Stadeure, Foreign Minister, said heavy on the cheaper as the left gratified that the Russian dearer teas. He suggested the questions were practically settled. matter might be adjusted by a1Ife felt optimistic that the improv. higher duty on the dearer teas.

ing Soviet policy and conditions

He

Lt. Col. W. Guinness, Financial facilities economic co-operation, Fe Secretary of the Treasury, in expressed confidence in the increne- reply, painted out that the ten ing Japan-American friendship, re chity, was now lower than before I sulting in both Governments making the war. He agreed that last sincere efforts at astute hundling of veny's remission on the duty was the migration question. at the time of the change passed urged special efforts at Sino-Japan- on to the consumer, bit said that l'ese friendship, adding that upon at present the consumer was no China's "Far Eastern diplomatic longer enjoying the full reduction.' policy dieperuis Japan's general, in- The average price of both the ternational and diplomatic policies." more costly and the cheapier teas Baron Shidehara said he con- was only about a penny less than siders that the Tsingtao strike was before last year's Budget. bilno merely do wvontinie considera-

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It was dient to say whe- tions, and he believes that the ther the rise in the price was due world's armament limitation s to an increase in the demand or a possible within limits.

decrease in supplies but in view" tributes the existing international of the admitted shortage in the question, as being due to reonomie supply a further decrease in the struggles, and therefore he urged duty was likely to bause such an the necessity for promoting com increase in the demand as would mercial relations with the Towers, cause a quite disproportionate, is the last policy.

incronse in the price. Marenveri

the proposed remission would mean a loss of £5,000,000 to the i revenue in a full yeær.

SIRDAR'S DEATH. ACCUSED MAN DETAILS MURDER.

(Reuter's Service.)

Cairo. May 6, nection with the murder of the The nine mon accused in con- Sirdar were committed for trial. at the assize court on May 12.

Abdel Fattah Enaint asked to be allowed to make a statement.

He described how the murderi of the Sirdar was carried out.

Peking. Mag 6-1 is stated that Dr. W. W., Fen, has accepted the Ciocerument's invitation to take charge of the burem to be establish- Į ed in connection with the forth coming Tariff Conference, It is undersdood, however, that on the ground of economy Dr. Yen las ggested that the bureau should not be munguated immediately, since the opening of the Conference Jus not yet been fixed, but in the meantime he should het an the capacity of chairman of the Finnn-" Peking, May 4-Chang Tsung- ial Readjustment Commission and belang is experted to preive here begin to make the necessary pre from Maken in the course of a "pirations. Ty" Courtesy of "Daily Dow days, By Courtesy of "Daily Bulletin,

Boletin."

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A communiqué from Morocco states that the French centre column cleared the Taounat heights after fierce resistance by the enemy consisting of regulars assisted by Jocal tribesmen.

A "Temps" telegram from Fez says the French lost four officers and 44 men killed About 160 were wounded. The Riffis casualtica were ten times greater-Reuter..

Paris, May 6..

Lately the Riffian tribesmen crept into the area lying between the Spanish Morocco border and the territory under French control The French troops were immediately. reinforced, and, consisting of three columns, checked the advancing Rifans, on whom they inflicted heavy losses —— Havas,

CHANG TSO-LIN AND FENG AGAIN,

(Reuter'a Service.)

Peking, May 6. There have been many rumours during the past few days in Tien- tsin and Peking that hostilities between Chang Tso-lin and Feng Yue-hsiung are imminent.

General Chang Tse-lin

According to one report, Freight traffic on the Peking- Mukden line is being stopped in order to allow the transport of troops, and another report to-day stated that five divisions have already started to move from Mukden to Shanghaikuan..

General Feng Yu-hsiang.

these, reports.

Other circles, however, deny

It was semi-officially stated mobilisation of the rolling stock this evening that the order for had been cancelled."

THE COLOUR. BÅR.

SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW MEASURE.

(Reuter's Service,)

Capetown, May 6.

The Mines Works Bill, which lays down a colour bar against | natives and Asiatics, passed the second reading.

The Bill was referred to a select committee.

The Ministers of Mines, Mr. Beyers, deprecated speeches by General Smuts and other members of the Opposition as tending to cause disaffection in the native mind.

He argued that the Bill only enacted the colour bar previously embodied in the regulations of the Transvaal Free State which had been found ultra vires.

He promised consideration to what extent the Bill should be applied to Cape Province.

The Asiatic aspect was hardly discussed in the later stages of the debate.

Peking, May 6.-Liu Cheng sim-Border Commissioner for Bzechuan and Yunnan, has tele- graphed to Peking reporting that Yang Son attacked his troops with out cause, thus ignoring the Govern ment's order for the maintenance of peace. Lin Chang.hsun urged that for the sake of peace in the province Yang Ben should be dismissed and deprived of his official rank By Courtesy of Daily Bulletin.'!

