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No. 19,743 HONGKONG,

AT GENEVA.

DEPARTURE OF BRITISH DELEGATION.

PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.

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(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, March 6. Sir Austen Chamberlain, Lord Cecil, and the other principal members of the British delegation to the League of Nations left

London this morning, and it is understood that the. French delegation will join them this evening in Paris.

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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926.

INNOCENT PARTIES.

TENANT WHO SUB-LET WITH- OUT RIGHT;

THE LAW AND REASON.

"This seems to be one of those] ORBES in which the decision wil probably be right and the reason probably wrong." said Mr. Justice Wood In Summary County.case, this morning.

MYSTERY SHIP:

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THE PIRACY SCARE.

Why Did Steamer Ignore Signals?

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"(Reuter's Soro1ON.)/

Hankow, March: Siz Wu Pet-fu and the allies, includ ing Chek Kla-mon, Lu Ching-san and Liu Tas-lung have issued a duties of the bug. will be-typhoon circular denouncing Tuan Chi-jaf sent out H.M.S. rescue work; relief' trips to Pratas for selling the country and destroy- station; and pumping by steam,ng the constitution and for water for fire fighting.

especially supporting Feng Yu- Detalls were given in brief inhalang; and stating that after the Mist Monday's "Chinà, Mail"

Durban" about midnight on Saturday to search for a "mystery ship."

P

The matter upon which he was led to decide was the right of utenant who had gone into premises under an agreement with the previons tenant whereas that previous tenant was under Delegations from other Capitals agreement with the landlord not

Waglan lighthouse is one of the The expert committee of the are already reported to have set to assign the premises without the landmarks showing the way into Chamber of Commerce, which co out for Geneva, and the represon-landord's, permission

Hongkong, harbour. Vessels not operated with the Government, tatives of the principal European The landord claimed possession necessarily making for the port comprised:-- Fowers on the League Council will of the tenement in question, No. but passing close by, are also sight- · Mr... - R.. Sutherland, O.BE be there in ample time to parti-19. Gilian Bazar.

ed. On Saturday night. Waglan re- (chairman), Mr. R. M Dyer, Mr apate to-morrow in the private Mr. D. McCallum, for the new ported that a passing ship, had fail Reid, Captain T. "Arthur, Cap- conversations suggested by Sir tenants, admitted that under comed to give the usual signal. Whe-tain W. Davison, Mr. Waiter Lang, ther this meant that the boat falled aasiated by Lt.-Com. Conway Huke Austen Chamberlain as a meads mon law the landlord was en of removing misunderstandings titled to possession as there had to respond or ignored the light-R.NR. (assistant Harbour Master). knows. Mr WO, Lambert, and Mr. L. H prior to the formal meeting of the been a breach of the agreement Boase, is not at present Council on Monday.

of the original tenant it, was: Although nothing has so far King, clear, however, that the landlord developed, It was just as well that The Harbour Master (Lt-Com. The G. F. Hole, R.N.) and Captain C. J. had no objection to the present precautions were taken. tenants which could hold water. Harbour Office was' communicated Thomson (Chief Boarding Officer) Under the Ordinance he could with and then the Naval authori-were on board to-day.. not get more money in rent. The ties. There was a possibility that present tenants were innocent the ship had fallen into evil hands, parties and their only failt had or that something was amiss.. bean that they had not made the M. Briand and Sir A. Chamber-fullest enquiries as to the type of flair immediately drove to the tenancy. It must be remembered British Embassy, where they con-with British law. He claimed that they were Chinese dealing Sir A. Chamberlain, after din hat under the Ordinance, the new tenants were entitled to the ing at the Einbassy, proceeded on his journey to Geneva with his delegation, members of the French

Mr. M. M. Watson,, for the returned: and some other delegations pro-landlord, claimed that they had he had examined steamers but ceeding by the same train

were "trespassers" in that they suspicion. no right to protection at all. They none had come under actual had never been accepted as ten-

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Chamberlain and Briand

Rugby, March 7.. Sir Austen Chamberlain Head of the British delegation to Geneva, was met on his arrivalin Faris by Monsieur Briand and Lord Crewe (British Ambassa-, dor). '

versed for half-an-hour,

discretionary protection of the

court..

