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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1926)

GROPING ITS WAY.

Continuad from. Page 6.)

The Government had introduced Naval ratings and volunteers to asist loyal workers. The referred in this connection to the censation

NO CHALLENGE.

Mr.. Thomas Ropudiates Sedition..

Mr. J. H. Thomas (Labourite Derby) stated that the General

THE CHINA MAIL.

surfously to nieet French exporters, and pitimately. Continental trade generally

It la reported from Boulogne that! a number of British cargo ships laden with fruit and new potatoes from Spain are held up

The export of cherrlos, atraw-

censed.

AMOY NOTES.

BRITISH TRADE MAKING PROGRESS:

SHIPS NOT HINDERED,

of the generation, of electrical Council in its counter news bulletin berries, and other early fruit from(From Our Own Correspondent.) |

repediated emphatically that the Provence, has entirely Government was being challenged The, growers, are likely to be in- and instructed a repudiation of volved in heavy lossen. anyone inclting or suggesting in- subordination or mutiny by the

power and light in the day time at five stations, which had affected the number of London Hospital, bakeries worked by electrielty and the cold storage Stations in the

Sympathetic Strike. Two thousand workmen in a

docks, result of which the troops or sailors, Labour desired motor car factory at Saint Ouen two months;

ment would likely go badl

Special Constables..

The food supply of London was proveeding quite satisfactorily.

Referring to the question of the protection of willing workers, he said that he proposed to ask the community as a whole to enroll sperkalt «renstables in much larger numbers, There wete 7.500

original special constables already on duty and over 3000 were sworn: ip during the last two days.

Mass Meeting Banned. He had directed the Police not | to allow the proposed masse meeting. in the heart of London --to-night) which was opgaadsed by the Dept- -fond bennel of the Commupist

Patty and kindris, associations,

hadi

Appen to People, - Sle W. Jonson-Bicks appealed to the people not to notice the alarmist rumours, many of which already been circulated. The only riot had been small one at Poplar, The country

was teuly at the be enjoined it to mament, and standust.

· SETTLEMENT DESIRED.

,"

Mr. Henderson Desires a

Formal

to make it an industrial dispute.

LABOURITES. FEARS.

Resumption of Negotiations Urged.

hate struck in sympathy with the strikers in Great Britain.

German Unionists.

Berlin May 5.. The conference of the General Federation of Trade Union, miners, Dr. L. Hayden Guest (Labourite, transport workers, and railwaymen North Southwark) in urging the adopted a resolution to support to resumption of the negotiations; said the utmost the British Unions. he feared that some rash and There will be no bunkering of Bri

considered action by the hottish vessels, and all measures are Heenab might precipitate

being taken to prevent coal reach eatustrophe,

DEFEAT CERTAIN..

But Not This Week or Next. Mr. John, Broniley, the engine men's lender. admitted that if a the Government

Were

brought to bear they were bound tu be defeated, but it would not be this week or next or the week after

He paid a tribute to the peace efforts of the Prime Minister who at the last moment had swayed

mister hands,“

NEWSPAPER OFFER.

·To Print Labour Party's Matter.

Star E. 3. To Conservative, Nr. Anthon Henderson, the ox- Home Serretary, emphasised that Tamworth on behalf of a group. the Trader Union Congress had of newspapers with a circulation offered, to maintain the essential of ten millions weekly. offered to services. He triticised, the bitter Print two columns of matter sup- attack in a leading article in the lied by the Labour Party provided "British fuzette" an

whose that the matter conformed with the praises the Government was sing-law. He was confident that other

Editors would take the same lige.

men

ing Nudw few dicysgo..

Mr. A. Henderson.

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QUESTION OF DIGNITY,

ing Great Britain.

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"Diffeult to Refuse."

Copenhagen, May, 5. The Danish General Workers Unlon has stated that if a request for support is received from the British it will be difficult to refuse in view of the help which British labour afforded the Danish strikers in the Spring..

Soviet Labour Support.

Riza May 6.

The Soviet labour organisations are organising financial support for

the British strikers.

IN AMERICÀ.

a Strike Déplored -As`a. Tragedy.

1

Amoy, May 21 British trade in Amdy has made steady progress during the last

Passengers coming in or going. eut on British ships now meet with no hindrance. The first batches of cargo on the as "Yingchow" and "Klukiang" were

discharged without any trouble. This is the first sign of a return to general busi- ness since May 31 of last year,

Emigrant Traffic. the Straits and the South Sea Emigrants from Amoy to both Islands are estimated to number about 260,000 since February of this year. The present unrest in the interior, together with better business conditions in the South, is the chief cause of so great a number of people leaving this dis- triet

Foreign Visitors.

The submarines of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet under the command of Captain Marquart, are spend- ing a few days in Amoy, en route

North China from the Philip

Major Burton pine Islands. Young Read, alde-de-cump to the Governor-General of the Philip. pines, and Mr. Leroy Webber, American Consul in Amcy (re- cently fransferred to Chefoo), are accompanying the Fleet to Tsing- tao and proceeding thence to New York. May, Da

Peking where Mr. Webber will The British strike news' mono- have medical treatment af the before- Hospital polises the front pages of all the Rockefeller merning and evening newspapera undertaking his new work in

Chefoo Editorials deplore the event as a

Electric Plant. tragedy, though the walked a Re- volution is received: with in-

Mr. C. G. Brown, consulting en- now in credulity as a contradiction of the gineer of Shanghai, is calmness of the British character. Amoy working with some Chinese The Tribune" saya that a Rein establishing a new electric: volution in Grout Britain is as plant in the international settle- absurd ne Aretic weather in Cubament at Kulangsu or Cairo.