DEFAULT ON LOANS.

"No doubt true" is the way the British Government regards the Chinese Government's protests that it lacks the ready money to meet its, obligations.

BANKRUPT GOVERNMENT.

(Reuter's Service,)

London, May 8. In the House of Commons, re-

lying to Mr. W. Foot Mitchell (Conservative). Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for For eign Affairs, said that the British Minister at Peking had repeated ly made representations to the Chinese Government with respect to payment to British share holders of the unpaid interest of the Marconi and Vickers eight per cent. loans.

The Chinese Government had replied to the last of these pro

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HUGE DOPE" HAUL. (Reuter's Service.)

RITTER DAM, May 6

A great seizure of narcotics was

made here by the police who were

informed from Antwerp. that a

tests by regretting that they had no funds to meet these obliga- tions, which was no doubt true, as they had been in a state of bankruptcy for some time past.

useless to urge the Chinese, Gov- Therefore he feared that it was ernment to make good the default at present, though the Minister. would naturally press the matter whenever a favourable oppor- tunity should occur.

Bowater. Mr. Austen Chamber- Replying to Sir T. Vansittart hain said that the defaults in the German issue of the Tientsin- Pukow loan had not yet made good.

been

The British Minister at Peking had pressed the Chinese Govern ment to meet the British held coupons without further delay.

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.

(Reuter's Service.)

notorious smuggler of narcotics Mr.

GENEVA, May 6,

Austen Chamberlain,

for

had consigned to Rotterdam two Britain's secretary of Foreign cases enclosing safes, probably Affairs, has convoked the League containing narcotics. The police

of Nations Assembly seized the safes in a warehouse,

September 9. leach weighing 1,700 kilogrammes and found the boxes to be filled with raw opium packed between the outer and inner sides.

warehouse ten cases alleged to The police also seized in "another contain, found to contain boxes of raw dyestuffs which wexc optum also imported in safes. Altogether about 1,000 kilos of opium were seized. One of the alleged smugglere.

3: Russian living in Antwerp, was arrested.

The agenda contains the Geneva Protocol

SOCIALIST IDEALS..

KNIGHT

PENNILESS

AND ABJECT."

Sir Patrick Hastings, speaking at Northwich said he was an unabash- ed Socialist, believing absolutely London, May 6-Sir John Jor-that no other remedy for life's evils dan in a letter to the "Times" calls existed... * attention to the continued impor Socialism was a religion, and tation of large quantities of simply meant that it is the duty of contraband narcotics into China the State in times of trouble to and says that the calculated come to the rescue of every in- amount of these narcotics smug dividual. He (Sir Patrick) had gled into China for several years walked the streets penniless and past is not less than thirty times abject, and he was how determined the amount required to supply the that everyone should get a share whole of the country's legitimate of the good things of life. Con~ needs-Reuter.

servatives had forgotten that dur- ing the war private enterprise fall- New York, May 6.-Whether (ed and Socialism alune survived. tetraethyl of lead-which is mixed

Private profit was at the root of with petrol to prevent engines the unemployment and housing "knocking" and increase the fuel's problems, and the Socialist test of efficiency is harmful to public civilisation to-day was that before health, will be determined on the anyone made a profit no person 20th at a conference summoned by should be allowed to starve. the surgeon-general of the United Labour intended to get to power, States, until when the sale is and nothing would ever again suspended. The menace was first persuade him to be a member of brought to attention in November any Labour Government until they 1924 when five employees of the had a majority able to say, "We Standard Oil Company's laboratory care not how much you talk, every in New Jersey, engaged in its pre-measure we introduce is going to be paration, became violently insane a measure of Socialism.' and died as a result of lead poison-. ing-Reuter's American Service.

A Chinese attempted to commit A Chinese woman living at suicide yesterday by jumping into No. 44. Stanley Street, was taken West. The man was rescued by yesterday suffering from, the the harbour at Des Voeux Road to the Government Civil Hospital boat people and later taken to the effects of poisoning, belleved to Government Civil Hospital.

have been self-administered.

HINDENBURG'S ELECTION CHALLENGED.

Berlin, May; 6.

The Social Democrats have officially protested against the validity of Marshal Von Hindenburg's election on the ground of irregularities. They demand that the election be declared null and vold,

Marshal von Hindenburg is one of the most picturesque figures in the imperial and republican history of Germany, who was elected President of the German Republic. Von approval fully as strong as the cheers of his supporters Hindenburg's nomination brought down & storm of dia many of the old regime literally standing aghast that the one remaining figure of the glorious past be dragg German party walitics.

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