MS. "Durban put out with DRUNK ON DREGS. police officers on board, as well as Mr. L. I. V. Booth (at present and formerly assistant Director of acting assistant Harbour Master, Criminal Intelligence.).

When a "China Mail" reporter made inquiries this morning, it was. Egathered that the cruiser had not. Outside of the harbour

FRENCHMAN STRUCK WITH A.CLOG,

ALBERT CAFE INCIDENT.

4.

retreat of the Kuominchun troope from Honan the Hupehites found numbory of Bolshevist pamphlets addressed to farmers and labourers proving that the Kucminchun and its leader, Fang Yu-Heiang are Bolshevik..

"We

The circular concludes: will attack the Red Government until we have destroyed them."

BROADCASTING.

RAISING STANDARD OF 'PERFORMANCES.

NEED FOR ABLE MEN

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, March 6.. The report of the Broadcasting Coinmittee set up under the Chairmanship of Lord Crawford. was issued last, night.

...It proposes that the whole equipment and staff of the British Broadcasting Company be trans With a black mark over his leftferred at the end of this year to a of Albert Cuie gave evidence betish Broadcasting Commission eye, M. Albert Guetat, proprietor new public Corporation, the Bri- It is considered unlikely that

fore M. R. E. Linduell at the Cen-It is proposed that this corpora- M. Briand will be able to remain

tral Magistracy this morning, in a in Geneva for the meeting of the ants by the landlord and asing" at the Harbour Office There kitchen coolie.

No ship had been posted miss charge of assault against a Chinese bion should be made up of five or seven Commissioners nominated Council of the League to-morrow the landlord had asserted hishave been previous Instances of Complainant said that the deby the Crown, possibly including | owing to the disturbed political rights by the issue of the write being through Hongkong fendant, had lately been a nuisance the Director of the and the re- situation in France caused by the their claim even to be statutory watera-though not coming into in the establishment and on Satur. Company, all salaried, and the re- | resignation of his Cabinet follow-tenants would fail from that time harbour and evading light dues day evening got drunk by swallow. Dort lays great emphasis on the ing the defeat in the Chamber forward. As regarded the claim by not giving the hame to. Waglen, ing the dregs left in the glasses of need for securing men of first early yesterday morning.

that the landlord could not get a ship in any part of the Colony's the customers: Defendant refused class capacity for these appoints Satisfaction is, however, ex-more money in rent, "is pressed here that the French right he could not if the premises registered ton, as ligt dues. This the following morning for his

Was waters, should pay two cents per to work or to go away and return mente

Advisory Committees should, i crisis has not prevented M. Briand remained as one tenancy but time there may have been no such wages. Defendant had to be pash- is recommended, be freely ap from proceeding to Geneva and might be his wish to make it into desire at all.

Unless there are ed out of the back door into the pointed, and the report urges that participating in the highly im- two.. pertant informal meeting there His Lordship indicated that an concluded that the omission

further developments, it should be lane and it was alleged that he the Commissioners should be to-day between the leading signa-order for possession would have unintentional.

was struck the complainant in the eye given much larger liberty than an

with a wooden clog.

ordinary Government Department tories of the Locarno Treaty. to be made but the terms of the

Continuing, the Frenchman said enjoya stay he would consider,

that he retaliated with his fist and knocked the man down. He next picked the man up, pushed him along the late, and handed him over to a constable.

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DUMPING DEAD BODY IN THE STREET.

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TARIFF CURSE

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TRADE LEAGUE WANTED.

(British Wireless Servića.)

Rugby, March 7 Mr. Walter Leaf, President of the

The arrest of a Chinese alleged to be the murderer of a coolie at Prior to the League meetingWanchal resulted in the charge representatives of the countries against two others being amended which met at Locarno to negotiate to one of moving the dead body the Rhineland Pact met to ex-without permission.. change views on the questions on Defendants, who admtited that International Chamber of Com- the agenda.

they dumped the dead body in the merce and Chairman of

the

A communique issued after the street, were bound over by Mr. R.Westminster Bank, made another meeting stated that no difficulty. Lindsell at the Central Magis-striking protest yesterday against. was experienced in making clear tracy this morning on personal the evil effects of tarifs and trade their reciprocal positions, and bonds to come up for judgment barriers on the economic, situation adding that this first exchange of when called upon within

views will be followed by French conversations.

months.

