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BIRTHS.
ALLEN-On April 26, at Hatton Nursing Home, Colombo, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Allen, a BARRY-On April 28, at Dublin, to the wife of C. C. Barry, Keragala Estate, Ceylon, a
CULLEN-On April 21, 1926, at Sothuparai Estate, High Range, Travancore. S. India. to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cullen a daughter: KIRBY-On May 6, 1926, at the Maternity Hospital, Singa- porc, to Rosabel (née Gell), wife of Captain S. Woodburn Kirby, M.C., R.E., a son. PETERSON. On May 6, at the
Maternity Hospital, Singa pore to Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Peterson, Master Attendant's Office; a son, STURROCK-On May 2, at Sepang Valley Estate, Nilai, to Mr. and Mrs. Sturrock, a daughter:
MARRIAGES.
In any case the Prime Minister [did well to discourage fur
about the past and to appeal once more for that spirit of concord in Industry that alone can lead to true prosperity.
Sariltary Board Election.
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926
POLISH REVOLT
ASCRIBED TO A SOCIALISTA: COUP D'ETAT,
POPULAR ARMY LEADER,
(Reuver's Service,)
“London, May 13. After the first, excitement Interest in the Sanitary Board The situation in Poland cannot be defined precisely owing to a election has apparently died down.. At first there were many who breakdown in communications, waxed wroth because they suffer- but the uprising was doubtless a ed discomfort in registering their Socialist coup d'etat to oust the votes. Others gave vent to their chagrin at not being able to vote. Then the Government decided that the election had to be held again. A second date was fixed But was cancelled at the last moment. It la necessary that a decision should be come to as the procedure. There is no difficulty with regard to the list of names: on jury service. No register has yet been compiled of persons exempted from the jurors Hat, but who still have the right to vote. In the best interests it is
Then,
:sed
cular effect. Coming in the train of a spate of absurd rumours as to the conditions on which the only logical that such a list should Premier, M. Witos, whose Cabinet strikers were to be permitted to be prepared. The Legislature can of the Right Centre and Left resume work, and following in the appoint an official to compile such Centre, supported by a large Far- a liet. This would take up con liamentary majority, took office wake of the allegations made by siderable time. But exempted
recently upon the resignation of Count Skrzynski Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in open-persons can be asked to put down
Reports from Warsaw indicate ing the debate, the Prime Minis- their names beforehand.
when the election comes along, a that the revolt was not engineered tar's utterances were as cautious voter's name must be in either from Moscow, but was a move as they were statesmanlike. He list. Presumably, if the latter ment in support of the popular disposed of rumour after rumour method were adopted, exempted Army leader, Marshal Pilsudski, in a very capable manner, inciden- persons who do not register will who will probably assume office:
not be allowed to exercise the pri- Reporta via Paris state that the tal tally revealing how he personally vilege of voting... All this is very origin of the trouble was that the had intervened with certain bodies well, but delay has set in.. The of employers who seemed prone to man in the street has heard that & definition has to be arrived at: for exploit the situation created by one or more professions which contracts "being broken by their make up the exempted list. Sure- employers at the bidding of the ly it does not take very long to Trades Union Congress. Morsay down,, in official or ordinary. "language, what is a clergyman, over, Mr. Baldwin, in referring to vernacular school master, or the position now of the Trade medical practitioner? Or is it be Unions, warmly declared that he cause the suggestion that ladies should be given the right to vote would tolerate no attack on Trade has been taken to heart? In Unions as such. At the same spite of these questions curiosity time he was careful to point out may not be satisfied. From what that there some persons in that has gone before Hongkong may
have to satisfy itself with Nationalists belonging to an great organisation who were cursory
announcement giving organisation of "Guardians of the always fishing for trouble a dis- the bare result of the considera. Right" besieged with rifle fire the house of Marshal Pilsudski, who tinct slap in the face to the Com-tim given.'
telephoned to a dragoon regiment. munists and he considered that
The latter dispersed the demon- the best thing they could do would-
strators after much bloodshed on both sides. be to set back into calm waters again as soon as possible, lest the work of such people undid the work of the past half century.
A strike disclosure was made by the Prime Minister of how close the country was to the brink of anarchy during those fateful days of the general strike. In the light of that disclosure we can now read between the lines of the appeal made by a Labour M.P. in the House of Commons in the early days of the strike for a re Nsumption of the negotiations lest some hotheads did something that would lead to a catastrophe However, the strike is over, and we agree with those American newspapers which declare that the lesson has been taught that a general strike is quite ineffective
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CORRESPONDENCE.
"To the Editor of the Chino Mail.
Marshal Pilsudski.
Marshal Pilsudski thereafter took command of the Warsaw garrison.
Warsaw Now Calm..
Warsaw, May 13. The streets of Warsaw are now
MANILA FLIGHT.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS FROM FILIPINOS,;;
HELP APPRECIATED,
The "China Mail has received the following cablegram from Madrid relative to the flight to Manila of the Spanish aviators:
"The Filipinos and their thanks for help given to the Spanish aviators, Capt Loriga and Captain Gailara
POLAR FLIGHT.
THE NORGE PASSES CAPE BARROW.
SCENES IN OSLO.
(Router's Servios.)
Rome,, May 183
A message from Halifax, Nova. Scotia, stater that the airship Norge has passed Cape Barrow enroute to Nome, Alaska,
Special Editions
Oslo, May 15... The greatest interest is being displayed in the Norge's fight Huge crowds flocked the streets and restaurants were filled Special editions of the newspapers were: published all day long on Ascen
on Day, the Government specially waiving the faw forbidding news- papers on Holy Days.