Note: The Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd., was asked by the The "New York Times" defends Kulangsu Municipal Council to Mr. Baldwin who declares, in-consider, about a year or so ago, eurred the reproaches of the more the prospects of such an installa- Conservative Tories on account of tion-Editor:] his efforts in the past two years

Mr.. T. P. O'Connor's Query.

Is a question of dignity keeping the parties apert" warmly, queried MT. P. O'Connor (Nationalist. Scotland Division of Liverpooly, He added: "Good God, what is theto promote the interests of the dignity of any man compared with working class, but when the the disaster facing the country ?" Labourites adopted the attitude.

"INVINCIBLÉ,”

Strike Will Be Successful!

Mr. Clynes, Labourite.. Plathing) emphasise the ultimate in- vincibility of the Labourites, claim ed that the strike onll was not mèrely successful, but that hun- dreds and thousands of men had come out who were not required to

He appealed to the House. to "strike. strive to get a formula" for a settle- ment of the dispuse on which they were working before the final break which, be believed, would not have" occurred "if the news had not came through that a certain paper, had been interfered with.

Mr. Lloyd George condemned the precipitamey in breaking off the negotiations. He agreed with "Mr. Hendeson that the nation had a

dea of sympathy with the miners, but the general strike had obscured the merits of the.minors' rase" and Julienated sympathy",

Mr. Lloyd George.

NO PERSONALITIES.

Search for a Solution.

The studied absence of anything in the nature of embittered per was strongly aonul references evidenced by all Parties earnestly seeking solution;

There was an eager chorus of de- mands to know the nature of "the formula" which Mr. Thomas, de- clared that the Labourites were randy to present to the Prime Minister when the negotiations were broken off.

BELGIAN CRISIS.

REPORTED..

that the Trades Union Congress SERIOUS FINANCIAL POSITION Was mightier than Parliament. 1" even the long-suffering Mu

Baldwin could-hot He down before- that."

EARLIER NEWS.

Lendon, May 5.. Good tramway

services are operating in Glasgow, Liverpool and Bournemouth.

MINISTERS RESIGNED..

(Router's Service.)

Brussels, May 5.

A serious. Anancial position has arisen as the result of the depre- ciation of the franc.

FICKLE FRANC.

INEXPLICABLE RELAPSE IN LONDON.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, May 4.00

A sharp, inexplicable rélapae has occurred in franes.

Belgians opened at 183, and are' nów 160. French opened at 151 and are now 153%.

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THE WEATHER.

East or variable-winds, light; fine" reads the forecast. for the 24 hours ending at noon to-morrow.

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This morning's. Observatory re- port says that pressure has in- creased moderately at Shanghai A supplementary Estimate in and decreased slightly from S.W. being submitted to the Chamber Japan to the Loochoos and For- A depression lies over The publication of newspapers for 13,036,000,000 francs for the mosa, has been resumed in a number of 1926 Budget and the 1926 Budget Western China and a trough of country towns, including New-must be revised.

low pressure extends from For castle, Cardiff and Glasgow, photo- A loan from the Banks, on which mosa to Korea. A wedge of rela graphic plates of typescript being the Government was counting latively high pressure financial papers are published with utilised in many cases. London now impossible.

The Minister of the Interior Baron Rolyn Jaequemyne, has re- stock and share .movements.

Broadenating was extensively signed as he disagrees with the used last night for the distribution fiscal policy, and the Minister for of Government information and the Colonies, M. Curton, has de- other news relating to public azcided to resign." rangements.. The service was operated every half hour from 9:30 to midnight.

Paris, May 5.

Clauses Opposed:

All the newspapers comment on The labourites opposed a number the remarkable coolness of the of individual clauses in the regula-British public in the present crisis. tions, especially that empowering

"Le Petit Parisien" says the man the Postmaster to refuse to accept in the street in Britain has set

his face resolutely against revolu certain classes of telegrams:

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The amendment was defeated on The "Gaulois says that all civil ised peoples should stand together in such a time.,

a division, the voting being:-

301

92

For Against

Majority

.200

A similar late "overtook a motion to delete the clause prohibiting the possession of firearma, explosives, weapons, stones, and dangerous missiles.w

Debate Adjourned. The debate was. adjourned till to-morrow.

."

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and H.R. H the Duke of York were.

The Government had publie present in the Gallery during the

Appeal to Loyalty.

opinion behind it in the present sitting.. steps, but he agreed with the con-.. demanation of the "British Gazette"

article,

Published in a Hurry.

London, Later...

The "Echo de Paris" does not doubt but that Constitutional Gov. ernment will ultimately triumph."

The "Oeuvre" is of the opinion that, the strike Is due to the re adoption of the gold standard.

POLAR RACE.

(Reuter's Service.)

Leningrad May 5. The "Norge" left for Spitzbergen The "British Gazette" appours in at 9:38 this morning. two editions, the later of which

Curious Crowds:

Leningrad, May 5,

with

Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, interven contains four instead of two pages. ing. said that he had not read the Both Issues appeal to loyal The streets were filled article until that monent, but he citizens to support His Majesty's curious crowds when the norge would convey the Opposition views Government and Parliament to deleft for the pole with a crew of to the Editor. The paper was feat the general strike. Either 18 with two rides and bayonets in published in a great hurry, and the the country break the general the event that they may be reduced Government did not desire to use strike or the general strike will to hunting, Polar bears to sustain it for propaganda purposes,

break the country."/

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Monkeys, and Lizards.

Mr. Lloyd George accepted this, but he asked for complate Impar- tiality on the views of all Partien. T could not be for, the absence of space, because a whola paragraph: to-day was devoted to monkeys undi beardod lizards, Stopping the Press was a most foolish thing, and the Liberals would not D080 the emergency regulatio

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