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Defendant admitted that he had the clog in his hand, but denied helstruck the proprietor. He claim

The Committee pay a high tri- bute to the work of the British Broadcasting Company, but be- lieve that the stage has been reached when a monopoly of this character should be in public hands.

The Committee's recommenda- ed to have been assaulted with ations state that every effort should stick

A fine of $20, or fourteen days hard labour, was imposed,

PARLIAMENT.

IMPORTANT BUSINESS THIS WEEK

POWER BILL DEBATE.

(British Wireless Service.)

be made to raise the standard of style and performance in every phase of broadcasting, and parti- cularly in music, that a moderate amount of controversial matter should be broadcast, provided the material is of high quality and distributed with scrapulous fair iness, and that the discretion of the Commissioners in this connection should be upheld.

Licences should be granted to blind persons free of charge.. HULLOA NEW YORK!

TELEPHONE TALKS FROM LONDON.

(Reuter's Service.)

Loridan, March 7,

Addressing the 6Council of the International Chamber of Com merce he summarised reports re-

Rugby March T ceived from various National Com-

The Economy Bill la to be pre- mittees, and drew from them the seated to Parliament by Thursday. WHAT ABOUT THE ORIENT? general conclusion that what was The Army Estimates are also to We covered the whole ground but. There was another batch of needed was a European Tradebe presented this week, and these, did not fluid immediately a solution offenders of the regulation prohi. Laague.. Everywhere there were comit is understood, will show, a sub- of all our troubles. Nothing could Liting the export of money, from the plaints concerning the difficulty of stantial decrease, as did the Navy be decided to day as we could be Colony at the Central Magistracy Auding markets for manufactures. Estimates.

A further development in the bound by nobody but ourselves this morning. Fines of $20 were The capacity for production was Another important debate in the two-way telephonic communica Doubtless before we next meet for imposed in two of the cases in which there, and it was generally much House of Commons which is pro-tion between Great Britain and a further exchange of views we it was shown that while one man larger than in pre-war times, but mised for this week will take place the United States occurred to-day shall find some method of settling had the money tied round his arm products were stagnating because on the Government's Electricity when for the first time a definite our troubles, but we have not done the other hid it inside his stocking, they were refused, or at least ham- Bill..

schedule of communications was so yet. We have cleared up some A woman had the money in her shoe pered by foreign tariffa and trade misapprehensions and suspicions." and was aned $8.

arranged between successfully Barriers Hence, unemployment,

London and New York, as a result He added that they were trying to make the entry of Germany

of which London journalists sent into the League absolutely non-

New York their thanke controversial. If, by waiting a

The almost total absence of atmospherica was owing the day or two, they could assure this

fact that the present season is reault, surely it was better to wait

abnormally favourable for wire Spain's Claim.

o-morrow the wes-less communication, The recap- at the ther forecast is N.E. winds, fresh tion was excellent, but it is under- United fine to cloudy. Two anti-stood that in view of the obstacles cyclones are reported one central still to be overcome nothing in the to the west of Shanghai and the nature of a public British-Ameri other over M.

Manchuria. Fresh

can telephonic service will be con- monsoon be expected along templated before the Autumn at the BB coast of China and over the earliest.

Geneva, March 7 Reuter learne from a German source that a difficulty in the private conversations this after- noon arose from the fact that the Gearoan delegation would not countenance an enlargement of the Council before Germany was given a permanent seat, but "cer tain other delegations insisted that Spain should be allotted permanent sent simultaneou with

M. Briand left for Peris night but it is hoped that he will return, on Tuesda

Race Course Theft the stagnation of industry, and a

An incident on the race course lamentable waste of potential Members of the Helena May on Saturday was recalled when a human energy. The ** Whole titute ars ided that the Chinese youth was charged with standard of living was lowered by boo for the Musicale closes on snatching a rattan bangle from a the artificial restrictions on human Wednesday, March 10 small child. He admitted the eficiency. offence and was ordered 12trokes and two days' detention in prison,

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