NO NEWS FOR NEARLY 12 HOURS
--Alaska, May 14, Although the Government's wire. less stations at St. Paul's Island in the Bering Sea and Nome are call ing continuously for the airship "Norge?" no answer has been receiv ed for alaven and a half hours.
GERMAN CRISIS.
DR. LUTHER'S RESIGNATION.
ACCEPTED.;
DEFENCE MINISTER ACTING..
(Reuter's Service.)
Berlin, May 18. President von Hindenburg has accepted Dr. Luthers resigna- tion.
The Minister of Defence, Herr Gessler, as doyen of the Ministers; will act as Chancellor temporarily:
CHINA'S PREMIER.
DR YEN FORMALLY ASSURES OFFICE
(Reuter's Service.)
Peking. May 18.. Dr.. W... W.. Yen officially assumed
The Cabinet issued a notification
Sir, quite agree with the comments of "Britisher in yesterday's issue as to the re freshing novelty of a film like calm and orderly, and communica-
The Love Story of Aliette tions and transport are normal. Brunton" after so-called screen The anti-Government coup began adaptations of novels in which the on Wednesday morning when regi- story is twisted beyond all recog ments quartered in the neighbour- nition American producers seem hood of Warsaw became excited to have a set, idea of English over the news of the attempted the post of Premier this afternoon "baronial residences" and what assassination of Marshal Pilsudski.. "not which they trot out whenever They marched to the capital, where Possible much to the disgust of they were joined by the garrison. anywho have the slightest Marshal Pilsudski assumed com- acquaintance with English coun- mand of the combined forces and try life and this disregard for occupied the town after a brief veracity in detail unfortunately engagement. does not stop short at mere set- tings.
The populace this evening held a demonstration in his honour.*** BROWN-HEATON. — Op April
Mr. Gilbert Frankau has set an The Government has taken, re- 24, at the Cathedral, Mom- basa, Lieutenant Gordon
example which more English fuge Ju the President's Palace; Dixon, Brown, R.N.R., son of
tocant film rights in respect of Pilsudski are being carried on novelists should follow-in refusing whence negotiations with Marshal Lieut. Colonel Oscar Brown,
his books unless he has a hand in The latest development is that the D.S.O., and Mrs. Brown, of Lordon, and Annie, only and that there cannot be dictation the adaptation, a resolution he Poznam Army Corps, which is pro- daughter of Mr. John Heaton, by Trades Unionism to the Gov. has adhered to in spite of some Government, la marching on War
** tempting offers from America in saw. and Mrs. Heaton, of Nawala-ernment. Parenthetically let be respect of "Peter Jackson. Con- pitiya, Ceylon.. GLENIE TRINGHAM, On hoped that these words will sink siderations of lucra alone, should April 20, at St. Mary's into the minds of the Trade not be the sole motives actuating novelists who have written stories Church Bambalapitiya, Unionists in Australia-that land which have found favour with the Walter "Bernard Glenie, of of perpetual strikes in spite of publie if they wish for their suc Vandeperiyar, S. India, son of
5.
Mr. Reginald Glenie and Compulsory Arbitrations Acts, cessful adaptation to the screen.
grandson of the late Arch- dencon Glenie of Colombo, to Millicent May Lucy Tring hain, only daughter the late Mr. Charles Tring- ham, of Eastbourne.
DEATHS
TRAIN WRECKED. FIFTY CHINESE TRAVELLERS
!
KILLED,
(Reuter's Service)
Hankow, May 18
The Prime Minister certainly The gross distortions, which have placed his finger on one weak known books should surely have appeared under the names of well
A shocking accident occurred on point in the Trade Unionista, made this abundantly evident. of
May 12 on the Peking-Hankow Now that the local public hus Railway, a goods train being de- allegations regarding the refusal
shown its appreciation of a. of employers to take back, men faithful representation of a story failed and more than fifty Chineso who had gone out on strike, with which most of them were travelling on the car-tops were
on the killed and a large number injured. There was, he declared, bound to familiar and photography which he wreck held up the express in be considerable derangement of was really excellent without being which the Extrality Commissionere -1925, suddenly at Cimiez, trade how much he was unable spectacular, it is to be hoped that were travelling, till a special WES
they will be given the opportunity of seeing more such films I see that some more British produc tions have been booked for the future Here's to their success!
urs, faithfully
ROBERTSON, On March 21,
Nice, South France, James William Robertson, late of to say at the moment created by the Survey Department, the strike, and therefore it fol Ceylon, and Colonisation lowed that for some time Officer, Ratmala, Anuradha there must cribe is less Bem- pura, Ceylon WOODS. On April 25, at. Kanda-ployment. The strikers cam ketiya, Madulkelle, Ceylon, not now turn round on the em Mrs. Blanche Woods,
ployers and rend them to pieces for declining to make their roil of employee up to the pre- strike level. There must be some lose suffered by the workers who Rekrar too cater to obey the dictates
* Hongkong, Friday, May 14, 1928,
A STATESMANLIKE SPEECH. were only too
Trades Unions
It was little wonder that the Congress without pauging to think":
Conservatives
and the of the
House
constitutional
Hongkongia
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TWO DOG BITES.
despatched from Hankow..,
MOROCCAN WAR.
REPORT OF ANOTHER FRENCH CADVANCERA
(Havas Agency
Paris, May 18 Rabat message says the latest operations, have resulted in a con- aiderable reduction of
the
area, and the chains oz hel
Mediterranea
ser
Dr. W. W. Yen.
that Tsao Kun has resigned, aa from May 1, and that the Cabinet from to-day takes over the fune tions of the President, whe issued a mandate to the same.
Cabinet Reconstruction
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acting the Cabine
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